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+# Character State: ch-17
+
+## Lena Duval
+- **Location:** The Heart Tree (Siphon Hub Core)
+- **Physical:** Final metamorphosis complete; bioluminescent skin pulses with the Great Hum; physical form is a translucent vessel of the singularity.
+- **Emotional:** Transhuman serenity; "Gator's truth" instinct now encompasses the entire ecosystem’s survival.
+- **Active Obligations:** Sovereign of the Grand Recission; maintaining the Veil of the Great Silence; sustaining the emergent swamp ecosystem.
+- **Open Loops:** The Silver Locket remains fused to the bark (The last tether to "Lena" vs. "The Sovereign").
+- **Known Secrets:** Holds the collective genetic and kinetic memory of the Duval line.
+- **Arc:** 100% (Permanent Sovereign).
+
+## Jax Harlan
+- **Location:** Security Annex (Inner Perimeter)
+- **Physical:** Permanently immune to toxins; Green Fever scarring has settled into iridescent patterns.
+- **Emotional:** Resolved; peaceful in the digital silence; dedicated protector.
+- **Active Obligations:** Final decommissioning of the TDC Black Box; external perimeter patrol.
+- **Open Loops:** Final confirmation of the TDC uplink destruction.
+- **Known Secrets:** Absolute coordinates of all defunct TDC assets.
+- **Arc:** 100% (The Shield).
+
+# World State: ch-17
+
+## NPC Memory
+- **Duval Elders:** Transitioned from family to Acolytes; they tend the roots as a religious vocation.
+- **TDC Survivors:** Classified Cypress Bend as a "Biological Singularity" and "Absolute Loss." All corporate interests have officially withdrawn.
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- **The Great Hum:** Sovereign and dominant; no longer reactive to threats as the environment is self-policing.
+- **Terrebonne Development Corp (TDC):** Defunct/Liquidated; focusing on total containment and information burial.
+
+## Active World Events
+- **The Grand Recission:** 100% Complete; all TDC infrastructure has been converted into bio-matter or consumed by the swamp.
+- **The Great Silence:** Permanent electronic dead zone (5-mile radius); signals are absorbed by the Hum.
+
+## Key Objects/Locations
+- **The Heart Tree:** The neural and spiritual anchor of the Bend.
+- **The Silver Locket:** Calcified into the tree; a symbolic "grave" for Lena’s humanity.
+- **The TDC Black Box:** The final piece of unreclaimed tech awaiting final disposal.
+- **The Siphon Hub:** A cathedral of greenery where the digital and biological have merged into a singular interface.