From 0dd1124704a82b774b11a25f3f9b0e8e97b65d03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PAE Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:28:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] staging: character-state-chapter-ref.md task=c175fdfb-86f0-451c-b75e-4b6a5148a74a --- .../staging/character-state-chapter-ref.md | 28 ++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/projects/cypress-bend/staging/character-state-chapter-ref.md b/projects/cypress-bend/staging/character-state-chapter-ref.md index fee6dd2e..05917359 100644 --- a/projects/cypress-bend/staging/character-state-chapter-ref.md +++ b/projects/cypress-bend/staging/character-state-chapter-ref.md @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ -# Character State: Ch3 +As no **PASS 1 -- WRITE THE DRAFT** prose was provided in the message history for this session, I cannot extract new state data from a current chapter. 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 (shores of the black pool) -Physical: Heightened fever; tremors; right hand bleeding through bandages from cypress roots. +Location: The Widow’s Deep (secluded swamp interior) +Physical: Heightened fever; tremors; right hand bleeding through bandages. Emotional: Terrified but defiant. Active obligations: - Owes the land a "balancing of scales" for the fog (Ch1) -- UNPAID @@ -10,38 +12,38 @@ Active obligations: 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 +- Lena and the Rite: 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. +Arc: 25% -- Lena confronted Maribelle 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; exhausted from channeling. +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 (Ch1--unresolved): Knows the 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. +- Knows the "Blackening" is a defense mechanism she is triggering -- Lena does not know. +Arc: 10% -- Maribelle revealed 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. +- The Coven (Widow’s Deep): AGITATED -- Witnessed Lena disrupt the ritual; they view her as a "blight" on her lineage. ## Faction Attitudes -- The Duval Coven: Hostile -- Lena’s refusal to complete the Rite caused a magical backlash and physical interruption of their ceremony. -- Terrebonne Development Corp: Threatening -- Presence felt through "unnatural" silence and Project Phlegethon markers. +- 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 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, triggered by Maribelle’s ritual. +- 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 found by Lena. \ No newline at end of file