Topic Research: Ravana

Ravana appears throughout many stories as I've been researching him. Here are just a few I think could be interesting stories to tell and that others could read to learn more about him.

Ravana in the Ramayana: We're all reading the Ramayana, so this is a go-to for anyone who would like to learn about Ravana as a villainous character. His part in this story follows the capture of Rama's wife Sita and his attempts to make her his. Ravana is shown as being incredibly powerful and evil. One way I may take this is a sort of alternate history story where Ravana is the one who wins, and how that would affect the world.

Ravana as a Hero: While this article is not exactly a story I could rewrite, it was shared to me by Laura Gibbs and present another view of Ravana in the Ramayana where he is the hero of the story. Aspect of this could be taken into another plot-line with a focus on Ravana and his side of the whole story. This controversial article describes how people in the real world reacted to this radical (to them) change.

Ravana in Modern Video Games: This is a page including the lore of Ravana as described in the game Smite. In his lore (backstory), he decapitates himself 10 times so satiate the god Shiva, but Shiva rejected him. In the end he is granted invulnerability against Gods and Demons, but not mortals. If possible, writing a story using the way he performs in the game could be fun. As seen through the link, his attacks in the game involve using different styles of hand to hand combat, getting stronger the more he attacks. While this does leave more creative freedom for me, I can see it being a bigger undertaking than the other choices.

The in-game artwork for Ravana in Smite