Rangda

**Rangda** is a major antagonist in Raji : An Ancient Epic. She is a very powerful demoness who is a part of Mahabalasura's plans of conquering the Gods. Rangda is a demented being and a force to be reckoned with.

## Story

Rangda is a mighty queen of the Demons. As Mahabalasura declared war on humanity, her army took over Hiranya Nagari, a beautiful and technologically advanced city made by Lord Vishnu's followers. She puts the guards in the city in a trance, pollutes its waters with poison and her demons swarm all over the place, vandalizing it. Rangda is quite pleased with herself until Raji arrives. Rangda taunts the girl as she roams around, fixing the damage done by Rangda and killing her minions. Finally, she faces the demon queen on a very high tower, atop a great statue of Lord Vishnu. Raji lights a beacon fire, causing Rangda to reveal herself. After a long fight, Raji defeats Rangda, who then disappears, freeing Hiranya Nagari. Raji then leaves the city to face Mahabalasura.

## Appearance

Rangda resembles a giant demonic nude old woman, with long and unkempt hair, pendulous breasts, and claws. Her face is traditionally a horrifying fanged and goggle-eyed mask, with a long, protruding tongue. Her mouth is curved into a sinister smile. She travels on a dark cloud, hiding her lower body.

## Personality

Rangda is a very evil and demented creature, to the point where she can be considered even worse than Mahabalasura. Though she's not very smart as she isn't aware that Mahabalasura is using her as a pawn. She is a cannibalistic dark spirit who leads an army of terrifying demons and sees humans as either food or playthings. Like any demon, she hates the Gods, calling Lord Vishnu an "old meddler". After Mahabalasura, Rangda is the most dangerous demon Raji faces. She is a personification of Evil.

## Powers and abilities

**Demon Powers** - Rangda, being a powerful demon queen has many powers:

* Death Circles - Her main attack, she uses both her hands and summons circles of death on the ground where Raji stands. She must dodge this circles as getting caught in them with deplete a lot of health. The first circles are pink and appears 4 times in a row. The second ones are green and appear 8 times when Rangda's claws on one hand are fully cut off.
* Claws - Rangda has 8 claws, 4 on each hand. She strikes Raji with them and these have to be dodged and then cut off one by one as they get stuck in the ground.
* Death Scream - Rangda lets out a piercing scream once everytime her claws get cut off. The player has to dodge these screams as they deplete health very fast.
* Levitation - Rangda levitates on a dark cloud which hides her lower body.

**Leadership Skills** - A demon queen, Rangda has control over the demons as well as her own personal demon army.

## Trivia

* Rangda is the only boss who is also a real life deity. **Rangda** is the demon queen of the Leyaks in Bali, according to traditional Balinese mythology. Terrifying to behold, the child-eating Rangda leads an army of evil witches against the leader of the forces of good, Barong. The battle between Barong and Rangda is featured in a Barong dance which represents the eternal battle between good and evil. Rangda is a term in old Javanese that means "widow".
* Rangda is the only boss who (a) simply uses her powers and no weapons (the other two used a Trishul and a chained weapon) (b) doesn't have a healthbar as her health is detected by the number of claws the player has cut and (c) fought at night time. She is also the only villain who (a) is female, (b) is based on a real life deity and (c) does not appear in the animated cutscenes in the game.
* During the fight, some of her dialogues is her recognizing Raji as someone she had fought and apparently, bested before. This implies that there is more to Raji than it seems and as to why the Gods chose her. It can be theorized that Raji, in her previous birth, was a warrior who failed to defeat Rangda and has been reborn to fulfill that destiny as well as the restore the cosmic balance.