Position of Katherine's Garud Chin- She is the defender among Garudas

So yesterday Katherine was revealed as a Garud. What interested me was the position of the Garud Chin in Katherine. It was in the bottom of the verbrate or spine. We all know if a serious injury happens to that part of the body a person can be wheel chair bound or even bed ridden. Doesn't matter what other talents he or she has if the protective system breaks down, the human body too breaks down.

Loved Katherine yesterday ! She was awesome...And my hope is with Daadi being a Garud too...the one that Shiva could not spot! And with TM..we should have at least 3 female Garuds...Of course the Nagas are all male...

Well explained post Shruthi...

Dear Shruthi,

Very well analysed and explained, and I am sure you will have all your readers on board for this hatke take of yours.

I never believed that Katharine could be working for Greyerson even after she was revealed to be his satphone pal. Now things seem even clearer. She is not Greyerson's mole, it is rather the other way around. She is a garuda, as was made clear last night, and she cannot, by definition, be siding with the cardinal's gang. You can have 1 or even 2 weak garudas, but not a traitor to the cause.

This apart, if she was working for Greyerson, why would she clobber Balivesh's men?

In my Confrontations and Revelations post, I had listed 3 options for Katherine, after we learnt that she had been in touch with Greyerson, and of course did not know that she was a garuda:

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-Katherine and her satphone pal Greyerson: This brings me to the enigma of Katharine, and her satellite phone pal Greyerson. It is clear that she is not part of Prof. Rao's group, even clandestinely, for he is spying on her. That leaves only

(a) that she is really an ally of Greyerson, (as noted above, this is now ruled out) or

(b) if she is a rakshak, as seems to be widely surmised, she is part of the aforesaid group of "good" foreigners*, or

(c) A third option would be a combo of these two, that Katharine is a mole, or double agent, for the second, good group, pretending to work for Greyerson and the Cardinal.

One thing is for sure, she is not what she seems to be. We have to wait and watch.

*NB: Daadi mentions that in the course of his researches on the links between the amrit, the Saraswati Kund, and the garuda chinna, Shivanand had been corresponding with several foreigners. Now these were clearly not part of the Cardinal's group, which means there might be a second, "good" group of foreigners involved with all this mystery of the Mahakumbh, who are seeking to bring the rakshaks to the Mahakumbh and brief them about their mission.

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So you see, now Katharine clearly fits in with option (c). Whence Greyerson's comment to Balivesh that they still have a trump card. What he does not know is that his ace of spades will turn out to be the joker in the pack.

Your intriguing post fleshes out her role among the garudas very nicely. And yes, if her role in the Greyerson camp is revealed at any point, it will be major loss for the garudas.

Shyamala Di

Originally posted by: shruthiravi

So yesterday Katherine was revealed as a Garud. What interested me was the position of the Garud Chin in Katherine. It was in the bottom of the verbrate or spine. We all know if a serious injury happens to that part of the body a person can be wheel chair bound or even bed ridden. Doesn't matter what other talents he or she has if the protective system breaks down, the human body too breaks down.

So in a war what is equivalent to a protective system. It is the defense system. A cleverly designed defense system that aides the attackers is what decides the final victory. I will explain it in a way more people can relate to. We all know fielders in cricket right. Don't we relish that catch just before the boundary line, don't we love that direct hit on the wicket, don't we clap when a sure shot boundary is stopped and reduced to a single run. In other words the unexpected behavior of the fielders in the match ground changes the course of the match. They are not man of the match, but a slip from their side can cost the side match too. " Havent we heard the adage " Catches win matches and a run saved is a run scored".

A defense exactly does in a war field what a fielder does in cricket field. They should be quick footed, should know the attacking method of the opposition, should take decisions in split seconds to ward of danger. In it the very important aspect for the defender is to know the attacking methodology of the opposition. Because without the knowledge of that defense cannot be created. So if Katherine is with Greison now that is the perfect place for the defender. She most probably will be a double agent, working in tandem with Greison and co and secretly helping the Garud's just like she helped Maya today. Her loyalty till the very end will be confusing , but believe she is with Garud's only. If she is discovered at any point Garud's can fail.

How well the script is placing each Garud, exactly the way they should be positioned in the battle to do their roles correctly.

Yaa Symaladi I remember that double agent post. I was not sure whether you or Arshics or both of you made that point. Yes she fits the 3rd option and for me from a Harry Potter perspective fits the bill of Snape. Anyways I was searching for Snape only for past some time in MK. As of now she looks fit for that bill.

Yes, she does, does she not? Remind one of Snape, I mean? I was never more moved by anything as I was by The Prince's Tale, not in a long time. I actually almost wept for him and his lost love. Do you remember the time when, after contemptuously denying that he was doing anything for Harry's sake, he releases his Patronus, a silver doe, which is the same as Lily's? Dumbledore asks him After all this time? And Severus Snape responds with just one word, Always.

I used to think about the irony of Lily loving that shallow and unremarkable show off of a James Potter - not that he was in any way weak or bad, bar his unforgivable ragging of Snape by hanging him upside down for no reason at all, something that makes Harry cringe when he sees it - instead of trying a bit harder to get Snape to quit the company he was keeping. I am sure that if she had exerted herself, she could have brought him into line.

I do not know if you have read the Charles Dickens classic, A Tale of Two Cities. There is a disreputable character in it called Sydney Carton, who is a look alike of the heroine Lucy's husband, and he goes to the guillotine to save that husband because he loves Lucy so much. Snape's sacrifice and cold courage are far greater than those of Sydney Carton, who had only to die a quick death under the blade of the Red Widow. Snape had to live, keep Harry safe for his beloved Lily's sake - remember his Look at me! as he lies dying, so that he can see Lily's green eyes in Harry's ? - and struggle every day and every night to play a double agent in the court of the world's most powerful and most vengeful wizard, Voldemort. One can hardly imagine the toll this must have taken of his nerves.

So, I do not see Katharine filling Severus Snape's shoes, but I agree with you about the general parallel

Shyamala Di

Originally posted by: shruthiravi

Yaa Symaladi I remember that double agent post. I was not sure whether you or Arshics or both of you made that point. Yes she fits the 3rd option and for me from a Harry Potter perspective fits the bill of Snape. Anyways I was searching for Snape only for past some time in MK. As of now she looks fit for that bill.

Most probably she will have some back story because of which she is with Greison.

That is neat!

There are only two left now, my dear, and one of them is, I am told, Thappadiya Mai, with the chinna on her ankle. The other 5 positions can be neatly explained, but what of this one?

As for the mysterious No.7, I would rule out both Daadi and Maya, who I understand are candidates. Daadi is in fact clearly antagonistic to all that the garudas would be intended to accomplish.

And not Maya either. She is always fully covered, so she could easily have the chinna somewhere and no one would be any the wiser. But all the garudas are, as you would have noted, aggressive and prone to swift decisive action: Shivanand, Rudra, Charles, Katherine, the DM, as also Thappadiya Mai as and when she surfaces. Maya is the antithesis of this, the quintessential damsel in distress. She never does anything, apart from opening her mouth into a big O of shock as and when the hero gets wounded, as when Rudra grasps the blade of the thug's knife.

Shyamala Aunty

Originally posted by: KhotaSikaShreya

The positions of the Garud Chins are all interesting me.

Rudra - in the centre of his back - He's the main Garud. That's why it covers his whole back.

Charles and Tiwari - one has it to the right, the other to the left - They are the right and left wings/hands of Rudra. Without them Rudra is incomplete and without Rudra they are incomplete.

Shivanand - head - He's the brain. He's the one who will plan the attack, the saving of the Amrit, and everything.

Kathryn - back - Like you said, she's the defense. She will come forward when it's time to defend the Garuds else she stays back.

Now I really want to see where the other Garud Chins are going to be to finish this important Garud.