# Character State: ch-14

## Lena Duval
Location: The Siphon Hub Core, Cypress Bend
Physical: Ethereal and stabilized; bioluminescence is constant; no longer experiences physical tremors.
Emotional: Transformed and protective; feels the pain of the land as her own; mourning the loss of her aunt despite their conflict.
Active obligations: Owes Jax Harlan a life-debt (Ch-12) — UNPAID (growing in intensity).
Open loops: Lena vs. TDC Sabotage (Ch-14) — RESOLVED (the pulse neutralized the demolition charges).
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-13--unresolved): Knows the Siphon’s true purpose was "Harmonic Bleed" to feed the Upper Districts -- Jax remains unaware.
Arc: 100% -- The Warden. She has fully integrated with the Siphon and successfully defended the Bend from a coordinated TDC strike.
Permanent: YES

## Jax Harlan
Location: Siphon Hub Perimeter / Secondary Bypass Drainage
Physical: Exhausted but functional; nursing minor burns from TDC ordnance.
Emotional: Resolute but wary; feels a deepening, supernatural tether to Lena that he cannot explain.
Active obligations: Identify the TDC/Terrebonne Security mole (Ch-13) — UNRESOLVED.
Open loops: Jax vs. TDC Infiltration Team (Ch-14) — RESOLVED (the team was repelled by the Bayou's flora).
Arc: 98% -- Guardian. He has moved from a reluctant defender to a proactive champion of the Bayou’s new order.
Permanent: NO

## Aunt Maribelle -- DECEASED (ch-14)
Established: Severed her own connection to the Siphon to trigger a manual drainage, but was consumed by the resulting harmonic backlash and the encroaching swamp vines.
Legacy: Her death leaves Lena as the sole Duval matriarch and ends the internal struggle for control of the Siphon.

# World State: ch-14

## NPC Memory
- TDC Sabotage Team (Siphon Perimeter): DEFEATED -- Their demolition attempt was thwarted by the Great Hum's feedback loop and sensory-depriving fog -- The survivors fled into the swamp and are being hunted.
- Duval Coven (The Estate): SUBMISSIVE -- Witnessed the final pulse and have largely accepted Lena as the legitimate Warden.

## Faction Attitudes
- TDC: FRANTIC -- Moving from asset recovery to containment as the "blackout zone" expands.
- The Bayou: AWAKENED -- The flora is no longer reactive but proactive, hunting threats before they reach the Hub.

## Active World Events
- The Great Hum: EXPANDING -- The protective zone has grown, now encompassing the outer wetlands.
- Harmonic Backflow: PEAKING -- Massive power failures across the Upper Districts as Lena "grounds" the stolen energy back into the mud.

## Key Objects/Locations
- The Secondary Bypass: DESTROYED/OVERGROWN -- Gone with Maribelle; it can no longer be used to drain the swamp.
- The Silver Locket: DROPPED -- Left in the mud by Lena as a symbol of her final release from the past.