# Character State: ch-19

## Marcus Thorne
Location: The Canopy/North Bank, Cypress Bend, Florida.
Physical: Hands scarred and stained with fiber-optic resin; high-altitude fatigue; steady heart rate.
Emotional: Vindicated; transitioning from digital fugitive to a foundational architect of a sovereign physical domain.
Active obligations: Owes David his life (Ch-17) — UNPAID; Owes Leo a future outside the index (Ch-12) — IN PROGRESS.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01): Knows Alpha-7 empathy protocols were a lie for mass firings; Julian does not know he kept the back-end logs.
Arc: 100% — Marcus has successfully transitioned from the architect of displacement to the architect of a sovereign sanctuary.
Permanent: YES

## Elena
Location: The Canopy/North Bank, Cypress Bend, Florida.
Physical: Lean, sun-darkened; smelling of ozone and pine; no injuries.
Emotional: Professionally satisfied; treats the completion of the mesh as a structural "commit."
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-10): Knows the manual axe-throw is the only physical failsafe for the power line; Marcus does not know.
Arc: 95% — Moved from survivalist mechanic to the guardian of a permanent, high-tech fortress.
Permanent: YES

## David
Location: The Garden/Sanctuary Grounds, Cypress Bend, Florida.
Physical: Rib-cage healed; strong grip; walking with total mobility.
Emotional: Peaceful; views the mesh as a protective "skin" for the land.
Active obligations: Owes Marcus his life (Ch-17) — UNPAID.
Arc: 98% — Completed transition to tribal elder and primary steward of the physical sanctuary.
Permanent: YES

## Sarah Jenkins
Location: The Kitchen/Sanctuary Hub, Cypress Bend, Florida.
Physical: Rested; hands calloused from garden work.
Emotional: Grounded; maternal urgency has been channeled into communal stability.
Active obligations: Owes Leo a world outside the "Great Flight" (Ch-14) — IN PROGRESS.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01): Knows Alpha-7 protocols were a lie; has weaponized that detachment into tactical survival.
Arc: 95% — Reclaimed her role as the de facto head of the "unindexed" family.
Permanent: YES

## Leo
Location: The Canopy/Mesh Base, Cypress Bend, Florida.
Physical: Agile; uninjured.
Emotional: Fearless; treats the technology as a natural extension of the flora.
Arc: 85% — The first true native of the Bend, unaware of the "indexed" world.
Permanent: YES

## Helen Vance
Location: The Porch, Cypress Bend, Florida.
Physical: Frail; monitors the "ghost records" on a digital tablet.
Emotional: Fulfilled; watching the legacy of the Bend evolve into a protected state.
Arc: 80% — Successfully passed the stewardship of the land's soul to the collective.
Permanent: YES

# World State: ch-19

## NPC Memory
- Avery-Quinn Search Drones: BLINDED — The mesh network mimics background radiation, rendering the 1,000 acres a "true dark" zone.
- Avery-Quinn Corp: FRUSTRATED — The "lost sector" is a persistent anomaly in their throughput maps.

## Active World Events
- The Sovereign Mesh: ACTIVE — Local autonomous grid is fully operational.
- The 14-Week Lockdown: COMPLETED — The group has transitioned from hiding to permanent autonomy.
- The Great Dark: RESOLVED — Replaced by intentional, structured invisibility.