Talk:The New Jedi Order: Traitor

I don't know if this is at all relevant, but the Hero's Journey can be pretty accurately applied to the events of Traitor:


 * Refusal of the Call - Jacen refuses to trust Vergere.
 * Supernatural Aid/The Meeting With the Mentor - Vergere gives Jacen the robeskin and heals him with her tears; she serves as his mentor.
 * The Crossing of the First Threshold - Jacen enters the Nursery
 * The Belly of the Whale - Jacen is within the seedship; later, on Yuuzhan'tar, he is literally swallowed.
 * The Road of Trials - the Embrace of Pain; Jacen's tasks in the Nursery and his painful bonding with the World Brain.
 * The Meeting With the Goddess: Jacen takes Vergere's advice and tutelage.
 * Woman as Temptress, or Temptation from the True Path - Vergere plants doubts in Jacen's mind about the Yuuzhan Vong and the Force; he later meets the girl who begs him to help her, but she is revealed to be part of a trap set by the denizens of the worm.
 * Atonement With the Father - Jacen reconciles with the World Brain, forming a bond and destroying its siblings.
 * Apotheosis - Jacen is confronted with the Vongformed Coruscant and with his inner darkness. He begins to take onboard the notion that there is no dark side.
 * The Ultimate Boon - Jacen becomes balanced enough to dupe the Yuuzhan Vong into believing he has converted; this duplicity will allow him access to the World Brain.
 * Refusal of the Return - Jacen believes he will die in the Well of the World Brain along with Ganner. His only concern is communicating with the World Brain.
 * The Magic Flight - Jacen travels from the camp ship to Yuuzhan'tar with Ganner, in preperation for the sacrifice. In the meantime, he attempts to explain himself to Ganner.
 * Rescue from Without - Ganner buys Jacen time in the Well with his Last Stand.
 * The Crossing of the Return Threshold - Jacen enters the Well of the World Brain, and confronts the World Brain. He then completes his mission and flees with Vergere in the coralcraft.
 * Master of Two Worlds - Jacen's influence on the World Brain has a massive effect on the Vongforming of Yuuzhan'tar, continuing for years after Jacen leaves the planet. He also attempts to balance the Force within himself as a single energy.
 * Freedom to Live - Jacen and Vergere escape back to the former New Republic, ready to aid their allies.

- \\Captain Kwenn// &mdash; Ahoy! 21:20, 19 December 2006 (UTC)