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Aru Shah is a character that features in the novel Aru Shah and the End of Time, written by Roshani Chokshi and edited by Rick Riordan. She is the reincarnation of Arjuna.
Rick Riordan Presents
Pandava Quartet
Aru Shah and the End of Time
Her "Enchanted Ping-Pong ball"
After being called a liar by her classmates, Aru Shah lights the lamp of Bharata to convince them that she isn't. Lighting the lamp releases a monster known as the Sleeper. Once the Sleeper leaves, Aru finds that everyone around her has been frozen in time and that only she can move. She runs to find her mother, only to find that she's been frozen as well. She goes back to the lobby of the museum, where the stone statue of an elephant starts to move and 'speak', a voice booming from inside. The stone elephant's mouth opens, and Boo flies out, revealing himself as the source of the noise. Boo asking where the Pandava brother, only one of Pandava brothers could light the lamp. And when Aru says it was her who lit the lamp, Boo stated they might as well let the world end. She then finds her soul sister and soul father and embarks on an extraordinary journey through Hindu Mythology.
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Aru Shah and the Song of Death
Aru Shah hid under a table with Mini when the Night Bazaar was attacked by zombies. When they were found she launched Vajra, which she was having trouble using, at them and chased a thief, another one of her Pandava sisters. Boo saves the two girls after they got surrounded, but when they arrived at the arena, Aru found thief fighting over a bow and arrow with a girl that looked exactly like her.
Appearance
Aru Shah is tall, lean and medium-skinned.
Trivia
- Aru's name derives from the Sanskrit word aru (अरु), meaning sun. Her surname is derived from the Sanskrit word sadhu (साधु), meaning saint.
- This is ironic, considering the fact that Arjuna's - whose reincarnation is Aru - main rival in the Mahabharata was Karna, who was the son of the Sun God, Surya. Karna is the the secret pandava, the eldest of the Pandava brothers.
- Aru is the first protagonist of a Rick Riordan Presents book.
- Her favorite color is green.
- Her favorite dessert is tiramisu.
- Her favorite superhero is Spider-Man.