# Character State: ch-03

## Liora Voss
Location: The Loom Floor, core drive-spindle.
Physical: Indigo staining reaching mid-bicep; left palm aperture pulsing; ocular hemorrhaging and tremors. Fidgets by snapping invisible threads; smells of lanolin and indigo dye.
Emotional: Defiant fatalism; cold, tactical clarity. Refuses to trust fate—"bind or break."
Active obligations: Owes the Loom maintenance of the "Dirty Circuit"—UNPAID; owes Thorne stability via the link—UNPAID.
Open loops: Liora and Thorne vs the Thirteenth Strand—UNRESOLVED; Liora vs the Conclave Purists' coup—UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Witnessed parents' souls unbound; Rennar Voss does not know the ritual's true cause. 
Arc: 25%—Intentional architect of a heretical power source.

## Thorne Quill
Location: Weaving Chamber, restraint chair.
Physical: Skin etched with indigo ink-blood; internal organs vibrating in sympathy with the Loom.
Emotional: Predatory focus; symbiotic defiance. 
Active obligations: Owes Liora biological stabilization—UNPAID.
Open loops: Thorne vs the emerging "Loom's intent" voice—UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Hearing the Loom's consciousness—Liora remains unaware.
Arc: 25%—Evolved from sacrificial prisoner to an essential, sentient anchor.

## Elder Maros
Location: High Observation Gallery.
Physical: Leaning on bone-white cane; eyes clouded by indigo flare.
Emotional: Fearful; politically desperate.
Active obligations: Owes Liora political protection—UNPAID.
Open loops: Maros vs Conclave Purists—UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Leadership depends entirely on heretical stability.
Arc: 20%—Abandoned ecclesiastical purity for survival.

# World State: ch-03

## NPC Memory
- Junior Binders: **EVANGELICAL TERROR**—Witnessed the initiation; some are mimicking Liora’s branding (The Stained), others are in traumatic shock.
- Archival Guards: **WARDENS**—The chamber is sealed from the outside; they are now jailers of a heretical containment zone.

## Faction Attitudes
- Conclave Purists: **REVOLUTIONARY**—Planning an internal purge to "cleanse" the indigo corruption.
- The Stained (Emergent): **DEVOTED**—New faction following Liora’s heretical methods for resilience.

## Active World Events
- The Dirty Circuit: Stabilized but hungry; requires continuous soul-input from Liora/Thorne to prevent collapse.
- Indigo Contagion: Gravity shifts and shared hallucinations manifest within the Conclave.
- Terminus Frequency: Light is bending toward the spindle; reality is warping at the core.
- The Thirteenth Strand: A rogue, external frequency has successfully inserted itself into the Liora/Thorne link.

## Landmarks
- The Loom Floor: Now the epicenter of a reality-warping "Dirty Circuit."
- High Observation Gallery: The site of Maros’s dwindling political control.
- The Threshold: Sealed with archival wards, separating the heretics from the remaining Purists.