David Eddings' Belgariad
When I was younger, I read the Belgariad series by David Eddings. It's a five-book series that fits very well into the Hero's Journey archetype. It fits so well that it might sound cliche, but the series' conformance to the tropes and elements of the Hero's Journey is not a bad thing. The protagonist, Garion, starts off as a farm boy under the care of his Aunt Pol. The Call to Adventure first comes with a disreputable-seeming vagabond storyteller who apparently knows Aunt Pol. The three of them, and the reliable smith Durnik set out on a journey (I don't remember to where, it's been a while since I read it). They meet other companions along the way (Silk the thief/merchant/spy, Lelldorin the hotheaded and impulsive archer, Ce'nedra the beautiful but somewhat spoiled Imperial Princess, and others) as they seek out the Orb of Aldur. Along the way, it is revealed that the storyteller is in fact Belgarath the Sorcerer, a legendary figure of incredible magi