# Character State: ch-08

## Liora Voss
**Location:** The Blind Weave (The Maw of the Loom)  
**Physical:** Advanced frayback; fingers trembling with harmonic oscillation; sustained by the Violet Tether; sensory overload from "The Sight."  
**Emotional:** Defiant yet vulnerable; choosing the uncertainty of the bind over the vacuum of control.  
**Active Obligations:** Binds Thorne via the Violet Tether (ch-07) — UNPAID  
**Open Loops:** 
- Liora and Thorne vs. the Loom's assimilation (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED  
- Liora confronting Elowen Shade regarding the Dirty Circuit (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED  
**Known Secrets:** 
- CARRIED (ch-07--unresolved): The Dirty Circuit was engineered sabotage by Elowen Shade.  
- CARRIED (ch-07--unresolved): The Loom is hunting Liora specifically, not just the Spindle.  
**Arc:** 55% — Transitioned from a philosophy of "fixing" connections to a philosophy of "mutual weaving," accepting that a thread’s strength is in its shared vulnerability.  
**Status:** PERMANENT  

## Thorne Quill
**Location:** The Blind Weave (The Maw of the Loom)  
**Physical:** Translucent skin; luminescent violet veins; functioning as a semi-corporeal anchor for Liora; body resisting total dissolution through the shared tether.  
**Emotional:** Resolute; find strength in being the "unbound" element that keeps Liora grounded.  
**Active Obligations:** Guiding Liora through the Weave (ch-07) — UNPAID  
**Open Loops:** Resistance to Loom-assimilation (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED  
**Known Secrets:** CARRIED (ch-07--unresolved): The Loom hunts Liora specifically.  
**Arc:** 50% — Solidified his role as the necessary chaos; proving that his refusal to be "bound" traditionally is what allows for a true partnership.  
**Status:** PERMANENT  

## Elder Maros -- DECEASED (ch-07)
**Established:** Died of terminal indigo rot and respiratory failure in the High Observation Gallery while witnessing the breach.  
**Legacy:** His nihilistic peace provided the final validation for Liora to abandon the Conclave's rigid structures.

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# World State: ch-08

## NPC Memory
- **The Stained** (The Spindle): JUBILANT — Viewed the Breach as a holy liberation; they have begun dismantling the remaining physical structures of the Conclave.

## Faction Attitudes
- **Conclave Purists:** EXTINCT — Command structures have fully dissolved; no centralized authority remains.
- **The Stained:** ZEALOUS — Accelerating the collapse as a form of "unbinding" their souls.

## Active World Events
- **The Maw of the Loom:** Reality is fully liquefied; harmonic physics have replaced standard gravity.
- **The Violet Tether:** The only stable vector of existence remaining between the protagonists and total assimilation by the Loom.
- **The Threshold Breach:** Irreversible; the physical Spindle is being digested by the Blind Weave.

## Critical Items/Forces
- **The Loom:** Predatory sentience; identified Liora as its primary architectural target.
- **The Dirty Circuit:** Completed its function; all dampeners are offline, and the harmonic barrier is gone.