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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.
+- **Physical:** Hemomantic exhaustion; silk gloves saturated with hidden blood; internal "lashing" from the Peace Vow; fresh wrist scarring concealed by lace.
 - **Emotional:** Managed defiance; hyper-vigilant; performing a "regal correction" mask; masking panic by tracing wrist scars.
-- **Active Obligations:** Owes Damien Blackthorn marriage—PAID; owes Blackthorn Coven production of sanctioned heir—UNPAID.
-- **Open Loops:** Isabella/Damien survival of the wedding night—UNRESOLVED; secrecy of hemomantic scarring from Reginald—UNRESOLVED.
-- **Known Secrets:** Actively bleeding beneath gloves (Damien/Reginald unaware); severity of scarring hidden from Elders; using mother’s death as a template for survival.
+- **Active Obligations:** Owes Damien Blackthorn marriage — PAID; owes Blackthorn Coven production of sanctioned heir — UNPAID.
+- **Open Loops:** Isabella/Damien survival of the wedding night — UNRESOLVED; secrecy of hemomantic scarring from Reginald — UNRESOLVED.
+- **Known Secrets:** Bleeding beneath gloves (Damien/Reginald unaware); severity of scarring hidden from Elders; using mother’s death as a template for survival.
 - **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; taunts mask a budding protectiveness.
-- **Active Obligations:** Owes Blackthorn Coven presentation of the "vassal-bride"—PAID; owes Isabella protection/containment—UNPAID.
-- **Open Loops:** Damien/Isabella testing the limits of Hemomancy—UNRESOLVED.
-- **Known Secrets:** Knows Isabella is hiding hemomantic bleeding/scarring from the Elders.
+- **Active Obligations:** Owes Blackthorn Coven presentation of the "vassal-bride" — PAID; owes Isabella protection/containment — UNPAID.
+- **Open Loops:** Testing the limits of Isabella's Hemomancy — UNRESOLVED.
+- **Known Secrets:** Suspects 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 Nightbloom lineage as a harvestable resource.
-- **Active Obligations:** Overseeing integration of Voss bloodline—UNPAID.
-- **Open Loops:** Monitoring the "unmarked vessel" clause—UNRESOLVED.
-- **Known Secrets:** Plans to discard Isabella once a viable heir is produced.
-- **Arc:** 05% — Architect of the Annexation and witness to the binding.
+- **Emotional:** Triumphant; views Nightbloom bloodline as a harvestable resource.
+- **Active Obligations:** Overseeing integration of Voss assets — UNPAID.
+- **Open Loops:** Monitoring the "unmarked vessel" clause — UNRESOLVED.
+- **Known Secrets:** Plans to discard/sacrifice Isabella once a viable heir is produced.
+- **Arc:** 05% — Architect of the Annexation.
+- **Permanent:** YES.
 
 # World State: ch-01
 
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 ## Faction Attitudes
 - **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.
+- **Blackthorn Coven:** IMPERIAL — View the marriage as the formal 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 Peace Vow:** ACTIVE — Magical pulse enforcing non-aggression; punishes Isabella’s dissent with internal lashes.
+- **The Binding Ritual:** COMPLETE — Magical ceremony linking the Voss and Blackthorn lines.
 - **The Treaty of Thorns:** ACTIVE — Diplomatic framework mandating the union.
 - **The Annexation:** COMPLETE — The formal absorption of Nightbloom assets via the marriage contract.
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