She started as the girl nobody wanted. She ended as the woman who built a dynasty, saved it twice, and watched it burn anyway. Satyavati is the GOAT matriarch of the Mahabharata.

Also a prince who loved his father so much he gave up marriage, children, and his entire future in one afternoon. Smart? It's your judgement. The cosmos had to invent a new word for what he did. That word was Bhishma.