# FINAL STATE EXTRACTION — CHAPTER 20 (POLISHED)

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## CHARACTER STATE

### Lena Duval
- **Location:** The Heart Tree (Siphon Hub Core)
- **Physical Form:** Transfigured—bioluminescent sap flowing through silver-veined wood; human substrate dissolved into ecosystem substrate
- **Emotional State:** Transcendent, serene; individual ego fully merged with the Hum's collective consciousness
- **Obligations:** All paid (Ch-18)
- **Open Loops:** NONE — Human intrusion threat (Ch-20) definitively resolved
- **Carried Secrets:** Mother's deliberate drowning ritual (Ch-02) — now held in Hum consciousness, no longer isolated burden
- **Arc Completion:** 100% — Permanent stabilization achieved
- **Status:** PERMANENT — Eternal Sentinel of Cypress Bend

### Jax Harlan
- **Location:** The Sovereign Veil (Perimeter)
- **Physical Form:** Enhanced ocular reflex (silver-green iris); toxin immunity; no active injuries
- **Emotional State:** Absolute devotion; protective focus locked to Bend's border
- **Obligations:** Paid (Ch-18)
- **Open Loops:** NONE — Border protection (Ch-20) fully established
- **Arc Completion:** 100% — Transitioned from outsider to Bayou Sentinel
- **Status:** PERMANENT — Guardian of the threshold

### Aunt Maribelle Duval
- **Status:** DECEASED (Ch-19)
- **Current Form:** Submerged within Siphon Hub root lattice; functioning as ecosystem filtration organ
- **Legacy:** Redemption arc concluded; provides foundational stability to Bend's biological filters

### Remy LeBlanc
- **Status:** DECEASED (Ch-19)
- **Current Form:** Biologically suspended in cypress memory-strands (Interior Grove)
- **Legacy:** Eternal historian and archivist; preserves Bend's collective memory network

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## WORLD STATE

### The Hum Collective
- **Status:** Unified sentience achieved; all individual coven wills absorbed into singular protective biological consciousness
- **Posture:** DEFENSIVE — Final human intrusion repelled; borders sealed

### The Sovereign Veil
- **Status:** PERMANENT — Lethal fog barrier fully established and stabilized
- **Function:** Complete isolation; zero permeable boundaries between Bend and external world

### External Louisiana
- **Collective Perception:** TERROR — Cypress Bend codified as permanent "no-man's land" of lethal anomalies
- **Authority Status:** HOSTILE/FEARFUL — Area designated permanent exclusion zone

### Narrative Status
- **All character arcs:** CONCLUDED
- **World stabilization:** COMPLETE — Self-contained, sentient ecosystem established
- **Active threads:** NONE
- **Endpoint:** PERMANENT

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**[CANONICAL FINAL STATE — NO FURTHER REVISION]**