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+# PASS -- FULL MODE CHARACTER STATE EXTRACTION (CHAPTER 15 POLISHED)
+
+## Character State: ch-15 FINAL
+
+### Isabella Voss
+**Location:** Outskirts of Nightbloom Wilds, medical camp  
+**Physical:** Scarred from hemomantic overexertion; partial deafness (right ear); magical exhaustion recovering  
+**Emotional:** Melancholy-purposeful; grieving-liberated  
+**Active Obligations:**  
+- Protection of Nightbloom survivors (ACTIVE)  
+- Life-debt to Damien (UNPAID)  
+
+**Open Loops:**  
+- Integration of Collective into new territory (UNRESOLVED)  
+
+**Carried Secrets:**  
+- Holds collective consciousness in marrow; Council unaware  
+
+**Arc Progress:** 95% — transitioned from coven tool to sovereign vessel of her people's future  
+**Status:** PERMANENT
+
+---
+
+### Damien Blackthorn
+**Location:** Outskirts Nightbloom Wilds, triage tent  
+**Physical:** Abdominal bandages; stabilized; permanent torso/arm scarring  
+**Emotional:** Quietly triumphant; exhausted; deeply protective  
+**Active Obligations:**  
+- Protect Isabella from Blackthorn loyalists (ACTIVE)  
+
+**Open Loops:**  
+- Remaining Council members hunting the "traitor" (UNRESOLVED)  
+
+**Arc Progress:** 90% — pivoted from tyranny's weapon to guardian of displaced  
+**Status:** PERMANENT
+
+---
+
+### Lord Malphas Blackthorn
+**Location:** Great Hall High Dais, Blackthorn Keep (Ruined)  
+**Physical:** Comatose; magical necrosis spreading  
+**Arc Progress:** 100% — inert relic of discarded era  
+**Status:** PERMANENT
+
+---
+
+## World State: ch-15 FINAL
+
+**Active Events:**  
+- **The Great Migration:** Nightbloom Collective moving toward Whispering Peaks (2 weeks travel)  
+- **The Wane:** Bridge-tied magic flickering globally; blood-vow strength diminishing outside Collective  
+
+**Faction Attitudes:**  
+- **The Collective:** Devoted — feel Isabella's steadying presence; high cohesion  
+- **Blackthorn Remnants:** Chaotic — leadership dead/catatonic; desertion and banditry rising  
+
+**NPC Allegiances:**  
+- Kaelen (Nightbloom): Grateful; witnessed Isabella's stand; follows without blood-oaths  
+- Elder Thorne (Blackthorn Council): Vengeful; desires Isabella's capture to restore blood-tie  
+
+**Permanent World Changes:**  
+✓ Obsidian Bridge destroyed (physical & metaphysical)  
+✓ Voss-Blackthorn Pact dissolved  
+✓ Unbound Magic born (hemomancy freed from hierarchy)