eeHero (hero)

In which input files is this field used?

In entries of DBI files

What should the field look like?

In the usual files (including w.dbi): fixed position, or [hero:xx,xx]

What does the field contain?

Name (or abbreviation) of the title hero of a story.

If a story has no title hero: "--".
If a story has an apparent hero, but no hero is mentioned in the title, a ')' is added. For example: DD)
If a story has no hero in its title, both "--" and "DD)" are valid. It is for the indexer to decide which of the two options to use. Harry himself prefers to use "--", unless no xapp field is present. We may decide to drop the "DD)" possibility in the future.

For covers and illustrations (that usually don't have a title), the "apparent hero" is listed, without a ")".

More than one character can be listed, separated by commas. For often occurring combinations, we have own abbreviations, like M+G, D+D.

Heroes can also be "hero-only" things like DuckTales (DT), Goof Troop, Junglebook (JUN), etc. See xapprule.

If a hero is not in the xapp field, an exclamation mark (!) should be added: [hero:DD!] [xapp:HDL,DA]. This doesn't hold for the "hero-only" values like DT.

Which checks are done?

A value of "nn" is allowed, but completely ignored.
A character name (or abbreviation) should only occur once in this field.
Every name should be mentioned in the characters legend.
Every name should also appear in the xapp field, unless:

The name is marked as hero-only in the legend file (field xapprule)
The name is followed by a '!'
The name starts with a '-'
The xapp for this item is not given anywhere in INDUCKS
The name is mentioned in the seealso field of one of the xapp characters
The hero is DD in a YD or ZD item (newspaper strip)
The hero is MM in a YM or ZM item (newspaper strip)

Which CSV field(s) use this field?

The field charactercode in table inducks_logocharacter
The field logocharactercomment in table inducks_logocharacter
The field number in table inducks_logocharacter
The field reallyintitle in table inducks_logocharacter

How is the data used in the rest of INDUCKS?

If a character was not in the legend, it is added with status = "unknown".

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