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3.4 KiB
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49 lines
3.4 KiB
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# Character State: ch-07
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## King Aldric
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Location: The Alchemical Laboratory, Beneath Castle Sangue
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Physical: Labored breathing; veins near the blood-bond mark are blackened; recovering from a localized seizure.
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Emotional: Profoundly vulnerable but resolute; experiencing a terrifying synthesis of Seraphine’s memories.
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Active obligations: Owes Seraphine the protection of the Thorne-Valerius borders (ch-03) — UNPAID.
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Open loops: [Aldric & Seraphine] The sensory feedback loop and shared memory bleed (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED.
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Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-03—unresolved): The execution of his brother was a legal necessity he personally ordered.
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Arc: 55% — He has moved from physical dependence to a deep, psychic intertwining with Seraphine, accepting her "taint" as his own.
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Permanent: YES
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## Queen Seraphine
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Location: The Alchemical Laboratory, Beneath Castle Sangue
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Physical: Tremors in her hands; eyes bloodshot from the strain of the stabilization ritual; exhaustion.
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Emotional: Desperate and hyper-focused; she is reeling from the unintentional exposure of her childhood trauma to Aldric.
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Active obligations: Owes Aldric a formal response to the Bilateral Seal (ch-01) — PAID.
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Open loops: [Seraphine & Aldric] The breach of her mental sanctum during the ritual (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED.
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Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-03—unresolved): The Blight has breached the inner glass-line; the Lowen-Court is already compromised.
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Arc: 50% — She has allowed a rival king to see her most guarded weakness, breaking her rule of absolute emotional isolation to save his life.
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Permanent: YES
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## High Provost Vane — DECEASED (ch-04)
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Established: Executed by Queen Seraphine via hemomantic heart-stop after attempting to poison King Aldric.
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Legacy: His absence forced Seraphine to perform the dangerous stabilization ritual without high-level court assistance.
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## High Priestess Malcorra
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Location: The Threshold of the Alchemical Laboratory
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Physical: Rigid; leaning heavily on her iron thurible.
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Emotional: Judgmental and cold; she views the "Forbidden Alchemy" as a step toward heresy.
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Active obligations: Oversight of the Sanguine Vow’s purity (ch-01) — UNPAID.
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Open loops: [Malcorra & Seraphine] The theological cost of saving a Thorne King with Valerius blood-rites (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED.
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Known secrets: Knows the stabilization ritual has permanently altered the nature of the Vow.
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Arc: 45% — She has transitioned from a distant observer to an active witness of what she considers the Queen's spiritual degradation.
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Permanent: YES
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# World State: ch-07
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## NPC Memory
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- The Laboratory Acolytes (Castle Sangue): HORRIFIED — Witnessed the King’s seizure and the Queen’s unorthodox use of raw blood-catalysts — They remain silent out of fear of the Queen’s "Gilded Pulse."
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## Faction Attitudes
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- The Crimson Cathedral: SUSPICIOUS — Malcorra’s report of the "Forbidden Alchemy" is moving toward a formal inquiry of the Queen's fitness.
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- The Lowen-Court: UNCERTAIN — News of the King’s collapse has leaked, leading to whispers of a fragile foundation.
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## Active World Events
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- The Oakhaven Breach: CRITICAL — The borders are sagging as the Sovereigns are distracted by the King's internal "instability."
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- The Forbidden Alchemy: RESOLVED — The ritual stabilized the King’s heart but fused the Sovereigns' psychic barriers.
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- The Sanguine Vow: Transitioned from a physical contract to a shared mental haunting; the "bleed" is now bi-directional. |