# Canon (/docs/writing/canon)

The Canon holds the story's characters, places and things. Open it from the bar at the top of the screen. It opens as a panel over any view.

## Entries [#entries]

Each entry has a name, other names it goes by, fields that describe it, and up to six images. Add images in three ways:

- **Studio:** make images of the entry in rounds. Pick a framing or describe the image, press **Enter**, mark the ones to keep with **Save**, then press **Done**.
- **Upload** your own.
- **From Gallery:** pick images already in the story.

**Describe from images** looks at the entry's images and fills in what they share. Fields you wrote stay as they are.

A character can have a voice. Describe it, and Living Stories makes a few voices to choose from, or pick one from the ElevenLabs library. Audio nodes that give the character a line use that voice.

## How nodes use the Canon [#how-nodes-use-the-canon]

When a node's words name an entry, by its name or one of its other names, the node sends that entry along: its fields marked **In prompts** and its images. The name is highlighted in the node. Point at it to see what is sent, and leave out what you don't want for that node.

Changing an entry marks the versions it fed as out of date.

## Update from the story [#update-from-the-story]

**Update from the story** reads every scene and node, adds the entries that are missing and fills empty fields. It never changes what you wrote. Where the story disagrees with a field you wrote, the field gets a note with the story's version, and you choose **Use this** or **Keep mine**.

This uses the AI and counts against your budget. The button shows the most it can cost.