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Vibhishana
Vibhishana is the youngest child of Vishrava; he is also the most pure-hearted of all of Vishrava’s children. From a young age Vibhishana’s sole focus was to become the most pure hearted he could be. He prayed to the gods for purity and prayed that he would always have the strength to withstand the evils of the world. Unlike his brother Ravana, Vibhishana was always the good-boy, the son that could always be found doing his homework every night, always doing his chores, and, as he grew older, he would be the voice of reason among his brothers.
As a teenager and young adult Vibhishana would use his family’s money to go on several mission trips and to throw charity balls to further his mission for purity. He was the ultimate good son of Vishrava and had no interest in the family business, Tapasya. He merely used his privileged status to raise up the status of others who were not born into such a lavish lifestyle.
However, Vibhishana’s true test of purity was the moment he discovered that his brother, Ravana, had kidnapped the Sita, Rama's wife, and that he was holding her in the basement of the Lanka building. True to his nature, Vibhishana confronted Ravana about his actions and actively spoke out. He told Ravana that he should release her back to her own husband, Rama. This was the opposite of what Ravana wished to do, therefore Vibhishana felt it was his duty to help Sita and oppose his brother. Ravana was willfully holding this woman against her will and that was something which Vibhishana could not allow to continue.
Knowing that Rama had the resources to rescue Sita himself, Vibhishana went directly to him with the information he had. He provided Rama with the knowledge of the best way to access the basement of the building, camera placement, room codes, and the schedules of all of the guards’ shifts. He told Rama everything he knew to help him and asked for nothing in return. Then when Rama did rescue Sita, Vibhishana was the first to volunteer to testify against his brother at court. His purity never wavered.
Though he loved his brother Ravana, Vibhishana was at peace with the court ruling of life in prison and felt that it was the true price of Ravana’s actions. To Vibhishana’s surprise, Rama bought out the Tapasya company and appointed Vibhishana as the acting CEO. As the new CEO Vibhishana focused on revamping the company with a more virtuous attitude than before while also focusing on rebuilding the damaged parts of the Lanka building.
Vibhishana continued his job as CEO for many years to come and outlived Rama by a fair amount of time. He never wavered from his childhood goals of purity and lived a very virtuous life with his wife Sarama and their daughter Trijata. His daughter would marry Hanuman, a close associate of Rama’s and the man that accidentally caused the fire in the Lanka building while rescuing Sita. Tapasya would continue to be a profitable company under the oversight of Vibhishana and would fall to his daughter upon his death.