One-line: demon whose spilled blood creates more demons, forcing the Goddess to change tactics.
First appears: Book 5, in Book 5 retelling.
Who they are: Raktabija is a battlefield nightmare: every drop of his blood that hits the ground becomes another Raktabija. The Goddess does not win by hitting harder. She wins by changing the rules, using Kali/Chamunda to drink the blood before it can multiply.
What they do that matters:
- Turns every wound into more copies of himself.
- Overwhelms ordinary battle logic.
- Is defeated when Kali drinks his blood as he is struck.
Other names: None in this storybook layer.
Family / lineage (when relevant): Not central for first-time reading.