# Character State: ch-03

## Elias Thorne
Location: The Archive’s restricted sub-level, Blackwood Manor
Physical: Exhausted, slight hand tremors, no major injuries
Emotional: Paranoid and obsessive
Active obligations: owes Silas Vane an explanation of the ritual (ch-03) -- UNPAID
Open loops: Elias and Silas Vane regarding the containment of the "Whisperer" (ch-03) -- UNRESOLVED
Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01--unresolved): knows his father was not killed by a thief -- The Board does not know; knows the Archive's seals are failing -- Silas Vane does not know
Arc: 30% -- Elias has successfully activated the forbidden scrying glass, permanently deepening his connection to the void.
Permanent: YES

## Silas Vane
Location: The Archive’s restricted sub-level, Blackwood Manor
Physical: No injuries, leaning on a silver-headed cane
Emotional: Calculating and impatient
Active obligations: none
Open loops: Elias and Silas Vane regarding the containment of the "Whisperer" (ch-03) -- UNRESOLVED
Known secrets: knows the location of the third relic -- Elias does not know
Arc: 20% -- Silas has transitioned from a distant mentor to an active conspirator in the ritual.
Permanent: YES

## Julian Grave -- DECEASED (ch-03)
Established: Julian was consumed by the shadow-sentinel after the scrying glass cracked, his essence physically dragged into the mirror’s void.
Legacy: His death leaves the Archive without its primary gatekeeper and signals the failure of the old containment methods.

# World State: ch-03

## NPC Memory
- Silas Vane (The Order/Blackwood Manor): AGGRESSIVE -- Silas witnessed Elias's hesitation during the ritual -- Silas is losing trust in Elias’s resolve.

## Faction Attitudes
- The Archive Wardens: Hostile -- The Wardens believe Elias is destabilizing the manor's protections.
- The Unseen: Observant -- The entity in the glass has acknowledged Elias's presence for the first time.

## Active World Events
- The Shaking of the Foundations: The physical manor has begun to experience micro-quakes as the veil thins (ongoing).
- The Great Breach: A hairline crack has appeared in the main scrying glass in the sub-level (permanent).