Task 4.3 - Outline the Journey

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The Ordinary World – Norman. A young man of 23 years, living in the city of Hull, modern day. Simple job as a retail operative at Tesco’s, yet he feels there is something missing in his life.

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The Call to Adventure – The Norse God’s have their immortality stolen by a mysterious thief. They call upon Norman as the son of Thor in order to send him on a quest to bring the thief to justice and recover their immortality.

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Refusal of Call – This being the first time Norman has ever learnt of his heritage, or even heard from his true father, he refuses the quest. He feels no need to help his father as Thor never once concerned himself with the well being of Norman.

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 Meeting With The Mentor – Norman is attacked by a wild beast, not of his world. He almost loses his life to the beast when the Norse God Thor himself comes to his rescue via a human vessel. He informs Norman that without the influence of the Gods, more of these beasts shall infest his world. They are unable to interfere themselves due to the loss of their immortality which is making it impossible to travel between realms.  Using this vessel, Thor offers his knowledge as a mentor to Norman and Norman hesitantly accepts.

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Crossing The Threshold – With the tutelage of his estranged father, Norman learns of his abilities as a Norse Demi-God. With the power of thunder/lightning on his side, Norman manages to defeat a number of beasts. Whilst Thor informs him that much more powerful beats await his wrath, Norman gains a confidence which has been locked away since his birth.

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Tests, Allies & Enemies – Upon learning all that Thor has to teach within such a limited time, Norman is introduced to his allies. He finds out that he is not the only Demi-God who suffered the same treatment at the hands of the Gods and a sense of loneliness was lifted. However the third of these allies, Larry reveals himself to be the thief, the son of Loki. He pleads with the other Demi-Gods to join him and become the new Gods with the immortality of their parents. After finding solace in each other and sharing a hate for the parents who abandoned them, the remaining demi-gods, including Norman have a difficult decision to make, between what is right and their own justice, the latter meaning the destruction of the mortal realm.

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Approach – Whilst Norman and his fellows understand Larry’s feelings, they ultimately come to the same decision that the world is worth more than getting back at their parents. They attempt to calm Larry down, he was slowly coming around to the idea when Odin orders the Demi-God’s to kill the traitor. Larry flees with the immortality in hand, leaving his fellows with an even more difficult decision to make.

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Ordeal – Larry consumes the power of immortality, however whilst his body was now immortal, his heart remained mortal. Larry went crazy with power, attacking his new found brothers without mercy, believing them traitors who sided with the God’s. After a long vicious battle, Norman manages to send a lightning bolt straight through Larry’s heart, killing him instantly.

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Reward - Norman was distressed after being forced to kill his new-found brother, but took solace in the fact that the world was now safe. The Gods bestowed to their children right of passage to the Godly realm in order to finally meet their parents.

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The Road Back – Upon meeting the Gods, Norman and co soon realized that something was strange, the immortality which had been stolen had not yet returned to the Gods. The power still lay with what was left of Larry, however without his human heart, only a monster could remain.

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The Resurrection – Norman and his fellow Demi-Gods returned to the mortal realm to find it in shambles at the hands of Larry’s immortal hatred given the form of a beast. The only way to stop the hatred was to use a vessel to contain it, another mortal heart. Norman offered up his own heart and took on Larry’s hatred, separating it from the immortality. So much hatred within a single heart was too much for any mortal and Norman ultimately passed on from the realms of mortals.

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Return with the Elixir – The immortality cleansed of hatred returned to the Gods, who restored the mortal realm to it’s former state of peace. However Norman and Larry could never return there after losing their mortal hearts, instead their immortal souls were granted passageway to the Godly realms, finally permitted to be with their parents.