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title: "Connect entries with relationships"
description: "Link entries with directed or symmetric relationships and understand how relationship direction affects the story bible."
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lastModified: 2026-11-01
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Relationships describe how two entries are connected: a character belongs to a group, an event happened in a place, or one person is another's parent.

## Add a relationship

Open an entry and use its **Relationships** section. Choose the relationship and the other entry. Add a note or time information when it clarifies the connection.

Read the wording as a sentence. **Mara — member of — Cartographers' Guild** is different from making the guild a member of Mara.

## Direction and reverse labels

Most relationships have a direction. A parent relationship can be shown as “parent of” from one side and “child of” from the other. Those are two views of one connection; you do not need to create both.

Some relationships are symmetric, such as a sibling relationship. ImagineMate treats their direction differently from a one-way relationship.

## Relationship types

The world starts with common relationship types. If none expresses what you need, use **Ontology** or ask the assistant to add a suitable type. Prefer reusing an existing type when it already means the same thing.

A relationship connects specific entries. A fact can add context, but text saying “Mara is a guild member” is not a substitute for a structured membership relationship when you want to navigate that connection.

[Consistency checks](/consistency) can flag impossible combinations and cycles. Review the finding before changing your world; an unusual connection may be intentional.