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The Guardian

If you had a valuable treasure that everyone else wanted to take from you, would you leave it on kitchen table? You would most likely hide it and if you could you would post a guard to protect it. This is the guardian. Toward the end of your quest, just prior to finding what your hero is looking for, she will need to confront its guardian. The guardian is either intelligent or monstrous or a combination of both. If the prize at the end of the quest is meant for only a special person, the guardian needs to be intelligent enough discern those who deserve it from those who don’t. Maybe he gives the hero a challenge or a riddle. If no one is supposed to claim the prize, then there is no reason for an intelligent guardian. The guardian can be a fearsome monster like a dragon or hydra renown for horrible deeds. The guardian may also be the very last test of heroism before your hero confronts the villain. If your hero has a special weakness, getting past the guardian may resolve that weakness once and for all.

1. What or who is the guard protecting?

2. Is the guard good or bad; cruel or kind?

3. How does the guard reflect the hero’s fear?

4. Where did the guard come from?

5. What doe he/she look like?

6. How did it become the guardian of the treasure?

7. What is the guardian’s weakness?

8. How does the hero defeat the guard?

9. How does defeating the guardian lead to the treasure?

10. What are the guard’s strengths or special abilities?

11. What is fearsome about the monster?

12. Describe the guardian?

13. Describe his lair.

14. How is the monster like the hero?