# The Hero's Journey (Star Wars, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games)

> A process map exported from forks.world (https://forks.world). Author: Brian. Source: https://forks.world/p/cmv0kped8000hjn06lk9xumba
> It describes who does what, in what order, and with which technology. Read the plain-language sections first; the JSON at the end is the exact, complete data.

## Summary

- 30 steps across 4 layers
- Persona: The hero, The mentor, The villain
- Technology / systems: The world

## How to read this file

- A process is made of **layers**. The main layer is the top level; any step of kind `subprocess` opens a detail layer with its own lanes and steps.
- **Lanes** are either persona (people/roles) or technology (systems). Each step belongs to one lane; `using` lists tools a person uses for that step.
- Step kinds: `start`, `task`, `decision` (its arrows carry the answer as a label), `subprocess`, `end`.

## The Hero's Journey (Star Wars, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games)

Lanes:
- The hero: person / role (id `hero`)
- The mentor: person / role (id `mentor`)
- The villain: person / role (id `villain`)
- The world: technology / system (id `world`)

Steps, in the order they run:

1. **The ordinary world: a farm, a cupboard, a district** [start; The world; id `j1`]
   - then Something disturbs it: a message, a letter, a reaping
2. **Something disturbs it: a message, a letter, a reaping** [task; The world; id `j2`]
   - then Accept the call?
3. **Accept the call?** [decision; The hero; id `j3`]
   - if "Yes" go to A mentor appears with a gift or training; if "No" go to Refuse: it is too scary, too far, too much
4. **A mentor appears with a gift or training** [task; The mentor; id `j4`]
   - then Cross the threshold into the unknown world
5. **Cross the threshold into the unknown world** [task; The hero; id `j5`]
   - then Tests, allies and enemies: the cantina, Diagon Alley, the training center
6. **Tests, allies and enemies: the cantina, Diagon Alley, the training center** [subprocess; The hero; id `j6`], opens the detail layer "Tests, allies and enemies"
   - then Approach the inmost cave
7. **Approach the inmost cave** [task; The hero; id `j7`]
   - then The ordeal: the hero faces death or loses the mentor
8. **The ordeal: the hero faces death or loses the mentor** [subprocess; The villain; id `j8`], opens the detail layer "The ordeal"
   - then Seize the reward: a weapon, a secret, a plan
9. **Seize the reward: a weapon, a secret, a plan** [task; The hero; id `j9`]
   - then The villain chases them down the road back
10. **The villain chases them down the road back** [task; The villain; id `j10`]
   - then The final test, a resurrection
11. **The final test, a resurrection** [subprocess; The hero; id `j11`], opens the detail layer "The final test"
   - then Does the hero win?
12. **Does the hero win?** [decision; The hero; id `j12`]
   - if "Yes" go to Return home, changed, with the elixir; if "Not yet" go to The mentor's lesson returns at the last second
13. **Return home, changed, with the elixir** [task; The hero; id `j13`]
   - then The ordinary world is better, and the hero belongs to it in a new way
14. **The ordinary world is better, and the hero belongs to it in a new way** [end; The world; id `j14`]
15. **The mentor's lesson returns at the last second** [task; The mentor; id `j12a`]
   - then Try once more with everything learned
16. **Try once more with everything learned** [task; The hero; id `j12b`]
   - then Does the hero win?
17. **Refuse: it is too scary, too far, too much** [task; The hero; id `j3a`]
   - then Tragedy forces their hand (the farm burns)
18. **Tragedy forces their hand (the farm burns)** [task; The world; id `j3b`]
   - then A mentor appears with a gift or training

```mermaid
flowchart LR
  subgraph l_hero["The hero"]
    n_j3{"Accept the call?"}
    n_j3a["Refuse: it is too scary, too far, too much"]
    n_j5["Cross the threshold into the unknown world"]
    n_j6[["Tests, allies and enemies: the cantina, Diagon Alley, the training center"]]
    n_j7["Approach the inmost cave"]
    n_j9["Seize the reward: a weapon, a secret, a plan"]
    n_j11[["The final test, a resurrection"]]
    n_j12{"Does the hero win?"}
    n_j12b["Try once more with everything learned"]
    n_j13["Return home, changed, with the elixir"]
  end
  subgraph l_mentor["The mentor"]
    n_j4["A mentor appears with a gift or training"]
    n_j12a["The mentor's lesson returns at the last second"]
  end
  subgraph l_villain["The villain"]
    n_j8[["The ordeal: the hero faces death or loses the mentor"]]
    n_j10["The villain chases them down the road back"]
  end
  subgraph l_world["The world"]
    n_j1(["The ordinary world: a farm, a cupboard, a district"])
    n_j2["Something disturbs it: a message, a letter, a reaping"]
    n_j3b["Tragedy forces their hand (the farm burns)"]
    n_j14(["The ordinary world is better, and the hero belongs to it in a new way"])
  end
  n_j1 --> n_j2
  n_j2 --> n_j3
  n_j3 -->|"Yes"| n_j4
  n_j3 -->|"No"| n_j3a
  n_j3a --> n_j3b
  n_j3b --> n_j4
  n_j4 --> n_j5
  n_j5 --> n_j6
  n_j6 --> n_j7
  n_j7 --> n_j8
  n_j8 --> n_j9
  n_j9 --> n_j10
  n_j10 --> n_j11
  n_j11 --> n_j12
  n_j12 -->|"Yes"| n_j13
  n_j12 -->|"Not yet"| n_j12a
  n_j12a --> n_j12b
  n_j12b --> n_j12
  n_j13 --> n_j14
```

### The final test (detail of step "The final test, a resurrection")

Lanes:
- The hero: person / role (id `hero`)
- The villain: person / role (id `villain`)

Steps, in the order they run:

1. **Alone against the villain** [start; The hero; id `f1`]
   - then Trust the Force, the plan or the friends
2. **Trust the Force, the plan or the friends** [task; The hero; id `f2`]
   - then The villain's weakness is exposed
3. **The villain's weakness is exposed** [task; The villain; id `f3`]
   - then The decisive move
4. **The decisive move** [end; The hero; id `f4`]

```mermaid
flowchart LR
  subgraph l_hero["The hero"]
    n_f1(["Alone against the villain"])
    n_f2["Trust the Force, the plan or the friends"]
    n_f4(["The decisive move"])
  end
  subgraph l_villain["The villain"]
    n_f3["The villain's weakness is exposed"]
  end
  n_f1 --> n_f2
  n_f2 --> n_f3
  n_f3 --> n_f4
```

### Tests, allies and enemies (detail of step "Tests, allies and enemies: the cantina, Diagon Alley, the training center")

Lanes:
- The hero: person / role (id `hero`)
- The world: technology / system (id `world`)
- The villain: person / role (id `villain`)

Steps, in the order they run:

1. **Meet a friend who is surprisingly useful** [start; The hero; id `x1`]
   - then Meet an enemy early
2. **Meet an enemy early** [task; The hero; id `x2`]
   - then A rule of the new world is learned the hard way
3. **A rule of the new world is learned the hard way** [task; The world; id `x3`]
   - then A bond forms
4. **A bond forms** [end; The hero; id `x4`]

```mermaid
flowchart LR
  subgraph l_hero["The hero"]
    n_x1(["Meet a friend who is surprisingly useful"])
    n_x2["Meet an enemy early"]
    n_x4(["A bond forms"])
  end
  subgraph l_world["The world"]
    n_x3["A rule of the new world is learned the hard way"]
  end
  n_x1 --> n_x2
  n_x2 --> n_x3
  n_x3 --> n_x4
```

### The ordeal (detail of step "The ordeal: the hero faces death or loses the mentor")

Lanes:
- The hero: person / role (id `hero`)
- The mentor: person / role (id `mentor`)

Steps, in the order they run:

1. **Everything goes wrong at once** [start; The hero; id `o1`]
   - then The mentor falls or sacrifices themselves
2. **The mentor falls or sacrifices themselves** [task; The mentor; id `o2`]
   - then Grief and doubt
3. **Grief and doubt** [task; The hero; id `o3`]
   - then A reason to keep going
4. **A reason to keep going** [end; The hero; id `o4`]

```mermaid
flowchart LR
  subgraph l_hero["The hero"]
    n_o1(["Everything goes wrong at once"])
    n_o3["Grief and doubt"]
    n_o4(["A reason to keep going"])
  end
  subgraph l_mentor["The mentor"]
    n_o2["The mentor falls or sacrifices themselves"]
  end
  n_o1 --> n_o2
  n_o2 --> n_o3
  n_o3 --> n_o4
```

## Full data (JSON)

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