Shades of Magic Wiki:Sample Character Article

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Sample Character Article
General Information
Full name	The full name of the character, if known maiden name (signalised with "née") or birth name
Alias	Alias Nicknames Other names, etc.
Birthday	Birthday
Age	Age
Magic	Icons of the magic the character possesses: {{Air}} {{Earth}} {{Fire}} {{Water}} {{Metal}} {{Bone}} {{Antari}} {{Black}}
Professional status
Affiliation	Affiliation
Occupation	Occupation (For royales/nobles, the occupation and the title is the same.)
Residence	Past and current residences
Personal status
Status	Alive Deceased Unknown Another fitting status description
Death	Date of death (in-universe time)
Family	Known relatives of character, listed in the format: Name (relation)
Physical description
Hair Color	Hair color
Eye Color	Eye color
Height	Height

“	Important, relevant quote spoken by or about the character. It should fit/reflect the character. Quotes are only optional.	”
—Speaker, Source (novel/short story)Chapter

(Most prominent title if given and) the most used name and a short introduction of the character.

Physical description

Physical description of the character given in the books.

Personality

Description of the personality of the character. If it is suitable, a quote preceding the text can be added. ({{Quote}}-template)

Biography

Early life

Life of the character before the beginning of the events in the books.

Appropiate Headings to Divide Longer Texts

Brief summary of the events of the books, only relevant to the character itself. (Universal, more detailed summaries of the events solely belong to the book pages.)

Relationships

Tabbers are only used if the character has a lot of notable relationships. If Tabbers are needed, please adhere to the following format:

Romances

• Name of the person with an "important" relationship with the character
• "Important" relationship

Description of their relationship. If it is suitable, a quote preceding the text can be added. ({{Quote}}-template)

Friends/Allies

• "Important" relationship

Family/Relatives

• "Important" relationship

Enemies/Rivals

• "Important" relationship

Others

• "Important" relationship

Skills and abilities

The character's skills and abilities.

• Skill: Short description of the skill.

Possessions

The character's notable possessions.

• Possession: Short description of the possession.

Appearances

• Bulleted list of novels and short stories in which the character has appeared (chronological order).
  • If the character did not appear in a novel/short story, but was only mentioned, add {{Mentioned}} after the story's title.
  • If the character was mentioned but not by name, add {{Alluded}} after the story's title.
  • If the character appeared but only in a flashback, add {{Flashback}} after the story's title.
  • If the character will appear in an upcoming novel/short story, add {{Will appear}} after the story's title.

Gallery

Compilation of official images featuring the character.

Please, keep in mind that this wiki does not allow images in .jpg format.

<gallery>
ImageTitle.png|Caption.
</gallery>

Trivia

• General
• Etymology

• Small, noteworthy, briefly mentioned details of the character that does not fit anywhere else.
• A not really well-known fact, something you can easily overlook while casually reading the books.
• "Bonus facts" provided by the author outside the novels and short stories.

The character name's etymology. (How the author came to the name; how in-universe, the character came to their name; the real-life meaning of the name.)

Navigation

Add all applying navigation boxes:

{{RedLondonNavbox}}, {{WhiteLondonNavbox}}, {{GreyLondonNavbox}}, {{ArnesNavbox}}, {{VeskNavbox}}, {{FaroNavbox}}, {{MareshNavbox}}, {{EmeryNavbox}}

References

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Notes and infos Shades of Magic Wiki Regarding Articles Manual of Style • Sample Character Article • Sample Book Article • Article stubs Community Administrators • Community Portal • Polls Site Policies Guidelines • Copyrights Votes, Requests, and Suggestions Requests for rights • Nominations • Featured media suggestions Introductory sentence Please, refrain from writing something like "he/she/they is the [main/supporting character of...]" or "he/she/they appear(s) in..." as this is out-of-universe writing. For more information, please head to the Manual of Style. Infobox Writer either "Red," "White," "Grey," or perhaps even "Black" in the "London" line. A link to the London's respective site and a small image will be automatically added. This only works if the line is filled with just one answer. Therefore, only the character's London of origin/birth London is to be added. Do not put any references here as well. Write either "Female," "Male," or "Fluid" in the "Gender" line. (This shall be expanded if (a) character(s) appears with a different gender/is confirmed to belong to a different gender.) A link to the category page with all the other characters with the same gender and a small image will be automatically added. This only works if the line is filled with just one answer. Therefore, do not put any references in that line. The reference confirming a character's gender shall be added to the Trivia/General section instead. Adding information (especially for the "Biography" section) The information added to character articles... ...should be as summarized and concise as possible. It should be an abbreviated synopsis or description rather than an overly long text block. However, it should not leave out any details which are necessary, relevant to the article. Detailed and overarching plot summaries should be placed under the Biography section of book articles. ...should only focus on the topic of the page. Thorough descriptions of related topics should be put to said topic's own page if it possesses one. Tenses With exception of the "Biography" section which always has to be written in the past tense, all other sections have to be in present tense as long as the character is not labelled as "deceased." For the "Relationships" section: If at least one of the characters is labelled as "deceased," past tense is to be used. Headings November 2017: As the wiki is still in its beginning phase, book titles as headings are allowed. This will change later on. References Always give references to back the information. To simplify the process, use the following templates: {{adsom}} {{agos}} {{acol}} {{tsp}} They are to be used in the following way: {{adsom|chapter number in Latin numbers|segment number in Latin numbers}} For example, {{adsom|I|I}} would result in A Darker Shade of Magic, I: The Traveler, I For {{tsp}}: {{tsp|issue number}} If you have problems using these templates, please give the references in the following format: ''[[Book title]]'', Chapter number in Latin numbers: Chapter title, Segment number Example: A Darker Shade of Magic, VI: Thieves Meet, III If the information was retrieved from an official source related to the Shades of Magic series, e.g. V. E. Schwab's social media accounts or online newspapers, just use the link as reference. Exceptions: References are not needed in the "Relationships" section of the article. References are not needed in the "Biography" section of the article. (subject to change like the headings rule for the "Biography" section)

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