The ABC of Epic Fantasy: Quest
The plots of epic fantasy stories often involve a hero faced with impossible odds and going on a quest to find lost treasure, save someone, solve a mystery, or recover something—as in finding the stolen Hyllethan gifts in Dawn of Purple and Grey, or as in Frodo setting off to destroy the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom in Mordor…
A quest usually involves finding something or someone or searching for a solution to a grave problem or mystery—the more difficult and seemingly impossible the better. Which is why Frodo is a hobbit and not a warrior or elf or wizard. Quests also tend to challenge the protagonist physically as well as emotionally, often resulting in an internal change.
Quests show that though the protagonists—and the reader—face difficulties in life that test them, the problems can be overcome through perseverance, courage and intelligence. As such it serves as a metaphor for life.
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