Week 3 Storytelling: Viradha

There was once a noble prince named Roger. Roger was handsome and everyone in the kingdom couldn't wait for him to assume his father's position as king. However, King Joffrey had other plans. Joffrey was going to do anything in his power as king in order to ensure his future on the throne. He didn't exactly know what his plans were but it was certain that he wasn't going to give up his throne easily.

The king was walking to his chambers one night when he came into contact with an evil nameless witch. Instead of calling for the guards to assist him he approached the witch. The witch could see the greed in the king's heart and used this greed for her own advantage. She knew exactly what the king desired and made a deal with the king. The deal that the witch proposed was eternal life. In return all she wanted to do was serve her king for eternity. Without hesitation the king quickly pounced on the opportunity to rule until the end of time. The witch told the king that the next time the land starts to shake that she would be able to use the mysterious power of the earth and transfer that power to give the king eternal life.

(King Joffrey in this story.

Source: Web)

A few years passed and there were no earthquakes. The king was growing old and his time left alive was waiting in frustration. Everyone in King Joffrey's kingdom despised the king and couldn't wait for his son Roger to take over. On one night where there was a full moon the earth finally shook. The king ordered the witch to perform her ritual and give him eternal life. The witch remembered clearly what the king desired and gave him exactly what he wanted. Startled by the earth shaking, Roger ran to his father's chamber to make sure his father was alright. But when he got to his father's chamber he noticed the witch speaking in a language he had never heard before. He didn't think much of it and just stayed close by to see what was happening.

At the climax of the ritual Roger heard his father screaming and then the screams faded away almost like he was falling out the window. Roger rushed in to find his father standing in stone and the witch laughing. Roger demanded to know what happened and could not get any answer. Overwhelmed with emotions, Roger drew his sword and charged towards the evil witch. In a panic the witch tried to cast the same spell upon Roger to turn him into stone too. She was hurried so much that she didn't exactly know what spell she cast upon him. Roger plunged his sword into the witch's stomach and quickly threw her of out the window with the sword still embedded into her body. As she was falling all you could hear was screaming. Right before the evil witch struck the ground she yelled, "ONLY RAMA CAN SAVE YOU NOW!" Roger had no clue what she was talking about and could only stand there speechless at what had just happened to his father.

A couple minutes passed. Roger finally gathered himself and used this time to say farewell to his father by stating, "Is this what you imagined what eternal life would be like? I don't know if you're still in there but I promise I will clean up the family name and in a hundred years people will forget the horrid things you did. People will remember that you were my father and I will do my best every day to let the people know you were hard on the kingdom because you didn't want to see it fall into ruin like our neighboring kingdoms. You understood that power trumps compassion as a ruler, yet I will show you what a compassionate king is capable of."

In the next weeks Roger could see his body changing from a human into a demon and had no clue what was happening. He locked himself in his chamber and didn't let anyone come near him because he feared they would jump to conclusions. His worst fear came true and all members of the Kingsgurd barged into his chamber. They had never seen a creature like Roger and didn't even know it was him. In terror the guards drew their swords and began relentlessly stabbing Roger. To Roger's surprise the weapons had no effect on him. He filled with rage and brutally killed every guard in that room and outside his door with nothing more than his bare hands. Not knowing what to do, the final words the witch spoke had stuck in his mind ever since his dad was turned to stone. Convinced that he must find someone named Rama he jumped out the window and ran to the dense forest slaying anyone who tried to stop him. He quickly realized that whatever curse the witch had put on him resulted in him being turned into a demon that was seemingly invincible to all mortal weapons.

(Roger from American Dad.

This is what Roger in this story looks like after the curse.)

Author's Notes: This story was derived from the story titled "Viradha." Basically the rakshasa named Viradha takes Sita and Rama ends up having to kill him. Viradha has a curse on him where weapons can't kill him and Rama was destined to free him from his curse. The story didn't really say how he got the curse so I made up my own story as to how he obtained this strange curse. In my story Roger is Viradha, and the witch is the person who gave him the curse. King Joffrey is a Game of Thrones reference because that was the name of an evil and corrupt king in that series. The main purpose of this story is to inform the reader the way I like to believe this man got his curse. I used Roger in this story because I am a fan of American Dad and it just seems right to have an alien represent someone who is supposed to be a demon.

Bibliography- Title:(Online Free) The Ramayana, Story titled "Viradha"
                        Author: Valmiki

Reading Notes: Sampati, Part C

Most of the soldiers that Sugriva sent out to look for Sita are finally returning. Sadly the soldiers that are returning are the ones that were send to the north, east and west. Then it is revealed that the people that were sent to the south do in fact have information about Sita. The monkeys and bears that were searching for Sita were talking about Jatayu and the bird person Sampati just happens to hear the name and listens in. Turns out that Sampati is Jatayu's brother and he wants to hear of the news about his brother. It is sad that his brother died trying to save Sita from Ravana but Sampati saw exactly where the evil king Ravana took her. He points them in the directing and goes on his way. 

(Sampati - The bird on the left)

This story stuck out to me because all these people are searching everywhere for Sita but have no clue where to look. It would be easy to turn this story into my own and turn the target into a super rare pokemon. Or make it like a murder mystery and they're searching everywhere for the killer with little leads. Then the people looking for the target just happen to run into someone who knows their exact location.

Bibliography : Online free Ramayana, Story titled "Sampati"