From 4a602b0e0cb2c8d29a5a5bd002cd35e747bc5391 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PAE Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:33:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] staging: polished/character-state-ch-13-final.md task=f658e37f-ef09-4c1a-9699-8a1aac2ece0a --- .../polished/character-state-ch-13-final.md | 45 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+) create mode 100644 projects/cypress-bend/staging/polished/character-state-ch-13-final.md diff --git a/projects/cypress-bend/staging/polished/character-state-ch-13-final.md b/projects/cypress-bend/staging/polished/character-state-ch-13-final.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..03f5f8ee --- /dev/null +++ b/projects/cypress-bend/staging/polished/character-state-ch-13-final.md @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +# Character State: ch-13 + +## Lena Duval +- **Location**: The Siphon Hub Core, Cypress Bend. +- **Physical**: Fully synchronized with the Siphon; silver bioluminescence is now a permanent sub-dermal glow; physical tremors replaced by a terrifying, rhythmic stillness. +- **Emotional**: Ascendant and detached; views the swamp as an extension of her own nervous system; paternal/protective toward the land but increasingly alienated from human vulnerability. +- **Active obligations**: Owes Jax Harlan a life-debt (Ch-12) — UNPAID (vibrating with mystical resonance). +- **Open loops**: Frequency tracking conflict with Aunt Maribelle — RESOLVED (Lena has seized total frequency dominance). +- **Known secrets**: Knows the Siphon’s true purpose was "Harmonic Bleed" to feed the Upper Districts (Jax remains unaware). +- **Arc**: 100% (The Warden) — She has achieved her final form, repelling TDC and stabilizing the Hum. + +## Jax Harlan +- **Location**: Siphon Hub perimeter. +- **Physical**: Battered, soot-stained, and physically drained; maintaining a defensive perimeter with heavy tools. +- **Emotional**: Loyal but deeply unsettled; fears the entity Lena is becoming even as he loves the woman she was. +- **Active obligations**: Identify the TDC/Terrebonne Security mole — UNRESOLVED. +- **Open loops**: Tactical standoff with TDC Security — RESOLVED (TDC forced into retreat). +- **Arc**: 95% — Guardian. He has fully committed to the supernatural defense of the Bend. + +## Aunt Maribelle +- **Location**: Duval Estate Library (secluded). +- **Physical**: Frail; suffering "harmonic backlash" as her connection to the Siphon is severed. +- **Emotional**: Vengeful; feels her legacy is being stolen by a "machine-witch." +- **Open loops**: Reclaiming Lena — FAILED; Conflict with Coven elders — ESCALATING. +- **Known secrets**: Knows the location of the secondary bypass valve in the bog (Lena/Jax unaware). +- **Arc**: 80% — Desperate Antagonist. + +# World State: ch-13 + +## NPC Memory +- **Terrebonne Security**: DEFEATED/RETREATING — Their technology proved useless against the harmonic pulse. +- **The Duval Coven**: DIVIDED — Many are abandoning Maribelle to seek favor with the new "Warden" (Lena). + +## Faction Attitudes +- **TDC**: SCORCHED EARTH — Shifting from asset recovery to total destruction/sabotage of the region. +- **The Bayou**: PREDATORY — The swamp flora is actively hunting TDC stragglers; the ecosystem has become a unified immune system. + +## Active World Events +- **The Great Hum**: PERMANENT — A localized "blackout" zone protecting Cypress Bend from external surveillance. +- **Harmonic Backflow**: ONGOING — Persistent power failures and "ghost signals" plague the Upper Districts as Lena draws power back into the mud. +- **The Life-Debt tether**: ACTIVE — A physical/spiritual vibration connecting Jax and Lena, growing stronger as the bypass valve remains hidden. + +## Key Objects/Locations +- **The Siphon Hub**: Now a "Temple" of bio-mechanical growth; vines have fused with the steel. +- **The Secondary Bypass**: Hidden in the bog; Maribelle’s last leverage to drain the swamp manually. \ No newline at end of file