# Character State: ch-01

## Isabella Voss
- **Location:** Blackthorn Keep, The Great Hall.
- **Physical:** Severe hemomantic exhaustion; silk gloves saturated with blood; internal "lashing" from the Peace Vow; fresh wrist scarring from oath-tax.
- **Emotional:** Managed defiance; hyper-vigilant; performing a "regal correction" mask to hide trauma.
- **Active Obligations:** 
  - Compliance for the binding ritual — PAID.
  - Marriage to Damien Blackthorn — PAID.
  - Production of a sanctioned heir — UNPAID.
- **Open Loops:** 
  - Survival of the wedding night — UNRESOLVED.
  - Maintaining the "Undamaged Vessel" facade — UNRESOLVED.
- **Known Secrets:** 
  - (unresolved): Actively bleeding beneath her gloves.
  - (unresolved): Using her mother’s execution as a psychological survival template.
- **Arc:** 15% — Transitioned from prisoner-of-war to legally bound hostage-bride.
- **Permanent:** YES

## Damien Blackthorn
- **Location:** Blackthorn Keep, The Great Hall.
- **Physical:** Radiating predatory vitality; no injuries.
- **Emotional:** Cruelly intrigued; sadistic but focused on dismantling Isabella’s composure.
- **Active Obligations:** 
  - Presenting the "vassal-bride" to the Elders — PAID.
  - Protection of the Nightbloom asset/Isabella — UNPAID.
- **Open Loops:** 
  - Testing the limits of Isabella’s Hemomancy — UNRESOLVED.
- **Known Secrets:** 
  - (unresolved): Aware Isabella is hiding hemomantic scarring/bleeding.
- **Arc:** 08% — Established as primary tormentor and shadow-mentor.
- **Permanent:** YES

## Lord Reginald Thorne
- **Location:** High Dais, Great Hall.
- **Physical:** Aged, commanding presence.
- **Emotional:** Triumphant and acquisitive.
- **Active Obligations:** 
  - Overseeing the integration of the Voss bloodline — UNPAID.
- **Open Loops:** 
  - Monitoring the "unmarked vessel" clause — UNRESOLVED.
- **Arc:** 05% — Architect of the diplomatic annexation.
- **Permanent:** YES

# World State: ch-01

## NPC Memory
- **Blackthorn Court:** DERISIVE — Viewing Isabella as a conquered curiosity and a trophy of war.

## Faction Attitudes
- **Nightbloom Coven:** SILENT/EXTINCT — Abandoned Isabella to the union.
- **Blackthorn Coven:** IMPERIAL — Treating the marriage as formal annexation of enemy magic.

## Active World Events
- **The Peace Vow:** ACTIVE — Magical pulse enforcing Isabella’s non-aggression.
- **The Transition:** COMPLETE — Isabella is legally and physically isolated within Blackthorn territory.

## Objects/Artifacts
- **Silk Gloves:** Saturated with blood; hiding critical hemomantic scarring.
- **The Binding Contract:** Signed in blood; legalizes the annexation of Nightbloom magic.
- **Vow-Sealed Locket:** Isabella’s last link to the Voss lineage.