Damarwulan

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Here I will retell about story titled Damarwulan.

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Once upon a time, there lived a queen by the name Dewi Suhita in Majapahit kingdom. She was famous by her title Ratu Ayu Kencana Wungu. She was the sixth ruler of Majapahit kingdom. During her time ruling the kingdom, Majapahit managed to conquer many regions and expanded their territory. At that time, the center of the kingdom was located in Trowulan, East Java.

One of small kingdoms conquered by Majapahit was Blambangan kingdom which located in Banyuwangi. The kingdom was ruled by a noble from Klungkung, Bali, by the name Adipati Kebo Marcuet. The adipati was known to be apowerful man with supernatural power. His appearance looked like a buffalo because he had two horns on his head.

Ratu Ayu Kencana Wungu considered Adipati Kebo Marcuet as a threat because he kept trying to reclaim his teritory from Majapahit. Therefore she decided to make a contest. She announced the contest to some of her most loyal servant and asked them to spread the word. Her announcement was “Whoever managed to defeat Adipati Kebo Marcuet would be titled as the Adipati of Blambangan and the queen would take him to be her husband.”. The word spread in no time and many people joined the contest but none of them were able to defeat Adipati Kebo Marcuet.

One day, a fine and powerful young man came to join the contest. His name was Jaka Umbaran. He is the grandchild of Adipati Kebo Marcuet’s teacher and supporting father, Ki Ajah Pamengger. It turned out that Jaka Umbaran knew the weakness of Adipati Kebo Marcuet. He challenged Adipati Kebo Marcuet into a duel and with his heirloom “Gada Wesi Kuning” Jaka Umbaran won the battle.

Ratu Ayu Kencana Wungu was very happy with the result of the battle. After that, she made Jaka Umbaran to be the Adipati of Blambangan and entitled him with a new name, Minakjinggo. But, Ratu Ayu Kencana Ungu did not fulfill her promise to mary Minakjinggo as the winner of the duel. She refused to be his wife because the physical appearance of Minakjinggo was no longer perfect after the battle. His face was broken, his body was crooked and he also became cripple.

Minakjinggo kept trying to propose Ratu Ayu Kencana Wungu several times, even after he had two beautiful concubine by the name Dewi Wahita and Dewi Puyengan. But, Ratu Ayu Kencana Ungu did not change her decision. She kept rejecting the proposal and it caused a deep pain in Minakjinggo’s heart.

Ever since that day, Minakjinggo hold a grudge toward Ratu Ayu Kencana Wungu and he promised to himself that he would avenge her one day. In order to do so, Minakjinggo started to claim some territories of Majapahit and built his own army. He also planned to attack Majapahit with his forces.

Knowing this plan, Ratu Ayu Kencana Wungu decided to make another contest. The reward of this contest was the queen herself, so whoever managed to defeat Minakjinggo would wed Ratu Kencana Wungu. The prize of the contest attracted so many people to participate in it, but none of them were able to defeat Minakjinggo.

One night, Ratu Ayu Kencana Wungu had a dream. In her dream, she saw a very handsome young man fought Minakjinggo and won the battle. In the morning, she told the description of the man in her dream to her kingdom counselor and asked him to find the man. After a long search, the counselor finally managed to locate a young man that match the description given by Ratu Ayu Kencana Wungu. The young man was one of the servants in the house of Patih Loh Gender and his name was Damarwulan.

Damarwulan was actually the son of Patih Udara, one of Majapahit’s Patih before his place was replaced by Patih Loh Gender. When he heard about the contest held by the queen, he decided to join the contest without any hesitation. So, Damarwulan and the kingdom counselor went to see Ratu Ayu Kencana Wungu at the palace.

When they arrived at the palace, they went to see Ratu Ayu Kencana Wungu in the main hall. In front of the queen, Damarwulan express his intention to join the contest. Ratu Ayu Kencana Wungu recognized Damarwulan as the young man in her dream, so she granted him her permission. After that, Damarwulan went to Blambangan to challenge Minakjinggo into a duel with him.

Damarwulan shouted in front of Minakjinggo’s palace. He challenged Minakjinggo to get out of his palace and had a duel with him. It didn’t take too long for Minakjinggo to respond the challenge. He went out of his palace to face Damarwulan. He brought along his heirloom “Gada Wesi Kuning” with him.

They started the fight as soon as they laid eyes on each other on the field in front of the palace. The fight was fierce, but in the end Damarwulan got hit by Gada Wesi Kuning and he passed out. He was thrown into the jail by Minakjinggo’s servants after that.

When he was in jail, Minakjinggo’s concubine, Dewi Wahita and Dewi Puyengan, visited him. It turned out that both they had crush on him, so they treat his injury and helped him to heal. They also told him that Minakjinggo’s power relied on his heirloom “Gada Wesi Kuning”. They said that without the heirloom, Minakjinggo would be powerless. Damarwulan then asked them to steal the heirloom for him, and they agreed to do so.

In the night, Dewi Wahita and Dewi Puyengan stole the heirloom and then they gave it to Damarwulan. They also released him from the jail. Damarwulan escaped the palace and returned in the morning to challenge Minakjinggo for the second time. Minakjinggo was so shocked to see his heirloom was in Damarwulan’s hand. He was about to asked how did Damarwulan got the heirloom when suddenly Damarwulan launched his surprise attack and defeated Minakjinggo easily.

Damarwulan returned to Majapahit after that. He reported to the queen that he had accomplished his mission and he brought Minakjinggo’s heirloom as the proof that he had defeated Minakjinggo. The queen trusted him and she decided to fulfill her promise. They got married after that and Damarwulan became the ruler of Majapahit.

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