Halloween and Vogler

I was a Viking Barbarian Warrior for this Halloween and represented a Shadow-Threshold Guardian. In the hero's journey, as discussed by Vogler, my main goal would be to provide a physical (rather than a mental) test for the hero so that he/she can test her strength at a particular stage. I would be a recurring Threshold Guardian with the underlying and unknown agenda of helping the hero gain experience. I would also be a hero undertaking my own journey but with completely different motives, which would involve putting the hero in harm's way for my own good. This sort of Threshold Guardian would also be a typical Shadow that the hero would finally have to vanquish at the end, in order to obtain the Reward and return home. I would also represent the hero's darkest fears, which they avoid until the last possible moment, and would then have to face in a life-and-death situation.