# CHAPTER POLISH — FINAL STATE EXTRACTION

## Character State: ch-12 [CANONICAL]

**Isabella Voss**
- Location: Great Hall balcony, Blackthorn Keep
- Physical: Scarred hands trembling; hemomantic exhaustion; eyes glowing violet (Nightbloom collective consciousness)
- Emotional: Transcendent, burdened yet emboldened; fully embraced as vessel/conductor
- Active Obligations: Protection of Nightbloom survivors (Ch-10, ACTIVE) | Life-debt to Damien (unpaid)
- Open Loops: Integration of Nightbloom Song (UNRESOLVED)
- Secrets Carried: Holds collective consciousness in marrow (Damien witnessed; Malphas unaware)
- Arc Status: 99% — Transitioned from pawn to sovereign conductor; transformation complete
- Status: PERMANENT

**Damien Blackthorn**
- Location: Great Hall balcony, at Isabella's side
- Physical: Magically depleted; light scarring; standing by force of will
- Emotional: Awestruck, fiercely loyal; accepted role as Song's guardian
- Active Obligations: Isabella's protection (Ch-10, ACTIVE)
- Open Loops: Blackthorn Council retaliation (Ch-11, UNRESOLVED)
- Secrets Carried: Prepared patricide—now irrelevant (Council unaware)
- Arc Status: 95% — Severed ties to father's legacy; chose Isabella's heresy over bloodline
- Status: PERMANENT

**Lord Malphas Blackthorn**
- Location: High Dais, Great Hall
- Physical: Collapsed; magically hollowed; eyes bloodshot, sightless with shock
- Emotional: Ruined, incoherent; shattered authority
- Active Obligations: Enforce Heresy Declaration (Ch-10, FAILED)
- Open Loops: Survival against Council's judgment (Ch-12, UNRESOLVED)
- Secrets Carried: Lineage now magically sterile (Council unaware)
- Arc Status: 95% — Fallen tyrant witnessing total inversion of house power
- Status: PERMANENT

**High Priest Malakor** — DECEASED (Ch-12)
- Disintegrated into ash/robes as Nightbloom Song resonated; body unable to contain unfiltered magical frequency
- Significance: Marks end of old theological order; literal purging of Church influence at Keep

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## World State: ch-12 [CANONICAL]

**Environmental**
- The Great Resonance: ACTIVE — Violet light of Muted Dawn solidified into permanent environmental fixture around Blackthorn Keep
- The Exodus of Shadows: ACTIVE — Nightbloom survivors moving as unified consciousness, guided by Isabella's internal melody

**Faction Status**
- Blackthorn House: COLLAPSED — Leadership physically/magically broken; heirs defected
- Nightbloom Coven: EVOLVED — Scattered survivors unified into singular consciousness anchored in Isabella; transformed from refugees to ascendant collective

**NPC Memory / Attitudes**
- Blackthorn Guard (Great Hall): TERRIFIED/SUBMISSIVE — witnessed High Priest's disintegration and Isabella's ascension; ritually surrendered weapons
- Nightbloom Refugees (Keep Gates): ASCENDANT — voices joined Song; no longer scattered but unified magical organism

**Active Threats/Unresolved Tensions**
- Blackthorn Council retaliation (threshold imminent)
- Malphas's survival uncertain amid Council judgment
- Song integration ongoing (Isabella's internal stability unknown long-term)

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**EXTRACTION COMPLETE — Ready for Ch-13 continuity.**