The story you told is not the story that happened.

Every character a traversable arc.

Most tools give you one timeline. Fabula gives every character (and every entity) their own, tracking state — beliefs, goals, emotions — at each event.

Each character has a timeline of beliefs and goals, anchored to the Episode → Scene → Beat structure. We roll up roles and key changes across episodes, seasons, and the whole canon — so Cromwell’s loyalties or the Brigadier’s personality stay continuous throughout. (How we build arcs.)

Identity sticks with the entity, not just the show — so arcs carry across spin-offs and sequels. Continuity becomes a graph, not a headache.

“What did Cromwell believe in this scene?”
“What had he done by this episode?”
“What changed in him between this season and the next?”
Different operations. All answerable on the same per-entity arc.

// Per-entity event participation · Cromwell · S1E01

{
  "agent": "Thomas Cromwell",
  "scene_anchor": "S1E01 · York Place · Sc. 1 (the upper chamber)",
  "incarnation_identifier":
    "as Wolsey's man, watching the storm",
  "beliefs_at_event": [
    "Loyalty to Wolsey is a strategic necessity, but survival
     in the court demands adaptability",
    "The storm outside is a metaphor for the chaos within
     the palace, and only the vigilant will thrive"
  ],
  "goals_at_event": [
    "Assess the fragility of Wolsey's power and the shifting
     dynamics of the court",
    "Position himself to navigate the impending political
     storm and secure his own future"
  ],
  "emotional_state_at_event":
    "Stoic and calculating, with an undercurrent of quiet
     determination; stillness masking a mind racing with
     anticipation of the upheaval to come",
  "observed_status":
    "Cloaked and motionless at the upper-chamber window,
     back to the viewer, framed against rain-lashed York Place",
  "importance_to_event": "primary",
  "season_arc_link": "agent_season_profile/wolf-hall/s1/cromwell"
}