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 # Character State: ch-07
 
-## Lyra Vance
-Location: The Plaza of Inked Tears, City of Parchment (Deep Weave).
-Physical: Nauseous and spiritually cold; ink-rot spreading toward her throat; trembling hands.
-Emotional: Violated and desperate; mourning the loss of her father’s memory as a "accident."
-Active obligations: owes herself the truth of the village’s disappearance (ch-01) — UNPAID; owes Dorian protection during his vulnerability (ch-07) — UNPAID.
-Open loops: [Lyra/Valerius] the manipulation of her ink since her apprenticeship (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED; [Lyra/Dorian] how to halt the erasure of a Shadow-Stitcher (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01—unresolved): knows she finished the map that coincided with Oakhaven's erasure — the Guild; CARRIED (Ch-01—unresolved): knows her physical form is being overwritten by the world’s ink — High Weaver Malakor.
-Arc: 70% — She has transitioned from a victim of the Guild’s narrative to an active combatant willing to seize Dorian’s chronological weight to keep him anchored.
+## Liora Voss
+Location: Core Drive-Spindle, Archive Corridor/Maintenance Shafts.
+Physical: Severe ocular hemorrhaging; violet crystalline shards emerging from left palm; breathing shallow; experiencing "frayback" tremors.
+Emotional: Desperate; fiercely protective; hyper-focused on survival.
+Active obligations: Owes Thorne biological stability via the shared link (ch-06) -- ACTIVE.
+Open loops: Liora/Thorne finding a way out of the sealed Spindle (ch-07) -- UNRESOLVED; Liora/Elowen confrontation over the "Dirty Circuit" origin (ch-07) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01--unresolved): Knows the specific frequency that caused her parents' soul-unbinding.
+Arc: 45% -- Has transitioned from a sanctioned Binder to a fugue-state renegade, prioritizing Thorne’s life over Conclave law.
 Permanent: YES
 
-## Dorian Thorne
-Location: The Plaza of Inked Tears, City of Parchment (Deep Weave).
-Physical: Severely wounded; a "blank" puncture in his side that bleeds grey light; fading at the extremities.
-Emotional: Paradoxically calm; focused entirely on Lyra's safety; experiencing "Existential Thinning."
-Active obligations: owes Lyra protection from "Correction" squads (ch-02) — PAID (ch-07); owes Lyra a route to the Heart of the First Fae (ch-03) — UNPAID.
-Open loops: [Dorian/The Guild] his unauthorized presence in the Silent Library (ch-02) — UNRESOLVED; [Dorian/Home] the location of his lost origin point (ch-02) — UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-02—unresolved): knows he is defying High Weaver Malakor by seeking his lost home — The Guild; CARRIED (Ch-02—unresolved): knows the exact frequency of the Guild's tracking threads — Lyra.
-Arc: 75% — He has sacrificed his own "permanence" to shield Lyra, moving from an analytical guide to a sacrificial anchor.
+## Thorne Quill
+Location: Core Drive-Spindle, Archive Corridor.
+Physical: Skin radiating a constant violet pulse; internal resonance stabilizing but causing muscle spasms; mobile but dependent on Liora's proximity.
+Emotional: Fatalistic; strangely calm; increasingly attuned to the Loom's distant "pulse."
+Active obligations: Owes Liora biological stabilization as "anchor-weight" (ch-06) -- ACTIVE.
+Open loops: Thorne/Loom interpreting the Loom's sentient demands (ch-06) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-06--unresolved): Knows the Loom is predatory and perceives its specific sentient intent—Liora.
+Arc: 40% -- Accepted his role as a mobile anchor, actively using the link to navigate the Spindle's defenses.
 Permanent: YES
 
-## Valerius
-Location: The Plaza of Inked Tears (High Tier).
-Physical: Pristine; wearing ceremonial Guild silks that repel the falling ink.
-Emotional: Triumphant and clinical; views Lyra and Dorian as failed experiments.
-Active obligations: owes the Guild the retrieval of the Deep Weave map (ch-07) — UNPAID.
-Open loops: [Valerius/Silas Vane] their true history during the Great Severing (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: knows that he purposefully unraveled Silas Vane's work to cause the Severing — Lyra.
-Arc: 10% — Introduced as a direct antagonist who reveals the Guild’s systemic corruption.
+## Elder Maros
+Location: High Observation Gallery, Core Drive-Spindle.
+Physical: Clinging to the gallery rail; cataracts darkening; coughing up indigo-tinted phlegm.
+Emotional: Devastated; fearful of Purist retribution; feeling the weight of his treason.
+Active obligations: Owes Liora political protection from Purists (ch-01) -- UNPAID/FAILED.
+Open loops: Maros/Purists managing the violent containment failure (ch-07) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-03--unresolved): Secured the "Dirty Circuit" components through illegal back-channel trade with Elowen Shade.
+Arc: 30% -- Retreating into political self-preservation as he realizes he can no longer control the Stained.
 Permanent: YES
 
-## Master Elian — DECEASED (ch-01)
-Established: Unraveled during the Great Severing when the local loom collapsed.
-Legacy: His presence as a shade in the Plaza provided the distraction Valerius used to strike.
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 # World State: ch-07
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- Valerius (The Guild): HOSTILE — Claimed responsibility for Silas Vane's exile — Attempted to "reclaim" Lyra by force.
+- Archival Guards (Spindle): HOSTILE -- Executing "Threshold Purge" protocols -- Searching for Liora and Thorne with lethal intent.
+- Junior Binders (Lower Levels): TERRIFIED -- Abandoning posts as the Spindle's gravity fluctuates -- Logistics in the Conclave are collapsing.
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
-- The Weaver’s Guild: AGGRESSIVE — They have moved from monitoring to active extraction and elimination.
+- Conclave Purists: Bloodthirsty -- View the violet tether as a physical manifestation of sin that must be excised.
+- The Stained: Growing -- Unofficial cult forming among those who touched the violet light and survived.
 
 ## Active World Events
-- The Chronos-Freeze: ACTIVE — A temporary rupture in the Deep Weave where Dorian has suspended the environment to stall his own erasure.
-- The Blank Infection: ACTIVE — A Guild weapon effect that un-writes the target from the tapestry.
+- The Threshold Purge: Lockdown has escalated to active hunting of "corrupted" signatures within the Spindle.
+- Harmonic Decay: The Loom’s "purr" is causing structural fatigue in the Core's bone-white architecture.
+
+## Item/Lore Status
+- The Violet Tether: Stretching and thinning as Liora moves, causing physical pain to both parties.
+- The Dirty Circuit: Emitting a high-pitched whine that interferes with standard Threadbinding tools.