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 # Character State: ch-07
 
 ## Liora Voss
-- **Location:** Core Drive-Spindle, Maintenance Shafts (Descending).
-- **Physical:** Failing. Violet shards in left palm have grown jagged; ocular hemorrhaging causing tunnel vision. "Frayback" tremors are rhythmic, syncing with the Spindle’s decay.
-- **Emotional:** Vengeful yet desperate. The "fixer" instinct has curdled into a survivalist's rage.
-- **Active obligations:** Binds Thorne to life via the violet tether (Physical Anchor).
-- **Open loops:** Seeking the "Dirty Circuit" origin from Elowen (Unresolved); Escaping the "Threshold Purge" (Active).
-- **Arc:** 45% — Has fully abandoned Conclave law to protect a "heretical" bond.
-- **Permanent:** YES
+Location: Core Drive-Spindle, Maintenance Shafts (Lower Tiers)
+Physical: Critical; jagged violet shards protruding from left palm; ocular hemorrhaging causing permanent tunnel vision; rhythmic "frayback" tremors.
+Emotional: Fatalistic and survivalist; has abandoned Conclave law to prioritize Thorne.
+Active obligations: Binds Thorne to life via the violet tether (Physical Anchor) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Escaping "Threshold Purge" (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED; investigating "Dirty Circuit" origin (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Witnessed parents' souls unbound (ch-01).
+Arc: 45% — Has transitioned from law-abiding Binder to heretical protector.
 
 ## Thorne Quill
-- **Location:** Maintenance Shafts (Trailing Liora).
-- **Physical:** Skin emits a low-frequency violet hum. Muscle spasms are severe but he is gaining "Loom-sight," perceiving the Spindle’s structural weaknesses as frayed fabric.
-- **Emotional:** Eerily detached. He increasingly views his own life as a secondary thread to Liora’s.
-- **Key discoveries:** Confirmed the Loom is not a tool, but a predator seeking Liora specifically.
-- **Arc:** 40% — Transitioned from a passive victim to an active navigational guide using his corruption.
-- **Permanent:** YES
+Location: Core Drive-Spindle, Maintenance Shafts (Lower Tiers)
+Physical: Emitting low-frequency violet hum; severe muscle spasms; manifesting "Loom-sight" (structural/weave intuition).
+Emotional: Eerily detached; views his life as a sacrificial vessel for Liora’s survival.
+Active obligations: Binds Liora’s path to his navigational Loom-sight — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Surviving the Loom's hunting call (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows the Loom is specifically hunting Liora — Liora is unaware.
+Arc: 40% — From passive victim to active guide using his own corruption.
 
 ## Elder Maros
-- **Location:** High Observation Gallery (Isolated).
-- **Physical:** Collapsed. Choking on indigo phlegm—a sign of spiritual rot.
-- **Emotional:** Total nihilism. He has realized the "Dirty Circuit" was a trap set by Elowen to dismantle the Conclave.
-- **Status:** TREASONOUS. His failure to contain the Stained has marked him for Purist execution.
-- **Permanent:** YES
+Location: High Observation Gallery (Isolated)
+Physical: Near-death; choking on indigo phlegm (spiritual rot).
+Emotional: Resigned nihilism; views the Conclave’s end as inevitable.
+Active obligations: Owes the Conclave containment of the Stained — UNPAID.
+Open loops: The "Dirty Circuit" trap (ch-07) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows the Dirty Circuit was a trap set by Elowen Shade.
+Arc: 30% — Acceptance of systemic failure.
 
 # World State: ch-07
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- **Archival Guards:** Aggressive. Implementing "Threshold Purge"—using harmonic resonance scanners to track Liora’s specific frequency.
-- **The Stained:** Expanding. A subset of Binders in the lower tiers are refusing to hunt the protagonists, seeing the violet light as a "New Weave."
+- Archival Guards: AGGRESSIVE; hunting protagonists with harmonic scanners to force them into the Blind Weave.
+- The Stained: PROTECTIVE; viewing the violet light as a "New Weave"; refusing to assist the Guards.
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
-- **Conclave Purists:** Fanatical. They have authorized the "Great Unbinding" (scorched-earth protocol) for the Spindle’s lower sectors.
-- **The Stained:** Protective of the protagonists (nascent cult).
+- Conclave Purists: FANATICAL; authorized "Great Unbinding" (scorched-earth protocol) to erase lower sectors.
+- The Stained: DEVOUT; creating a schism by worshipping the protagonists.
 
 ## Active World Events
-- **The Threshold Purge:** Maintenance shafts are being flooded with "Null-Gas" to sever all active threads.
-- **Harmonic Decay:** The Spindle’s gravity is warping; bone-white architecture is becoming translucent/brittle.
+- The Threshold Purge: Lethal Null-Gas flooding maintenance shafts to sever threads.
+- Harmonic Decay: Spindle gravity warping; architecture becoming brittle/translucent.
 
 ## Item/Lore Status
-- **The Violet Tether:** Its frequency is now audible to those nearby. It is no longer just a bond, but a conduit for the Loom's power.
-- **The Dirty Circuit:** Identified as a "Soul-Siphon" crafted using Elowen Shade’s forbidden techniques.
-- **The Loom:** Actively reaching through the Spindle's core; its "purr" has transitioned into a rhythmic hunting call.
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-## Key Canon Developments
-- Liora and Thorne have successfully bypassed the primary Archive Corridor and are entering the "Blind Weave" (unmapped maintenance zones).
-- The Purge is no longer about capture; it is about total erasure of the "corrupted" signatures.
+- The Violet Tether: Audible frequency; acting as a conduit for the Loom’s energy.
+- The Dirty Circuit: Confirmed as a "Soul-Siphon" using Elowen Shade’s forbidden techniques.
+- The Loom: Actively reaching through the Spindle; its "purr" is now a rhythmic hunting call.
+- The Blind Weave: The chaotic, unmapped space where the protagonists are currently fleeing.