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Narratives represent stories told in your world, and can involve the organization or reinterpretation of Events.

Narratives are how stories are expressed in a world. They interact with:

  • Events (the actual happenings they group or reinterpret)
  • Characters, Institutions, and Families (as storytellers or subjects)
  • Objects, Constructs, and Laws (as story elements or consequences)
  • Titles, Relations, and Collectives (as sources of tension or resolution)

They are distinct from:

  • Events (which record what happened without particular subjectivity)
  • Constructs (which express abstract ideas but not narrative form)
  • Relations (which may exist inside a story, but don’t organize one)

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Context

  • Story: Content of the narrative, as told or remembered
  • Consequences: Outcomes or legacy of the narrative
  • Start_date (#): Date when the narrative begins, measured in world TIME units
  • End_date (#): Date when the narrative ends, measured in world TIME units
  • Order (#): Position of this narrative within a parent narrative’s sequence
  • Parent_narrative (single-link: Narrative): Larger narrative that this narrative takes place in
  • Protagonist (single-link: Character): Primary character of the narrative
  • Antagonist (single-link: Character): Opposing character of the narrative
  • Narrator (single-link: Character): Character credited with telling or recording the narrative
  • Conservator (single-link: Institution): Institution that preserves or curates the narrative

Involves

  • Events (multi-link: Event): Events relevant to the narrative
  • Characters (multi-link: Character): Characters relevant to the narrative
  • Objects (multi-link: Object): Objects relevant to the narrative
  • Locations (multi-link: Location): Locations relevant to the narrative
  • Species (multi-link: Species): Species relevant to the narrative
  • Creatures (multi-link: Creature): Creatures relevant to the narrative
  • Institutions (multi-link: Institution): Institutions relevant to the narrative
  • Traits (multi-link: Trait): Traits relevant to the narrative
  • Collectives (multi-link: Collective): Groups relevant to the narrative
  • Zones (multi-link: Zone): Zones relevant to the narrative
  • Abilities (multi-link: Ability): Abilities relevant to the narrative
  • Phenomena (multi-link: Phenomenon): Phenomena relevant to the narrative
  • Languages (multi-link: Language): Languages relevant to the narrative
  • Families (multi-link: Family): Families relevant to the narrative
  • Relations (multi-link: Relation): Relationships relevant to the narrative
  • Titles (multi-link: Title): Titles relevant to the narrative
  • Constructs (multi-link: Construct): Constructs relevant to the narrative
  • Laws (multi-link: Law): Laws relevant to the narrative