3.0 KiB
Character State: ch-09
Lyra Vance
Location: The Glass Spire, Sanctum of the Master Map. Physical: Ink-stained fingertips; minor cuts from glass shards; breath hitching as she stabilizes from the strain of seizing the Deep Weave. Emotional: Triumphant yet cautious; a profound sense of shared purpose with Dorian. Active Obligations: Owes herself the truth of Oakhaven’s disappearance (ch-01) — UNPAID. Open Loops: [Lyra/The Guild] Consequences of pulling the Deep Weave into reality — UNRESOLVED; [Lyra/Valerius] The immediate aftermath of his defeat — UNRESOLVED. Known Secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01): Finished the map that coincided with her village's erasure; CARRIED (Ch-01): Her physical form is being overwritten by the world’s ink. Arc: 90% — From survivor to master architect; she has reclaimed the tools of history.
Dorian Thorne
Location: The Glass Spire, Sanctum of the Master Map. Physical: Visible "flicker" in his physical presence; extreme fatigue; hand tremors masked by adjusting his left cufflink. His immortality is rapidly depleting. Emotional: Introspective and resolute; accepting mortality as the price for his partnership with Lyra. Active Obligations: Owes Lyra a route to the Heart of the First Fae (ch-03) — UNPAID. Open Loops: [Dorian/The Guild] Survival as a "re-stitched" entity — UNRESOLVED; [Dorian/Valerius] Internal Guild fallout for his defiance — UNRESOLVED. Known Secrets: CARRIED (Ch-02): Defying High Weaver Malakor to find his lost home; CARRIED (Ch-02): Knows the tracking frequencies of the Guild. Arc: 95% — Has traded detached invulnerability for a finite, meaningful existence.
Valerius
Location: The Glass Spire, The Void-Edge. Physical: Severely weakened by erasure-ink backlash; eyes clouded with indigo residue. Emotional: Desperate and broken; fueled by a nihilistic desire to unmake what he cannot control. Active Obligations: Owes the Guild the retrieval of the Deep Weave map (ch-07) — UNPAID. Open Loops: [Valerius/Silas Vane] Their true history during the Great Severing — UNRESOLVED. Known Secrets: Purposefully unraveled Silas Vane's work to cause the Severing. Arc: 40% — Driven into a corner where his only power is spite.
World State: ch-09
NPC Memory
- Valerius (The Guild): VESTED HATRED — Defeated by Lyra and Dorian; faces total loss of status or exile.
Faction Attitudes
- The Weaver's Guild: TERROR — The storming of the Glass Spire and loss of the Master Map represents a total collapse of their monopoly on history.
Active World Events
- The Master Map Reclamation: ACTIVE — The primary navigational and historical record of the world is now under Lyra’s control.
- The Fading: ACTIVE — Dorian’s temporal and physical stability is diminishing following the Spire confrontation.
- The Thinning: ACTIVE — The use of Chrono-weaving at the Spire has left visible "thinned" spots in the local reality of the City of Parchment.