Draupadi had two brothers. One was older and the other was her twin. Like her, they were all children that were conceived with a purpose — to take revenge.u00a0Draupadi’s elder brother was Shikhandi. He was born a woman but was raised as a man until the deception was discovered on her wedding night. He/she tried to commit suicide but was saved by a yaksha called Sthuna who lent her his male genitals thus turning her into a man.u00a0

In her past life, she was Amba, the woman whose life was ruined by Bhisma, patriarch of the Kuru clan; she was determined to kill this man who had the gift of choosing the time of his own death and was told she could only do it in a future life.