I see how to add birth/death dates to a character item. How do I add other special dates, such as marriages, baptisms, etc.? Can I add custom “special” dates? I am writing a novel where the culture has special events whose date I need to be able to place on the timeline.
Their currently isn’t an option to add other dates directly to a character item. It is something on our feature request list.
If you wish to have other dates such as marriages etc. linked to a certain character, then the best way would be to create an event on the timeline for that situation (eg. "marriage of Character A and B) and then link the characters to that event via the Relationships tab in the Inspector.(eg. add Character A and B as Participants to that event).
Just came to ask if this is possible and found this thread. Agreed - I’d love to be able to add more dates to a character, or location.
Linking them to an event is ok, but that doesn’t show us the date of the event on the page, or when exported.
Since events like marriage affect several characters at once, @jess’ suggestion above definitely makes sense. This also solves the problem of attributing births not only to the child but also to the mother.
Just an idea: Why not just create an arc like “curriculum vitae of character x”, and assign it those “personal” events from birth to death?
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