Suyodhana

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Suyodhana
Biographical information
Full name	Suyodhana
Gender	Male
Alias	Duryodhana The Sleeper
Family	Dhritarashtra (father) Gandhari (mother) Aru Shah (daughter) K. P. Shah (ex-lover)
Status	Immortal
Physical description
Eye	One blue, one brown
Hair	Inky shade of night
Behind the scenes
Appearances	Aru Shah and the End of Time

​​Suyodhana or the Sleeper is the main antagonist in the novel, Aru Shah and the End of Time.

History

Suyodhana was the eldest son of the blind king Dhritarashtra and queen Gandhari of Hastinapura, he changed his name to Duryodhana due to his bad deeds.

At some point of time, Suyodhana had a romantic relationship with K. P. Shah. The two once strolled along the banks of a river, laughing and occasionally stopping to kiss, the two even had a daughter named Aru who was also the reincarnation of Indra's son, Arjuna. But as soon as Aru grows up, Suyodhana will become the Sleeper and awaken Shiva who will perform a cosmic dance and destroy the world. So Krithika reluctantly imprisoned him in the Diya of Bharata, but she vowed to find to free both him and Aru

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Aru Shah and the End of Time

In the beginning of the novel, the Sleeper is still safely bound within the Diya of Bharata. Aru Shah inadvertently releases him by lighting it while she tries to prove herself to her classmates. Once the Sleeper is free, he freezes time in the museum, trapping everyone in place except for Aru.

The Sleeper was trying to gain more allies, he appeared in front of Aru and Mini when they exit Brahmasura's beauty salon. He squeezes Aru mentioning her to be similar to her mother in being deceptive. Using her ball, Aru distracts the Sleeper and jumps into the Otherworld portal with Mini. He later appears after they obtain the second key to the underworld and manages to capture Boo before escaping. However, he wore the headband of forgetting that Summer gave Aru causing him to leave the bird cage filled with the gods' vahanas behind.

Aru Shah, his daughter.

Aru witness the Sleeper in the Pool of the Past. She sees her mother putting away the diya on order of her grandfather. The Sleeper's real name is revealed to be Suyodhana and he was Aru Shah's biological father. He was summoned to the museum to fight her daughter and Mini. Suyodhana gets trapped in a circle, attacked by the vahanas, and loses Boo. However, he disappeared into the walls and taunted Aru for being such a liar. In response, she uses Vajra to cut the chandelier down onto him. The demons he summoned have either fallen asleep or are currently out of commission, Aru transformed Vajra into a whip to get rid of the rest of them. Suyodhana breaks free and pins Mini and Boo to the wall, Aru had no choice but to surrender. Her father grabbed Vajra, he says he's killing her to free her as her mother didn't. He loses Vajra and it returns to Aru. After Aru gets nauseous from having a future vision, the Sleeper says he is not an enemy and that she shouldn't kill her. Aru doesn't believe her father, she tries to kill him but he escapes probably due to Shukra's curse.

Appearance

The Sleeper takes on many forms. When he first emerges from the diya as a shadow, he looked like a tall and spidery shadow with horns, fangs, and fur.

In a photo Aru's house, he was handsome and dark-haired, with skin the color of dark amber. One of his eyes were blue and the other was brown.

When outside Brahmasura's beauty salon, the Sleeper was a massive form of twisted ink and ice. He had a long dark snake tail.

When encountered at the library, the Sleeper no longer had a star-studded snake tail. His hair was the same inky shade of night and it looked as if there were stars caught in it. He was tall and thin. His cheekbones stuck out and he wore a black sherwani jacket over dark jeans.

During his battle against Aru in he museum, the Sleeper looked and didn't look like a man. His eyes were slitted and gem bright, like a cat’s eyes gone narrow with fury. When he smiled, small tusks curled out from his bottom lip.

Trivia

• The name "Suyodhana" means "great warrior" while "Duryodhana" means "rich in bad deeds".