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 ## Isabella Voss
 - **Location:** Blackthorn Keep, High Dais.
-- **Physical:** Hemomantic exhaustion; silk gloves saturated with blood; internal "lashing" from the Peace Vow; fresh wrist scarring hidden by lace; no permanent injuries.
-- **Emotional:** Managed defiance; hyper-vigilant; performing a "regal correction" mask.
-- **Active Obligations:** owes Damien Blackthorn marriage (ch-01) -- PAID; owes Blackthorn Coven production of sanctioned heir (ch-01) -- UNPAID.
-- **Open Loops:** Survival of the wedding night (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED; Maintaining "Undamaged Vessel" facade (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED.
-- **Known Secrets:** Knows she is actively bleeding beneath gloves -- Blackthorn Elders; knows severity of hemomantic scarring hidden from Elders -- Lord Reginald Thorne; knows she is using her mother’s death as a template for survival -- Damien Blackthorn.
-- **Arc:** 15% -- Transitioned from POW to legally bound hostage-bride via the Blood Contract.
+- **Physical:** Hemomantic exhaustion; silk gloves saturated with blood; internal "lashing" from the Peace Vow; fresh wrist scarring hidden by lace; "Undamaged Vessel" facade maintained.
+- **Emotional:** Managed defiance; hyper-vigilant; performing a "regal correction" mask; masking panic by tracing wrist scars.
+- **Active Obligations:** Owes Damien Blackthorn marriage (ch-01) — PAID; owes Blackthorn Coven production of sanctioned heir (ch-01) — UNPAID.
+- **Open Loops:** Survival of the wedding night (ch-01) — UNRESOLVED; secrecy of hemomantic scarring (ch-01) — UNRESOLVED.
+- **Known Secrets:** 
+    - CARRIED: Actively bleeding beneath gloves — Damien Blackthorn/Reginald Thorne. 
+    - CARRIED: Severity of scarring hidden from Elders — Lord Reginald Thorne.
+    - CARRIED: Using mother’s death as a template for survival — Damien Blackthorn.
+- **Arc:** 15% — Transitioned from POW to legally bound hostage-bride via the Blood Contract.
 - **Permanent:** YES
 
 ## Damien Blackthorn
 - **Location:** Blackthorn Keep, High Dais.
 - **Physical:** Predatory vitality; no injuries.
-- **Emotional:** Cruelly intrigued; focused on dismantling Isabella’s composure.
-- **Active Obligations:** owes Blackthorn Coven presentation of the "vassal-bride" (ch-01) -- PAID; owes Isabella Voss protection/containment (ch-01) -- UNPAID.
-- **Open Loops:** Testing the limits of Isabella’s Hemomancy (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED.
-- **Known Secrets:** Knows Isabella is hiding hemomantic bleeding/scarring from the Elders.
-- **Arc:** 08% -- Established as primary tormentor and shadow-husband.
+- **Emotional:** Cruelly intrigued; focused on dismantling Isabella’s composure; taunts mask a budding protectiveness.
+- **Active Obligations:** Owes Blackthorn Coven presentation of the "vassal-bride" (ch-01) — PAID; owes Isabella protection/containment (ch-01) — UNPAID.
+- **Open Loops:** Testing the limits of Isabella’s Hemomancy (ch-01) — UNRESOLVED.
+- **Known Secrets:** 
+    - CARRIED: Knows Isabella is hiding hemomantic bleeding/scarring from the Elders.
+- **Arc:** 08% — Established as primary tormentor and shadow-husband.
 - **Permanent:** YES
 
 ## Lord Reginald Thorne
 - **Location:** Blackthorn Keep, High Dais.
 - **Physical:** Aged, commanding; aura of acquisitive power.
-- **Emotional:** Triumphant; views the Nightbloom lineage as a resource to be harvested.
-- **Active Obligations:** owes Blackthorn Coven overseeing integration of Voss bloodline (ch-01) -- UNPAID.
-- **Open Loops:** Monitoring the "unmarked vessel" clause (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED.
-- **Known Secrets:** Plans to discard Isabella once a viable heir is produced.
-- **Arc:** 05% -- Positioned as the architect of the Annexation.
+- **Emotional:** Triumphant; views Nightbloom lineage as a harvestable resource.
+- **Active Obligations:** Overseeing integration of Voss bloodline (ch-01) — UNPAID.
+- **Open Loops:** Monitoring the "unmarked vessel" clause (ch-01) — UNRESOLVED.
+- **Known Secrets:** 
+    - CARRIED: Plans to discard Isabella once a viable heir is produced.
+- **Arc:** 05% — Architect of the Annexation and witness to the binding.
 - **Permanent:** YES
 
 # World State: ch-01
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- **Blackthorn Court:** DERISIVE -- Witnessed Isabella’s forced submission; view her as a conquered trophy and a biological asset.
+- **Blackthorn Court:** DERISIVE — Witnessed Isabella’s forced submission; view her as a conquered trophy and biological asset.
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
-- **Nightbloom Coven:** SILENT -- Traded Isabella for a fragile peace under the Treaty of Thorns; presumed decimated or suppressed.
-- **Blackthorn Coven:** IMPERIAL -- View the marriage as the legal annexation of enemy magical assets.
+- **Nightbloom Coven:** SILENT — Traded Isabella for a fragile peace under the Treaty of Thorns.
+- **Blackthorn Coven:** IMPERIAL — View the marriage as the legal annexation of enemy assets.
 
 ## Active World Events
-- **The Peace Vow:** ACTIVE. Magical pulse enforcing non-aggression; punishes Isabella’s dissent with physical lashes.
-- **The Binding Ritual:** COMPLETE. Legal and magical ceremony linking the Voss and Blackthorn lines.
-- **The Treaty of Thorns:** ACTIVE. The overarching diplomatic framework mandating this union.
+- **The Peace Vow:** ACTIVE — Magical pulse enforcing non-aggression; punishes Isabella’s dissent with physical lashes.
+- **The Binding Ritual:** COMPLETE — Legal and magical ceremony linking the Voss and Blackthorn lines.
+- **The Treaty of Thorns:** ACTIVE — Diplomatic framework mandating the union.
 
 ## Key Items/Locations
-- **Blackthorn Keep:** The seat of power for the Blackthorn Coven; fortified and oppressive.
-- **The Blood Contract:** The physical and magical document governing Isabella's life and reproductive duty.
+- **Blackthorn Keep:** Seat of power; fortified and oppressive.
+- **The Blood Contract:** Physical/magical document governing Isabella's reproductive duty.
+- **Vow-Sealed Lockets:** Isabella’s talismans for decision-making.