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WorldEvent Template
This template creates a formatted World Event entry for the interactive map timeline. It is used in the Crew: namespace for staging events before publication.
Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
name |
No | Display name of the event. Defaults to the page title. |
year |
Yes | The in-world year (or year.chunk) when the event occurred. |
type |
Yes | One of: war, battle, discovery, disaster, founding, treaty, expedition, political
|
age |
No | The historical age: Age of Myth, Age of Legend, Age of Heroes, Age of Calamity, or Age of Hope
|
summary |
Yes | One or two sentences shown on the timeline card. |
description |
No | Longer body text for the "Read more" sidebar. |
nation |
No | One of: Avereaux, Valdraeth, The Wonder, Kairos, Morvalis, Syradonia, Portavas, Urdrevan, Hammerstadt |
Example
{{WorldEvent
| name = The Battle of X
| year = 1022
| type = battle
| age = Age of Calamity
| summary = The Corrupted launch a devastating assault on X.
| description = In 1022, the Corrupted launched a devastating attack on X. This is a longer description that should be much longer than the summary.
| nation = Kairos
}}
A styled World Event entry for the interactive map timeline. Used in the Crew: namespace for staging.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event Name | name | Display name of the event. Defaults to the page title. | String | suggested |
| Year | year | The in-world year or year.chunk when the event occurred. | String | required |
| Type | type | Event type for the timeline icon.
| String | required |
| Age | age | The historical age this event belongs to.
| String | suggested |
| Summary | summary | One or two sentences shown on the timeline card. | String | required |
| Description | description | Longer body text for the Read more sidebar. | Content | optional |
| Nation | nation | Which nation the event relates to.
| String | optional |
| Dramatic (keystone) | dramatic | yes/true/1 — marks a keystone moment (larger pulsing golden diamond, pinned to the year/Age boundary). | String | optional |
| Map id | map_id | Map to render a marker on: elandra (Past), known-elandra (Present), or a nation slug (portavas, kairos, …). Pair with position; without both, the event stays timeline-only. | String | optional |
| Position (x,y) | position | Marker plane coords as x,y (x in [-512,512], y in [-256,256], origin centre). Required when map_id is set. | String | optional |
| Area | area | Map area the camera frames at the event's year: realm:<realmId>, nation:<nationId>, area:<areaId>, or corruption. Independent of map_id/position. | String | optional |
| Image | image | File name of an uploaded illustration (e.g. Sundering_of_the_Coast.jpg) shown in the 'Read more' sidebar; pair with a credit on the File: page for the artist caption. | File | optional |