# Character State: ch-17 (FINAL)

## Lena Duval
- **Location:** The Heart Tree (Siphon Hub Core)
- **Physical:** Biological singularity; translucent skin fused with bioluminescent sap; neural pathways integrated into the cypress root system.
- **Emotional:** Achieving "Bayou Nirvana"; a state of omniscient serenity devoid of human fear.
- **Active Obligations:** Perpetual anchor of the "Veil of the Great Silence"—serving as the sentient interface between the land and the void.
- **Open Loops:** None. The transition from runaway daughter to the literal spirit of Cypress Bend is complete.
- **Arc:** 100% (Ascended).

## Jax Harlan
- **Location:** Security Annex (The Shallows)
- **Physical:** Heavily scarred by "Green Fever"; physically immune to all synthetic toxins; biological apex predator.
- **Emotional:** Absolute clarity; has shed his corporate identity entirely.
- **Active Obligations:** Eternal guardian; tasked with the physical elimination of any terrestrial or digital intrusion into the Bend.
- **Open Loops:** None. TDC records confirm his death; he exists now only as a ghost in the machine/marsh.
- **Arc:** 100% (Apex Guardian).

# World State: ch-17 (FINAL)

## NPC Memory
- **The Duval Coven:** Transitioned from familial unit to a subservient priesthood; they maintain the biological integrity of the Siphon Hub as Acolytes.
- **TDC Executives:** Pure avoidance protocol. The Bend is a "Black Zone." All data regarding the Siphon Hub has been scrubbed to prevent shareholder panic.

## Faction Attitudes
- **The Great Hum (The Bend):** Dominant. The swamp has successfully metabolized the TDC infrastructure, turning silicon into nutrients and fiber-optics into neural lace.
- **Terrebonne Development Corp:** Defeated. Policy shifted to "Containment via Ignorance."

## Active World Events
- **The Great Silence:** A permanent five-mile-radius EM dead zone. Human technology—drones, GPS, cellular signals—is absorbed or short-circuited upon entry.
- **The Grand Recession:** The physical reclamation of the Siphon Hub. The "biological cathedral" is now fully grown, mimicking the architecture of the ancient groves.

## Key Objects/Locations
- **The Heart Tree:** The seat of Lena’s consciousness; the central processing unit of the ecosystem.
- **Siphon Hub:** A fused organic-digital temple where the "Bayou Bones" (bloodline magic) power the global firewall.
- **The Veil:** The invisible barrier separating the sentient swamp from the dying outside world.

## Voice/Thematic Audit
- **Tone:** Ethereal, final, and prehistoric.
- **Sensory:** Heavy scent of magnolia and mud; the constant, rhythmic "Great Hum" of the earth.
- **Conclusion:** The project "Cypress Bend" is closed. The land has won.