Week 5 Story: Heart Beatdown

 Heart Beatdown

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     In a kingdom with two alpha males and only one queen's heart on the line, Raj, a mighty warrior with a royal heart, and Roshan the trickster with a whole wild mind of his own. Roshan kidnapped the beautiful queen named Asznee. She has always had a unique eye and fond of Raj, as Roshan offers her the supremacy of holding all fortunes in the world. The question is who is bold enough to fight for the heart of the one Asznee. 

    Raj grew with rage at the fact that he has not been able to hold his dear Asznee in his arms. He ran wild to the point where he talked to the Gods for superpowers. The Gods granted Raj with the special ability of superhuman strength. Roshan hears of this news from his kingdom messengers. Roshan is a trickster that uses his own special ability of shapeshifting. He was quick and slick with his transformation. Roshan is aware of the fact that Raj acquired superpowers, however, he is yet to know what kind of superpowers. Raj being the smart and tactical warrior that he is decided to keep his powers lowkey. 

    Roshan loves the chase, but in order to get the others to chase, he urges his enemies and victims. He has taken many lives with his ability and he will fight till death if he has to. On a dark cloudy day, Roshan transforms into a horse and made way to Raj with his servants. Meanwhile, Raj is meditating and praying in his kingdom. Raj being a royal persona, he has security and bodies surrounding his perimeter constantly. It is not an easy task to approach Raj without alerting him. However, Roshan is a shapeshifter that can transform into any being that has 4 extremities (arms and legs). Roshan sneaks his way past his guards and servants in Raj's own kingdom in the shape of a frog. Raj is clever enough to set traps around his house to identify any being entered in the premise. He was alerted as soon as Roshan crossed into his house. Raj keeps his head calm and collected as he speaks to Roshan loudly, and yells, "Face me like a man first". Roshan immediately transforms into his human self and tells Raj that he is no match for him. 

    Raj looks at Roshan with sharp eyes and tells him two words, 'she's mine", as he charges Roshan with full force and speed. The quick-thinking Roshan transforms into the king of the jungle, the mighty lion. Roshan leaps with his strong powerful legs and takes a dive onto Raj. The two bodies collapsed to the ground with a hard thump sound. Moments later, Roshan thinking he won, Raj picks up a whole lions body and slams Roshan to the ground, sending shockwaves through the kingdom. 

    Raj ended up with the girl he was fighting for but realized his worth, and his suffering is not worth a queen that does not see his heart as fortune. 

Who Killed Ravana

This picture shows the battle scene of Ravana and Rama which ended with Rama shooting Ravana with an arrow. 

Authors Notes

    This story was inspired by the story and the scene between Rama and Ravana where they get into a gruesome battle. In this version of my own unique story, I was able to show how Rama (Raj) and Ravana (Roshan) both have a taste for Sita (Asznee). It also shows the ultimate fight where Rama and Ravana fights, which resulted in the death of Ravana (Roshan). I changed up the characters and the ability of the persona from the original version of the reading. I was able to have the same outcome in terms of two different characters and different fighting plotline. 

Bibliography: Myths of the Hindu and Buddhist: Ramayana by Sister Nivedita. 1914. Link

Reading Notes... Divine Archer Part B

 The second portion of the reading "The Divine Archer" by F.J. Gould was short and packed with interesting details about characters and plot. For example we discovered Hanuman's ability to shape shift, which many people found fascinating. Many other actions take place such as the battle between Sugriva and his brother Vali. Rama enters the scene to kill Vali with an arrow. Hanuman is able to make a play and track down Sita in Lanka. Hanuman witnesses Sita have a conversation with Ravana, the trickster. Hanuman finds Sita and informs her that Rama is looking for her. Eventually the two sides end up at war with each other. Rama is able to gather an army and force his way into Lanka. Hanuman joins the army in order to help, as he surely was when he saved Lakshmana's life. Rama is faced with the help of Indra and he was given a plethora of weapons. Rama is able to defeat Ravana and Sita was proven innocent the whole time. It was an ideal ending to the story, and was very much predictable. Once again the voice of the common people made Sita get exiled due to her statue of innocence. Sita leaves the kingdom to give birth to two boys. who meets Rama as he understands his mistakes. 

Rama and Hanuman

Bibliography

"The Divine Archer" (1911) by F.J. Gould.

Reading Notes.. Divine Archer Part A

 This weeks notes is based off the reading "Divine Archer" by F.J. Gould. This was a very interesting read for sure as the author had a great descriptive writing style. Gould enjoyed explaining situations in the writing especially setting the environment and plot. Here are some bullet points that highlighted the reading for me. 

Part A

• Rama and his brothers were born, and Rama proved to be the best among them.
• Rama is put up to the ultimate task of fighting demons along with Vishvamitra.
• Rama meets the love of his life, Sita.
• Shiva put Rama through a challenge. 
• Rama goes to his limit to win Sita over by completing the challenge of bending a bow. 
• Rama is put through more challenges in life as his achievements made enemies such as Paras mad. 
• Rama completes his tasks with Paras as well, and earns their respect. 
• Rama wants to become a King. 
• Rama ends up exiled from the kingdom for 14 years. 
• The king was forced to relieve a curse. 
• Sita tries to leave with Rama but is not allowed to. 
• King Dasharatha soon dies after the exile of Rama. 
• Bharata is introduced as the son of the issue. 
• Bharata finds Rama and tries to return him to home.
• Rama has other plans and declines the offer. 
• Rama is put through a forceful marriage by a witch or demon. 
• Ramas brothers come for the rescue as they fight the drama. 
• Rama is tricked by Ravana. 
• Ravana kidnaps Sita to mess with Rama. 
• Rama and Sugriva team up to talk to Vali. 

The story was overall great, and exciting to read. It showed a great plot line and drama that made the reading adventurous.

Rama and Bharata

 Author: Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund, Date: 490, Description: Divine Archer, Divine Archer.