The Battle for the King

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. Once the people of the kingdom would not let him do that, his brothers started dying one by one. As they disappeared one at a time, the word started spreading throughout the whole kingdom, and created some division. After the deaths continued, the people started to put the pieces together. All signs pointed toward King Sugriva, and this angered everybody. All the citizens of the 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, Cam, died. He was so distraught and was on his knees weeping down in the courtyard in front of his people. They saw this as a sign of weakness and vulnerability. They had no sympathy the sad King, and instead went back into their huts. Even in his most distraught moment he could not get any sympathy. The most offensive thing to the King, was that these were his own people. This took an ever larger toll on him. All of this devastation coming on him at once was troubling for the most powerful man in the kingdom. King Sugriva stayed outside his chambers for hours, crying over his dead brother's body at the foot of the door into his chambers, where his brother died. It was dead quiet in the Daracus Castle, but noise started to escalate.

Fire started becoming visible inside the civilians huts. All of the ordinary people (without any executive power) lived in huts. There was a lot of noise, but nobody was speaking. It was just rustling and clinks, similar to when the army prepares for battle. The King did not have the mental capacity at the moment to realize what was going on. The civilians were all in it together. Blades were being sharpened, and pitch forks were being brought out of the sheds. "ONE, TWO, GOOOOOOO!" 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 overwhelm the fight.

The King went down to his death 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 in the sense of a "fight." However it wasn't a "true" battle, and more of a riot, this is where the concept derived from. When Agastya is trying to defeat the ultimately impossible villain, I wanted to create the same concept as to the King in my story. Making him the sole ruthless ruler, I thought this would be perceived as a very difficult, almost impossible, task to complete. It is tough to turn against something you have been a part of your whole life, and the kingdom did it as a group. Overthrowing a King is always exciting, especially when its done by the people themselves. When King Sugriva's brother dies, he is seemingly lost and cannot get over the devastation. This was a really good part of the reading and I directly translated that into my story. This was the only time the people had an opportunity to fight for themselves, and they did just that. 

Bibliography: Narayan's Ramayana (Link)