Step 7 - Approach to the inmost cave
Vogler says "the hero comes to the edge of a dangerous place."
The dangerous place in my story will presumably be the lair of the gnomes. Will that be in an actual cave? Maybe.
The dangerous place may turn out to be the disputed land that lies at the heart of the village and marks the gateway to the other world. This will be the scene of the battle.
Step 8 - The Ordeal
To paraphrase Vogler the hero comes face to face with their greatest fear and faces death, be it literally or figuratively.
What is Emily's greatest fear? She's afraid of messing up so badly with her behaviour that she makes herself unlovable and unmanageable by everybody. Going into battle in a tiny village, fighting alongside creatures that mostly can't be seen by other people, that can only lead to mayhem. Mayhem that will probably be blamed on Emily. This feels like a story arc that should happen towards the end of the story, but this is all guess work for now.
If death has to be faced then I don't think it should be her own. I still think for now something will happen to her eccentric uncle in the battle.
Maybe the war between the creatures remains unresolved after the battle but Emily and her uncle suffer some major fall out.
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