ARANIKA DEVI 1 - Kousalya From Kaliyug

Friends and Follies

Hey guys! Wassup

I am going to introduce a few characters deep

Dasarath: Loving father, emotional, loves Ram the most, good king

Kousalya: Princess of Dakshin Kosala

Good woman

Mother of Ram, good wife, princess of Dakshin Kosala, have some unknown backstory which made her feel she lack power in the kingdom[ that story is unknown, dasarath didn't spend more time with her as he is scared of Kaikeyi's tantrums, she says she faced alot of suppression in valmiki ramayan and she thought her life would improve if she was rajmata]loving and caring, loves Ram the most also considers all other princes as her sons, calm, a mother who wished to join her son in exile but he refused, demanded Ram to be the king, felt Kaikeyi and Bharat may treat her as a slave her if Ram leaves to forests{ just insecure, nothing happened like that},[incarnation of Dhara (Brahmani), wife of Dronavasu. She received a boon from Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu says - "I will be born as your son in the "Treta Yuga"]

Sumitra: Su= good, mitra= friend

wise woman

Mother of Lakshman and Shatrughan, lovely, calm, peacemaker, emotionally intelligent, irreplaceable, servitude, confident, wisest queen, sencond wife of Dasarath, princess of Kashi,Sumitra is described as being fiercer and more powerful than Kaikeyi, immovable, loves Urmila so much, supportive, In spite of being neither the principal queen or the favored one, she is single-minded in her devotion to her husband and principal queen Kaushalya, good decision maker

Kaikeyi: princess of Kekeya Rajya

Good but a little insecure woman

Mother of Bharat, third queen, easily manipulated, confused queen, misunderstood mother, loving, caring, fierce, warrior, she disliked the king spending time with his other queens, loves Ram the most, temperamental and unpredictable, in fact a victim too