Orphaned NPC by expelling from the Player Character list

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· World management ·
By kungfuchef182 on 08/11/2025

I clicked on "Expand Advanced Tool" then "Player Characters" to see the list of all the characters in my world. That list included my own NPCs, too, and I mistakenly clicked "Expel from world" for my NPC. He is now orphaned, not owned by me or any other players.   His page is still visible and accessible, but not editable, meaning I can't re-assign him to a campaign.

Steps to Reproduce

1. From the "Supporting Cast (NPC)" section of campaign management, click "Create a new supporting cast member". 2. From the list of NPCs for that campaign, click on "Edit" the NPC then the "Edit in world" button from the NPC's page. 3. From the "Edit in world" view, click the "View Character Profile" button. Under "Link/Embed Hero" capture the hero number 4. Go to "Player Characters" under "Expand Advanced Tools" from the side navigation bar. 5. Click "Expel from world" for that new NPC 6. Back on the NPC list in the Campaign, the NPC will be gone, but the hero number is still active and available by this URL: https://www.worldanvil.com/hero/HeroNumberHere   The NPC is still viewable (not a 404 error) but they are completely un-editable or re-assignable to any campaign or world.

Operating System

Windows

Browser

Google Chrome

Related Entity

PC and NPC management within a campaign and world