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To add your character to BDWiki:
 
To add your character to BDWiki:
  
* Search for your character's '''full name'''. Chances are that you'll get a page telling you there were no results matching the query, and inviting you to '''Create the page <span style="color: darkred;">"YOUR CHARACTER'S FULL NAME"</span> on this wiki!''' Click that link!
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# Go to the [[New character profile]] page, select '''View source''', and copy the contents of the edit box.
 
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# Search for your character's '''full name'''. Chances are that you'll get a page telling you there were no results matching the query, and inviting you to '''Create the page <span style="color: darkred;">"YOUR CHARACTER'S FULL NAME"</span> on this wiki!''' Click that link!
* Copy-paste the following code into the edit box:
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# Paste the code from the '''New character profile''' page into the edit box.
<blockquote><pre>{{Infobox character
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# Fill in the appropriate details. Please try to at least complete the '''Description''' section, as this provides a handy reference for other players. The '''Background''' subheadings are provided as suggestions, and are entirely optional. Ignore the <nowiki><!-- comments --></nowiki> tags.
| name          =    <!--character name-->
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# Click the "Show preview" button to check your formatting. If everything looks good, hit the "Save page" button. You now have a Character Profile page!
| title        =    <!--noble titles, honorifics-->
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| image1        =    <!--character portrait file name-->
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| alt1          =    <!--character portrait alt text-->
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| caption1      =    <!--character portrait caption-->
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| archetype    =    <!--character archetype-->
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| hair_colour  =    <!--hair colour-->
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| eye_colour    =    <!--eye colour-->
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| height        =    <!--height in feet and inches-->
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| build        =    <!--build - slender/skinny/stocky/muscular/fat/etc-->
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| features      =    <!--notable features - tattoos/scars/birthmarks/mutations/etc-->
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| birth_date    =    <!--date of birth-->
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| birth_place  =    <!--place of birth-->
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| death_date    =    <!--date of death-->
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| death_place  =    <!--place of death-->
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| spouses      =    <!--spouses-->
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| children      =    <!--children-->
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| profession    =    <!--profession(s)-->
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| religion      =    <!--espoused religion-->
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}}
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==Description==
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The character's typical appearance - physical features, posture, demeanour, typical mode of
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dress, voice, attitude. What a stranger would first notice upon encountering the character.
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==Background==
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===Origins===
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Where the character came from; their childhood and adolescence, their family circumstances,
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their lineage.
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===The Broken Dagger===
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How the character found their way to the [[Myrken Wood]] and the [[Broken Dagger (Inn)|Broken
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Dagger tavern]]. Significant events experienced since their arrival.
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==The Present==
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The character's current circumstances. Where they can be found, what they do for a living,
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influential people in their life.
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==Plots==
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Major [[:Category:Plots|plot events]] in which the character has been involved.
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[[Category:Characters]]
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[[Category:Active Characters]]</pre></blockquote>
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* Fill in the appropriate details. Please try to at least complete the '''Description''' section, as this provides a handy reference for other players. The '''Background''' subheadings are provided as suggestions, and are entirely optional.
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* Click the "Show preview" button to check your formatting. If everything looks good, hit the "Save page" button. You now have a Character Profile page!
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Latest revision as of 08:39, 5 July 2014

To add your character to BDWiki:

  1. Go to the New character profile page, select View source, and copy the contents of the edit box.
  2. Search for your character's full name. Chances are that you'll get a page telling you there were no results matching the query, and inviting you to Create the page "YOUR CHARACTER'S FULL NAME" on this wiki! Click that link!
  3. Paste the code from the New character profile page into the edit box.
  4. Fill in the appropriate details. Please try to at least complete the Description section, as this provides a handy reference for other players. The Background subheadings are provided as suggestions, and are entirely optional. Ignore the <!-- comments --> tags.
  5. Click the "Show preview" button to check your formatting. If everything looks good, hit the "Save page" button. You now have a Character Profile page!