By The Book, by Mishell Baker and Lori Ann Cole. Chapter 13: Into the Fire.
"How To Be A Hero: By The Book" is a young adult novel inspired by Lori and Corey Cole's 1989 game, Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero. In this retelling, the four character classes from that game are represented by four orphan siblings who find themselves called to adventure.
"Hawk is a sixteen year old boy with holes in his boots and a hand-me-down sword he can barely draw without falling over. He lives with his two brothers and younger sister in an isolated Alpine village. Hawk soon realizes that they all have no future in the village, so he leaves to seek a new life or himself and his family.
In this chapter, Falcon visits the healer, meeting an angry Centaur along the way. Wren makes her way to the secret Thieves' Guild entrance. As we know from TV Tropes, "Swordfish is always the password."
Armed with an inspirational manual, "How to Be a Hero," Hawk sets off for the town of Siegburg, where he plans to win fame and fortune as an adventurer. But he soon discovers that Siegburg is a hopeless mess. Meanwhile, he has his hands full keeping the rest of the family out of his hair... and out of trouble. Unfortunately, the path to heroism is much less glamorous than his dog-eared manual led him to expect."
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Lori and Corey continue to develop new adventure, RPG, and puzzle games as Transolar Games. Search for Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption on Steam or GOG.com, and for their upcoming title, Summer Daze at Hero-U.