A work of fiction is an act of creative invention; its total faithfulness to reality is not typically assumed by its audience, and so it is not expected to present only characters who are actual people or descriptions that are factually accurate.
A work of fiction is an act of creative invention. Its total faithfulness to reality is not typically assumed by its audience. It is not expected to present only characters. These only characters are actual people or descriptions. These actual people are factually accurate. Descriptions are factually accurate.