# Character State: ch-32

## Marcus Thorne
Location: The Sanctuary Operations Hub, Cypress Bend, Florida.
Physical: Graying hair at the temples; steady hands; slight ocular strain from monitoring the low-light mesh feed.
Emotional: Hyper-vigilant; experiencing a cold, analytical resolve.
Active obligations: Owes Sarah a life free from indexing (Ch-01) — IN PROGRESS; Owes Leo a future (Ch-12) — IN PROGRESS.
Open loops: The Ocala Convoy (Ch-32) — UNRESOLVED; The Avery-Quinn "Deep Scan" Retaliation (Ch-25) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01—unresolved): Knows the Alpha-7 empathy protocols were a lie to facilitate mass firings — Julian does NOT know he kept the back-end logs.
Arc: 230% -- Marcus has fully integrated the Alpha-7 triage logic into the physical defense of the Bend, transforming his guilt into a tactical shield.
Permanent: YES

## Sarah Jenkins
Location: The Kitchen / Communication Sub-hub, Cypress Bend, Florida.
Physical: Calloused fingers from garden work; sharp, focused gaze.
Emotional: Protective; a maternal steel beneath her technical jargon.
Active obligations: None.
Open loops: None.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01—unresolved): Knows the Alpha-7 empathy protocols were a lie — Julian does NOT know she has weaponized that detachment.
Arc: 200% -- Sarah has finalized her transition from a corporate victim to the sovereign arbiter of the Sanctuary’s internal logistics.
Permanent: YES

## Elena
Location: The Northern Watchtower (Cypress Canopy), Cypress Bend, Florida.
Physical: Grease-stained flight suit; smelling of ionized air and ozone; adrenaline-sharp movements.
Emotional: Lethal; satisfied by the mechanical performance of her "shroud" drones.
Active obligations: Owes Marcus a physical failsafe (Ch-10) — PAID.
Open loops: The Ocala Convoy (Ch-32) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-10—unresolved): Knows the manual axe-throw is the only physical failsafe for the power line — Marcus does NOT know.
Arc: 195% -- Elena has perfected the "Invisibility through Friction" doctrine, successfully hiding a multi-generational community from high-tier spectral analysis.
Permanent: YES

## David
Location: The South Bank Perimeter, Cypress Bend, Florida.
Physical: Scarred but robust; moving with the quiet, heavy grace of an apex predator.
Emotional: Stoic; centered in his role as the tribal sentry.
Active obligations: Owes Helen a legacy (Ch-01) — PAID.
Open loops: None.
Arc: 198% -- David has moved from a defender of borders to the physical personification of the land’s refusal to be indexed.
Permanent: YES

## Arthur Silas Vance — DECEASED (Ch-01)
Established: Died peacefully in his sleep after ensuring the "dead-zone" logic of the property was intact.
Legacy: His cardinal-direction logic and "Long Wait" philosophy provide the tactical foundation for the Year Seven defense.

# World State: ch-32

## NPC Memory
- The "Forty" (The Tribe): AWAKENED -- Prepared for the breach -- They have transitioned from refugees to a mobilized militia.

## Faction Attitudes
- Avery-Quinn Corp: AGGRESSIVE -- Pushing a physical convoy into the "White Space" -- They are no longer content with spectral blanks.
- The Bend Tribe: FORTIFIED -- The "Sovereign Mesh" has become their natural nervous system.

## Active World Events
- The Ocala Breach: ACTIVE -- An unindexed convoy is moving within three miles of the South-by-Southeast gate.
- Year Seven Quarantine: ACTIVE -- The Sanctuary has reached total resource circularity, making the looming external contact a fundamental systemic shock.