Lucy Westenra Dies After Dracula's Assaults

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• Derived Event Jonathan Harker Arrives in Bistritz -140 days
• Derived Event Van Helsing Telegrams Seward to Protect Lucy -3 days
• Derived Event Mina Invites Van Helsing After Learning Dracula Is in London 4 days
• Character Abraham Van Helsing Dutch physician and scholar who identifies Dracula's nature and organizes the resistance against him. Editorial note: inference_type=triangulated_inference; anchor_fact=Van Helsing describes Arthur Holmwood as the age his own dead son would have been, and repeatedly presents himself as old and worn; supporting_cues=Arthur belongs to the younger suitor cohort, while Van Helsing is an established senior professor and physician; calculation=estimated mid-50s during the 1893 events, stored as 1838 with year precision only; confidence=low; editorial_rationale=the text supports an older generation gap, not an exact age; source_links_or_titles=Project Gutenberg text of Dracula, Abraham Van Helsing Wikipedia.
• Character Arthur Holmwood Lucy's fiance who joins the campaign against Dracula after her death. Editorial note: inference_type=triangulated_inference; anchor_fact=Arthur is Lucy Westenra's fiance and one of the three same-day suitors; supporting_cues=he belongs to the same young adult social cohort as Seward and Quincey and is positioned as marriage-age gentry in 1893; calculation=estimated late 20s during the 1893 events, stored as 1865 with year precision only; confidence=low; editorial_rationale=the text establishes cohort and life stage, not a stated age; source_links_or_titles=Arthur Holmwood Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg text of Dracula.
• Character Count Dracula Ancient Transylvanian vampire nobleman whose move to England drives the novel's central conflict. Editorial note: inference_type=triangulated_inference; anchor_fact=the novel's final dated entry records Dracula's destruction on 6 November; supporting_cues=the novel's dated documents align to the real 1893 calendar; calculation=stored as 1893-11-06; confidence=medium; editorial_rationale=day and month are explicit in the text, while the year comes from the documented 1893 calendar alignment; source_links_or_titles=Project Gutenberg text of Dracula, Dracula by Bram Stoker chronology reference.
• Character Dr. John Seward Physician and asylum director whose diary records Renfield, Lucy's illness, and the hunters' campaign. Editorial note: inference_type=triangulated_inference; anchor_fact=Seward is one of Lucy's three suitors and already serves as physician and asylum administrator; supporting_cues=his medical training and professional role place him beyond early youth while still in the same cohort as Arthur and Quincey; calculation=estimated late 20s during the 1893 events, stored as 1864 with year precision only; confidence=low; editorial_rationale=the evidence supports a mature young professional, not an exact age; source_links_or_titles=John Seward Wikipedia, Lucy Westenra Wikipedia.
• Character Lucy Westenra Mina's close friend whose decline marks Dracula's first major English victimization. Editorial note: inference_type=triangulated_inference; anchor_fact=Dr. Seward's dated entry records Lucy's death on 20 September; supporting_cues=the novel's dated documents align to the real 1893 calendar; calculation=stored as 1893-09-20; confidence=medium; editorial_rationale=day and month are explicit in the text, while the year comes from the documented 1893 calendar alignment; source_links_or_titles=Project Gutenberg text of Dracula, Dracula by Bram Stoker chronology reference. Editorial note: inference_type=triangulated_inference; anchor_fact=Lucy Westenra is described as 19 years old during the 1893 events; supporting_cues=the documented Dracula chronology aligns the novel's dated entries to 1893; calculation=1893 minus 19, stored as 1874 with year precision only; confidence=medium; editorial_rationale=the source supports her age during the story, while the exact birthday remains unknown and could shift the exact year by part of one year; source_links_or_titles=Lucy Westenra Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg text of Dracula, Dracula by Bram Stoker chronology reference.
• Character Quincey P. Morris American adventurer and one of Lucy's suitors who joins the final pursuit of Dracula. Editorial note: inference_type=triangulated_inference; anchor_fact=the novel's final dated entry records Quincey Morris's death on 6 November; supporting_cues=the novel's dated documents align to the real 1893 calendar; calculation=stored as 1893-11-06; confidence=medium; editorial_rationale=day and month are explicit in the text, while the year comes from the documented 1893 calendar alignment; source_links_or_titles=Project Gutenberg text of Dracula, Dracula by Bram Stoker chronology reference. Editorial note: inference_type=triangulated_inference; anchor_fact=Quincey is one of Lucy's three suitors and is portrayed as an established American adventurer; supporting_cues=he belongs to the same adult suitor cohort as Arthur and Seward while presenting as seasoned enough for frontier experience; calculation=estimated late 20s during the 1893 events, stored as 1864 with year precision only; confidence=low; editorial_rationale=the evidence supports broad adult life stage, not a stated age; source_links_or_titles=Quincey Morris Wikipedia, Lucy Westenra Wikipedia.