The Uttara Kanda:
I believe that the Uttara Kanda will provide me more than enough material to draft at least three stories. This chapter of the ramayana deals with the history of Ravana, which is a character that I would like to learn more about. I have read that he lobbed off one of his heads in order to craft a veena, and sing to Shiva. The Uttara Kanda gives a full account of the history of the wars of Ravana and his conquest of Lanka.
Potential story topic 1:
A rewrite of Ravana's birth and upbringing. Ravana went 10,000 years without food. Changing the motives for this would be an interesting topic to elaborate on. Answering such questions as why one would put themselves through that kind of agony. Maybe his motive would be to gain such musical prowess that he could enchant anyone he comes across.
Potential story topic 2:
Ravana struck fear into gods. He caused dieties to take different forms to avoid him. Indra changed into a peacock, and Yama took the form of a crow, while Kuvera was a lizard, and Varuna was a swan. Changing ravana's character to being more of a heroic character, and incorporating his musical abiliteis in that would also be a good story to write in my opinion.
Potential story topic 3:
Ravana was taken prisoner by Arjuna. Writing an epic escape story about ravana utilizing his musical ability to convince his captor to let him go. Utilizing his powerful musical skills, and continuing to reign terror over the lands would be a cool story to delve into. What melody did Ravana play to convince Arjuna to let him go? Maybe incorporating some music into the story would be fun as well.
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