#naari

Jisne insaan ko janam diya,

Mai us vaani ki boli hu,

Jis vaani ne sansaar buna,

Main un logon ka gaurav hu,

Jinhone sabko ek kiya,

Mai uss jattha ki naayak hu,

Jisne kaayar ka naash kiya,

Main uss meet ki saathi hu,

Jisne bhed-bhav na kabhi Kiya,

Mai uss madarse ki chaatra hu,

Jisne sbko ek samaan dekha,

Mai uss maata ki beti hu,

Jiska laad pyaar sab mujhe mila,

Mai uss bhagini ki behna hu,

Jisne sada hi mera saath diya,

Han mai bhi ek Naari hu,

Khaari hu par na Laachari hu,

Sirf satya ka saath deti hu,

Naari hu mai Naari hu.

Mirryn married Serafina after she divorced Voshell (on good terms since we find out that he's in love with Cresta)

She has no idea and just lives on with her life, while he is afraid to ask cause like, hello? we just witnessed her beating the hell out of Navok, and killing him, and securing the throne (I just made this ship up cause I want everyone to be happy)

They attended her wedding (like pls give my girl a redemption arc)

They had their wedding at the palace with Oriel as the best man and Tipp as the ring bearer (idk how Christian weddings work)

But when no one was looking, they snuck of to the tower

Naari didn't even care that it was their wedding and reprimanded them (obviously)

Kiva (somehow) managed to convince Naari to be a bridesmaid (she begrudgingly agreed and was glaring at everyone during the ceremony)

Torell walked her down the isle

Torell and Caldon finally got official

Since Kiva is the future queen, she gets her personal bodyguard

Till they found one qualified enough, Naari had to babysit them both

And safe to say, I do not want to be Naari for those few weeks

Kiva finally attends that prestigious healer school (lol I forgot the name)

When it was announced that Kiva was a Corentine, people were scandalized

That is until they realized that she was actually nice and there were huge misunderstandings

The other small rebellions also died down after this

They managed to find a way to remove the Z scar

Kiva and Cresta together managed to stop Queen Oriana from taking those drugs

She now loves painting

Caldon still drags Kiva out every morning to train, and Torell also helps (in dragging her out of bed of course)

Absolutely stunned by this gorgeous piece I got from @defenestratin , who I loredumped about Brad and his anxieties and struggles, and they came back to me with this stunning piece and I'm still AHHH over it <3

I really love the elements that he put together for this, and the really broad overview of this is Brad's struggles against Ymeri, and his hopes that Atreia can free him (which goes in... some directions).

Unlike on Bluesky I can yap to my heart's content here so I'm going to do that while I'm extremely sleepy and then go to sleep and then wake up and be like huh.

Masterlist<– rest of the parts here

"Greetings Maharaj..." Came the voice of Maharishi Ved Vyas.

"Greetings Maharishi!" Dhritarashtra replied, followed by everyone.

Maharishi's gaze swept across the room and then he nodded. He accepted everyone's greetings before stating his goal. "I have only come here due to Vasudev's request. Vasudev, i have made the medicine as per required. Please take her from here and instruct the doctors to apply it the required way." Muralimanohar nodded, finally smiling and lifted Gudhakeshaa in his arms and departed without saying a word.

Ved Vyas was now standing in the middle of the courtroom. "Is it true that my brother cheated in the game, Maharishi?" it wasn't the Maharani's tired voice, it was the voice of a tired mother. "Yes Maharani, it is indeed true. Your brother had made the dice with the bone of your deceased father so that the dice would listen to only his command. The game was illegal from the start." That answer was not to empathize with anyone, it was only used to convey the truth.

Shakuni tried to hide his presence behind his nephew's large body. The appearance of Krishna and Vyas was beyond his wildest dreams. Duryodhan was no different. He was panicked because their plan was exposed, but of course he had no regrets at all.

"Who is Naari, Maharishi? And why did Govind call metion her name and...w-what happenrd with Aryaputri Arjuni?" Draupadi asked, still sobbing yet gradually lesser.

"Because that is the truth, O' Yojnagandha. Rajkumari Arjuni is Naari and Vasudev is Narayana. They were both Great Tapasvi and Tapasvini of ancient times, two lovers who were incarnations of Lord Vishnu and Devi Lakshmi. They were reborn in this age to uphold dharma, as well as to complete the purpose of their incarnation. In the concept of Naari and Narayan, the divine manasvi souled Naari is an eternal beloved of the Most Pure, divine souled Narayan. As per what happened with Rajkumari Arjuni, she just unlocked her full power due to the anger she had bottled up for years."

Maharishi began to tell the story of the Eternal Soulmates.

"Once upon a time, there lived an Asura called Dambhodbhava. Dambhodbhava wanted to become very powerful. So he prayed to Lord Surya. Lord Surya who was pleased his devotion emerged and gave him a boon. However, Dambhodbhava asked for immortality. Surya said that was impossible because every living creature born in the world must die so that the nature remains in balance. Unless there is a destiny that must be fulfilled. Dambhodbhava thought and said: 'My Lord, then give me a thousand armors (Kavach) that will protect my body, and only a person who performs penance for thousands of years can penetrate my armor, and that person will die after penetrating this armor of mine.'

Finally, Lord Surya granted the wish by giving him a thousand Kavach and a thousand earrings (Kundal) on a thousand heads. From then on Dambhodbhava was known as Sahasrakavacha (The One with a Thousand Armours) and he used his powers to do evil.

At that time, devi Murti, the daughter of Daksha, wanted to end the threat of Sahasrakavacha and prayed to Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu appeared before her and gave a boon that he would be born as her son and would be the cause of Sahasrakavach's death. Later she gave birth to Narayana. Lord Vishnu had divided his soul in two parts and Devi Lakshmi mixed the major part of her energy with the smaller division, so Devi Lakshmi reincarnated on Earth along with her eternal soulmate.

Narayana and Naari grew up in a dormitory surrounded by lush forests. They are devoted worshipers of Lord Shiva. Their mothers and families also encouraged them to study supernatural powers. The two lovera learned the art of war. They are inseparable. Both of them trusted each other and never doubted the other.

As time went by, Sahasrakavacha started attacking the area around Badrinath forest, where Narayana and Naari lived. Naari went to Sahasrakavacha and challenged him. Sahasrakavacha belittled her and said that no one would be able to defeat him and penetrate his magic armor, but Naari just smiled calmly, Sahasrakavacha looked into her calm, lotus eyes and for the first time, he had felt fear.

The dusky complexioned, bewitching, female fighter and sage had striked fear in the evil doer's heart.

He said nervously. "I can be killed just by doing penance for thousands of years!"

Naari gave a calm smile. "I am well aware of that. I did not do any penance, but my Narayan has done it for me."

Sahasrakavacha took up arms and the fight began. Sahasrakavacha faced Naari's attacks and was shocked. He realized that Naari was very powerful and indeed got a lot of strength from her companion, Narayan.

Sahasrakavacha's first armor broke and he realized that Naari and Narayan were connected from the deepest depths to the shallowest surface of their souls. They are just two people yet have the same soul. But Sahasrakavacha wasn't too worried. He only lost one of his kavach and soon, Naari died.

When Narayan came there, he smiled sadly at his Naari, as he just saw her die in front of him. He closed his eyes and chanted a spell. Sahasrakavacha was frightened when he realized that Narayana had performed austerities for a thousand years and had acquired the Mritunjay Mantra.

And so on, the cycle repeated, until Naari succeeded in breaking through the nine hundred and ninty nineth armor and Narayan had to witness her death for a total of nine hundred and ninety nine times, and his heart broke more than before each time she died. Sahasrakavacha realised he could never defeat the two. He fled and took refuge under Suryadev.

Narayana and Naari went to Lord Surya and asked him to hand over Sahasrakavacha. But Lord Surya refused because Sahasrakavacha was His ardent devotee. Naari was overcame with rage amd cursed Surya that a part of his energy and Sahasrakavacha's soul would become one and be born as a human, and would experienced many misfortunes during his life.

Then later on, Lord Shiva tried to bring out Naari and Narayan's fame throughout the world. To do so, he threw his ultimate weapon, the Pasupatastra at them. The power of their meditation was so powerful that the weapon lost its power before them. Lord Shiva stated that this happened because they were the first jnanas who were constantly in the Nirvikalpa Samadhi stage.

This incident took place at the end of the Treta Yuga. Soon after the Treta Yuga ended and the Dwapara Yuga began, to fulfill the promise of destroying the Sahasrakavacha and to destroy the evil, Narayan and Naari were reborn. This time as Vasudev Krishna and Rajkumari Arjuni."

"We have made a grave mistake!" Said the Mahamantri, Vidur. "Please, do give us advice on what we should do!"

"Just as Vasudev has said, Mahamantri, your next actions will determine the fate of the Kuru Dynasty. I advise you to return the property of the Pandavas treat them well. Otherwise, I can guarantee that a major war will occur."

Naari jb bhi khamosh rhi sanskari kahlayi

Rishto ke bandhan me bandhkr bandini kahlayi

Purush sadiyo se apna prabhutva sthaapit krta rha

To fir navratraa ke 9 din kyu shakti kahlayi..

- Krishna sharm

So needless to say that I HAD to purchase this special edition of the first book and I can’t wait to read the extra chapter!