# PASS -- FULL MODE CHARACTER STATE EXTRACTION (CHAPTER 15 POLISHED)

## Character State: ch-15 FINAL

### Isabella Voss
**Location:** Outskirts of Nightbloom Wilds, medical camp  
**Physical:** Scarred from hemomantic overexertion; partial deafness (right ear); magical exhaustion recovering  
**Emotional:** Melancholy-purposeful; grieving-liberated  
**Active Obligations:**  
- Protection of Nightbloom survivors (ACTIVE)  
- Life-debt to Damien (UNPAID)  

**Open Loops:**  
- Integration of Collective into new territory (UNRESOLVED)  

**Carried Secrets:**  
- Holds collective consciousness in marrow; Council unaware  

**Arc Progress:** 95% — transitioned from coven tool to sovereign vessel of her people's future  
**Status:** PERMANENT

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### Damien Blackthorn
**Location:** Outskirts Nightbloom Wilds, triage tent  
**Physical:** Abdominal bandages; stabilized; permanent torso/arm scarring  
**Emotional:** Quietly triumphant; exhausted; deeply protective  
**Active Obligations:**  
- Protect Isabella from Blackthorn loyalists (ACTIVE)  

**Open Loops:**  
- Remaining Council members hunting the "traitor" (UNRESOLVED)  

**Arc Progress:** 90% — pivoted from tyranny's weapon to guardian of displaced  
**Status:** PERMANENT

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### Lord Malphas Blackthorn
**Location:** Great Hall High Dais, Blackthorn Keep (Ruined)  
**Physical:** Comatose; magical necrosis spreading  
**Arc Progress:** 100% — inert relic of discarded era  
**Status:** PERMANENT

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## World State: ch-15 FINAL

**Active Events:**  
- **The Great Migration:** Nightbloom Collective moving toward Whispering Peaks (2 weeks travel)  
- **The Wane:** Bridge-tied magic flickering globally; blood-vow strength diminishing outside Collective  

**Faction Attitudes:**  
- **The Collective:** Devoted — feel Isabella's steadying presence; high cohesion  
- **Blackthorn Remnants:** Chaotic — leadership dead/catatonic; desertion and banditry rising  

**NPC Allegiances:**  
- Kaelen (Nightbloom): Grateful; witnessed Isabella's stand; follows without blood-oaths  
- Elder Thorne (Blackthorn Council): Vengeful; desires Isabella's capture to restore blood-tie  

**Permanent World Changes:**  
✓ Obsidian Bridge destroyed (physical & metaphysical)  
✓ Voss-Blackthorn Pact dissolved  
✓ Unbound Magic born (hemomancy freed from hierarchy)