# Character State: ch-06

## Lena Duval
Location: Safehouse basement, Lower Ninth Ward, New Orleans.
Physical: Severe sensory overload; nausea; tremors in hands; bleeding thumb from a self-inflicted ritual prick.
Emotional: Trapped and desperate; feeling "magically blind" due to the industrial interference.
Active obligations: owes Jax an explanation of "Project Phlegethon" (ch-06) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: Lena and Maribelle [The Frequency Shift intrusion] (ch-06) -- UNRESOLVED; Lena and the Locket [Mechanical synchronization] (ch-06) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-06--unresolved): knows Project Phlegethon involves changing the ley lines' frequency to favor industrial resonance -- Jax Harlan.
Arc: 50% -- Lena realizes her "static" is not a loss of power but a tuning issue; she is sensing the artificial takeover of the world's pulse.
Permanent: YES

## Jax Harlan
Location: Safehouse, Lower Ninth Ward, New Orleans (defending the perimeter).
Physical: Bruised shoulder; low-grade exhaustion; adrenaline-fueled tension.
Emotional: Suspicious and protective; frustrated by the failure of the safehouse's security.
Active obligations: owes Lena extraction to the New Orleans contact (ch-06) -- ACTIVE.
Open loops: Jax and The Mole [Identity of the safehouse leak] (ch-06) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: None.
Arc: 25% -- Transitions from a hired escort to a vested investigator of the Duval/Terrebonne conspiracy.
Permanent: YES

# World State: ch-06

## NPC Memory
- Aunt Maribelle (Terrebonne Parish/Psychic Projection): AGGRESSIVE -- She successfully pierced the safehouse wards using the new frequency -- Lena is no longer safe in the city.
- The Neutral Contact (New Orleans): UNMET -- Reliability is now highly questionable following the safehouse breach.

## Faction Attitudes
- The Duval Coven: Predatory -- Using the "Frequency Shift" to track and reclaim Lena as an "engine" for their magical operations.
- Terrebonne Development Corp: Antagonistic -- Their industrial machinery is actively overwriting the magical resonance of the region.

## Active World Events
- The Frequency Shift: Ongoing; the background pulse of the swamp is being overwritten by the mechanical rhythm of Project Phlegethon.
- Urban Wall Failure: The concrete and iron of New Orleans have ceased to provide Lena sanctuary from psychic intrusion.
- The Leak: The safehouse is compromised; Jax and Lena are currently exposed and under mental/spiritual siege.

## Metadata
- Key Item: Silver Locket (vibrating with a mechanical hum, acting as a beacon).
- Key Term: "Industrial Resonance."
- Mood: Industrial horror, claustrophobic, high-tension.
- Current Conflict: Escaping a compromised sanctuary while "magically blind."