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Relations are non-material and capture meaningful connections between world elements. They track interactions, alignments, conflicts, or agreements between characters, groups, places, and other entities.

Relations are special definitions between world elements. They interact with:

  • Characters and Institutions (defining personal and organizational relationships)
  • Events (arising from or recognizing a relationship)
  • Objects, Zones, Traits, and Abilities (as things exchanged, contested, or shared)

They are distinct from:

  • Titles (which indicate formal authority, not interpersonal context)
  • Events (which define a point in time, not a social span)
  • Constructs (which encode rules or structures, not associations between elements)
  • Families and Collectives (which describe structure, not necessarily activity)

Relation discussions on GitHub

Nature

  • Background: History and origin of the relation
  • Start_date (#): Date when the relation began, defined in world TIME units
  • End_date (#): Date when the relation ended if any, defined in world TIME units
  • Intensity (# max:100): Significance of the relation, on a relative scale of 0 to 100
  • Actor (single-link: Character): Primary character defining the relation
  • Events (multi-link: Event): Events where the relation is involved or relevant

Involves

  • Characters (multi-link: Character): Characters relevant to the relation
  • Objects (multi-link: Object): Objects relevant to the relation
  • Locations (multi-link: Location): Locations relevant to the relation
  • Species (multi-link: Species): Species relevant to the relation
  • Creatures (multi-link: Creature): Creatures relevant to the relation
  • Institutions (multi-link: Institution): Institutions relevant to the relation
  • Traits (multi-link: Trait): Traits relevant to the relation
  • Collectives (multi-link: Collective): Collectives relevant to the relation
  • Zones (multi-link: Zone): Zones relevant to the relation
  • Abilities (multi-link: Ability): Abilities relevant to the relation
  • Phenomena (multi-link: Phenomenon): Phenomena relevant to the relation
  • Languages (multi-link: Language): Languages relevant to the relation
  • Families (multi-link: Family): Families relevant to the relation
  • Titles (multi-link: Title): Titles relevant to the relation
  • Constructs (multi-link: Construct): Concepts, contracts, or principles relevant to the relation
  • Events (multi-link: Event): Events relevant to the relation
  • Narratives (multi-link: Narrative): Narratives relevant to the relation