# Character State: ch-10

## Queen Seraphine
Location: The Hearth of the World, Crimson Cathedral
Physical: Completely restored; the "Silvering" and stone grafts have been purged by the solar alignment.
Emotional: Transcendent Peace; a sense of profound liberation from the architectural weight of the crown.
Active obligations: owes Aldric a lifetime of partnership (ch-10) -- UNPAID
Open loops: Seraphine/Vespera internal psychic struggle (ch-09) -- RESOLVED
Known secrets: None; her internal state is now fully transparent to Aldric through the soul-merge.
Arc: 100% -- She has ceased being a foundation for a dying empire and become the architect of a living era.
Permanent: YES

## King Aldric
Location: The Hearth of the World, Crimson Cathedral
Physical: Fully healed; the crystallization of his leg has vanished; his breathing is deep and rhythmic.
Emotional: Sovereign Contentment; the cold weight of the blood-bind has been replaced by a warm, shared vitality.
Active obligations: owes the Archivists a new era (ch-09) -- PAID
Open loops: Aldric/Malcorra theological confrontation (ch-08) -- RESOLVED
Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-04—unresolved): knows the location of the true Valerius Seal -- Seraphine now knows through the soul-merge.
Arc: 100% -- He has traded the isolation of the "Gilded Cage" for the strength of a shared throne.
Permanent: YES

## High Priestess Malcorra — DECEASED (ch-10)
Established: She was consumed by the very Rites of Dissolution she initiated when the solar flare inverted the Cathedral’s blood-logic.
Legacy: Her death marks the end of the Sanguine Vow’s theological tyranny and the birth of a new spiritual order.

# World State: ch-10

## NPC Memory
- The Inquisitorial Hounds (Crimson Cathedral): EXTERMINATED -- Dissolved into ash when the first true sunrise struck the Sanctum -- The threat to the royal pair is permanently removed.
- The Lowen-Court Nobility (The Capital): STUNNED -- Witnessed the sun rise without the expected fire -- Their hoarding of blood-tithes has lost its leverage.

## Faction Attitudes
- The Crimson Cathedral: COLLAPSED -- Its leadership is dead and its dogmatic foundations have been physically rewritten by the Hearth’s light.
- The Lowen-Court: SUBMISSIVE -- The absolute power of the new sun has rendered their political maneuvering obsolete.

## Active World Events
- The Eternal Eclipse: ENDED; the sun has returned to a natural cycle.
- The Necrotic Drift: PURGED; the obsidian spores have been incinerated by the solar alignment.
- The First Dawn: ACTIVE; the kingdom is experiencing its first safe sunrise in centuries, permanently altering the biology of the Thorne and Valerius bloodlines.