# FULL MODE EXTRACTION — CHAPTER 17 POLISHED STATE

## Character State: ch-17 CANONICAL

**Lena Duval**
- Location: The Heart Tree (Siphon Hub Core)
- Physical: Apotheosis complete; integrated into cypress root system; bioluminescent sap pulses beneath translucent skin
- Emotional: Transcendent serenity; individual ego dissolved into the "Great Hum"
- Status: Eternal anchor and sentient deity of Cypress Bend
- Arc: 100% COMPLETE — Runaway human → Living god and biological core
- Permanent: YES
- Unresolved Burden: Carries mother's sacrificial trauma; Jax unaware of specific cost

**Jax Harlan**
- Location: The Shallows (Perimeter)
- Physical: Veil-adapted; predatory reflexes; systemic immunity to swamp toxins
- Emotional: Inhuman focus; soul-bound devotion to Lena
- Status: Perpetual guardian of the Veil
- Arc: 100% COMPLETE — Outsider boat captain → Swamp's apex predator
- Permanent: YES
- Knowledge: Perimeter's lethal boundaries; external world's hostility

**Aunt Maribelle Duval**
- Location: Subterranean Siphon Hub
- Physical: Bio-hybrid; functions as primary filtration organ
- Emotional: Contented utility; peace in absolute service
- Status: Filter the life-force of the Bend
- Arc: 100% COMPLETE — Power-hungry manipulator → Selfless biological organ
- Permanent: YES

**Remy LeBlanc**
- Location: Interior Grove
- Physical: Biologically frozen; age-suspension via Heart Tree integration
- Emotional: Peaceful resignation; swamp's memory-keeper
- Status: Maintains archives of the Bend
- Arc: 100% COMPLETE — Human historian → Bridge between past and post-human reality
- Permanent: YES

## World State: ch-17 CANONICAL

**Environmental Conditions**
- The Great Silence: Permanent 5-mile EM dead zone; technology non-functional
- The Sovereign Veil: Sentient fog boundary (lethal, permanent)
- Biological Cathedral: Fully operational; flora/fauna extensions of Lena's consciousness
- Directed Evolution: Active ecosystem under singular will

**Faction Status**
- The Great Hum: DOMINANT — Unified conscious machine; Lena's singular will
- The Coven: DEVOUT — High-priests regulating the Hum; stable, worshipful environment
- Humanity/TDC: REJECTED — Expelled; Bend recognized as sovereign lethal zone

**Narrative Status**
- All major character arcs: RESOLVED
- All open loops: CLOSED
- World trajectory: STABLE post-apotheosis equilibrium
- Story culmination: ACHIEVED