We must understand how the unique stages of the hero’s journey are part of our thought processes to better appreciate how each moment of the story impacts all sequential movement through the adventure. These stages can be abstracted, analyzed, and displayed in diorama format so we can better appreciate the struggles and triumphs of the characters in the story. I will continue to address these stages, and their impact on the characters in the adventure, as we explore and create the various models within a story.

Stories are the backbone of civilization. Regardless of geographic, cultural, of religious diversity, we all relate to a good story. From the safety of the campfire, our living rooms, or the movie theatre, we want to live vicariously (if only for a short while) through the life of the hero! We want to go on adventures, experience new worlds, and face difficult challenges – knowing that, at the end of two hours – we will do all of this and be victorious in the end!

So, this gives us the opportunity to tell our own story – if only a small one – by recreating a piece of that story in a model. Then, we can move beyond that, and make that model come alive using robotics and coding. To get us started, I will focus on the most mythical of creatures – the dragon!