Indraja "Indira" Devraj

## Indraja Devraj

### Killer Style

“Attire fit for a princess, straight from Amaravati! Believe me, we’re like, the fashion capital of the higher esoteric realms.”

### Favorite Activity

“Worship. But only when I'm on the other end.”

### Biggest Pet Peeve

“When monsters forget who’s in charge. They might’ve demoted my dad a few times, but believe me, hiss-story won’t repeat itself if I have anything to about it.”

### Fav School Subject

Hiss-story - “Um, hello? World’s oldest living religion, anyone? Obviously we’ve got a thing or two to boast.”

### Least Fav Subject

Driver’s Dead - “Not a single Vimana to be seen. Shameful.”

### Favorite Color

“Would it be vain to say red? Because it’s simply the best one out there. Maybe paired with blue for originality though. The color of royalty meets the color of gods... perfection.”

### Favorite Food

“Rista, as spicy as comes.”

**Indraja Devraj**, going by the nickname **Indira**, is the daughter of **Indra**, god of the skies, and **Shachi**, goddess of beauty, from Hindu mythology.

## **Character**

### **Appearance**

Indira is a young Indian demigoddess with South Asian facial features. Her skin is red, and her eyes are a rich dark brown, while her hair is short, dark, and permed. Notably, she possesses two pairs of arms, rather than one, for a total of four arms and six limbs.

### **Powers & Abilities**

* **Atmokinesis:** As the daughter of a sky god, Indira can manipulate weather and cause atmospheric changes. However, as a mere “goddess-in-training”, she only has a limited reach on her powers. Theoretically, she should one day be able to control thunder and lightning itself, but has not “graduated” to this level yet. Thus, she only has access to wind-based powers at the moment.
	+ **Aerokinesis:** Indira can control winds.
		- **Flight:** By summoning winds and tapping into air currents, Indira can propel herself off the ground and simulate flight, either by hovering or actively moving through the air.
* **Supernatural Beauty:** Thanks to her mother’s charms, Indira has a boost when it comes to her looks, which she amplifies using several godly makeup brands.

## **Classic Monster - Indra & Shachi**

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In the Vedas, **Indra** is the king of Svarga (Heaven) along with his capital city Amaravati and the Devas. He is the deity of the heavens, lightning, thunder, storms, rains, river flows, and war. Indra is the most referred to deity in the Rigveda. He is celebrated for his powers, and the one who kills the great symbolic evil (malevolent type of Asura) named Vritra who obstructs human prosperity and happiness. Indra destroys Vritra and his "deceiving forces", and thereby brings rains and the sunshine as the friend of mankind. His importance diminishes in the post-Vedic Indian literature where he is depicted as a powerful hero but one who constantly gets into trouble with his drunken, hedonistic and adulterous ways, and the god who disturbs Hindu monks as they meditate because he fears self-realized human beings may become more powerful than him.

In Hinduism (specifically, early Vedic accounts), **Shachi** (Sanskrit: शची) also known as Indrani (queen of Indra), Aindrila, Mahendri, Pulomaja and Poulomi is the goddess of beauty, being a source of jealousy for long because there was no one who did not long for her, and a daughter of Puloman, an Asura who was killed by Indrani's future husband, Indra. She is one of the seven Matrikas (mother goddesses). She is described as beautiful and having the most beautiful eyes. She is associated with lions and elephants. With Indra, she is the mother of Jayanta, Jayanti, Devasena, and Chitragupta. In Hindu epics, she is also described as "The Endless Beauty".

### **How Indira Fits Into The Monster World**

Indira, along with her twin Indi, was born in the city of Amaravati to Lord Indra and Queen Shachi, the royal couple. As his youngest daughter, Indira was treated most favorably, and kept from the realms outside his rule, including the greater Monster World. However, after hearing about all the action going down at Monster High, she decided to become involved herself, and begged her parents to allow her to transfer. Her request was granted.

### **Parallels**

To her father:

* Indira tends to consider herself to be more important than she really is - Indra, though king of the gods, was later supplanted in relevance and worship by the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva
* Indira deeply enjoys engaging in romances, even to the point of cheating - Indra is often depicted as a love-monger and an unfaithful partner

To her mother:

* Indira has rebellious tendencies - Shachi was born an asura, or a demoness, before marrying into the royal family of devas and being transformed into a goddess
* Indira is jealous, wrathful, and competitive - Shachi, in the original Vedic myths and some later Hindu depictions, is a goddess of wrath and attacked her rivals

## **Relationships**

### **Family**

#### **Father - Lord Indra**

The ultimate form of a “Daddy’s Ghoul”, Indira gets away with things even her eldest siblings couldn’t.

#### **Mother - Indrani Shachi**

[insert direct relationship to mother]

She is, however, a highly controversial woman in the eyes of the Hindu pantheon at large. Indra’s decision to marry a former demoness into the royal family was met with much derision by many of the other devas, who continue to view Shachi as an “aberration” among the court of Heaven. However, they do not admit this out of respect for Lord Indra, and reluctantly acknowledge her as their queen.

On the other end of things, the asura peoples believe she has “forgotten where she came from”, and equally refuse to accept the possibility that she can occupy both worlds at once. Because of this, Indira has seldom interacted with her cousins and other relatives until Monster High, and continues to follow strict orders from both her parents to not cohort with any asura “unless they have drops of deva blood within them.”

#### **Other siblings**

Besides Indi, Indira has several elder siblings, namely Chitragupta, Jayanta, Jayanti and Devasena. They’ve already achieved complete godhood themselves, and have thus moved on to bigger things managing their own domains and families. Indira is on passively good terms with all of them, but most of them considered her too standoffish to become any closer.

## **Trivia**

* Her diary has written on it: *Meditate on the decision you're about to make by opening my diary.*

## **Notes**

* Her first name, “Indraja”, means “daughter of Indra”
	+ Her nickname, “Indira”, means “beauty”
* Her last name, “Devraj”, means “ruler of gods”
* She has a Pinterest board! (warning: nsfw)