From c85d3204bda78407fcc80932c9d16a93e3b20489 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PAE Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:01:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] staging: character-state-ch-14.md task=d546825a-6f20-4d36-8f5d-f31f767221f5 --- .../staging/character-state-ch-14.md | 42 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+) create mode 100644 projects/cypress-bend/staging/character-state-ch-14.md diff --git a/projects/cypress-bend/staging/character-state-ch-14.md b/projects/cypress-bend/staging/character-state-ch-14.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6d6c1971 --- /dev/null +++ b/projects/cypress-bend/staging/character-state-ch-14.md @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +# Character State: ch-14 + +## Lena Duval +Location: The Siphon Hub Core, Cypress Bend +Physical: Ethereal and stabilized; bioluminescence is constant; no longer experiences physical tremors. +Emotional: Transformed and protective; feels the pain of the land as her own; mourning the loss of her aunt despite their conflict. +Active obligations: Owes Jax Harlan a life-debt (Ch-12) — UNPAID (growing in intensity). +Open loops: Lena vs. TDC Sabotage (Ch-14) — RESOLVED (the pulse neutralized the demolition charges). +Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-13--unresolved): Knows the Siphon’s true purpose was "Harmonic Bleed" to feed the Upper Districts -- Jax remains unaware. +Arc: 100% -- The Warden. She has fully integrated with the Siphon and successfully defended the Bend from a coordinated TDC strike. +Permanent: YES + +## Jax Harlan +Location: Siphon Hub Perimeter / Secondary Bypass Drainage +Physical: Exhausted but functional; nursing minor burns from TDC ordnance. +Emotional: Resolute but wary; feels a deepening, supernatural tether to Lena that he cannot explain. +Active obligations: Identify the TDC/Terrebonne Security mole (Ch-13) — UNRESOLVED. +Open loops: Jax vs. TDC Infiltration Team (Ch-14) — RESOLVED (the team was repelled by the Bayou's flora). +Arc: 98% -- Guardian. He has moved from a reluctant defender to a proactive champion of the Bayou’s new order. +Permanent: NO + +## Aunt Maribelle -- DECEASED (ch-14) +Established: Severed her own connection to the Siphon to trigger a manual drainage, but was consumed by the resulting harmonic backlash and the encroaching swamp vines. +Legacy: Her death leaves Lena as the sole Duval matriarch and ends the internal struggle for control of the Siphon. + +# World State: ch-14 + +## NPC Memory +- TDC Sabotage Team (Siphon Perimeter): DEFEATED -- Their demolition attempt was thwarted by the Great Hum's feedback loop and sensory-depriving fog -- The survivors fled into the swamp and are being hunted. +- Duval Coven (The Estate): SUBMISSIVE -- Witnessed the final pulse and have largely accepted Lena as the legitimate Warden. + +## Faction Attitudes +- TDC: FRANTIC -- Moving from asset recovery to containment as the "blackout zone" expands. +- The Bayou: AWAKENED -- The flora is no longer reactive but proactive, hunting threats before they reach the Hub. + +## Active World Events +- The Great Hum: EXPANDING -- The protective zone has grown, now encompassing the outer wetlands. +- Harmonic Backflow: PEAKING -- Massive power failures across the Upper Districts as Lena "grounds" the stolen energy back into the mud. + +## Key Objects/Locations +- The Secondary Bypass: DESTROYED/OVERGROWN -- Gone with Maribelle; it can no longer be used to drain the swamp. +- The Silver Locket: DROPPED -- Left in the mud by Lena as a symbol of her final release from the past. \ No newline at end of file