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-**ERROR:** The PASS 1 narrative prose for Chapter 1 has not been provided in this conversation. While character sheets and project context (PASS 0) are available, there is no text from which to extract a factual state. 
+# Character State: Ch1
 
-Please provide the **PASS 1 narrative prose** for the chapter so that I can perform the extraction for Liora Voss and other characters.
+## Liora Voss
+Location: The Weaving Chamber, Threadbinders' Conclave, Oakhaven
+Physical: Exhausted; experiencing minor "frayback" tremors in her hands; no physical injuries.
+Emotional: Guarded and apprehensive.
+Active obligations: owes The Conclave a successful soul-binding ritual (Ch1) -- UNPAID.
+Open loops: Liora and the High Weaver regarding the instability of the ritual threads (Ch1) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: knows she felt a second, unauthorized pulse within the Binding Thread during the ritual -- the High Weaver and Council.
+Arc: 05% -- Liora accepts a high-stakes commission that forces her to push her binding limits, acknowledging the growing fragility of her own soul-thread.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## High Weaver Vane
+Location: The Weaving Chamber, Threadbinders' Conclave, Oakhaven
+Physical: Age-worn but stable; no injuries.
+Emotional: Stern and demanding.
+Active obligations: owes Liora Voss the ritual catalysts (Ch1) -- PAID.
+Open loops: Vane and Liora regarding the "shiver" in the weave (Ch1) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: knows the Conclave's primary loom is weakening -- the junior binders and Liora.
+Arc: 02% -- Vane reveals his desperation to stabilize the Conclave's power at any cost.
+Permanent: YES
+
+# World State: Ch1
+
+## NPC Memory
+- High Weaver Vane (Threadbinders' Conclave): SUSPICIOUS -- He noted Liora’s hesitation during the binding -- He will likely increase surveillance on her next ritual.
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- Threadbinders' Conclave: ARROGANT -- They believe the Binding Thread is fully under their control despite clear signs of fraying in the local weave.
+
+## Active World Events
+- The Great Fraying: Ongoing; the local threads in Oakhaven are becoming increasingly brittle, making standard soul-binding rituals more dangerous.