From 60205cdf517a188dc35194fcc3da13a2a35f5f1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PAE Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:29:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] staging: character-state-chapter-ref.md task=93087b73-c5af-4da5-8604-40cf8a807a5c --- .../staging/character-state-chapter-ref.md | 58 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) diff --git a/projects/cypress-bend/staging/character-state-chapter-ref.md b/projects/cypress-bend/staging/character-state-chapter-ref.md index 05917359..7e9384d6 100644 --- a/projects/cypress-bend/staging/character-state-chapter-ref.md +++ b/projects/cypress-bend/staging/character-state-chapter-ref.md @@ -1,49 +1,59 @@ -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 +# Character State: Ch4 ## Lena Duval -Location: The Widow’s Deep (secluded swamp interior) -Physical: Heightened fever; tremors; right hand bleeding through bandages. -Emotional: Terrified but defiant. +Location: Jax Harlan’s airboat, drifting near the Eastern Bend +Physical: Fever persists; right hand throbbing; exhaustion from the ritual backlash. +Emotional: Guarded but desperate for an ally. Active obligations: - Owes the land a "balancing of scales" for the fog (Ch1) -- UNPAID -- Owes Jax Harlan a conversation about the "unnatural" events (Ch2) -- UNPAID +- Owes Jax Harlan a conversation about the "unnatural" events (Ch2) -- PAID 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: Consequences of interrupting the "Rite of the First Sap" (Ch3) -- UNRESOLVED +- Lena and the Rite: The consequences of interrupting the "Rite of the First Sap" (Ch3) -- UNRESOLVED +- Lena and Jax: The alliance against Project Phlegethon (Ch4) -- 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 and physically disrupted a coven ritual, choosing to protect the cypress over the coven's traditions. +- CARRIED (Ch2--unresolved): Knows she found a survey marker labeled "Project Phlegethon" -- Maribelle does not know. +- Knows Jax found a dead surveyor with "black-vein" rot — Maribelle and the Coven do not know. +Arc: 40% -- Lena has officially broken her isolation by showing Jax the evidence of the "Blackening," pivoting from solitary flight to active investigation with an outsider. +Permanent: YES + +## Jax Harlan +Location: His airboat, the *Ghost River*, Eastern Bend +Physical: No injuries; smells of diesel and tobacco. +Emotional: Grimly vindicated; protective of Lena. +Active obligations: +- Owes Lena safe passage and information on the surveyors (Ch4) -- UNPAID +Open loops: +- Jax and the Dead Surveyor: Dealing with the body he found at the tree-line (Ch4) -- UNRESOLVED +Known secrets: +- Knows the Terrebonne Development Corp has been dumping chemicals or "activators" into the water — Lena only just suspected it. +Arc: 15% -- Jax committed to helping Lena despite his desire to stay neutral, confirming his role as her primary ally. Permanent: YES ## Aunt Maribelle Duval -Location: The Widow’s Deep (shores of the black pool) -Physical: Eyes filmed with ritualistic milky-white haze. -Emotional: Furiously determined and increasingly authoritarian. +Location: Duval Estate / The Widow’s Deep +Physical: Unchanged from Ch3. +Emotional: ABSENT (Not in Ch4 prose). 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 date the developers plan to clear-cut the Eastern bend -- Lena does not know. +- CARRIED (Ch1--unresolved): Knows the exact 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 triggering -- Lena does not know. -Arc: 10% -- Maribelle revealed her willingness to sacrifice Lena's health for the land's power. -Permanent: YES +- CARRIED (Ch3--unresolved): Knows the "Blackening" is a defense mechanism she is actively triggering -- Lena does not know. -# World State: Ch3 +# World State: Ch4 ## NPC Memory -- The Coven (Widow’s Deep): AGITATED -- Witnessed Lena disrupt the ritual; they view her as a "blight" on her lineage. +- The Coven (Widow’s Deep): AGITATED -- (Absent this chapter, state persists from Ch3). ## Faction Attitudes -- 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. +- Terrebonne Development Corp: Hostile -- Actively encroaching with dredging equipment sighted near the bend. +- Duval Coven: Hostile -- Lena is now actively avoiding them. ## 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. -- Project Phlegethon: Development plans to dredge the deep are confirmed via physical markers found by Lena. \ No newline at end of file +- The Blackening: Spreading; Jax reports it appearing in vegetation miles from the Widow’s Deep. +- Project Phlegethon: Escalate; dredging equipment arrived at the staging area near the highway. \ No newline at end of file