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 # Character State: ch-01
 
-## Lyra Vance
-Location: The Threshold of the Archive, Deep Forest, Outside Oakhaven
-Physical: No injuries; fingers stained with charcoal and ink; lungs burning from exertion.
-Emotional: Overwhelming terror and acute isolation.
-Active obligations: owes herself the truth of the village’s disappearance (ch-01) — UNPAID.
-Open loops: [Lyra/The Guild] why the village unraveled after the map was completed (ch-01) — UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: knows she finished the map that coincided with Oakhaven's erasure — the Guild.
-Arc: 10% — She has transitioned from a meticulous apprentice to a fugitive who has witnessed the physical unraveling of her reality.
+## 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 (ch-01) -- UNPAID
+Open loops: [Liora & Thorne Quill] first meeting and the chaotic nature of his threads (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01—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 (ch-01) -- UNPAID
+Open loops: [Thorne & The Conclave] the reason for his forced summons (ch-01) -- 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" (ch-01) -- 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: ch-01
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- High Weaver Malakor (The Weaver’s Guild): HOSTILE — Though not present, his influence and the threat of his "Correction" squads drove Lyra to flee.
+- 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
-- The Weaver’s Guild: OPPRESSIVE — Enforcing a "Perfect Pattern" that requires the erasure of any deviations or "frayed" elements like Oakhaven.
+- Threadbinders' Conclave: Disciplined/Fearful -- Maintaining order through rigid rituals; views "unbound" threads as a threat to the Great Weave.
 
 ## Active World Events
-- The Erasure of Oakhaven: COMPLETE — The village has been reduced to white mist/void following the completion of Lyra's architectural map.
-- The Opening of the Archive: IN PROGRESS — A door manifested in the forest where none existed, responding to Lyra’s proximity and distress.
+- The Great Binding Assessment: Ongoing ritual cycle to catalog new souls in Oakhaven; currently experiencing higher-than-average "frayback" incidents.