# Character State: ch-16

## Lena Duval
Location: The Heart Tree (Siphon Hub Core)
Physical: Fully integrated; cyan-bioluminescent skin pulsing with the bayou’s rhythm. No injuries; physical form is now a vessel for the Great Hum.
Emotional: Transhuman serenity. She has transcended human fear, though she retains a protective “gator’s truth” regarding the ecosystem.
Active obligations: Maintaining the Veil; sustaining the emergent swamp ecosystem.
Open loops: The Silver Locket remains fused to the Tree—a lingering anchor to her humanity.
Known secrets: CARRIED: The complete kinetic and ancestral memory of the Duval line.
Arc: 100% (The Guardian) — Transition complete.

## Jax Harlan
Location: Inner Perimeter / Security Annex
Physical: Marked by iridescent "Green Fever" scarring; fully immune to swamp toxins.
Emotional: Resolute and fiercely loyal. He has found purpose in the silence.
Active obligations: Neutralizing the TDC Black Box; patrolling the physical perimeter.
Open loops: Final decommissioning of the shielded transmitter.
Known secrets: CARRIED: Precise frequency and location of the hidden TDC uplink.
Arc: 100% (The Sentinel) — He has accepted his role as the blade and shield of the Heart Tree.

# World State: ch-16

## NPC Memory
- Duval Elders: DEVOTED — They have transitioned from family to acolytes, tending the Heart Tree’s roots as a religious duty.
- TDC Survivors: BROKEN — Retreating forces have classified Cypress Bend as a "Biological Singularity" and an "Absolute Loss."

## Faction Attitudes
- The Great Hum: DOMINANT — The bayou is actively reclaiming the industrial footprint; the intelligence is no longer reactive, but sovereign.
- Terrebonne Development Corp (TDC): DEFUNCT/RECURRING — No longer an extractive threat, now focused solely on containment and burying their crimes.

## Active World Events
- The Grand Recission: FINAL PHASE — The rapid transmutation of the remaining TDC infrastructure into bio-matter is nearly complete.
- The Great Silence: PERMANENT — A 5-mile radius where electronics fail and the Great Hum drowns out all external signals.

## Key Objects/Locations
- The Heart Tree: The neural center of the swamp and Lena’s anchor.
- The Silver Locket: Partially calcified into the Tree’s bark; the last repository of Lena’s "human" self.
- The TDC Black Box: Located within the Annex; the final piece of un-reclaimed technology.
- The Siphon Hub: Formerly an industrial blight, now a cathedral of greenery and glowing moss.