As no **PASS 1 -- WRITE THE DRAFT** prose was provided in the message history for this session, I cannot extract new state data. The following reflects the state as of the most recent provided context (Ch3) provided in the prompt's RAG databases.

# Character State: Ch3

## Lena Duval
Location: The Widow’s Deep (secluded swamp interior)
Physical: Heightened fever; tremors; right hand bleeding through bandages from cypress roots.
Emotional: Terrified but defiant.
Active obligations: 
- Owes the land a "balancing of scales" for the fog (Ch1) -- UNPAID
- Owes Jax Harlan a conversation about the "unnatural" events (Ch2) -- UNPAID
Open loops: 
- Lena and the "Whisper": The consciousness within the roots (Ch1) -- UNRESOLVED
- Lena and the surveyors: Physical removal of markers (Ch2) -- UNRESOLVED
- Lena and the Rite: The consequences of interrupting the "Rite of the First Sap" (Ch3) -- UNRESOLVED
Known secrets: 
- CARRIED (Ch1--unresolved): Knows she intends to flee to New Orleans within the week -- Aunt Maribelle does not know.
- CARRIED (Ch1--unresolved): Knows the "whisper" sounded like her mother's voice -- No one else knows.
- CARRIED (Ch2--unresolved): Knows she found a survey marker labeled "Project Phlegethon" -- Jax and Maribelle do not know. 
Arc: 25% -- Lena confronted Maribelle directly and physically disrupted a coven ritual, choosing to protect the cypress over the coven's traditions.
Permanent: YES

## Aunt Maribelle Duval
Location: The Widow’s Deep (shores of the black pool)
Physical: Eyes filmed with ritualistic milky-white haze.
Emotional: Furiously determined and increasingly authoritarian.
Active obligations: None.
Open loops: 
- Maribelle and the Coven: Completing the "Rite of the First Sap" (Ch2) -- UNRESOLVED
Known secrets: 
- CARRIED (Ch1--unresolved): Knows the exact date the developers plan to clear-cut the Eastern bend -- Lena does not know.
- CARRIED (Ch2--unresolved): Knows the developers are paying the local sheriff -- Lena and Jax do not know.
- Knows the "Blackening" is a defense mechanism she is actively triggering -- Lena does not know.
Arc: 10% -- Maribelle has dropped her maternal facade, revealing her willingness to sacrifice Lena's health for the land's power.
Permanent: YES

# World State: Ch3

## NPC Memory
- The Coven (Widow’s Deep): AGITATED -- Witnessed Lena disrupt the ritual; they view her as a "blight" on the lineage.

## Faction Attitudes
- The Duval Coven: Hostile -- Lena’s refusal to complete the Rite caused a magical backlash.
- Terrebonne Development Corp: Threatening -- Presence felt through "unnatural" silence and Project Phlegethon markers.

## Active World Events
- The Humming: Magical vibration intensified into a physical thrum rippling the swamp water.
- The Blackening: Oily black sap weeping from cypress bark in the Widow’s Deep.
- Project Phlegethon: Development plans to dredge the deep are confirmed via physical markers.