Anatomy of an Entry

This entry is to describe exactly what each line and section of Pixel character entries are and what they mean. This information has been slightly modified as this information was originally written in respect to how entries in the folder are written.

NAME

As expected, all entries will have this. Named entries will be written as normal, while unnamed (or in the third case, technically unnamed) entries have three different types of entry names:

“Entry”        Used in unnamed entries and will be followed by an all-lowercase letter code distinguishing each entry from the last. Certain letter codes are skipped for containing initialisms or acronyms without the entry having a valid reason for its code or containing dictionary words with the same exception.

“Entry:”    Used in unnamed entries and will be followed by a codename, a unique word or phrase describing the entry as a whole.

“Designation:”    Used in a drone’s entry and will be followed by the word it goes by that is not their name. This is because all Pixel drones start out with the same name and they need to be identified individually at times.

Additionally, unnamed character entries belonging to a character type will be designated “Entry (character type)- “ and a letter code. This can overlap with non-typed unnamed entries and typed entries of other character types. Entries for Alter Selves will be referred to by their shared name and a letter code without the dash. The dash is meant to distinguish the two, as they have a similar format.

SUMMARY

All fully developed Pixel characters have a section called the Summary, displayed in a specially created infobox, which provides the needed information at a glance.

Form Type: The character’s species or base physical appearance, if they do not seem to belong to one.

Secondary Framework (SF) (Optional) Only non-Pixel characters and characters from non-Pixel worlds will have this in all versions. Versions of character entries in non-Pixel worlds will have this for that entry only. Effectively, a Secondary Framework serves as the rules that character's very being obeys that is not the typical rules of that Meta and, in entries, it typically takes the form of the name of the work they come from. This property will convert any lines necessary to align with the character's SF.

Character Type (optional): The Pixel character’s Character Type, which can partially change their physical appearance and typically grant them Latent abilities, noted in the Proficiency line.

Spirit Color: The only Spirit Property a Pixel character will have in their entry. Usually the same as a color in their Color Scheme.

Color Scheme: Another part of a character’s physical appearance, listing the colors a character is in. In most Metas, this is not limited by what would typically be natural for a species.

Proficiency: The Power Types or Specializations a character is able to use, sans Unaligned. Includes “Special” for Special Proficiencies or “Unique” for Unique Skills. The two are mutually exclusive due to their definitions.

Known Resonances (optional): The song(s) a character Resonates to. This gives them a boost in power and a particle effect as long as the song is playing. The results of these effects differ depending on the character. For instance, Elementals have a particle effect of their primary element. Resonances are based on a character seeing themselves in a song and will fade if, for instance, a character Resonates to a song in another language and the translation is not something they relate to.

Temperament: The character’s personality, described in no more than three traits. If necessary, it will be gone over in more depth in the entry itself.

Root (only present in Splinter Self entries): A link to the entry of the Splinter Self’s root. Displayed after Temperament because, more often than not, a Splinter Self’s summary will be identical to that of their root.

DETAILS

The main section of a character’s entry. All character entries will have this no matter if they are fully developed or not. This is where the character is gone over in-depth, and all relevant known details that are not described in other entries are listed. This section will contain reiterations of certain Summary lines and will go into more depth than these lines.