# CHAPTER 17 - POLISHED STATE EXTRACTION

## Character State: ch-17 [CANONICAL]

### Liora Voss
**Location:** Heart of the Breach, anchored within New Weave
**Physical:** Right hand tremoring; silver pallor deepening; sensory overload managed through thread-meditation
**Emotional:** Resolute facade cracking; isolation acute; grieving severance from human tether (Rennar's emotional distance)
**Active Obligations:**
- Repel Elowen's shadow-thread incursion — CRITICAL/ONGOING
- Maintain New Weave stability — ACTIVE/VOLUNTARY
- Honest conversation with Rennar — UNPAID (Ch-12)

**Open Loops:**
- Liora-Rennar emotional reconciliation — UNRESOLVED
- Long-term physical cost of permanent anchoring — UNRESOLVED
- Grief over forced transcendence from human connection — ESCALATING

**Carried Secrets:**
- IS the Loom's architectural blueprint — [Thorne/Rennar/Conclave]
- Aware of Elowen's sabotage — [Thorne/Rennar/Conclave]
- Breach sealing demands anchor's physical form surrender — [Thorne/Rennar]

**Arc Progress:** 100% — Fully transitioned to conscious architect of new magical law; now confronting the isolation this role demands
**Status:** Permanent anchor; no reversal possible

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### Thorne Quill
**Location:** Thread-Space, woven through Heart of the Breach
**Physical:** Form vibrating violet; static discharge manifesting; strain visible but contained
**Emotional:** Fiercely protective of Liora; aggressive toward Elowen's intrusions; sense of purpose solidifying
**Active Obligations:**
- Intercept Elowen's shadow-threads — CRITICAL/ONGOING
- Continuous New Weave stabilization — ACTIVE/ONGOING

**Open Loops:**
- Physical identity integration (vibration vs. solidity) — UNRESOLVED but stabilizing
- Role definition beyond "Static Guard" — EMERGING

**Carried Secrets:**
- His existence prevents Loom reclamation of Liora — [Liora only]

**Arc Progress:** 100% — Embraced Static Guard role; friction that prevents stagnation
**Status:** Permanent; identity fused with New Weave

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### Rennar Voss
**Location:** Outer Perimeter, Breach Threshold (physical realm)
**Physical:** Uninjured; standing solid guard with blade
**Emotional:** Vigilant but burdened; protective yet emotionally distant from Liora; weight of unsaid words crushing
**Active Obligations:**
- Guard physical threshold of Breach — ACTIVE/ONGOING
- Explain past absence to Liora — UNPAID (Ch-12)

**Open Loops:**
- Reconciliation with Liora — UNRESOLVED; emotional distance widening
- His own thread's integration into New Weave — UNEXPLORED

**Arc Progress:** 100% — Solidified transition from memory-ghost to physical anchor
**Status:** Permanent; primary human defense of the Breach

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### Elowen Shade
**Location:** Deep Shadow exterior; actively manifesting jagged shadow-threads into Breach
**Physical:** Invisible; shadow-form densifying
**Emotional:** Predatory desperation escalating; reclamation drive intensifying as New Weave proves resilient
**Active Obligations:**
- Direct sabotage of New Weave foundation — CRITICAL/ESCALATING

**Open Loops:**
- Full incursion strategy — UNRESOLVED
- Hidden sabotage depth — UNRESOLVED

**Arc Progress:** 0% — Remains antagonist; no character growth; only tactical adaptation
**Status:** Permanent threat

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## World State: ch-17 [CANONICAL]

**Primary Conflict:** The Shadow Incursion — Elowen's direct assault on New Weave foundational threads meets coordinated resistance (Liora/Thorne/Rennar)

**Magic Paradigm:** Officially shifted from extractive (Conclave domination) to collaborative (mutual weaving); verified by the Stained; irreversible

**Faction Status:**
- The Stained: REVERENT — New Weave perceived as godhood birth; devotion intensifying
- Conclave Remnants: DEFUNCT — Old power architecture collapsed; members either integrated or exiled
- Kaelen's Settlement: PREPARED — First civilian anchor-settlement beginning formation; reverent monitoring

**Critical Stakes:** If Elowen breaches Liora's foundational threads, the entire collabor