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  • the Hero’s Quest
  • Epic Fantasy
  • there is a hero, sometimes of humble origins, who must rise above his or her circumstances and is compelled to act by conditions and/or events outside of their control
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  • We see this character grow up and become someone great, defeat the odds, and challenge the evil and corrupt.
  • The hero may not always succeed at first try, but they will find means either within themselves or from outside sources to continue on their quest, which if they fail, would have world-reaching consequences.
  • a completely developed secondary world
  • a portal into another world
  • the “world within a world”
  • series
  • episodic installments
  • high fantasy is often based on myth or legend
  • a hero’s tale
  • Matters beyond him and magic turn his life, which would have been otherwise dull and ordinary, into the stuff of legend.
  • Echoes of these stories have been passed down through the ages and were at one point rooted in local myth, tradition, lore, or legend.
  • These stories still stir imaginations today and influence epic literature by their fantastical nature.
  • High fantasy has roots as far back as fairy tale; they are human stories passed down, aggrandized and lasting.
  • wizard
  • antihero
  • rough around the edges, has a haunted past, and isn’t afraid to do what must be done to achieve his goal
  • may be acting on the “good” side, but he’s not a “good” character even if he does grow in that direction
  • it is possible to bring high fantasy into a more modern setting
  • subgenres are not mutually exclusive
  • medieval type setting
  • how fantasy and the fantastical elements affect the world
  • A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
  • The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
  • The Once and Future King by T.H. White
  • The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
  • Lord Foul’s Bane and The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series by Stephen R. Donaldson
  • A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
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