From 756415ca359d9e6ad22a902e60f4c6e0552cc50e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PAE Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:32:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] staging: character-state-ch-15.md task=62c1e09b-6e02-4e39-be15-4359fccae51a --- .../staging/character-state-ch-15.md | 42 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+) create mode 100644 projects/cypress-bend/staging/character-state-ch-15.md diff --git a/projects/cypress-bend/staging/character-state-ch-15.md b/projects/cypress-bend/staging/character-state-ch-15.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..276794ac --- /dev/null +++ b/projects/cypress-bend/staging/character-state-ch-15.md @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +# Character State: ch-15 + +## Lena Duval +- **Location:** The Siphon Hub Core, Cypress Bend. +- **Physical:** Radiating a faint cyan light; she no longer feels physical weight or fatigue as her heartbeat has synced with the Bayou’s pulse. +- **Emotional:** Transcendent and protective; she feels a maternal, possessive love for the swamp and a detached clarity regarding human affairs. +- **Active Obligations:** Owes Jax Harlan a life-debt (Ch-12) — UNPAID. +- **Open Loops:** Lena vs. The Great Hum (Ch-15) — RESOLVED. She has fully surrendered her individuality to become the Hum’s vessel. +- **Known Secrets:** CARRIED (Ch-13--unresolved): Knows the Siphon’s true purpose was "Harmonic Bleed" to siphon life-force for the Upper Districts. +- **Arc:** 100% (The Warden) — Completed her transformation from a girl wanting escape to the eternal guardian of the Bend. +- **Permanent:** YES. + +## Jax Harlan +- **Location:** Waterline of the Hub Perimeter, Cypress Bend. +- **Physical:** Heavily fatigued, soaked in swamp water, hands raw from climbing and combat. +- **Emotional:** Devastated yet dutiful; he has lost the woman he knew to the swamp but accepts his role as her physical enforcer. +- **Active Obligations:** Identify the TDC/Terrebonne Security mole (Ch-13) — UNRESOLVED. +- **Open Loops:** Jax vs. The Post-Human Lena (Ch-15) — UNRESOLVED. He must learn to communicate with a goddess who was once his lover. +- **Arc:** 100% (Guardian) — He has moved from a skeptic outsider to the sole human witness and protector of a supernatural truth. +- **Permanent:** NO. + +## Aunt Maribelle +- **Status:** DECEASED (Ch-14). +- **Established:** Her attempt to sabotage the Siphon resulted in her consumption by the harmonic backflow and swamp vines. +- **Legacy:** Her absence allowed Lena to ascend without competition, ending the Duval bloodline's internal war. + +# World State: ch-15 + +## NPC Memory +- **The Duval Coven (Cypress Bend):** AWESTRUCK — They witnessed the final pulse of the Siphon and have retreated into the groves to begin rituals of worship for the new Warden. + +## Faction Attitudes +- **TDC (Terrebonne Development Corp):** CRIPPLED — The final surge in Chapter 15 permanently fried their local grid; they are currently in a state of total communication blackout. +- **The Bayou:** TRIUMPHANT — The ecosystem is no longer defensive; it is expanding, with flora growing at visible speeds to reclaim the ruins of the Siphon. + +## Active World Events +- **The Great Silence:** Started in Ch-15. Electronic signals within ten miles of the Hub are now dampened or destroyed by the ambient hum. +- **Harmonic Restoration:** The energy stolen by the Upper Districts is being forcibly pulled back into the soil, causing localized earthquakes in the city. + +## Key Objects/Locations +- **The Siphon Hub:** EVOLVED. No longer a piece of hardware, it is now a "Heart Tree"—a massive cypress grown through the metal casing, pulsing with bioluminescent sap. +- **The Barrier:** The mist surrounding Cypress Bend has become an impenetrable physical wall for those with hostile intent. \ No newline at end of file