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 ## Liora Voss
 - **Location:** The Loom Floor, core drive-spindle.
-- **Physical:** Indigo branding reaches the elbow; left palm is an active aperture of obsidian ink. Stage-two frayback (tremors, sensory bleed); vision is sepia-mottled.
-- **Emotional:** Fatalistic resolve; clinical detachment via the "Dirty Circuit."
-- **Active Obligations:** Stabilize the Loom for Maros — UNPAID; Conceal "Stainer" status — FAILED.
-- **Open Loops:** Thorne sensory bleed — UNRESOLVED; Dirty Circuit feedback loop — UNRESOLVED; Parents' ritual failure (Ch-01) — CARRIED.
-- **Arc:** 20% — Committed to heresy (Dirty Circuit) as a functional necessity to prevent mechanical collapse.
+- **Physical:** Indigo staining reaching the elbows; left palm is an active aperture of obsidian ink; stage-two frayback (tremors, sepia-mottled vision, sensory bleeding from Thorne).
+- **Emotional:** Fatalistic; operating under "Dirty Circuit" clinical detachment; deep-seated resentment toward Maros.
+- **Active obligations:** Stabilize the Loom for Elder Maros — PAID (functionally).
+- **Open loops:** Management of the Liora-Thorne sensory bleed; surviving the feedback loop of the unsanctified link.
+- **Known secrets:** Witnessed parents’ ritual failure caused by Conclave (Maros) interference; self-identifies as a "Stainer."
+- **Arc:** 20% — Has committed to "Dirty Circuit" heresy as her only functional tool.
+- **Permanent:** YES
 
 ## Thorne Quill
 - **Location:** Weaving Chamber, restraint chair.
-- **Physical:** Coated in Liora's ink-blood; internal vibrations synchronized to the Loom's "dead-tone."
-- **Emotional:** Predatory yet grounded; transitioning from victim to symbiotic anchor.
-- **Active Obligations:** Act as Liora's grounding rod — PAID.
-- **Open Loops:** Thirteenth Strand variable — UNRESOLVED; Intention behind the "Stain" synchronization — UNRESOLVED.
-- **Arc:** 20% — Actively manipulating the link's boundaries to ensure mutual survival.
+- **Physical:** Drenched in Liora's ink-blood; internal vibrations synchronized to the Loom’s "dead-tone"; acting as a literal grounding rod.
+- **Emotional:** Predatory but stabilizing; transitioning from victim to symbiotic anchor.
+- **Active obligations:** Act as Liora’s grounding rod — PAID.
+- **Open loops:** The Thirteenth Strand variable; intentionality behind his "Stain" synchronization.
+- **Known secrets:** Perceives the specific frequency of the Loom’s decay.
+- **Arc:** 20% — Actively manipulating the link to ensure mutual survival.
+- **Permanent:** YES
 
 ## Elder Maros
 - **Location:** High Observation Gallery.
-- **Physical:** Heavily reliant on a bone-white cane; visibly aged by the Loom’s instability.
-- **Emotional:** Calculating; views Liora as an expendable but necessary tool.
-- **Active Obligations:** Maintain Loom functionality — UNPAID.
-- **Open Loops:** Managing Purist backlash — UNRESOLVED.
-- **Arc:** 15% — Formally sanctioned heresy to prevent total Loom collapse.
+- **Physical:** Relies on a bone-white cane; visibly aged by the Loom’s instability.
+- **Emotional:** Calculating; views Liora as a disposable battery.
+- **Active obligations:** Maintain Loom integrity — UNPAID (ongoing).
+- **Open loops:** Managing the Purist backlash following the Heresy.
+- **Known secrets:** Involved in the Voss ritual sabotage.
+- **Arc:** 15% — Sanctioning heresy to maintain power.
+- **Permanent:** YES
 
 # World State: ch-03
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- **Junior Binders:** TRAUMATIZED — Witnessed the "Black-Thread Jump" and Liora’s ink-blood; Liora is now a spiritual pariah.
-- **Archival Guards:** AT READY — Weapons trained on the Loom core; thresholds bypassed.
+- **Junior Binders:** TRAUMATIZED — Witnessed the "Black-Thread Jump"; view Liora as a spiritual pariah.
+- **Archival Guards:** AT READY — Weapons trained on the core; security thresholds bypassed.
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
 - **Conclave Purists:** MILITANT — The "Dirty Circuit" is viewed as an unforgivable theological breach.
-- **Conclave Opportunists:** CAUTIOUS — Monitoring the success of the heresy for potential exploitation.
+- **Conclave Opportunists:** CAUTIOUS — Observing the success of the heresy for potential exploitation.
 
 ## Active World Events
-- **The Dirty Circuit:** An unsanctified, high-bandwidth soul-link bypassing safety dampeners; causing mutual soul-fray.
-- **Loom Decay:** Critical structural failure at 12% integrity; emitting a "dead-tone" frequency.
-- **Indigo Contagion:** Rapid spread of branding marks as a reactive defense against ink-blood exposure.
-- **Terminus Frequency:** Loom vibrations warping local gravity and sound within the chamber.
+- **The Dirty Circuit:** An unsanctified soul-link bypassing safety dampeners; causes mutual soul-fray and high-bandwidth sensory sharing.
+- **Loom Decay:** Structural failure stabilized at critical levels; emitting a "dead-tone" frequency that warps local sound.
+- **Indigo Contagion:** Physical branding marks spreading among witnesses as a defense against ink-blood exposure.
+- **Terminus Frequency:** Gravitational fluctuations within the chamber caused by Loom vibrations.