# Character State: ch-14

## Lena Duval
- **Location:** The Siphon Hub Core, Cypress Bend.
- **Physical:** Stabilized and radiant; her skin hums with constant, soft bioluminescence. The tremors that plagued her throughout the season have ceased entirely as her nervous system has synchronized with the Great Hum.
- **Emotional:** Transformed. She experiences the Bayou’s geography as an extension of her own body, feeling a deep, protective sorrow for Maribelle while accepting the necessity of her death.
- **Active Obligations:** Owes Jax Harlan a life-debt (Ch-12) — UNPAID. The weight of this bond feels more visceral now that her senses are heightened.
- **Open Loops:** Lena vs. TDC Sabotage — RESOLVED. The pulse she triggered successfully neutralized the demolition charges and repelled the invaders.
- **Known Secrets:** CARRIED (Ch-13): Knows the Siphon’s true purpose was "Harmonic Bleed" to siphon life-force for the Upper Districts. Jax remains unaware of the depth of this exploitation.
- **Arc:** 100% (The Warden). She has shed her desire for escape and fully integrated as the Bend’s guardian.
- **Permanent:** YES.

## Jax Harlan
- **Location:** Secondary Bypass Drainage / Hub Perimeter.
- **Physical:** Exhausted; nursing minor ordnance burns and scratches from the aggressive flora.
- **Emotional:** Resolute. He has accepted his role as the Bayou’s shield, though he remains wary of the supernatural tether growing between him and Lena.
- **Active Obligations:** Identify the TDC/Terrebonne Security mole (Ch-13) — UNRESOLVED.
- **Open Loops:** Jax vs. TDC Infiltration Team — RESOLVED. He successfully held the perimeter until the Bayou itself rose to finish the fight.
- **Arc:** 98% (Guardian).
- **Permanent:** NO.

## Aunt Maribelle
- **Status:** DECEASED.
- **Legacy:** Her attempt to sabotage the Siphon resulted in her consumption by the harmonic backflow and swamp vines. Her death officially ends the Duval internal power struggle.

# World State: ch-14

## NPC Memory
- **TDC Sabotage Team:** DEFEATED. Survivors are trapped in the expanding "blackout zone," hunted by the reactive environment.
- **Duval Coven:** SUBMISIVE. The sisters have recognized Lena’s ascension as the new Matriarch and Warden.

## Faction Attitudes
- **TDC:** PANICKED. Their infrastructure in the Upper Districts is failing as the "Harmonic Backflow" picks up speed. Recovery is no longer the goal; containment is.
- **The Bayou:** AWAKENED. The ecosystem is now proactive, using sensory-depriving fogs and predatory flora to protect the Hub.

## Active World Events
- **The Great Hum:** EXPANDING. The resonance zone now covers the entire Cypress Bend wetland, making electronic surveillance impossible.
- **Harmonic Backflow:** PEAKING. Stolen energy is being grounded back into the mud, causing massive power failures in the cities that relied on the Siphon.

## Key Objects/Locations
- **The Secondary Bypass:** DESTROYED. The physical mechanism for draining the swamp is gone, reclaimed by the marsh.
- **The Silver Locket:** DROPPED. Lena left her mother’s locket in the mud, symbolizing the end of her guilt and her attachment to the "normal" world.
- **The Siphon Hub:** INTEGRATED. It is no longer a machine, but a living conduit for Lena’s power.