Mara Vane
Series RegularAGE 34Aliveprotagonist
CORE PSYCHOLOGY
WANTRaise the Larkspur and bury her brother properly — with a body or with the truth.
FEARThat the town's version is kinder than whatever she finds.
FALSE BELIEFIf she can touch the wreck, the grief will finally obey.
SHAMEShe left Slate Harbor before the sinking and never called back.
DEFENSEProcedure — dive plans instead of feelings.
MORAL LINENever lie in a logbook.
CONTRADICTIONCame home for the truth; keeps omitting it.
CHARACTER ARC
MOURNER
→INVESTIGATOR
→ACCOMPLICE
→LIAR
→RECKONER
KNOWLEDGE STATE
FROM THE MATRIX →SUSPECTS
Joel surfaced alive that nightCANON-0140 · E03S17
The Larkspur carried unlisted cargoCANON-0130 · E03S12
UNAWARE OF
The manifest was rewritten before dawnCANON-0117 · E02S07
Ruth banked the quiet settlementCANON-0121 · E02S13
The salvage bid is a retrieval jobCANON-0136 · E03S24
Lena's father was aboard the LarkspurCANON-0125 · E02S21
TALK TO MARA VANE
ANSWERS FROM CANON AS OF E03S22WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW, THEY HONESTLY DON'T KNOW — THAT'S THE TEST
DIALOGUE VOICE
Clipped and technical; dive-plan grammar.Jokes only underwater, on comms.Says 'the wreck', never 'the Larkspur'.