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 ## Queen Seraphine
 Location: The Great Hall, Castle Sangue
-Physical: Skin regained a porcelain luster; tremors ceased; eyes glowing with a faint, rhythmic crimson light.
-Emotional: Predatory and revitalized; experiencing a cold, intellectual clarity.
+Physical: Skin regained porcelain luster; tremors ceased; eyes glowing with a rhythmic crimson light.
+Emotional: Predatory and revitalized; experiencing cold, intellectual clarity.
 Active obligations: Owes Aldric Thorne the protection of the Thorne-Valerius borders (ch-03) — UNPAID.
 Open loops: [Seraphine & Aldric] The sensory merging of the Sanguine Vow (ch-09) — UNRESOLVED.
 Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-03—unresolved): The Blight has breached the inner glass-line; the Lowen-Court is already compromised.
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 ## King Aldric
 Location: The Great Hall, Castle Sangue
-Physical: Recovered significant color; the puncture wounds on his forearm have scarred over into silver marks.
+Physical: Recovered significant color; forearm puncture wounds scarred into silver marks.
 Emotional: Stoic but deeply unsettled by the intrusive intimacy of the bond.
 Active obligations: None.
 Open loops: [Aldric & Seraphine] The sensory merging of the Sanguine Vow (ch-09) — UNRESOLVED.
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 # World State: ch-09
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- The Lowen-Court (Castle Sangue): AWE-STRUCK — Witnessed the Queen and King standing in unison, the visual of their shared pulse silencing the rumors of her death.
+- The Lowen-Court (Castle Sangue): AWE-STRUCK — Witnessed the Queen and King standing in unison, the visual of their shared pulse silencing rumors of her death.
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
-- The Crimson Cathedral: DEVOUT — Malcorra’s confirmation of the Vow has moved the clergy from a state of waiting to one of active preparation.
+- The Crimson Cathedral: DEVOUT — Malcorra’s confirmation of the Vow has moved the clergy from waiting to active preparation.
 - The Thorne Loyalists: CAUTIOUS — They see their King’s physical recovery but fear his subjugation to the Valerius bloodline.
 
 ## Active World Events
-- The Sanguine Sovereignty: ACTIVE — The two bloodlines are now mechanically linked; what one feels, the other mirrors, creating a unified sensory field across the castle.
-- The Oakhaven Breach: CRITICAL — Despite the Queen's recovery, report of the Blight's expansion in the east reaches the hall as the ceremony ends.
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+- The Sanguine Sovereignty: ACTIVE — The two bloodlines are now mechanically linked; what one feels, the other mirrors, creating a unified sensory field.
+- The Oakhaven Breach: CRITICAL — Despite the Queen's recovery, reports of the Blight's expansion in the east reach the hall as the ceremony ends.
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