# Character State: ch-06

## Queen Seraphine
Location: Oakhaven, Western Gatehouse
Physical: Severe hemomantic exhaustion; tremors in hands; vision blurring at the edges.
Emotional: Violated and defiant; simmering resentment toward Aldric’s "shared" burden.
Active obligations: Owes Aldric Thorne a formal response to the Bilateral Seal (ch-01) — PAID.
Open loops: [Seraphine & Aldric] The shared sensory intrusion of the blood-bond (ch-05) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-03—unresolved): The Blight has breached the inner glass-line; the Lowen-Court is already compromised.
Arc: 35% — She accepts that personal privacy is a luxury the bond has permanently stripped away.
Permanent: YES

## King Aldric
Location: Oakhaven, Western Gatehouse
Physical: Pallid and shivering; massive caloric drain from stabilizing the perimeter.
Emotional: Coldly protective; masking his physical collapse with architectural focus.
Active obligations: Owes Seraphine the protection of the Thorne-Valerius borders (ch-03) — PAID.
Open loops: [Aldric & Seraphine] The revelation of the execution of his brother (ch-03) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Knows he cannot sustain another seal stabilization without cardiac failure — Seraphine.
Arc: 30% — Moves from using the bond as a tether to using it as a shared reservoir of survival.
Permanent: YES

## Captain Kaelen
Location: Oakhaven, The Ash-Fields
Physical: Minor soot burns; no major injuries.
Emotional: Stoic but unnerved by the sight of the Sovereigns' physical synchronization.
Active obligations: Absolute silence regarding the Queen’s flagging physical stamina (ch-03) — UNPAID.
Open loops: [Kaelen & Seraphine] The cost of his intervention against the High Priestess (ch-03) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-03—unresolved): Knows the Queen nearly collapsed during the walk to the cellar.
Arc: 20% — Recognizes the military chain of command is secondary to the Sovereigns' biological link.
Permanent: YES

## High Provost Vane
Location: Oakhaven, Lower District
Physical: Uninjured but covered in glass-dust.
Emotional: Devoutly grateful; bordering on fanatical.
Active obligations: Owes the Crown the restoration of Oakhaven’s records (ch-06) — UNPAID.
Open loops: None.
Known secrets: None.
Arc: 10% — Re-establishes faith in the Sovereigns after witnessing the ritual.
Permanent: NO

# World State: ch-06

## NPC Memory
- High Provost Vane (Oakhaven): ZEALOUS — Witnessed the Sovereigns merge their blood to save the gate — Will spread word of their "unified divinity."

## Faction Attitudes
- The Lowen-Court: SUSPICIOUS — Fearing the Queen is becoming a puppet of Thorne's vitality.
- The Oakhaven Refugees: REVERENT — Direct witnesses to the intervention.

## Active World Events
- The Oakhaven Breach: TEMPORARILY SEALED — The glass-line is stabilized but brittle; requires constant hemomantic maintenance.
- The Sanguine Marriage: BIOLOGICAL SYNC — The couple now shares physical exhaustion and caloric drain in real-time.