| name | lore-entry |
| description | Write a concise canonical lore entry that records subject, time, place, relationships, significance, evidence or canon source, and unresolved questions without turning the knowledge base into narrative prose. |
Lore Entry
Use when a person, place, event, object, institution, concept, or historical development needs durable world-canon documentation.
Procedure
- Identify the subject, canon status, relevant time period, geography, and why the entry matters to production.
- State the essential facts first: identity, origin, function, relationships, major events, and current state as applicable.
- Separate objective canon from in-world belief, rumor, disputed history, propaganda, or intentionally hidden truth.
- Link related characters, factions, locations, events, objects, and world rules using stable references.
- Check chronology, naming, titles, technology or magic constraints, and causal consequences against the world bible.
- Include only detail that supports stories, design, art, gameplay, or future continuity rather than filling encyclopedic categories mechanically.
- Mark unresolved questions and decisions rather than inventing canon to make the entry look complete.
- Record meaningful revisions so downstream artifacts affected by a canon change can be found.
Decision rules
- Lore documentation is a source of truth, not a scene written in encyclopedia voice.
- Canon fact and in-world belief must remain distinguishable.
- Stable cross-references are more useful than repeating full background in every entry.
- Unknown is better than accidental canon.
Quality gate
The entry is ready when essential facts and canon status are clear, chronology and relationships are consistent, in-world uncertainty is labeled, downstream references can find the subject, and the entry contains enough production value to justify its maintenance.
