agrees. Yudhishthira agrees, and arrives in Hastinapura accompanied by his brothers and their wife. Duryodhana declares that Shakuni would represent him in the game. As the stakes rise with each round, Shakuni wins Yudhishthira's treasures, then his kingdom, and goads Yudhishthira into gambling away the freedom his brothers, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva and finally Yudhishthira himself. In a final throw, the freedom of Draupadi is also lost. After Draupadi manages to take back their possessions as a boon from Dhritrashtra, the Pandavas return back to their capital. Duryodhana invites Yudhishthira for another game, with the losing side being exiled for 13 years. With Shakuni's skills, Duryodhana wins again and the Pandavas are forced into exile. Kurukshetra War Shakuni was the Strategist of the Kaurava army. On the 18th day before the war, Duryodhana tried to convince Shakuni to be the Commander-in-Chief of his army but he refused and preferred Shalya instead. Shakuni participated in the Kurukshetra War and defeated many warriors. On the very first day of the war, Shakuni, Duryodhana and Dushasana attacked Yudhishthira to try and kill him but they failed. During the war, Shakuni defeated the Upapandava Shrutasena (Nakula’s son). He also killed king Sahadev who was a close friend of the pandavas and the king of Maghada. Shakuni also killed his cousin Jayadev on the same day. On the tenth day, he tries to stop Arjuna and Shikandi from reaching Bhishma and manages to stab Shikandi in a sword fight. However, he is stopped by Virata who attacks him. On the 13th day, Shakuni and other Maharathis attacked and killed Abhimanyu. Many of them staged a sneak attack on Abhimanyu. On 14th day, he fought with Nakula to save Jayadratha but was defeated. After Jayadratha's death, Shakuni planned a battle at midnight. During that terrible fight at night, he was vanquished by Nakula. Illusion of Shakuni: An unknown fact from the Mahabaharata, is that Shakuni was also a great expert in making illusions. The Drona parva of the Mahabharata, narrates an incident where Shakuni made 100 different types of illusions against Arjuna, the greatest archer. Various types of weapons, wild animals, deadly creatures and birds were made as an illusion as if they are marching faster towards Arjuna and Krishna. However, Arjuna used a counter weapon named " Adityam" to encounter these illusions. He then removed all the illusions created by Shakuni. Death After the Game