[header] How to create an epic hero [title] Give your hero humble beginnings. [step] It is an important aspect of successful epics for your audience to connect to your hero. This can be accomplished if you give your hero humble beginnings. 
A hero's journey must be one of development. If you start your hero's journey at a low point, he has space to develop his strength, cunning, courage, and even to discover his inherent nobility in time, over the course of his great journey.