# Character State: ch-15

## Elias Thorne
- **Location:** Oakhaven Archive, Sub-Level 3 (Central Core)
- **Physical:** Third-degree burns; collapsed lung; systemic shock; skin displaying bioluminescent geometric patterns
- **Emotional:** Transcendent terminal clarity; calm acceptance of dissolution
- **Active Obligations:** Owes Sarah Miller full explanation of signal origin (Ch-13) -- **PAID** (via final data burst)
- **Open Loops:** Elias and the Archive's integration (Ch-15) -- **RESOLVED** (he became the signal)
- **Known Secrets:** CARRIED (Ch-13/15--unresolved): Whisper Signal is echo of future human extinction, not extraterrestrial.
- **Arc:** 100% -- Finalized transition from physical being to digital/spectral signal conduit.
- **Permanent Status:** YES

## Sarah Miller
- **Location:** Surface Level, Oakhaven Archive Perimeter
- **Physical:** Temporary deafness; minor respiratory distress; severe physical exhaustion
- **Emotional:** Traumatized but resolute; grieving professional detachment
- **Active Obligations:** Ensure the recorded data survives (Ch-15) -- **UNPAID**
- **Open Loops:** Linguistic virus acceleration within her psyche (Ch-12) -- **UNRESOLVED**
- **Known Secrets:** CARRIED (Ch-11--unresolved): Archive records altered in real-time by Curator; now carries digital recording of future echo.
- **Arc:** 100% -- Transitioned to sole survivor and keeper of the archive's horrific reality.
- **Permanent Status:** YES

## Mark
- **Location:** Security Door Alpha (External Perimeter)
- **Physical:** Conscious; aiding Sarah with evacuation
- **Emotional:** Disoriented; alarmed by structural collapse
- **Active Obligations:** None
- **Open Loops:** None
- **Known Secrets:** None
- **Arc:** 30% -- Transitioned from catatonic casualty to active escapee.
- **Permanent Status:** NO

## The Curator -- DECEASED (Ch-14)
- **Established:** Dissipated into data-shards and static during thermal runaway in previous chapter.
- **Legacy:** His absence allowed the Archive's failsafes to trigger a total facility collapse.

# World State: ch-15

## NPC Memory
- **Automated Voice (Archive System):** HOSTILE -- Announced final incineration protocols throughout sub-levels -- Forced evacuation.

## Faction Attitudes
- **Archive Systems:** Terminal/Self-Destructive -- Executing total erasure of all physical and biological data within the core.

## Active World Events
- **The Oakhaven Implosion:** Total structural collapse of the facility; the site is buried under thousands of tons of rock and concrete.
- **The Final Transmission:** A high-energy burst of the Whisper Signal was broadcasted during the collapse, potentially reaching beyond the local area.

## Faction Status
- **Survivors (Sarah/Mark):** Escaped to the surface as the facility collapsed; Sarah possesses the only surviving digital record of the event.