From a237ce059def0f9c1130e42059d1c17ae99aad9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PAE Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:02:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] staging: polished/character-state-ch-12-final.md task=dd8f6412-30bc-4277-a3d3-784824dae406 --- .../polished/character-state-ch-12-final.md | 39 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 projects/cypress-bend/staging/polished/character-state-ch-12-final.md diff --git a/projects/cypress-bend/staging/polished/character-state-ch-12-final.md b/projects/cypress-bend/staging/polished/character-state-ch-12-final.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..171a89a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/projects/cypress-bend/staging/polished/character-state-ch-12-final.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +# Character State: ch-12 + +## Lena Duval +- **Location:** Heart of the Siphon Hub, Cypress Bend. +- **Physical:** Stabilized; internal fever replaced by a "steady hum" synchronized with the Siphon. Her palm scar is a dormant silver brand. +- **Emotional:** Resigned and weary, yet profoundly anchored. She accepts her role as the "Warden," feeling the swamp as an extension of her own nervous system. +- **Active Obligations:** Owes Jax Harlan a life-debt (unpaid) for his defense during her transcendence. +- **Open Loops:** Must confront Aunt Maribelle regarding the Duval Coven’s claim and the "Machine-Witch" resonance (unresolved). +- **Known Secrets:** Knows the Siphon was designed for "Harmonic Bleed" to siphon swamp vitality to the Upper Districts (Jax is unaware). +- **Arc:** 100% — Transition to Warden is complete; she has traded her freedom for the "cage and crown" of the Bend. + +## Jax Harlan +- **Location:** Beside Lena at the Siphon’s edge. +- **Physical:** Exhausted, raw knuckles, adrenaline crash; physical toll of the siege is evident. +- **Emotional:** Fiercely loyal; mourning the "normal" life Lena can no longer have; protective guardian. +- **Active Obligations:** Identify the mole within Terrebonne Security (unresolved). +- **Known Secrets:** None. +- **Arc:** 90% — Committed outsider-turned-guardian; he has accepted a life tethered to a woman who cannot leave the water. + +## Aunt Maribelle +- **Location:** The Duval Estate. +- **Emotional:** Calculating; sensing the ley line shifts. +- **Open Loops:** Tracking Lena’s specific frequency to reclaim her as a Coven "asset." + +# World State: ch-12 + +## NPC Memory +- **Terrebonne Security:** Retreating after a "Level 5 Anomalous Event." Reporting failure to HQ. +- **The Coven:** Observing the Great Hum's stabilization; preparing to move on Lena. + +## Faction Attitudes +- **Terrebonne Development Corp (TDC):** Panicked. Considering "Scorched Earth" protocols to bury the Siphon and hide evidence of their ecological theft. +- **The Bayou:** Fully allied with Lena; the land is actively masking her and Jax from electronic detection via mist and growth. + +## Active World Events +- **The Great Hum:** PERMANENT. A subsonic frequency marking Lena’s presence and regulating the swamp's health. +- **The Veil Thinning:** Reality is "soft" near the Siphon; ghost-lights and overlapping dimensions are manifesting. +- **Harmonic Bleed:** Halted/Redirected by Lena. This is currently causing power surges and instability in the Upper Districts. +- **The Life-Debt:** The mystical weight of Jax saving Lena during her transition remains a heavy, unresolved magical tether between them. \ No newline at end of file