Act 3

Act 3: Enter the Hero/Heroine

Act 3 accomplishes

• We meet the naïve proto-hero and his/her friends.

• We get attached/invested into them [they're identifiable/recognizable/empathetic]

• The hero gets three increasingly strong nudges out of normal life and into the epic plot

• • See the Skeletal Rider trying fruitlessly to escape Barovia
  • Cross the Gates of Barovia
  • Get attacked by werewolves

• We also see how scary the henchman is, because the True Villain must be even scarier.
  • Wolves in Barovia Village
  • Doru in Barovia Village
  • Izek Strasni in Vallaki
  • Lady Wachter in Vallaki
  • The Hags at Old Bonegrinder
  • The entire Amber Temple, etc.

etc.

Example Act 3: Luke Skywalker is bored on Tatooine, gets shut down on joining up as a stormtrooper, goes to visit Obi-Wan Kenobi. We meet Luke, Obi-Wan, Leia, Han Solo, and Chewie.

Example Act 3: Frodo chats with Gandalf, Bilbo gives Frodo the Ring, Bilbo disappears completely. We meet Aragorn, Frodo, Samwise, Gandalf, Pippin and Merry, and mention the rest of the eventual crew (Boromir and Faramir, and the Dwarves).

This is fifteen minutes/several scenes of a TV show.

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