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Welcome, this site is still young so bear with us. Our aim is to become a comprehensive directory of Heroes and Villains, mainly providing a character guide and reference. We will also gather information on character creation, and hope to provide inspiration for writers, game creators, illustrators etc. There are many books on Heroes and Villains, but it’s a near impossible task to cover all of the many characters across all genres and media formats. But with an online directory it will be possible for user submission and ratings; Creating a large database as resource to all. It’ll also be useful to compare characters from different cultures and periods in history.

Popular heroes and villains are usually derived form ‘The Heroes Story’. A method of character creation that follows a set structure or pattern; It’s a pattern that Joseph Campbell first identified in his book “The Hero With A Thousand Faces”. With his structure you can compose a story to meet any situation, a story that will be dramatic, entertaining, and psychologically true.

1 The hero is intro
2 The call to adventure
3 The hero is reluctant at first
4 The hero is encouraged by the wise old man or woman
5 The hero passes the first threshold
6 The hero encounters test and helpers
7 The hero reaches the innermost cave
8 The hero endures the supreme ordeal
9 The hero seizes the sword
10 The road back
11 resurrection
12 Return with the elixir

The motivation of the villain holds fascination for the audience because we can all relate to the weaknesses of the villain. Usually he has some redeeming quality which softens our attitude towards him. The strengths of the hero of course are generally inspiring. The conflict between good and evil is always present in people's lives as well as in fictional stories. We hope, generally, that good will prevail, but this is not always the outcome. Villains do not always have a tendency to be destructive, and a hero's judgment is not always on track.

Fiver from "Watership Down” was always a favorite hero of mine as he's not a 'Super Hero' in the conventional sense. Although he is timid, his main strength is his clear thinking in his role as adviser to Hazel his older brother. Hazel was the muscle of the two with charismatic leadership but he plays a supporting role to Fiver. Well done to Richard Adams who wrote that book.
We hope to cover a wide range of inspiring heroes and daunting villains, and hope that you might contribute your own ideas.

Small update: I've been intending to do a lot of work on the site for a while now. To try and increase the 30-40 pages of character material thats currently sitting here. But I've had to focus most of my attention on a pokemon news site for the up and coming pokemon black and white http://pokemonews.com/ check it out. I hope to put as much work in to this site as I have to pokemonews.com it should turn this site into a useful resource. 01 September 2010