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<includeonly>{{PageRef|{{{name}}}|alt_link={{{name}}}#Background}}{{{suffix|'s}}} background - ''"{{{transcription}}}"''</includeonly><noinclude>{{Documentation}}[[Category:Citation templates]]</noinclude>
<includeonly>{{PageRef|{{{name}}}|alt_link={{{name}}}#Background}}{{{suffix|'s}}} backstory - ''"{{{quote}}}"''</includeonly><noinclude>{{Documentation}}[[Category:Citation templates]]</noinclude>

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This template can be used to reference character backgrounds.

{{BackgroundCite|name=hero_name|quote=quote}}

There's an optional parameter to change the possessive suffix.

Example usages

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Example:

{{BackgroundCite|name=Lash|quote=Jacob Lash is an asshole.}}

Result:

Lash's backstory - "Jacob Lash is an asshole."

Example of suffix change:

{{BackgroundCite|name=Abrams|suffix='|quote=Hard hitting, hard headed, and hard drinking; Detective Abrams has been a fixture on the New York investigating scene for years.}}

Result:

Abrams' backstory - "Hard hitting, hard headed, and hard drinking; Detective Abrams has been a fixture on the New York investigating scene for years."

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Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
namename

The name of the character whose background is being cited

Stringrequired
suffixsuffix

Possessive suffix change for characters whose name ends with 's'

Stringoptional
quotequote

The relevant passage (without quotation marks)

Stringrequired