The hero mode hub is a rainy, dark graveyard. When you enter the crypt, you can find a coffin with a blank and featureless LEGO person inside that you can make a custom character out of. There are 3 empty graves you can hop into. Each leads to an underground society of zombies that attack you. They are not playable and you must fight them. There are boarded up doors that lead to the chapters and episodes. There is one portal that leads to the Demonrealm, the villain mode hub. There you can access the chapters by hopping into firey holes.