... of the Shining Prince, precinct of the emporor). He traveled by foot across the lands, people spat at the disgrace before them, than one day he ran into Isawa Kaede (mighty sorcerous from the phoenix) his former fiancee, who took pity and offered him sanctuary. (8) Plot Bayushi Shoju and his Lieutenant explore through the underground catacombs beneath the Scorpion castle in order to retrieve the scroll which holds the prophecy of FuLeng, which foretold the downfall of ... Rokugan. After translating it, the scorpion council came to the conclusion that in order to avert this catastraphe t...

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... the figures and rules of the special world. Villainy/Lack: 8: The villain causes harm or injury to a member of a family. Harry learns of his "Shadow", the evil wizard Lord Voldemort and the true secret of his past: that he was the only person Voldermort was unable of killing some an unknown reason. This proves in establishing the essential relationship between villain and hero for both the furthering of the plot and mythical aspects of the tale. In order ... The hero acquires the use of a magical agent. Harry receives many magical agents throughout the tale, all representing different pa...

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... very typical for an epic; Aragorn from Tolkien's The Two Towers gives King Théoden a speech not dissimilar to the one Beowulf gives Hrothgar. Yoda to Luke Skywalker in George Lucas's Return of the Jedi when telling Luke that he must face Darth Vader again, Dumbledore to Harry in J.K. Rowling's Order of the Phoenix when Harry learns of the prophecy. All well-known and highly regarded epics in ... their own right, and all with a speech from two main players where our characters realize they may not have control of their destiny and are frightened by ... that realization. This passage is ...

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• Grade Level: High School