# Character State: ch-03

## Liora Voss
- **Location:** The Weaving Chamber floor, beneath the Great Loom.
- **Physical:** Left palm a map of raw, indigo-stained lacerations; vision clouded by sharp "frayback" static; hands trembling but functional.
- **Emotional:** Frantic but resolute; experiencing a crisis of faith in Conclave doctrine after the silver needles shattered.
- **Active Obligations:** Must successfully bind Thorne Quill or face "unraveling" (exile/execution) by the Conclave.
- **Open Loops:** The blood-link with Thorne [unintended intimacy]; Maros’s refusal to assist.
- **Arc:** 15% — Has committed the ultimate taboo of Blood-Binding to salvage the ritual.

## Thorne Quill
- **Location:** Lead-lined restraint chair.
- **Physical:** Covered in Liora’s blood from the ritual; throat bruised; pulse erratic due to the forced resonance.
- **Emotional:** Profoundly unsettled; the amusement from ch-02 has curdled into a protective, wary fascination with Liora's desperation.
- **Active Obligations:** Officially bound to Liora via a "dirty" circuit. 
- **Open Loops:** The Thirteenth Strand [manifesting as a physical weight]; the shared sensory feedback during the surge.
- **Arc:** 15% — Realizes his unique resonance isn't just a defense, but a catalyst that breaks the Loom’s logic.

## Elder Maros
- **Location:** Observation Gallery.
- **Physical:** Leaning heavily on his bone-white cane; eyes never leaving the blood on the floor.
- **Emotional:** Calculating; views Liora’s injury as a necessary "tempering" of a tool.
- **Known Secrets:** Knows that the Loom's failure is symptomatic of a wider "rotting" of the Great Weave.
- **Arc:** 08% — Successfully pushed Liora into the "Forbidden Arts" (Blood-Binding) to test the limits of Thorne's resistance.

# World State: ch-03

## NPC Memory
- **The Observation Deck:** The Junior Binders are in a state of shock; the silence marks a shift from ritual to survival.
- **Elder Maros:** Noted the exact frequency at which the silver shattered—confirms Thorne is an "Unbinder" archetype.

## Faction Attitudes
- **Threadbinders' Conclave:** Fearful. The shattering of the sanctified needles is being treated as a breach of holy ground.
- **The Unseen:** (Mentioned in subtext) The resonance surge was likely felt across the city's ley-lines.

## Active World Events
- **The Blood-Binding:** A permanent metaphysical tether has been established between Liora and Thorne. It is unsanctified, raw, and bypasses Conclave dampeners.
- **Structural Integrity:** The Great Loom has sustained minor fractures in its lower gears from the resonance kickback.

## Key Terminology & Mechanics
- **Frayback:** The neurological and spiritual degradation caused by drawing too much power through one's own soul-thread.
- **The Dirty Circuit:** A bond sustained by physical blood rather than silver or lead conduit; highly sensitive to the Binder’s emotional state.
- **Indigo Stain:** Traditional dye used in weaving that, when mixed with blood, creates a permanent "binding brand" on the skin.

## Permanent Changes
- **Liora's Hand:** Permanently scarred and "marked" by the indigo-blood mix, identifying her to any Binder as one who has practiced Blood-Binding.
- **The Bond:** Liora and Thorne are now "Resonantly Paired"—they can no longer be separated without risking the "severance death" of both.