From da40fc5088c4676a9c32aef7aee25296f48cb1e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PAE Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:51:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] staging: character-state-ch-03.md task=426e2079-bf42-4807-96bd-1ef40b9928df --- .../staging/character-state-ch-03.md | 38 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 projects/whispers-in-the-dark/staging/character-state-ch-03.md diff --git a/projects/whispers-in-the-dark/staging/character-state-ch-03.md b/projects/whispers-in-the-dark/staging/character-state-ch-03.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..349eb093 --- /dev/null +++ b/projects/whispers-in-the-dark/staging/character-state-ch-03.md @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +# Character State: ch-03 + +## Elias Thorne +Location: The Archive’s restricted sub-level, Blackwood Manor +Physical: Exhausted, slight hand tremors, no major injuries +Emotional: Paranoid and obsessive +Active obligations: owes Silas Vane an explanation of the ritual (ch-03) -- UNPAID +Open loops: Elias and Silas Vane regarding the containment of the "Whisperer" (ch-03) -- UNRESOLVED +Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01--unresolved): knows his father was not killed by a thief -- The Board does not know; knows the Archive's seals are failing -- Silas Vane does not know +Arc: 30% -- Elias has successfully activated the forbidden scrying glass, permanently deepening his connection to the void. +Permanent: YES + +## Silas Vane +Location: The Archive’s restricted sub-level, Blackwood Manor +Physical: No injuries, leaning on a silver-headed cane +Emotional: Calculating and impatient +Active obligations: none +Open loops: Elias and Silas Vane regarding the containment of the "Whisperer" (ch-03) -- UNRESOLVED +Known secrets: knows the location of the third relic -- Elias does not know +Arc: 20% -- Silas has transitioned from a distant mentor to an active conspirator in the ritual. +Permanent: YES + +## Julian Grave -- DECEASED (ch-03) +Established: Julian was consumed by the shadow-sentinel after the scrying glass cracked, his essence physically dragged into the mirror’s void. +Legacy: His death leaves the Archive without its primary gatekeeper and signals the failure of the old containment methods. + +# World State: ch-03 + +## NPC Memory +- Silas Vane (The Order/Blackwood Manor): AGGRESSIVE -- Silas witnessed Elias's hesitation during the ritual -- Silas is losing trust in Elias’s resolve. + +## Faction Attitudes +- The Archive Wardens: Hostile -- The Wardens believe Elias is destabilizing the manor's protections. +- The Unseen: Observant -- The entity in the glass has acknowledged Elias's presence for the first time. + +## Active World Events +- The Shaking of the Foundations: The physical manor has begun to experience micro-quakes as the veil thins (ongoing). +- The Great Breach: A hairline crack has appeared in the main scrying glass in the sub-level (permanent). \ No newline at end of file