# 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.
Emotional: Defiant fatalism; cold, tactical clarity.
Active obligations: owes the Loom maintenance of the "Dirty Circuit" (ch-03) -- UNPAID; owes Thorne stability via the link (ch-03) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: Liora and Thorne vs the Thirteenth Strand (ch-03) -- UNRESOLVED; Liora vs the Conclave Purists' coup (ch-03) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01--unresolved): Witnessed parents' souls unbound -- Rennar Voss does not know the full ritual cause.
Arc: 25% -- Liora has transitioned from accidental survivor to the intentional architect of a heretical, stable power source.
Permanent: YES

## 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 (ch-03) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: Thorne vs the emerging "Loom's intent" voice (ch-03) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: knows he is beginning to hear the Loom's consciousness -- Liora does not know.
Arc: 25% -- Thorne has evolved from a sacrificial prisoner into an essential, sentient anchor for the machine.
Permanent: YES

## Elder Maros
Location: High Observation Gallery.
Physical: Leaning on bone-white cane; eyes clouded by indigo flare.
Emotional: Fearful and compromised; politically desperate.
Active obligations: owes Liora political protection (ch-03) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: Maros vs Conclave Purists (ch-03) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: knows his leadership depends entirely on Liora’s heresy -- The Purists do not know the extent of his desperation.
Arc: 20% -- Maros has abandoned ecclesiastical purity for the sake of holding onto his crumbling authority.
Permanent: NO

# World State: ch-03

## NPC Memory
- Junior Binders (Loom Floor): EVANGELICAL TERROR -- Witnessed the "Dirty Circuit" initiation -- Some are following Liora’s branding, others are in shock.
- Archival Guards (The Threshold): SEALED -- Locked the chamber from the outside -- They are now wardens of a heretical containment zone.

## Faction Attitudes
- Conclave Purists: REVOLUTIONARY -- Viewing the indigo staining as a corruption of the Weaver’s intent -- Planning an internal purge.
- The Stained (Emergent): DEVOTED -- Mimicking Liora’s physical marks -- Seeking resilience in the Loom’s decay.

## Active World Events
- The Dirty Circuit: Stabilized and active; requires continuous soul-input from Liora and Thorne to prevent Loom collapse.
- Indigo Contagion: Manifesting as shared hallucinations and gravity shifts within the Conclave.
- Terminus Frequency: Local light is bending toward the drive-spindle; reality is warping around the core.
- The Thirteenth Strand: A rogue, external frequency has inserted itself into the Liora/Thorne link.