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Gonna use this time to do some character research for my storybook! It might be nice to find some ideas and have them laid out so I can have an idea of the way I'm going to portray each of them for the sake of consistency! Shiva- Our "detective." There to keep the meandering bow on target. He's a god, so he's pretty powerful, obviously. My intro characterized him as fairly sarcastic and ill-tempered. Everything I've read about Shiva and the gods in general, lead to this characterization as well, so I don't think it's too off the mark. He has his moments of sincerity, though mostly I'd like him to be sarcastic and irritated because it works well with the energy that Pinaka puts out. We love a comedic duo.  Deadpan Snarker - I like that for him. He's sassy. Angry Dance - Rudra Tandava... probably shouldn't make him too mad.  Pinaka- The broken bow, kind of ditsy, but well-meaning. It is very much an opposite to Shiva. They don...

Bhima and the Nagas  by Donald A. MacKenzie  Duryodhana is such a snake... get it because there are snakes in this section? Yeah, that wasn't funny. So, Duryodhana hates his cousins and decides he's gonna attack one of them, this time it's Bhima. Bhima is a Pandava, so he comes out of the snake attack fine. He also goes to the underworld to fight the snakes and because he isn't fated to die, he doesn't die! Because he had swallowed poison previously, the poison from the snakes doesn't bother him at all and he goes peacefully to the underworld to meet Aryaka. He is given the strength of a giant.  The Arrival of Karna  by Donald A. MacKenzie Karna is here! Finally! Love that! I had to do a lot of research on him when I was starting my storybook, so I like him lots. I like this section for several reasons, it sets up Arjuna and Karna's rivalry and I like seeing Duryodhana interact nicely with people. Basically, Arjuna was supposed to win the competition, ...