Quest characters

Quest characters

Hero

The hero is the audience’s personal tour guide on the adventure that is the story. It’s critical that the audience can relate to them, because they experience the story through their eyes. During the journey, the hero will leave the world they are familiar with and enter a new one either physically or metaphorically. This new world will be so different that whatever skills the hero used previously will no longer be sufficient. Together, the hero and the audience will master the rules of the new world, and save the day.

Multiple Choice

What is a hero?

• A hero is the main character who leads the quest or the journey. His views and experiences are felt by the audience in the story. He has the abilities or strengths to save the day.

• He creates the conflict in the story.

• He is the character in the quest story who teaches the knowledge to survive and win obstacles. He also gives weapons needed by the hero.

Mentor

The hero has to learn how to survive in the new world incredibly fast, so the mentor appears to give them a fighting chance. This mentor will describe how the new world operates, and instruct the hero in using any innate abilities they possess or other new skills. The mentor will also gift the hero with equipment, because at the beginning of their quest, the hero never has any decent weapons or armor.

Multiple Choice

What is a mentor?

• He is the character in the quest story who teaches the knowledge to survive and win obstacles. He also gives weapons needed by the hero.

• He is like a student.

• A hero is the main character who leads the quest or the journey. His views and experiences are felt by the audience in the story. He has the abilities or strengths to save the day.

Villains and Shadows

Villains and shadows are in the story to create threat and conflict, and to give the hero something to struggle against. ‘Shadows’ are not usually actual characters, but are unseen forces. The villain or shadow is especially effective if it mirrors the hero in some way. It shows the audience the twisted person the hero could become if they head down the wrong path, and highlights the hero’s internal struggle. This, in turn, makes the hero’s success more meaningful.

Multiple Choice

What are mentor and shadows?

• He is the character in the quest story who teaches the knowledge to survive and win obstacles. He also gives weapons needed by the hero.

• They can be person or situation that creates threat or conflict. They give meaning to the heroes journey.

• A hero is the main character who leads the quest or the journey. His views and experiences are felt by the audience in the story. He has the abilities or strengths to save the day.

Open Ended

For you, what is a villain or shadow?

Open Ended

From the three quest characters, which character would you like to be.

Open Ended

For you, what is a hero?