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 # Character State: ch-07
 
 ## Liora Voss
-Location: The Blind Weave (Entry Aperture), extreme edge of the Core Drive-Spindle
-Physical: Exhausted; violet shards in left palm vibrating; vision blurred by "frayback" shadows; permanent tunnel vision.
-Emotional: Terrified yet resolute; experiencing a breakdown of her rigid "bind or break" philosophy.
-Active obligations: Binds Thorne to life via the violet tether (Physical Anchor) (ch-07) — UNPAID.
-Open loops: Escaping "Threshold Purge" (ch-07) — RESOLVED (Transitioned to Blind Weave); investigating "Dirty Circuit" origin (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01—unresolved): Witnessed parents' souls unbound.
-Arc: 45% — Accepted the necessity of stepping into the unknown (the Blind Weave) over the safety of Conclave law.
+Location: The Blind Weave / Threshold of the Spindle
+Physical: Severe frayback distortion; palm shards vibrating violently; physical exhaustion.
+Emotional: Fatalistic resolve; defiant.
+Active obligations: Binds Thorne via the Violet Tether (ch-07) -- UNPAID.
+Open loops: Liora/Thorne survival in the Blind Weave (ch-07) -- UNRESOLVED; Dirty Circuit origin (ch-06) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-07--unresolved): knows the "Dirty Circuit" was engineered sabotage by Elowen Shade -- Thorne Quill / Conclave Purists.
+Arc: 45% -- Abandoned the safety of the Conclave's laws to step into the chaotic unknown of the Blind Weave.
 Permanent: YES
 
 ## Thorne Quill
-Location: The Blind Weave (Entry Aperture), extreme edge of the Core Drive-Spindle
-Physical: Emitting intense violet luminescence; motor functions hijacked by "Loom-sight" navigation; pulse syncing with the Spindle's decay.
-Emotional: Fatalistic and protective; feels an intensifying pull toward the Loom.
-Active obligations: Binds Liora’s path to his navigational Loom-sight (ch-07) — UNPAID.
-Open loops: Surviving the Loom's hunting call (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-07—unresolved): Knows the Loom is specifically hunting Liora.
-Arc: 40% — Transitioned from a passive victim of the Loom to an active, albeit corrupted, guide.
+Location: The Blind Weave / Threshold of the Spindle
+Physical: Violet luminescence; motor functions slaved to Loom-sight; losing autonomy to magnetic pull of the Loom.
+Emotional: Protective but predatory; experiencing "hunger" for the Loom’s core.
+Active obligations: Guiding Liora through the navigation of the Weave (ch-07) -- UNPAID.
+Open loops: Thorne’s resistance to Loom-assimilation (ch-07) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-07--unresolved): Confirmed the Loom is hunting Liora specifically, not just the Spindle -- Liora Voss.
+Arc: 40% -- Transitioned from a victim of corruption to an essential, albeit dangerous, guide into reality's decay.
 Permanent: YES
 
 ## Elder Maros
-Location: High Observation Gallery (Isolated)
-Physical: Critical; respiratory failure due to indigo phlegm/spiritual rot.
-Emotional: Hopeless; watching the mechanical and spiritual collapse of his order.
-Active obligations: Owes the Conclave containment of the Stained (ch-07) — UNPAID.
-Open loops: The "Dirty Circuit" trap (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-07—unresolved): Knows the Dirty Circuit was a trap set by Elowen Shade.
-Arc: 30% — Formally abandoned the belief that the Spindle can be saved.
+Location: High Observation Gallery
+Physical: Near-death; lungs saturated with spiritual indigo rot; immobile.
+Emotional: Nihilistic and detached.
+Active obligations: None.
+Open loops: The Conclave's legacy (ch-07) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-07--unresolved): Aware that Elowen Shade designed the "Dirty Circuit" as deliberate sabotage -- Liora Voss.
+Arc: 30% -- Formally abandoned his role as a restorer to become a terminal observer of the end.
 Permanent: YES
 
 # World State: ch-07
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- Archival Guards (Maintenance Shafts): NEUTRALIZED — Their harmonic scanners were disrupted by the gravity warp, losing the trail at the Blind Weave's edge.
-- The Stained (Lower Tiers): FANATICAL — Blockaded the primary ascent routes, martyring themselves against Guard pulse-staffs to buy Liora time.
+- Archival Guards (Threshold): HOSTILE -- Lost pursuit at the gravity-warp threshold due to harmonic interference -- Potential threat if they bypass the warp.
+- The Stained (Lower Sectors): EXULTANT -- Blockading exits to ensure the Spindle’s collapse -- Prevented any easy retreats for survivors.
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
-- Conclave Purists: DESPERATE — Initiating total sector venting to stop the spread of the violet resonance.
-- The Stained: ASCENDANT — Believe the collapse of the Spindle is the "Great Unmaking" required for their salvation.
+- Conclave Purists: PANICKED -- Attempting "Threshold Purge" protocols; sacrificing outer sectors to save the core.
+- The Stained: ZEALOUS -- Viewing the unraveling of the Spindle as a holy evolution.
 
 ## Active World Events
-- The Threshold Purge: ACTIVE — Null-gas has saturated the mid-tiers; structural collapse of the secondary spindles.
-- Harmonic Decay: ACCELERATING — Reality at the edge of the Blind Weave is fraying; physical matter is beginning to behave like woven light.
+- The Threshold Purge: Mid-tiers flooded with lethal null-gas; secondary spindles failing.
+- Harmonic Decay: Localized reality has liquified near the protagonist; matter and light are indistinguishable.
+- The Dirty Circuit: Acting as the active catalyst for the Spindle’s total structural failure.
 
 ## Item/Lore Status
-- The Violet Tether: Currently the only thing keeping Thorne and Liora from being atomized by the Blind Weave's vacuum.
-- The Blind Weave: Accessed. It is revealed not as a void, but as a chaotic storm of unanchored threads.
-- The Loom: Its "purr" has transitioned into a rhythmic pounding, localized behind the protagonists.
+- The Violet Tether: Active; soul-anchor preventing Liora and Thorne from scattering in non-Euclidean space.
+- The Blind Weave: The chaotic, unanchored reality beyond the Spindle.
+- Loom-Sight: Thorne’s corrupted ability to perceive paths through the unraveling.