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title: Reader Initially Knows
category: Characters
tags: characters, relationships, reader-knowledge, secrets, fields
contextKey: characters.relationships.readerInitiallyKnows
micro: Mark whether the reader knows this relationship at the starting point.
quickTitle: Reader initially knows
quickSummary: Untick this for hidden family ties, secret affairs, concealed identities, false assumptions or delayed reveals.
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# Reader Initially Knows

This controls whether the reader knows the relationship at the starting point. It is about reader knowledge, not whether the relationship is true.

Untick it for hidden family ties, secret affairs, concealed identities, false assumptions or delayed reveals. Keep it ticked for relationships the reader is meant to understand from the start.