Week 4 Story: The Battle for the King

The Kingdom of Daracus, has been ruled by the Newton family ever since inception. Throughout the years, the family has had no daughters. The road to the throne is to be the first born male in your generation, and your younger brothers will serve as your council. The current King, King Sugriva, has been the most intimidating King yet. He tried to kick all of his brothers except for his closest brother Cam off of his council. One the kingdom would no let him do that, his brothers started dying one by one. The whole kingdom knew that King Sugriva was behind this, but there was no evidence against him.

On a cold winter day when the snow was flying through the sky, the King's only brother and only member of the council died. He was so distraught and was on his knees weeping in front of his people. They saw this as a sign of weakness. They didn't accompany the sad King, and instead went back into their huts. King Sugriva, stayed outside his chambers for hours, crying over his dead brother's body. It was dead quite in the Daracus Castle, but noise started to escalate.

Fire started becoming visible inside the civilians huts. The King did not have the mental capacity at the moment to realize what was going on. Blades were being sharpened, and pitch forks were being brought out of the sheds. "ONE, TWO, GOO!" The people of the Daracus Kingdom sprinted out of their huts towards the vulnerable King. He grasped his two swords, and fought for his family name. King Sugriva was the greatest fighter in the north, and was showing his skills against his own people. He fought off about two dozen, leaving them dead on the ground next to his brother. Then the crowd started to overtake the fight.

The King went down and the people cheered. They no longer had their ruthless King overseeing them. The were free! The Newton family was finally gone, and the Kingdom continued happier than they ever have before.

Kingdom of Daracus: (Good Free Photos)

Author's Note:

I liked the reading about King Sugriva and thought I could make use of his vulnerability when his brother died. I also enjoyed the Battle of Rama and Ravana, so I decided to combine the two. Overthrowing a King is always exciting, especially when its done by the people themselves.

Bibliography: Narayan's Ramayana (Link)

Reading Notes: Ramayana, Part D

The Battle of Rama and Ravana caught my attention in Reading D. I like using a battle as a basis for my plot because of the variety of outcomes you can create. This part kind of reminds me of the "boss level" you play in video games because Agastya is trying to defeat this seemingly invincible enemy. I may expand the characters to a small army, but a one on one battle could be epic too. I enjoyed this reading and look forward to altering the plot to my own story.

Bibliography:  Narayan's Ramayana (Link)

Battle of Rama and Ravana: (Wiki Commons)

Reading Notes: Ramayana, Part C

This weeks reading was really interesting. I am excited to write a story relative to this reading. My favorite part about the readings is when there is a king character and that did not change this week with King Sugriva. His brother dies and it shows this dominate king weeping over his brothers death, showing a sign of weakness. By reading this I am starting to brainstorm ideas to overthrow his and create an enemy. I may incorporate some of my own characters to make another spin on the story.

Bibliography:  Narayan's Ramayana (Link)

King Sugriva: (Wiki Commons)