# Character State: ch-07

## Liora Voss
Location: Core Drive-Spindle, Maintenance Shafts (Lower Tiers)
Physical: Critical; jagged violet shards protruding from left palm; ocular hemorrhaging causing permanent tunnel vision; rhythmic "frayback" tremors.
Emotional: Fatalistic and survivalist; has abandoned Conclave law to prioritize Thorne.
Active obligations: Binds Thorne to life via the violet tether (Physical Anchor) — UNPAID.
Open loops: Escaping "Threshold Purge" (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED; investigating "Dirty Circuit" origin (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Witnessed parents' souls unbound (ch-01).
Arc: 45% — Has transitioned from law-abiding Binder to heretical protector.

## Thorne Quill
Location: Core Drive-Spindle, Maintenance Shafts (Lower Tiers)
Physical: Emitting low-frequency violet hum; severe muscle spasms; manifesting "Loom-sight" (structural/weave intuition).
Emotional: Eerily detached; views his life as a sacrificial vessel for Liora’s survival.
Active obligations: Binds Liora’s path to his navigational Loom-sight — UNPAID.
Open loops: Surviving the Loom's hunting call (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Knows the Loom is specifically hunting Liora — Liora is unaware.
Arc: 40% — From passive victim to active guide using his own corruption.

## Elder Maros
Location: High Observation Gallery (Isolated)
Physical: Near-death; choking on indigo phlegm (spiritual rot).
Emotional: Resigned nihilism; views the Conclave’s end as inevitable.
Active obligations: Owes the Conclave containment of the Stained — UNPAID.
Open loops: The "Dirty Circuit" trap (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Knows the Dirty Circuit was a trap set by Elowen Shade.
Arc: 30% — Acceptance of systemic failure.

# World State: ch-07

## NPC Memory
- Archival Guards: AGGRESSIVE; hunting protagonists with harmonic scanners to force them into the Blind Weave.
- The Stained: PROTECTIVE; viewing the violet light as a "New Weave"; refusing to assist the Guards.

## Faction Attitudes
- Conclave Purists: FANATICAL; authorized "Great Unbinding" (scorched-earth protocol) to erase lower sectors.
- The Stained: DEVOUT; creating a schism by worshipping the protagonists.

## Active World Events
- The Threshold Purge: Lethal Null-Gas flooding maintenance shafts to sever threads.
- Harmonic Decay: Spindle gravity warping; architecture becoming brittle/translucent.

## Item/Lore Status
- The Violet Tether: Audible frequency; acting as a conduit for the Loom’s energy.
- The Dirty Circuit: Confirmed as a "Soul-Siphon" using Elowen Shade’s forbidden techniques.
- The Loom: Actively reaching through the Spindle; its "purr" is now a rhythmic hunting call.
- The Blind Weave: The chaotic, unmapped space where the protagonists are currently fleeing.