: Re: Does my protagonist need to be the most important character? In my fantasy story that I'm slowly getting into, my MC Sirena is an apprentice witch. Her two fellow apprentices, Aster and Keeva,

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The protagonist doesn't necessarily need to be the most powerful character or the character with the most impact on the world around them. The protagonist should be the character who is most interesting.

How do you find out who's the most interesting character? Possible signs are:

They are the one the audience can identify with the most.
They are the one who has the most complex character development over the course of the story.
They are the one with the most interesting perspective on the events which happen around them.
They are the one who gets into the most interesting situations, faces the most difficult (for them!) challenges and makes the hardest decisions.
They are the one whose personal character ark leads to the best pacing of your work overall.

Regarding the ending: The work doesn't necessarily need to end with the main viewpoint character saving the day, but it should end with that character saving their day. It is important to end your work with a satisfying conclusion for your main character and the central conflict which is most relevant to them. That conflict doesn't necessarily needs to be the epic conflict which happens in the background. So it is entirely possible that your final act is about Aster saving the world entirely off-screen while Serena solves a problem which is very important to her.

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