diff --git a/src/fot/entity.rs b/src/fot/entity.rs
index e69de29..03cd1ee 100644
--- a/src/fot/entity.rs
+++ b/src/fot/entity.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+use super::raw::Raw;
+use super::tag::Tag;
+use super::esh::ESH;
+use super::decoder::Decoder;
+use super::fstring::FString;
+use super::stream::{ReadStream, WriteStream};
+use anyhow::anyhow;
+use anyhow::Result;
+
+pub enum EntityOrigin {
+    File,
+    World
+}
+
+pub struct Entity {
+    origin: EntityOrigin,
+    tag: Option<Tag>,
+    pub id: usize,
+    pub flags: u32,
+    pub type_idx: u16,
+    pub type_name: FString,
+    pub esh: ESH,
+    enc_size: usize
+}
+
+pub struct EntityOpt {
+    pub origin: EntityOrigin,
+    pub flags: u32,
+    pub type_idx: u16,
+    pub type_name: Option<FString>,
+}
+
+impl Decoder for Entity {
+    type Opt = EntityOpt;
+    fn decode(raw: &Raw, offset: usize, _: usize, opt: Option<Self::Opt>) -> Result<Self> {
+        let rd = ReadStream::new(raw, offset);
+        let opt = match opt {
+            Some(opt) => opt,
+            None => return Err(anyhow!("no EntityOpt was provided!"))
+        };
+
+        
+        todo!();
+    }
+
+    fn encode(&self) -> Result<Raw> {
+        todo!();
+    }
+
+    fn get_enc_size(&self) -> usize {
+        todo!();
+    }
+}