Reference · Blocks
The World block
A World is the setting your story lives in — its structure, factions, threats, history and rules. It’s the richest block in Storyum: 53 fields across 8 sections. You’ll rarely fill them all; a strong core (structure, factions, threats, secrets, history) already grounds the writing, and the deeper fields are yours to keep the world consistent as it grows.
What’s on this page
- A world profile grouped into Core · Important · Depth — 8 collapsible sections.
- The same add/enrich flow as the other entities (by hand, from synopsis, AI, or the Store).
- A completeness read-out that rewards the high-impact fields first.
How to use it
- 1Start with the core: World Structure, Factions, Threats, Secrets, and the History that sets the book in motion.
- 2Add the deeper sections (Resources, Rules, Travel) to keep the world coherent — they’re your reference.
- 3A world is optional — but a well-built one makes every scene set in it richer.
Adding worlds
Worlds are added and enriched like the other entities — “+ world” opens the same Manual / From Store / AI options, and the ✦ AI button fleshes one out (see the Characters page for the shared flow). A world is optional.
How to read the fields
The World block is deep, so each field says whether it’s fed to the writing, structural, or authoring reference. That last one matters here:
Fed vs. reference. A curated core of the world reaches every scene set in it — structure, factions, key locations/characters/items, threats, secrets, history, the rules of order. The deeper fields (economy, travel, fine social detail) are authoring reference: kept for your own consistency but not injected into each scene’s prompt, so the writing stays focused. They’re not wasted — they keep your world coherent, and you can fold anything crucial into a fed field.
Every field
All 53 fields, by section. The Depth sections are mostly reference — reach for them when you want the world fully worked out.
System / General
Identity and the top-level facts of the world.
World Name
canon_name · textThe world’s name.
AffectsFed to the writing — shapes how the world reads in a scene.
Enabled
sys_enabled · toggleWhether this world is active.
AffectsStructural — organizes your project; it doesn’t directly change the prose.
World Type
world_type · textWhat kind of world it is — city, kingdom, station…
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Scale
world_size · textThe world’s physical scale.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Population
world_population · textWho lives here and how many.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
History
world_history · textareaThe world’s backstory.
AffectsFed to the writing — shapes how the world reads in a scene. One of the core world fields the writing leans on.
Culture ID
world_culture_id · numberA link to the world’s culture.
AffectsStructural — organizes your project; it doesn’t directly change the prose.
World Structure
How the world is organized — and its key locations, people and objects.
Scale
we_scale · textThe scope of the conflict/world.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Openness
we_openness · textHow open the world is to outsiders.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Power Structure
we_structure · textHow power is organized.
AffectsFed to the writing — shapes how the world reads in a scene.
Stability
we_stability · textHow stable the world is.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Key Locations
we_core_locs · textareaThe world’s defining places.
AffectsFed to the writing — shapes how the world reads in a scene.
Key Characters
we_core_chars · textareaThe world’s defining people.
AffectsFed to the writing — shapes how the world reads in a scene.
Key Items
we_core_items · textThe world’s defining objects.
AffectsFed to the writing — shapes how the world reads in a scene.
Factions & Power
The groups that hold power — and what they hide.
Factions
we_factions · textareaThe powers and groups in the world.
AffectsFed to the writing — shapes how the world reads in a scene.
Territories
we_territory · textWho controls what ground.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Control Strength
we_control_str · textHow firm that control is.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Social Links
we_social_links · textHow people are tied together.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Secrets
we_secrets · textareaWhat the world hides.
AffectsFed to the writing — shapes how the world reads in a scene.
Hidden Secrets
we_secrets_hidden · textareaThe deeper, spoiler-level secrets.
AffectsFed to the writing — shapes how the world reads in a scene.
Threats & Conflicts
What’s going wrong, and how it escalates.
Open Threats
we_open_threats · textareaThe dangers everyone can see.
AffectsFed to the writing — shapes how the world reads in a scene.
Hidden Threats
we_hidden_threats · textareaThe dangers still concealed.
AffectsFed to the writing — shapes how the world reads in a scene.
Threat Timer
we_threat_timer · textThe clock on the threat.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Escalation
we_escalation · textHow the danger grows.
AffectsFed to the writing — shapes how the world reads in a scene.
Hotspots
we_hotspots · textWhere the trouble concentrates.
AffectsFed to the writing — shapes how the world reads in a scene.
History & Beginning
The past that shaped the world, and the moment the book opens.
Past Event 1
we_past_1 · textareaA defining past event.
AffectsFed to the writing — shapes how the world reads in a scene.
Past Event 2
we_past_2 · textareaA second past event.
AffectsFed to the writing — shapes how the world reads in a scene.
Past Event 3
we_past_3 · textareaA third past event.
AffectsFed to the writing — shapes how the world reads in a scene.
Power Balance
we_power_bal · textHow power sits at the start.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Grudges
we_grudges · textOld grievances still alive.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Start Time
we_start_time · textWhen the book opens.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Start Location ID
we_start_loc · numberWhere the book opens (a location link).
AffectsStructural — organizes your project; it doesn’t directly change the prose.
Inciting Incident
we_inciting · textThe event that kicks off the story.
AffectsFed to the writing — shapes how the world reads in a scene.
Incident Description
we_inciting_desc · textareaThe inciting incident, in detail.
AffectsFed to the writing — shapes how the world reads in a scene.
Readiness
we_readiness · textHow ready each side is at the start.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Resources & Items
AdvancedThe world’s economy — mostly authoring reference.
Item Owners
we_item_owners · textWho owns the world’s key objects.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Item Locations
we_item_locs · textWhere those objects are.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Item Access
we_item_access · textWho can reach them.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Key Resource
we_resource · textThe world’s vital resource.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Scarcity
we_scarcity · textWhat’s scarce.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Resource Control
we_res_control · textWho controls the resource.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Supply Risk
we_supply_risk · textWhat threatens the supply.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Rules & Order
AdvancedHow order is kept.
Order
we_order · textHow law and order work.
AffectsFed to the writing — shapes how the world reads in a scene.
Violence
we_violence · textThe level and shape of violence.
AffectsFed to the writing — shapes how the world reads in a scene.
Bans
we_bans · textWhat’s forbidden.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Punishments
we_punishment · textHow transgressions are punished.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Travel & Information
AdvancedHow people and news move — authoring reference.
Travel
we_travel · textHow people move through the world.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Barrier
we_barrier · textWhat blocks travel.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Barrier Details
we_barrier_extra · textMore on the barriers.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Cost
we_travel_cost · textWhat travel costs.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Information Speed
we_info_speed · textHow fast news travels.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Transparency
we_transparency · textHow open information is.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.
Trust
we_trust · textHow much people trust each other.
AffectsAuthoring reference — kept for your own consistency, but not injected into every scene’s prompt (the writing draws on a curated core so prompts stay focused). Fold anything crucial into a fed field above.