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 # Character State: ch-03
 
 ## Liora Voss
-- **Location**: The Loom Floor, slumped against the primary drive-spindle.
-- **Physical**: Frayback advancing; left palm leaking obsidian ink; indigo brand extended to the elbow; vision sepia-mottled and tunneling.
-- **Emotional**: High-functioning dissociation; terminal calm born of necessity.
-- **Active Obligations**: Stabilize the Loom for Maros (UNPAID); Conceal "Stainer" status from surviving Binders (UNPAID).
-- **Open Loops**: Sensory bleed with Thorne (UNRESOLVED); The "Dirty Circuit" feedback loop (UNRESOLVED).
-- **Arc**: 20% — Has embraced the "Dirty Circuit" heresy and the unsanctified bond as a survival mechanism.
+Location: The Loom Floor, slumped against the primary drive-spindle.
+Physical: Indigo brand extended to the elbow; left palm leaking obsidian ink; vision sepia-mottled; experiencing "frayback" and tunneling vision.
+Emotional: High-functioning dissociation; terminal calm born of necessity.
+Active obligations: Stabilize the Loom for Maros — UNPAID; Conceal "Stainer" status from surviving Binders — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Sensory bleed with Thorne — UNRESOLVED; The "Dirty Circuit" feedback loop — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED: knows her parent's death was a ritual failure she alone survived; Is a "Stainer" using forbidden ink.
+Arc: 20% — Has fully embraced the "Dirty Circuit" heresy and the unsanctified bond as her only means of surviving the Loom's decay.
+Permanent: YES
 
 ## Thorne Quill
-- **Location**: Center of the Weaving Chamber, strapped to the lead-lined restraint chair.
-- **Physical**: Skin stained with Liora’s ink-blood; internal vibration synchronized with the Loom’s dead-tone; serving as a literal grounding rod.
-- **Emotional**: Predatory and observant; actively testing the mental boundaries of the link.
-- **Active Obligations**: Act as a grounding rod for Liora (PAID).
-- **Open Loops**: Thirteenth Strand variable bypassing Conclave laws (UNRESOLVED).
-- **Arc**: 20% — Shifted from passive prisoner to active manipulator of the soul-link.
+Location: Center of the Weaving Chamber, strapped to the lead-lined restraint chair.
+Physical: Skin stained with Liora’s ink-blood; internal vibration synchronized with the Loom’s dead-tone; serving as a grounding rod.
+Emotional: Predatory and observant; actively testing the mental boundaries of the link with Liora.
+Active obligations: Act as a grounding rod for Liora — PAID.
+Open loops: Thirteenth Strand variable bypassing Conclave laws — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED: holds the "Thirteenth Strand" technique.
+Arc: 20% — Shifted from a passive prisoner to an active manipulator of the soul-link with Liora.
+Permanent: YES
 
 ## Elder Maros
-- **Location**: High Observation Gallery, Loom Chamber.
-- **Physical**: Stooped, dependent on a bone-white cane.
-- **Emotional**: Calculating; pragmatically opportunistic.
-- **Known Secrets**: Views the Loom’s total decay as an inevitable catalyst for new power.
-- **Arc**: 15% — Formally committed to using heresy (the "Stain") as a functional bypass for Loom failure.
+Location: High Observation Gallery, Loom Chamber.
+Physical: Stooped, dependent on a bone-white cane; appearing physically taxed by the frequency.
+Emotional: Calculating; pragmatically opportunistic.
+Active obligations: Protect the Loom's functionality — UNPAID.
+Open loops: The Loom's total mechanical collapse — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED: Views the Loom’s total decay as an inevitable catalyst for new power.
+Arc: 15% — Formally committed to using heresy (the "Stain") as a functional bypass for Loom failure.
+Permanent: YES
 
 # World State: ch-03
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- **Junior Binders**: TERRIFIED. They witnessed Liora’s black-thread jump and ink-bleed; they treat her as a source of spiritual contagion.
-- **Archival Guards**: HOSTILE. Prepared to terminate Liora and Thorne on Maros's command or if the Indigo Contagion breaches the perimeter.
+- Junior Binders: TERRIFIED — Witnessed Liora’s black-thread jump and ink-bleed; they treat her as a source of spiritual contagion.
+- Archival Guards: HOSTILE — Observed the Indigo Contagion breach safety thresholds; prepared to terminate Liora and Thorne on command.
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
-- **Conclave Purists**: Vengeful. The Dirty Circuit is viewed as a theological infection.
-- **Conclave Opportunists (Maros)**: Pragmatic. View the Loom’s failure as justification for forbidden weaving.
+- Conclave Purists: Vengeful — The Dirty Circuit is viewed as a theological infection.
+- Conclave Opportunists (Maros): Pragmatic — View the Loom’s failure as justification for forbidden weaving.
 
 ## Active World Events
-- **The Dirty Circuit**: An unsanctified link bypassing all safety dampeners; it facilitates mutual soul-fray between Liora and Thorne.
-- **Loom Decay**: Currently generating a "dead-tone" frequency; structural integrity of the Binding Thread is at critical failure.
-- **Indigo Contagion**: A reactive force of the brand spreading physically in response to Thorne’s presence and Loom instability.
-- **Terminus Frequency**: A local nausea-inducing vibration affecting all non-binders in the immediate chamber.
+- The Dirty Circuit: Active unsanctified link bypassing safety dampeners; facilitates mutual soul-fray.
+- Loom Decay: Generating a "dead-tone" frequency; structural integrity is at critical failure.
+- Indigo Contagion: Reactive force of the brand spreading in response to Thorne’s presence.
+- Terminus Frequency: Local nausea-inducing vibration affecting all non-binders in the chamber.