Game of the Week: Name that Character!!! - Page 83

Here are the clues I and Aishu have set and the suggestion of character was of Aishu.

A king of the kingdom once I ruled was killed by a warrior who was killed unfairly in a war

Originally posted by: .Vrish.

The above question is slightly confusing, so please tell me if I understood it correctly:

A king K of the kingdom Q once I (I) ruled was killed by a warrior W who was killed unfairly in a war

The guy C who was one of the causes of the above war was the king of the kingdom "R" ruled by my brother's IB lineage

A force F which worked passively and significantly in that above war for the victorious side, had played the part actively and significantly in the battle which I (I) had fought

So as I understand it

• K was killed by W, and K is not the same as I - Yes correct interpretation
• I, K, IB & C were all rulers of the same kingdom Q, albeit @ different times - No. Two kingdoms in first two clues need not be the same (but associated kingdoms ruled by or won & then ruled by same dynasty but by two brothers separately or uncle (I) & nephew separately). Correction in your interpretation: I & K were the rulers of a kingdom Q @different times, IB lineage & C were the kings of a kingdom R @different times
• W was unfairly killed by someone else - Yes. Correct - by someone out of context of other clues - can be anybody it doesn't matter and doesn't affect the guessing of the answer.
• C was IB's descendant, where IB was I's brother, and therefore, C was I's nephew or nephew's descendant - No. Correction of interpretation - C may not be the descendant of IB lineage. The dynasty may have changed over a period of time and C may be a descendant of a dynasty winning the kingdom in war from the former dynasty in between period.
• F was I's ally or enemy - Yes. Correct.
• I was alive and fought in the same war that F contrived the victory for - F passively helped the victory of the war mentioned in first two clues (in which K and W participated and C was the cause who may also have participated in it). The war which I had fought in the past, F participated in it actively. Two wars are different.

Did I read all these correctly? If not, please clarify.

I have clarified but that was indeed a nice sincere effort Vrish to guess it. Brilliant way of analysing. I hope it is clear now. We also had (have) framed the same set of clues with few more elaborating words supplying more information. If you want us to post further elaboration of same clues, we will. Till then, all the best. And of course, 'I' is the answer you know.

Originally posted by: .Vrish.

Jarasandha?

I = Jarasandha

K = Jarasandha's son Sahadev

W = Dronacharya

Q = Magadha

R = Hastinapur

C = Dhritarashtra

IB = Shantanu (Jarasandha's cousin - is that what you meant by brother? Jarasandha & Shantanu were both grandsons of Kuru)

F = Krishna