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 ## Isabella Voss
 - **Location:** High Dais, Blackthorn Keep.
 - **Physical:** Hemomantic exhaustion; silk gloves saturated with hidden blood; internal lashing from the Peace Vow; fresh wrist scarring.
-- **Emotional:** Managed defiance; hyper-vigilant; performing a “regal correction” mask.
+- **Emotional:** Managed defiance; hyper-vigilant; performing a “regal correction” mask. 
 - **Active Obligations:** Owes Damien Blackthorn a sanctioned heir (Ch01) — UNPAID; Owes Lord Reginald Thorne the Voss bloodline assets (Ch01) — UNPAID.
 - **Open Loops:** Wedding night survival with Damien (Ch01) — UNRESOLVED; Secrecy of hemomantic scarring from Reginald (Ch01) — UNRESOLVED.
-- **Known Secrets:** Bleeding beneath gloves; true severity of scarring; using her mother’s execution as a survival template.
+- **Known Secrets:** CARRIED: Bleeding beneath gloves; CARRIED: True severity of scarring; CARRIED: Using mother’s execution as survival template.
 - **Arc:** 15% — Transitioned from POW to legally bound hostage-bride via the Blood Contract.
+- **Permanent:** YES
 
 ## Damien Blackthorn
 - **Location:** High Dais, Blackthorn Keep.
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 - **Emotional:** Cruelly intrigued; focused on dismantling Isabella’s composure.
 - **Active Obligations:** Owes Isabella protection and containment (Ch01) — UNPAID.
 - **Open Loops:** Testing the limits of Isabella's Hemomancy (Ch01) — UNRESOLVED.
-- **Known Secrets:** Suspects Isabella is hiding hemomantic bleeding/scarring from the Elders.
+- **Known Secrets:** CARRIED: Suspects Isabella is hiding hemomantic bleeding/scarring from the Elders.
 - **Arc:** 08% — Established as primary tormentor and shadow-husband.
+- **Permanent:** YES
 
 ## Lord Reginald Thorne
 - **Location:** High Dais, Blackthorn Keep.
@@ -24,11 +26,9 @@
 - **Emotional:** Triumphant; views the Voss bloodline as a harvestable resource.
 - **Active Obligations:** Overseeing integration of Voss assets (Ch01) — UNPAID.
 - **Open Loops:** Monitoring of the "unmarked vessel" clause (Ch01) — UNRESOLVED.
-- **Known Secrets:** Intends to discard/sacrifice Isabella once a viable heir is produced.
+- **Known Secrets:** CARRIED: Intends to discard/sacrifice Isabella once a viable heir is produced.
 - **Arc:** 05% — Architect of the Annexation.
-
-## Elara Voss (Deceased)
-- **Legacy:** Her execution for breaking a coven vow serves as Isabella’s primary trauma and template for survival.
+- **Permanent:** YES
 
 # World State: ch-01
 
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 - **The Binding Ritual:** COMPLETE — Magical ceremony linking the Voss and Blackthorn lines.
 - **The Treaty of Thorns:** ACTIVE — Diplomatic framework mandating the union to end the inter-coven war.
 - **The Annexation:** COMPLETE — Formal absorption of Nightbloom assets via the marriage contract.
-- **The Unmarked Vessel Clause:** ACTIVE — Canonical requirement that Isabella remain "unmarked" (unscarred) by magic to remain a viable bride.
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+- **The Unmarked Vessel Clause:** ACTIVE — Requirement that Isabella remain "unmarked" by magic to remain a viable bride. (Threatened by her hidden scarring).
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