A Change of Fate

New World Order-2

Hello everyone,

A quick update—and a bit of a surprise! This month, you're getting a double chapter release instead of the usual single installment. Yes, two chapters—because sometimes inspiration strikes twice.

Originally, this chapter was planned as a multi-POV narrative featuring Suyodhana, Bhima, and Bhishma. However, Bhima had other ideas and firmly took over the narrative. In addition, several readers expressed interest in seeing a fight scene and a fresh perspective on Vasusena. So, this chapter delivers exactly that.

While it may appear like a detour, rest assured—this is not a filler. It serves a clear purpose in both character and thematic development.

Thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoy what's ahead.

While many warriors across Aryavarta proudly hailed Āchārya Kṛipa Śhāradvāna as their teacher, there were only a rare few among the Kṣhatriyas who ever dared—or were permitted—to call Adhirathi Vasuṣena their Guru.

Even the sons of King Suyodhana, those born in the very shadow of his greatness, did not receive their martial instruction or any for that matter from Commander Vasuṣena. His teachings were not handed out like titles or blessings at a coronation. They were earned. Endured. Survived.

For those who did train under him... they became the trailblazers of their age. Unorthodox. Unbreakable. Marked not just by skill, but by a strange, quiet discipline that bordered on myth.

Though the world remembers King Suyodhana as Commander Vasuṣena's most devoted disciple, what it often forgets—or perhaps never truly knew—is this:

Commander Bhīma Pāṇḍava Kuruvamśī of North Kuru Dynasty was also his student.

Not by royal announcement. Not by the pride of lineage. But under veils of silence and necessity.

It began after Bhīma drank the Rakṣakunda. His strength, already immense, grew monstrous. And with that strength came terror—not of others, but of himself. For the first time, Commander Bhīma feared what he could do. What he might do, if he lost control.

And in that hour of dread, he had no one.

Commander Bhīṣma had already left Hastinapur, withdrawing into silence and penance during the first rebellion started by Commander Vasusena.

The few others who remained, who could have helped him—Achārya Kṛipa, King Dhṛitarāṣṭra, Prime Minister Vidura and Guru Droṇa—were approached in turn.

Kṛipāchārya, though denounced by his own caste as a traitor to the Varṇa Vyavasthā, still taught as was his dharma. But when Bhīma came to him, he refused. No reason. No explanation.