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+# Character State: ch-06
+
+## Lyra Vance
+Location: The Archivist's Restricted Vaults, outskirts of the Guild.
+Physical: Breath shallow; left palm bruised from the "Half-Stitch" backlash; eyes bloodshot from staring into the chronal flickering of the Oakhaven remnant.
+Emotional: Desperate and defiant; her internal anchor to the Guild has shifted from "seeking return" to "seeking justice."
+Active obligations: Must stabilize the flickering memory of Oakhaven before it collapses — URGENT.
+Open loops: [Lyra/Silas Vane] suspected her father knew the High Weaver was tampering with the tension months before the Severing — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED: discovered that the Guild’s "Great Pattern" is being intentionally fed by the life-threads of the "Unbound."
+Arc: 25% — She has transitioned from a scapegoat into an active investigator, embracing her "imperfections" to navigate the vault's defenses.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## Dorian Thorne
+Location: The Archivist's Restricted Vaults (intercepting Lyra).
+Physical: impecably poised despite the ozone; left hand twitching toward his cufflink; shadow threads subtly anchored to the vault's stone pillars.
+Emotional: Professionally clinical but internally rattled by Lyra’s proximity to the "Pattern’s" truth.
+Active obligations: Ordered by Malakor to "retrieve and redact" the Oakhaven records — PENDING.
+Open loops: [Dorian/Malakor] doubting the High Weaver's claim that the Loom's failure was a natural limit — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows the location of the "Shearing Room" where the Obsidian Shears are kept.
+Arc: 15% — His belief in the Guild’s structural necessity is being challenged by the empirical evidence of their corruption.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## High Weaver Malakor
+Location: The Sanctum.
+Physical: Distant; radiating a cold, rhythmic pulse of power.
+Emotional: Paranoic but controlled.
+Active obligations: Needs to finalize the branding of Silas Vane as the co-conspirator — PENDING.
+Arc: 12% — Moving from passive manager of chaos to active hunter of the Vane lineage.
+Permanent: YES
+
+# World State: ch-06
+
+## NPC Memory
+- The Archivist: EXPOSED — His complicity in hiding the Oakhaven logs was revealed to Lyra; he is now a compromised asset to both sides.
+- Guild Guard: ALERTED — The breach in the Restricted Vaults has signaled a security failure.
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- The Weaver’s Guild: AGGRESSIVE — Transitioning from "mourning" to "purging." They are actively hunting any thread-signatures associated with the Vane family.
+- The Unbound: WHISPERING — Rumors of the Great Severing’s true nature are beginning to stir in the lower districts.
+
+## Active World Events
+- The Chronal Decay: ACTIVE — The area around the Oakhaven remnant is "thinning," causing objects to phase between existence and grey silk.
+- The Redaction: ACTIVE — The Guild is burning historical ledgers to align history with Malakor’s narrative.
+
+## Technical Stats
+- Loom Integrity: 12% (Decreasing due to secondary tremors).
+- Thread Tension: Volatile (Sudden spikes in Chrono-Weave resonance).
+- [Thinning] Level: 3 (Visible blurring of reality within the Vault).
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