Frodo from Lord Of The Rings is a perfect (and literal) example of this. He's the primary main character, but he does none of the fighting, and does not get involved in the war directly at all. What he gets is the equivalent of a behind the lines assasination attempt."
If this is true, I must be misunderstanding the trope. Frodo is (sort of) The Chosen One, he sets out to do nothing less than personally destroy the Big Bad, and he does so - isn't this trope about telling the smaller stories in a setting where such epic events are going on elsewhere?
If this is true, I must be misunderstanding the trope. Frodo is (sort of) The Chosen One, he sets out to do nothing less than personally destroy the Big Bad, and he does so - isn't this trope about telling the smaller stories in a setting where such epic events are going on elsewhere?