# Character State: ch-10

## Elara Vance
Location: The Inner Sanctum of the Heart-Root.
Physical: Right palm is a mass of silver-white scar tissue; internal bleeding slowed by ritual resonance; profound spiritual exhaustion; swaying like mist-shrouded reeds.
Emotional: Transcendent and certain; personal fear displaced by a humming, ancient clarity.
Active obligations: Owes Kaelen protection (ch-06) — UNPAID; owes Thalric a debt of legacy (ch-05) — PAID (Ritual initiated/sustained).
Open loops: Elara/Council regarding blight origins (ch-06) — UNRESOLVED; The Vessel Ritual completion (ch-10) — RESOLVED (Ritual successfully channeled to purge the Blight).
Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-06--unresolved): Knows the Blight's origin is tied to the Council’s early failed experiments.
Arc: 95% -- She has ceased being a witness to the forest and has become its voice, stepping into the center of the Great Weave.
Permanent: YES

## Kaelen
Location: The Threshold of the Heart-Root.
Physical: Severe blood loss; left arm mangled; vision tunneling; collapsed against the anchoring stone as the light fades.
Emotional: Grim peace; the relief of a debt finally settled.
Active obligations: Owes Elara a life-debt (ch-04) — PAID (Held the threshold against Thorne's assault).
Open loops: Kaelen/Missing Grove map (ch-02) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-06--unresolved): Knows he is the last of the Sun-Guard bloodline — Elara does NOT know.
Arc: 90% -- He has transitioned from a survivor seeking penance to a selfless martyr for the forest's future.
Permanent: NO

## Thorne Blackroot
Location: The Threshold of the Heart-Root.
Physical: Agonized; blackened veins rupturing; body rejecting the pure resonance of the Sanctum.
Emotional: Blind, desperate rage turning into existential terror as his power is stripped away.
Active obligations: None.
Open loops: Thorne/Elara artifact seizure (ch-10) — RESOLVED (Failed to seize the artifacts as the ritual consumed the Blight).
Known secrets: None.
Arc: 85% -- Confronts the reality that the Great Weave is more powerful than his stolen corruption.
Permanent: NO

## Thalric -- DECEASED (ch-05)
Established: Died protecting Elara during the initial Circle of Thorns raid.
Legacy: His absence forced Elara to accept the mantle of leadership and complete the Vessel Ritual.

# World State: ch-10

## NPC Memory
- **The Forest Spirits** (Heart-Root): REAWAKENED — The consensus of the trees has provided a "Heavy Silence," actively shielding the Sanctum from Thorne.

## Faction Attitudes
- **Circle of Thorns**: DEVASTATED — Their connection to the Blight-Storm has been severed by the ritual, leaving their magic nullified.
- **Council of Oakhaven**: OBSOLETE — The raw power of the Great Weave's restoration has eclipsed their political standing.

## Active World Events
- **The Great Weave**: COMPLETED — The ritual has merged the Heart-Root's memory with the physical world, initiating the purge.
- **The Convergence**: RESOLVED — The Great Blight has been suctioned into the Heart-Root and recycled into pure natural energy.

## Canon Artifacts/Key Items
- **The Sigil**: Permanently etched into Elara's palm; serves as the permanent conduit for the Weave.
- **The Root-Key**: DISINTEGRATED — Its physical form is gone, replaced by the spiritual bridge in Elara.
- **The Sunstone Shard**: SHATTERED — Used to ground the threshold; its remaining light has been spent.