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 # Character State: ch-01
 
 ## 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.
+Location: The Weaving Chamber, Threadbinders' Conclave
+Physical: Frayback (blurred vision); trembling left hand; smelling of indigo and lanolin.
+Emotional: Desperate and hyper-focused; rattled by Thorne's resistance.
+Active obligations: Must catalog and bind Thorne Quill for the Conclave (ch-01) -- UNPAID.
+Open loops: [Liora & Thorne] Encountered a thread that refuses silver-etched needles (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01--unresolved): Witnessed the mechanical gears of the Great Loom fail during her parents' "accident"—it wasn't a soul-error.
+Arc: 05% -- Attempted to bind a "wild" thread and suffered physical recoil, forcing her to realize her tools are insufficient.
 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.
+Location: The Weaving Chamber, Threadbinders' Conclave
+Physical: Skin humming with kinetic energy; violently reactive to silver; remarkably vital.
+Emotional: Defiant and skeptical; experiencing the weight of his own threads.
+Active obligations: Forced submission to the Binding Assessment (ch-01) -- UNPAID.
+Open loops: [Thorne & The Conclave] The mystery of his "unbound" status and Maros's specific Interest (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01--unresolved): His threads actively push back against silver-etching; he feels the threads as physical weight.
+Arc: 05% -- Successfully resisted a Master Binder’s tools, exposing his unique nature to the Conclave.
 Permanent: YES
 
 ## Elder Maros
-Location: Observation Gallery, Threadbinders' Conclave, Oakhaven
-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.
+Location: Observation Gallery above the Weaving Chamber
+Physical: Frail, using a cane; keen, predatory gaze.
+Emotional: Calculating and satisfied; enjoys the friction between Liora and Thorne.
+Active obligations: None.
+Open loops: [Maros & Liora] His demand for a "Master Thread" to stabilize the failing Loom (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01--unresolved): Knows Thorne’s true lineage and why his thread is "wild."
+Arc: 01% -- Orchestrated the confrontation between Liora and Thorne to test the stability of a wild thread.
 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.
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 # World State: ch-01
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- Elder Maros (Conclave): SECRETIVE/STERN -- Observed Liora’s struggle with Thorne’s wild threads -- Will likely increase surveillance and pressure on their sessions.
+- Elder Maros (Observation Gallery): AMUSED -- Observed Liora's needles snap against Thorne's thread -- Reinforced his belief that standard binding is failing.
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
-- Threadbinders' Conclave: Disciplined/Fearful -- Maintaining order through rigid rituals; views "unbound" threads as a threat to the Great Weave.
+- Threadbinders' Conclave: Dogmatic/Paranoid -- Increasing reliance on silver tools and rigid protocols to combat the rising "Looming Fray."
 
 ## Active World Events
-- The Great Binding Assessment: Ongoing ritual cycle to catalog new souls in Oakhaven; currently experiencing higher-than-average "frayback" incidents.
+- The Great Binding Assessment: Ongoing ritual to forcibly re-tether the populace to the Great Loom.
+- The Looming Fray: Localized soul-unmooring that the Conclave is struggling to contain.
+
+## Key Terminology & Mechanics
+- Frayback: Spiritual and physical recoil (static vision) from failed binding.
+- Silver-Etched Tools: Conductive instruments intended to guide soul threads; neutralized by Thorne.
+- Soul-Link: A dangerous sensory merge between Binder and Subject.