# Character State: ch-02

## Liora Voss
Location: The Weaving Chamber floor / The Great Loom, Threadbinders' Conclave.
Physical: Severe silver-glass lacerations on left palm; indigo staining; advanced "frayback" symptoms (visual static, vertigo); physical exhaustion from a high-resonance surge.
Emotional: Violated and desperate; clinging to her dogmatic identity while reeling from the failure of her tools.
Active obligations: Owes the Conclave a successful binding of Thorne Quill (ch-01) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: Liora and Elder Maros [the intentionality of the tool failure] (ch-02) -- UNRESOLVED; Liora and Thorne [the shared sensory feedback during the surge] (ch-02) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01--unresolved): Witnessed her parents' souls unbound in a ritual failure; knows the Loom’s current failure is mechanical/structural, not just spiritual.
Arc: 10% -- Forced to abandon ritual silver for a raw, "dirty" binding method using her own blood and proximity.
Permanent: NO

## Thorne Quill
Location: Lead-lined restraint chair, Weaving Chamber.
Physical: Bound by iron and lead; neck bruised from the collar; skin still humming with residual resonance; exhausted but physically intact.
Emotional: Vindicated and grimly amused; growing realization of the danger Liora poses to herself.
Active obligations: Subject to the Conclave's mandatory screening (ch-01) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: Thorne and the Thirteenth Strand [origin of his resonance] (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED; Thorne and Liora [the blood-link formed during the surge] (ch-02) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01--unresolved): Perceives the physical weight and visual reality of the weave.
Arc: 12% -- Successfully repelled the Conclave’s sanctified tools, forcing the Binder to resort to physical blood-binding.
Permanent: NO

## Elder Maros
Location: Observation Gallery balcony.
Physical: Hand gripping bone-white cane; shark-like stillness; breathing shallowly.
Emotional: Coldly observant; clinical satisfaction at Liora's desperation.
Active obligations: None.
Open loops: Maros and the "Stress Test" [why Liora was chosen for this specific failure] (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01--unresolved): Knows Thorne’s true lineage and why the Loom is failing.
Arc: 05% -- Initiated the "second phase" of his test by refusing Liora medical or technical aid during the crisis.
Permanent: NO

# World State: ch-02

## NPC Memory
- Elder Maros (Conclave): SATISFIED -- Witnessed Liora use her own blood to stabilize the resonance -- Confirms her desperation is a usable tool.

## Faction Attitudes
- Threadbinders' Conclave: Dogmatic/Isolationist -- Escalating containment protocols; they view Thorne's resistance as a contagion to be suppressed by any means.

## Active World Events
- The Glass-Storm Surge: A localized metaphysical explosion in the Weaving Chamber caused by the shattering of silver needles; led to the temporary blending of Liora and Thorne's sensory planes.
- Ritual Descent: The Conclave’s shift from sanctified, clean binding to high-risk blood weaving.

## Key Terminology & Mechanics
- Blood-Binding: A taboo "dirty" method where the Binder uses their own vital fluids to bridge a resonance gap when silver fails.
- Resonance Feedback: The physical vibration of the soul-strands that can cause structural damage to lead and silver.