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-# Character State: ch-06
+# Character State: ch-07
 
 ## Liora Voss
-Location: Core Drive-Spindle, Weaving Chamber (Lockdown)
-Physical: Ocular hemorrhaging; purple bruising along veins; left palm aperture pulsing violet; severe physical exhaustion; indigo staining reaching mid-bicep.
-Emotional: Defiant; fatalistic; hyper-focused on circuit stabilization.
-Active obligations: Owes Loom maintenance of the "Dirty Circuit" (ch-05) — UNPAID; owes Thorne biological stability via shared link (ch-05) — UNPAID.
-Open loops: Escaping the Core Spindle lockdown (ch-05) — UNRESOLVED; Thirteenth Strand consequences (ch-05) — UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-05--unresolved): Witnessed her parents' souls unbound in a ritual failure (unresolved).
-Arc: 35% -- Accepted the permanent metaphysical tether with Thorne and began active synchronization with the "Dirty Circuit."
+Location: The Blind Weave, navigating a non-Euclidean gravity-warp threshold.
+Physical: Profound exhaustion; palm shards vibrating violently; frayback shadows narrowing vision into a flickering tunnel.
+Emotional: Resolved through terror; fatalistic acceptance of the Weave’s chaos.
+Active obligations: Binds Thorne to the physical plane via the Violet Tether (ch-07) -- UNPAID.
+Open loops: Liora vs. The Origin of the Dirty Circuit (ch-07) -- UNRESOLVED; Liora vs. Parents' Unbinding Trauma (ch-07) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-07--unresolved): Investigating the "Dirty Circuit" origin.
+Arc: 45% -- Successfully chose the chaos of the "Unknown" (The Weave) over the "Law" (The Conclave) to ensure survival.
 Permanent: YES
 
 ## Thorne Quill
-Location: Core Drive-Spindle, Weaving Chamber, restraint chair
-Physical: Internal organs vibrating; skin etched with indigo ink-blood; physically bound to Liora by a pulsing violet tether.
-Emotional: Protective; resolute; secretively attuned to Loom sentience.
-Active obligations: Owes Liora biological stabilization/anchor-weight (ch-05) — UNPAID.
-Open loops: Interpreting the Loom's sentient intent (ch-05) — UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-05--unresolved): Communicating with the Loom's sentient intent — Liora unaware.
-Arc: 35% -- Transitioned from a passive sacrifice to an active, sentient anchor for the Loom's stabilizing frequency.
+Location: The Blind Weave, Entry Aperture.
+Physical: Emitting high-frequency violet luminescence; motor functions slaved to Loom-sight navigation; losing autonomous movement.
+Emotional: Fatalistic and protective; experiencing a predatory magnetic pull from the Loom’s core.
+Active obligations: Guiding Liora through the navigation of the Weave (ch-07) -- UNPAID.
+Open loops: Thorne vs. The Loom's Hunger (ch-07) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-07--unresolved): Confirmed that the Loom is specifically hunting Liora, not just the Spindle.
+Arc: 40% -- Shifted from a victim of the corruption to an essential, albeit corrupted, guide.
 Permanent: YES
 
 ## Elder Maros
-Location: High Observation Gallery, Core Spindle
-Physical: Leaning on bone-white cane; eyes clouded by indigo cataracts.
-Emotional: Politically panicked; desperate for survival.
-Active obligations: Owes Liora political protection from Purists (ch-05) — UNPAID.
-Open loops: Survival against imminent Purist mobilization (ch-05) — UNRESOLVED.
-Arc: 25% -- Forced to publicly witness the "heresy" of the Thirteenth Strand to maintain his waning authority.
-Permanent: NO
+Location: High Observation Gallery, Core Drive-Spindle.
+Physical: Near-death; lungs saturated with spiritual indigo rot; immobile.
+Emotional: Nihilistic and detached; witnessing the unraveling of the Conclave.
+Active obligations: None.
+Open loops: Maros vs. Historical Legacy (ch-07) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-07--unresolved): Aware that Elowen Shade designed the "Dirty Circuit" as a deliberate sabotage.
+Arc: 30% -- Abandoned all hope of restoration; has transitioned to a terminal observer.
+Permanent: YES
 
-# World State: ch-06
+# World State: ch-07
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- Junior Binders (Weaving Chamber): TRAUMATIZED -- Witnessed the forbidden Thirteenth Strand binding -- High risk of radicalization.
-- Archival Guards (Spindle Perimeter): HOSTILE -- Enforcing lockdown with lethal intent -- Loyal to Purist doctrine.
+- Archival Guards (Core Drive): HOSTILE -- Lost pursuit at the gravity-warp threshold -- Sensors neutralized by harmonic interference.
+- The Stained (Lower Levels): EXULTANT -- Occupying lower sectors as a blockade force -- View the collapse as a holy event.
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
-- Conclave Purists: MILITANT -- Preparing to purge "stained" heretics; view violet light as spiritual corruption.
-- The Stained (Nascent): EMERGENT -- Underground faction viewing Liora as a prophet of the new weave.
+- Conclave Purists: PANICKED -- Executing "Threshold Purge" protocols and sacrificing sectors to vent resonance.
+- The Stained: ZEALOUS -- Martvring themselves to prevent the stabilization of the Spindle.
 
 ## Active World Events
-- The Dirty Circuit: Stabilized by the Liora-Thorne link; requires resonance to prevent catastrophic feedback.
-- Indigo Contagion: Gravity fluctuations and violet light spreading to upper galleries; physical corruption of the Spindle architecture.
-- Lockdown Protocol: Core Spindle sealed; internal automated defenses armed and hostile.
-- Loom Frequency: Low-level sentience active; perceptible only to Thorne.
+- The Threshold Purge: Mid-tiers of the Spindle are being flooded with lethal null-gas; secondary spindles are failing.
+- Harmonic Decay: Localized reality around the protagonists has liquified, blurring the line between matter and light.
 
 ## Item/Lore Status
-- The Thirteenth Strand: Forbidden/chaotic frequency integrated into the Core; cause of systemic instability.
-- The Violet Tether: Permanent metaphysical bond linking Liora and Thorne’s life-forces.
-- Frayback: Risk of soul-severance; looming due to Thirteenth Strand integration.
-- Binding Thread: Fundamental metaphysical fabric; now irrevocably altered by the "Dirty Circuit."
+- The Violet Tether: The primary anchor preventing Liora and Thorne's souls from scattering.
+- The Blind Weave: Revealed as a sea of wild, unanchored threads.
+- Dirty Circuit: Confirmed catalyst for the collapse, engineered by Elowen Shade.