# FULL MODE: Chapter 15 Polished State Extraction

## CHARACTER STATE: ch-15 [POLISHED - CANONICAL]

### ELARA VANCE
**Location:** The Great Atrium, Oakhaven  
**Physical:** Ribs mending; right palm Sigil glowing steady emerald-gold; exhaustion visible but resolute  
**Emotional:** Reverent, grounded in purpose; profound reconnection to land established  
**Active Obligations:** Owes Kaelen protection (Ch-06)—UNPAID  
**Open Loops:** Establishing new Council (IN PROGRESS); will shape governance in coming chapters  
**Secrets Carried:** Council Ledger secured; knows Oakhaven Elders orchestrated initial Blight (UNRESOLVED)  
**Arc Progress:** 95% realized—transitioned from reluctant claimant to intentional leader; architect of Oakhaven's rebirth  
**Status:** Permanent POV character

### KAELEN
**Location:** The Great Atrium, Oakhaven  
**Physical:** Bruising fading; posture relaxed; singed cuff marks healing  
**Emotional:** Relieved but introspective; burden of secrets heavier in new harmony  
**Active Obligations:** None  
**Open Loops:** Sun-Guard lineage revelation (UNRESOLVED); Grove map secrets (UNRESOLVED)  
**Secrets Carried:** Hidden Sun-Guard caches; Grove map location (unshared with Elara)  
**Arc Progress:** 90%—accepted service to Vessel as redemption beyond survival  
**Status:** Permanent supporting character

### ELDER BRAM
**Location:** Holding Cells beneath Pavilion, Oakhaven  
**Physical:** Shrunken, pale; living root-cuffs binding; persistent cough  
**Emotional:** Despairing; views forest growth as sentence, not blessing  
**Open Loops:** Trial/Sentencing for treason (UNRESOLVED)  
**Secrets:** "Controlled Blight" conspiracy EXPOSED  
**Arc Progress:** 100%—complete fall from grace; symbolic relic of corruption  
**Status:** Permanent antagonist/prisoner; arc concluded

### THORNE BLACKROOT
**Status:** DECEASED (Ch-13). Salt-white remains at Heart-Root boundary marker; Blight heralds cannot cross. Legacy active.

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## WORLD STATE: ch-15 [POLISHED - CANONICAL]

### Environmental
- **Great Integration:** Oakhaven physically merged—nature and stone indistinguishable
- **Forest Spirits:** Harmonious; reinforce architecture with flowering vines; no longer assault walls
- **Blight Pockets:** Vessel Sigil acts as compass toward remaining corruption; threat diminished but not eliminated

### Faction Attitudes
- **Villagers of Oakhaven:** UNIFIED; division erased; collective identity established
- **Remaining Elders (3):** SHAMED; retreated; influence neutralized by forest presence
- **Mira (NPC):** DEVOTED; organized first Atrium planting; looks to Elara for legislative guidance

### Active Mandates
- **New Mandate:** Elara declared end of "Age of Walls"; inviting forest dwellers to return
- **Council Reformation:** Early stages; Elara shapes governance alongside reformed leadership

### Key Items/Evidence
- **Council Ledger:** Secured in High Pavilion; legal basis for upcoming trials
- **Vessel Sigil:** Dimmed to steady rhythmic pulse; no longer causes pain; compass function active

### Narrative Momentum
- **Immediate:** Elder Bram's trial; disclosure of conspiracy
- **Emerging:** Integration of forest dwellers; establishing new laws under Elara's guidance
- **Unresolved:** Kaelen's lineage secrets; remaining Blight pockets; long-term sustainability of merged society