Creating Entities

Entities are the building blocks of your world. A character, location, faction, magic system, or any concept you want to track is an entity in the knowledge graph.

The Entities page for Verenthia, 404 entities: stat cards for Total Entities, Character, Location and Event; an About Entities tip; a search box with a Name (A–Z) sort and a Cards/Table switch; type filter chips from Deity to Creature; and the first entity cards — Adventurers' Guild, Aelindor, Aethon, Aldgate, Aldric Sunheart and Aldric Voss — each with its type badge

Create a single entity

Go to Entities in the world sidebar.
Click New Entity.
Choose an entity type. The menu groups them the way your world does — Core Types first, then groups like Story & Genre, each type with a one-line description.
If the type has subtypes, pick one from the cards at the top of the form.
Enter a name (required).
Fill in whatever else you know. The fields come from the entity type, so a Character asks for pronouns and a birthplace, a Location for its terrain.
Click Create Entity.

The New Entity button open on the Entities page, showing a menu with a Core Types group — Character, Item, Location, Event, each with a short description — and the start of a Story & Genre group with Species and Organization

The New Character form for Maren Saltwick: Supporting Character chosen among the subtype cards (Protagonist, Antagonist, Supporting Character, NPC, Recurring Character, Mentor, Villain), and the Identity section filled in with Name Maren Saltwick, Full Name Maren Ilse Saltwick and Pronouns she/her; Cancel and Create Entity sit at the top right

Your entity is now part of the knowledge graph and can be linked to other entities and mentioned in content. MythTapestry opens its page straight away, with a short Maren Saltwick created note, so you can carry on with relationships or a portrait without hunting for it in the list.

Beside its name the page shows its type and, if you chose one, its subtype: Maren Saltwick reads Character · Supporting Character. A status chip appears only when the entity isn’t simply active, so a draft or an archived entity says so, and a character’s own Status: Alive field isn’t contradicted by a second “Active”. Sections with nothing filled in yet are left out, so a new character without a family doesn’t show an empty Family & Affiliations box.

Its page has tabs across the top: Overview, Relationships, Mentions, Timeline, History, Conflicts and Memories, plus Maps on a location. When the window is too narrow for all of them, the ones that don’t fit go under More at the end of the row; the tab you’re on always stays in view. With a tab focused, the left and right arrow keys move between them.

Entity page for Valentina Aurel III: her portrait, name with Character and Inactive chips, Overview, Relationships and Mentions tabs, Edit and Delete buttons; below, a Description card, an Identity section with full name and title, a Life section with birth date, birthplace and current location, and Family & Affiliations listing her parents and spouse, each relationship carrying the date it began

Entity types

Each entity has a type that determines its available fields, layout, and behaviour. The types available in your world depend on the choices you made during the creation wizard and which domains are enabled.

Core types (always available):

Type	Typical use
Character	People, NPCs, historical figures
Location	Cities, regions, buildings, landmarks
Event	Battles, treaties, cataclysms
Item	Weapons, artifacts, important objects

Common types (enabled via wizard complexity tier):

Type	Typical use
Organization	Guilds, governments, factions
Species	Races, creature types, lineages

Genre-specific types (enabled by genre and wizard answers):

Type	Typical use
Magic System	Magical frameworks, power sources
Technology	Inventions, machinery, science

Domain-gated types (require specific domain enablement in world settings):

Type	Domain	Typical use
Resource	Economic	Raw materials, commodities
Facility	Economic	Buildings, production centres
Market	Economic	Trading hubs, exchanges
Trade Route	Economic	Commerce paths, shipping lanes
Power	Magical	Supernatural abilities, forces
Belief System	Cultural	Religions, philosophies
Language	Linguistic	Languages, dialects

Entity subtypes

Some entity types have subtypes for finer categorisation. For example, a Character might have subtypes like Protagonist, Antagonist, NPC, or Historical Figure.

The subtype picker appears automatically when a type has subtypes. It supports two modes:

Compact dropdown — for types with few subtypes
Card grid — shows icon, label, and description for each option

Some subtypes may be hidden by default based on your world’s genre and complexity settings. When any are, a Show all (N hidden) link appears beside the subtype heading (or Show N more options under the dropdown); click it to reveal them, and Hide advanced to tuck them away again.

The entity form

The create/edit form is dynamically generated from the entity type’s schema and layout configuration:

Tabs group related sections (e.g. Overview, Details, Metadata)
Sections within tabs contain field groups
Fields render based on their type — text inputs, rich text editors, entity reference pickers, date selectors, colour pickers, and more

The form respects visibility rules — fields can be shown or hidden based on subtype selection, other field values, or enabled features.

Fixing one field

You don’t need to open Edit and hunt for the field you want. On an entity’s page, the filled-in fields below the header have a small pencil next to their name. Click it and the Edit page opens at that field, already on the right tab, with its section expanded and the cursor in it. Spotted a typo in Aria’s Biography? Pencil, fix, Save.

The name, status, portrait and description have no pencil; change those with Edit. The pencils are hidden when the entity can’t be edited, for instance when its type has been deprecated.

How data is stored

Category	What it includes	Storage
System fields	name, description, status	Top-level entity properties
Subtype	Selected subtype ID	Top-level entity property (`subtype_id`)
Custom fields	All type-specific fields	Custom fields dictionary
References	Entity references, location references	Separate references object