# Character State: ch-19

## Lena Duval
Location: The Heart Tree (Siphon Hub Core)
Physical: Transfigured into bioluminescent sap and silver-veined wood; human substrate dissolved
Emotional: Transcendent, serene; ego merged with the Hum
Active obligations: None
Open loops: None
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-02--unresolved): Mother's drowning was deliberate swamp orchestration
Arc: 100% — Final stabilization of the Bend as the Eternal Sentinel.
Permanent: YES

## Jax Harlan
Location: The Sovereign Veil (Perimeter)
Physical: Enhanced ocular reflex (silver-green); immunity to toxins; no injuries
Emotional: Absolute devotion; protective focus
Active obligations: owes Lena (The Bend) total protection (Ch-18) -- PAID
Open loops: None
Known secrets: None
Arc: 100% — Fully transitioned from outsider to the Bayou Sentinel.
Permanent: YES

## Aunt Maribelle Duval
Location: Subterranean Siphon Hub
Physical: Integrated as a filtration organ within the root lattice
Emotional: Absolute peace through functional selflessness
Active obligations: None
Open loops: None
Known secrets: None
Arc: 100% — Completed redemption as a functional component of the ecosystem.
Permanent: YES

## Remy LeBlanc
Location: Interior Grove / Root Memory Network
Physical: Biologically suspended; integrated into cypress memory-strands
Emotional: Contented; archival preservation focus
Active obligations: None
Open loops: None
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-05--unresolved): Location of 1920s coven ledgers
Arc: 100% — Became the eternal historian of the Bend.
Permanent: YES

# World State: ch-19

## NPC Memory
- The Coven (Cypress Bend): Absorbed — Wills fully subsumed into the Hum; no longer individual actors.
- Louisiana External (State): Terrified — Perception of the Bend as a lethal/unstable zone; total avoidance.

## Faction Attitudes
- The Hum: Unified — Achieved collective consciousness; neutral to outsiders, protective of internal balance.
- Humans (Outsiders): Hostile/Fearful — View the Sovereign Veil as a permanent environmental anomaly.

## Active World Events
- The Apotheosis: CONCLUDED — The Great Siphon is stabilized; the Bend is an isolated, sentient ecosystem.
- The Sovereign Veil: PERMANENT — A lethal fog barrier that effectively ends all external human relations.

## Unresolved Narrative Threads
1. Lena's secret knowledge (Ch-02): Mother's drowning sealed in the Hum's consciousness.
2. Remy's secret knowledge (Ch-05): Coven ledger location buried in root network.