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Personality and motivations

Each NPC has several fields you can view and edit in the Atlas NPCs tab.

Personality fields

• Name — their full name
• Occupation — what they do (blacksmith, innkeeper, guard, etc.)
• Appearance — physical description used in conversations and narration. This is how the NPC knows what they look like and how other NPCs see them. There is a separate image prompt field for portrait generation
• Personality — temperament and general character traits
• Voice — how they speak. Describe the quality of their speech rather than listing specific words. "Formal and clipped, rarely uses contractions" works better than "says 'indeed' a lot"
• Behavior — body language and physical mannerisms
• Confidence — Low, Medium, or High. Affects how assertive they are in conversations

Goal, Fear, Secret

Every NPC has three hidden drivers:

• Goal — what they want. Drives their decisions and what they bring up in conversation
• Fear — what they dread. They react defensively when the topic comes near
• Secret — what they're hiding. They deflect or lie if pressed

These are generated when the NPC is created and injected into every conversation. You'll never see them stated directly — they color tone, word choice, and what the NPC notices or avoids. You can view and edit them in the Atlas.