These are the last of video adaptions from the maths & storyboard efforts to describe the 18-day war of the Mahabharata.
One challenge for any reader is to wrap their head around the many great warriors. 18 armies participated in the Mahabharata. Each army had over 100,000, so close to 2 million trained warriors in the population.[1] Arjuna is the best of them all. Brihadbala may be about the 38th best. The point is that the 200 best warriors are the top .0001% of 2 million. Every one of them would look incredible and undefeatable against most of those 2 million. Ranking warriors of the Mahabharata in a lineal rank is a challenge - the style of combat featured a tournament of champion format. Upsets happen. Styles make some challenges. Similar to combat sports, the warriors may be ranked in clusters of relative merits and feats. [2]
I created an index of warriors mentioned throughout the 18-day war and who they fought against. Many warriors had rivalries and repeated bouts. The D-Sides are a representative mix of bouts.
I heard a challenge the other day - something along the lines of AI video not giving one anything. That caught my ear - as my thesis with these mixtapes is the idea that dropping someone into the mix, they should walk away with something. A better idea of the Mahabharata. They may come away knowing who White Bull is or the Cheyenne or Jack Hays that they did not after watching the Native American wars mix.
With that in mind may try a longer running Conquistador to give a good go at representing the shuttle bus racing an avalanche coming down a mountain plot pacing of Cortes’ conquest, or a mini-Ramayana.
[1] The divisions of the Vedic armies followed a multiplication comparable to squad, platoon, company, battalion, brigade, etc. up to army.
[2] An attempt to represent relative warrior strength and relevance with tier classification, chess piece representation and standard glyph.
(Who are over/under rated?)
