# Character State: Ch1

## Liora Voss
Location: The Weaving Chamber, Threadbinders' Conclave, Oakhaven
Physical: Exhausted; mild frayback; left hand trembling; smells of lanolin and indigo.
Emotional: Determined yet shaken; clinically detached.
Active obligations: owes The Conclave a successful ritual completion (Ch1) -- UNPAID
Open loops: [Liora & Thorne Quill] first meeting and the chaotic nature of his threads (Ch1) -- UNRESOLVED
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch1--unresolved): Witnessed the specific mechanical failure that killed her parents—knows it wasn't a simple accident.
Arc: 05% -- Liora encounters a thread she cannot immediately categorize or control, forcing her to confront her rigid methodology.
Permanent: YES

## Thorne Quill
Location: The Weaving Chamber, Threadbinders' Conclave, Oakhaven
Physical: Unharmed; skin humming with kinetic energy; restless.
Emotional: Defensive; skeptically alive; defiant.
Active obligations: owes Liora Voss cooperation during the binding assessment (Ch1) -- UNPAID
Open loops: [Thorne & The Conclave] the reason for his forced summons (Ch1) -- UNRESOLVED
Known secrets: knows his threads react violently to silver-etched tools -- Liora Voss does NOT know.
Arc: 05% -- Thorne submits to a formal binding for the first time, revealing his "unbound" nature to the Conclave's best binder.
Permanent: YES

## Elder Maros
Location: Observation Gallery, Threadbinders' Conclave
Physical: Frail; leaning heavily on a cane.
Emotional: Calculating; impatient; satisfied by the friction between Liora and Thorne.
Active obligations: none.
Open loops: [Maros & Liora] the pressure to produce a stable "Master Thread" (Ch1) -- UNRESOLVED
Known secrets: knows the true lineage of Thorne Quill -- Liora Voss and Thorne do NOT know.
Arc: 01% -- Maros initiates the contact between the protagonist and the catalyst.
Permanent: YES

## Rennar Voss -- DECEASED (Prior)
Established: Severed from the world during a ritual collapse years ago.
Legacy: His absence is the primary motivator for Liora’s obsession with absolute thread control.

# World State: Ch1

## NPC Memory
- Elder Maros (Conclave): SECRETIVE/STERN -- Observed Liora’s struggle with Thorne’s wild threads -- Will likely increase surveillance and pressure on their sessions.

## Faction Attitudes
- Threadbinders' Conclave: Disciplined/Fearful -- Maintaining order through rigid rituals; views "unbound" threads as a threat to the Great Weave.

## Active World Events
- The Great Binding Assessment: Ongoing ritual cycle to catalog new souls in Oakhaven; currently experiencing higher-than-average "frayback" incidents.