# Character State: ch-01

## Liora Voss
Location: The Weaving Chamber, Threadbinders' Conclave.
Physical: Left palm sliced open by silver shards; blood mixing with indigo residue; peripheral "frayback" (static/blurring) intensifying; hand trembling.
Emotional: Frantic and fatalistic; obsessive need to "fix" the connection; traumatized by the echo of her parents' unbinding.
Active obligations: Owes the Conclave a successful binding of Thorne Quill (Ch-01) — UNPAID.
Open loops: The failure of silver against Thorne’s "thirteenth strand" (Ch-01) — UNRESOLVED; The mechanical nature of the Loom’s failure (Ch-01) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01--unresolved): Witnessed her parents' souls unbound in a ritual failure.
Arc: 05% — Shifted from rigid confidence to frantic improvisation; internal mantra "bind-bind-bind" triggered by panic.
Permanent: YES

## Thorne Quill
Location: Lead-lined restraint chair, Weaving Chamber.
Physical: Skin humming with resonance; vibrating with enough power to shatter silver-etched tools; branded by the collar.
Emotional: Defiant and observant; mocking Liora’s dogma.
Active obligations: Subject to the Conclave's mandatory screening (Ch-01) — UNPAID.
Open loops: The physical weight of the weave (Ch-01) — UNRESOLVED; Origin of his silver-repelling internal resonance (Ch-01) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01--unresolved): Perceives the physical weight and visual reality of the weave.
Arc: 05% — Realized his internal power can physically destroy Conclave holy instruments.
Permanent: YES

## Elder Maros
Location: Observation Gallery.
Physical: Frail; leaning on a bone-white cane; shark-like stillness.
Emotional: Predatory satisfaction.
Active obligations: None.
Open loops: Intent behind the "stress test" of Liora (Ch-01) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01--unresolved): Knows Thorne’s true lineage and why the Loom is failing.
Arc: 01% — Confirmed the destruction of the needles was the necessary catalyst for his hidden agenda.
Permanent: YES

# World State: ch-01

## NPC Memory
- Elder Maros (Conclave): SATISFIED — Observed the needle's destruction — Views Liora’s failure as a "purification" of her methods.

## Faction Attitudes
- Threadbinders' Conclave: Dogmatic/Paranoid — They treat the Fray as a moral failing of the common people rather than a systemic collapse.

## Active World Events
- The Great Binding Assessment: Ongoing ritual screening of citizens; currently experiencing catastrophic tool failure.
- The Looming Fray: Increasing metaphysical decay causing "frayback" (sensory static/soul-thinning) in Binders.

## Key Terminology & Mechanics
- Frayback: Sensory blurring and soul-thinning caused by ritual backlash or over-binding.
- The Thirteenth Strand: Thorne's unique, silver-repelling thread.
- Bind or Break: Liora’s mantra for decisive, often forceful, action.

## Canon Objects/Artifacts
- Silver Needle Shards: Contaminated by Thorne’s essence; scattered on the floor.
- Lead-Lined Restraint Chair: Specifically designed to dampen high-resonance soul-vibes.
- The Great Loom: Central mechanism of the Conclave; currently malfunctioning/stalled.