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title: Current Relationships
category: Characters
tags: characters, relationships, current-state, history, continuity
contextKey: characters.currentRelationships
micro: See the latest relationship state after story events have been applied.
quickTitle: What are Current Relationships?
quickSummary: Current Relationships show where each relationship stands now, based on the initial baseline and later relationship events.
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# Overview

Current Relationships answer the writing question: "Where does this relationship stand now?" The section starts from the initial relationship and then applies relationship events in story order.

Use it before writing scenes that depend on trust, tension, loyalty, fear, attraction, betrayal or reconciliation. It helps you avoid writing two characters as friendly if the last recorded event left them estranged.

# How To Use It

Read the current state first, then open View History when you need to understand how the relationship arrived there. Use the related character and relationship evolution links when you need more context.

Current Relationships are not a place to erase the past. They are a summary of the latest position, while the history remains visible underneath.

# Understanding the Fields

| Field | What it means | Example |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Current state | The latest relationship state after the initial baseline and later events. | Estranged, trusted, suspicious, reconciled. |
| Confidence / intensity | The current emotional strength, certainty or pressure in the relationship. | A quiet friendship may be 4; active hatred may be 9. |
| View History | The sequence of initial state and events that produced the current state. | Initial trust, betrayal in Chapter 12, guarded alliance in Chapter 18. |

# Example

Two friends may begin with deep trust, fall out after a false accusation, then slowly rebuild an alliance. Current Relationships should show the latest state, while View History preserves the turns that made the current scene believable.

# Writer Tip

If the current state surprises you, pause before editing it. The surprise may reveal a missing event, an accidental contradiction, or a useful emotional consequence you had forgotten.

# Common Mistakes

- Editing the initial relationship to force the current state.
- Forgetting that current state depends on story order.
- Ignoring intensity when the relationship is emotionally important.
- Adding a new relationship when a relationship event would better explain the change.

# Related Guides

- [Initial Relationships](/Help/Article/characters.initialRelationships)
- [Relationship Events](/Help/Article/characters.relationshipEvents)
- [Character Details](/Help/Article/characters.details)
