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+# Character State: ch-11
+
+## Elara Vance
+Location: The Inner Sanctum of the Heart-Root.
+Physical: Right palm etched with the permanent silver-white Sigil; spiritual exhaustion lightened by the forest's restoration; breathing has steadied.
+Emotional: Profoundly peaceful and resolute; feels a deep, humming connection to the living world.
+Active obligations: Owes Kaelen protection (ch-06)—UNPAID.
+Open loops: Elara/Council regarding blight origins (ch-06)—UNRESOLVED (Carries proof of their failed experiments).
+Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-10--unresolved): The Blight's origin is tied to the Council’s early failed experiments.
+Arc: 100%—She has fully transitioned from a vessel-in-training to the living embodiment of the Voice of the Forest.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## Kaelen
+Location: The Threshold of the Heart-Root.
+Physical: Left arm mangled and scarred; heavy bandaging; conscious but extremely weak; sitting upright against the anchoring stone.
+Emotional: Quietly relieved; the burden of his past desertion has been replaced by the weight of a new purpose.
+Active obligations: None.
+Open loops: Kaelen/Missing Grove map (ch-02)—UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Last of the Sun-Guard bloodline—Elara remains unaware.
+Arc: 100%—Fully redeemed through self-sacrifice, transitioning from a fugitive to a guardian of the new era.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## Thorne Blackroot -- DECEASED (ch-11)
+Established: Severed from the Blight's power, his body calcified completely and shattered into fine, inert dust as the Heart-Root's pulse reclaimed the sanctum.
+Legacy: His death marks the final collapse of the Circle of Thorns' influence and the purification of the site he sought to corrupt.
+
+# World State: ch-11
+
+## NPC Memory
+- **The Forest Spirits** (Elderwood): REAWAKENED—The spirits are now vocal and active, communicating through the rustle of leaves and the flow of water to guide the forest’s growth.
+- **Survivors of Oakhaven** (Oakhaven): GRATEFUL—Witnessed the receding darkness; there is a burgeoning hope for renewal despite the loss of their old leadership.
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- **Circle of Thorns**: EXTINCT—With Thorne’s death and the Blight’s purification, their magical source is gone; they have no hierarchy or power remaining.
+- **Council of Oakhaven**: DISGRACED—Their complicity in the Blight is becoming known; they have lost all moral authority over the villagers.
+
+## Active World Events
+- **The Great Weaving**: ACTIVE—A period of rapid, magical reforestation has begun; the corruption is being eaten by new, vibrant growth.
+- **The Reconstruction**: STARTING—The physical rebuilding of the forest and its communities under the guidance of the Vessel.
+
+## Canon Artifacts/Key Items
+- **The Sigil**: Permanently merged with Elara’s palm; serves as the interface for the Elderwood’s harmony.
+- **The Sunstone Shard**: EXHAUSTED—Remains a non-magical pebble.
+- **The Heart-Root**: FULLY AWAKENED—The center of the forest’s renewed life force.