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 # Character State: ch-03
 
 ## Liora Voss
-Location: The Loom Floor, core drive-spindle
+Location: The Loom Floor, core drive-spindle.
 Physical: Indigo staining reaching mid-bicep; left palm aperture pulsing with a violet core; ocular hemorrhaging and persistent tremors.
 Emotional: Defiant fatalism; cold, tactical clarity born of surviving the surge.
-Active obligations: Owes the Loom maintenance of the "Dirty Circuit"—UNPAID; owes Thorne biological stability via the shared link—UNPAID.
-Open loops: Liora and Thorne vs the Thirteenth Strand—UNRESOLVED; Liora vs the Conclave Purists' coup—UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: Witnessed parents' souls unbound; Rennar Voss remains ignorant of the ritual's true cause.
+Active obligations: Owes the Loom maintenance of the "Dirty Circuit" — UNPAID; owes Thorne biological stability via the shared link — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Liora and Thorne vs the Thirteenth Strand — UNRESOLVED; Liora vs the Conclave Purists' coup — UNRESOLVED.
 Arc: 25% — She has successfully integrated the heretical "Thirteenth" power source, cementing her status as a renegade architect.
 Permanent: YES
 
 ## Thorne Quill
-Location: Weaving Chamber, restraint chair
+Location: Weaving Chamber, restraint chair.
 Physical: Skin permanently etched with indigo ink-blood; internal organs vibrating in visceral sympathy with the Loom’s frequency.
 Emotional: Predatory focus; symbiotic defiance; deep-seated bond with Liora.
-Active obligations: Owes Liora biological stabilization/anchor-weight—UNPAID.
-Open loops: Thorne vs the emerging "Loom's intent" voice—UNRESOLVED.
+Active obligations: Owes Liora biological stabilization/anchor-weight — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Thorne vs the emerging "Loom's intent" voice — UNRESOLVED.
 Known secrets: Hearing the Loom's consciousness—Liora remains unaware of his internal dialogue with the machine.
 Arc: 25% — Evolved from a sacrificial prisoner into an essential, sentient anchor for the machine.
 Permanent: YES
 
 ## Elder Maros
-Location: High Observation Gallery
+Location: High Observation Gallery.
 Physical: Leaning heavily on a bone-white cane; eyes clouded by indigo flare/cataracts.
 Emotional: Politically desperate; fearful of his own cabinet.
-Active obligations: Owes Liora political protection from the Purists—UNPAID.
-Open loops: Maros vs Conclave Purists’ immediate mobilization—UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: His leadership depends entirely on heretical stability provided by Liora.
+Active obligations: Owes Liora political protection from the Purists — UNPAID.
+Open loops: Maros vs Conclave Purists’ immediate mobilization — UNRESOLVED.
 Arc: 20% — Has abandoned ecclesiastical purity to ensure his own survival.
 Permanent: YES
 
 # World State: ch-03
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- Junior Binders: EVANGELICAL TERROR — Divided between traumatic shock and mimicking Liora’s heretical branding.
-- Archival Guards: WARDENS — Have sealed the chamber, transitioning from protectors to jailers.
+- Junior Binders (Loom Floor): EVANGELICAL TERROR — Witnessed the heretical binding of the Thirteenth Strand. A divide is forming between those fearing the infection and those mimicking it.
+- Archival Guards (The Threshold): WARDENS — Have sealed the chamber under Maros's orders. They are transitioning from protectors to jailers.
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
 - Conclave Purists: REVOLUTIONARY — Viewing the indigo staining as a terminal infection, they are actively mobilizing for a purge of the Loom Floor.
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 - The Dirty Circuit: Stabilized but hungry; requires constant soul-input/resonance from the Liora-Thorne anchor to prevent reality collapse.
 - Indigo Contagion: Environmental degradation spreading; gravity shifts and shared hallucinations/auditory bleed-through are manifesting in the Conclave.
 - The Thirteenth Strand: A rogue, external frequency has successfully embedded itself into the primary soul-link, acting as a "backdoor" to the Loom.
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-## Landmarks
-- The Loom Floor: Epicenter of the "Dirty Circuit" and reality-warping indigo resonance.
-- The Threshold: A fortified barrier separating the heretical zone from the rest of the Conclave.
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+- Lockdown Protocol: The core chambers are physically isolated, trapping the protagonists with the machine they just broke.
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