Week 6 Reading, PDE Mahabharata part A

This week, the story that inspired me during reading was Drona' revenge.  The imagery of the battle, the description of the noises, the sights, give me something to work with in my own writing.  A heroid story centered on Drupada would be a great story, due to his heroic nature in the battle, as well as his resolve to quest for Brahmin power with which to defeat Drona.  This would give me a story of Drupada's quest, which I could not find anything in the reading to explain his actions further.  I will have to discuss if expanding a story rather than re-writing it is an acceptable storytelling assignment, and will go forward on that count accordingly.  Honestly, most of the notes I took away from this story were similar to my previous ones, and my goal is just to avoid making all my stories sound the same, while staying in a similar setting.
Drupada insults Drona, from Romapada

Bibliography:
Indian Myth and Legend, Donald Mackenzie, Source

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