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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; ocular hemorrhaging and tremors.
 Emotional: Defiant fatalism; cold, tactical clarity.
-Active obligations: owes the Loom maintenance of the "Dirty Circuit" (ch-03) -- UNPAID; owes Thorne stability via the link (ch-03) -- UNPAID.
+Active obligations: Owes the Loom maintenance of the "Dirty Circuit" (ch-03) -- UNPAID; owes Thorne stability via the link (ch-03) -- UNPAID.
 Open loops: Liora and Thorne vs the Thirteenth Strand (ch-03) -- UNRESOLVED; Liora vs the Conclave Purists' coup (ch-03) -- UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01--unresolved): Witnessed parents' souls unbound -- Rennar Voss does not know the full ritual cause.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-03--unresolved): Witnessed parents' souls unbound; Rennar Voss does not know the ritual's true cause.
-Arc: 25% -- Liora has transitioned from accidental survivor to the intentional architect of a heretical, stable power source.
+Arc: 25% -- Has successfully integrated a heretical power source, cementing her role as a renegade architect.
 Permanent: YES
 
 ## Thorne Quill
-Location: Weaving Chamber, restraint chair.
+Location: Weaving Chamber, restraint chair
 Physical: Skin etched with indigo ink-blood; internal organs vibrating in sympathy with the Loom.
 Emotional: Predatory focus; symbiotic defiance.
-Active obligations: owes Liora biological stabilization (ch-03) -- UNPAID.
+Active obligations: Owes Liora biological stabilization (ch-03) -- UNPAID.
 Open loops: Thorne vs the emerging "Loom's intent" voice (ch-03) -- UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: knows he is beginning to hear the Loom's consciousness -- Liora does not know.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-03--unresolved): Hearing the Loom's consciousness—Liora remains unaware.
-Arc: 25% -- Thorne has evolved from a sacrificial prisoner into an essential, sentient anchor for the machine.
+Arc: 25% -- Has evolved from a sacrificial prisoner into an essential, sentient anchor for the Loom.
 Permanent: YES
 
 ## Elder Maros
-Location: High Observation Gallery.
+Location: High Observation Gallery
 Physical: Leaning on bone-white cane; eyes clouded by indigo flare.
-Emotional: Fearful and compromised; politically desperate.
+Emotional: Fearful; politically desperate.
-Active obligations: owes Liora political protection (ch-03) -- UNPAID.
+Active obligations: Owes Liora political protection (ch-03) -- UNPAID.
 Open loops: Maros vs Conclave Purists (ch-03) -- UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: knows his leadership depends entirely on Liora’s heresy -- The Purists do not know the extent of his desperation.
+Known secrets: Leadership depends entirely on heretical stability.
-Arc: 20% -- Maros has abandoned ecclesiastical purity for the sake of holding onto his crumbling authority.
+Arc: 20% -- Has fully abandoned ecclesiastical purity to ensure his own survival.
-Permanent: NO
+Permanent: YES
 
 # World State: ch-03
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- Junior Binders (Loom Floor): EVANGELICAL TERROR -- Witnessed the "Dirty Circuit" initiation -- Some are following Liora’s branding, others are in shock.
+- Junior Binders (Loom Floor): EVANGELICAL TERROR -- Witnessed the heretical initiation; they are divided between traumatic shock and mimicking Liora’s branding.
-- Archival Guards (The Threshold): SEALED -- Locked the chamber from the outside -- They are now wardens of a heretical containment zone.
+- Archival Guards (The Threshold): WARDENS -- They have sealed the chamber, transitioning from protectors to jailers of a heretical containment zone.
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
-- Conclave Purists: REVOLUTIONARY -- Viewing the indigo staining as a corruption of the Weaver’s intent -- Planning an internal purge.
+- Conclave Purists: REVOLUTIONARY -- Viewing the indigo staining as a terminal infection, they are actively mobilizing for a purge.
-- The Stained (Emergent): DEVOTED -- Mimicking Liora’s physical marks -- Seeking resilience in the Loom’s decay.
+- The Stained (Loom Floor): DEVOTED -- Emerging as a sub-faction that views Liora’s heretical methods as the only path to resilience.
 
 ## Active World Events
-- The Dirty Circuit: Stabilized and active; requires continuous soul-input from Liora and Thorne to prevent Loom collapse.
+- The Dirty Circuit: Stabilized but hungry; requires constant soul-input from the Liora/Thorne anchor to prevent reality collapse.
-- Indigo Contagion: Manifesting as shared hallucinations and gravity shifts within the Conclave.
+- Indigo Contagion: Environmental degradation spreading through the Conclave; gravity shifts and shared hallucinations are manifesting.
-- Terminus Frequency: Local light is bending toward the drive-spindle; reality is warping around the core.
+- The Thirteenth Strand: A rogue, external frequency has successfully embedded itself into the primary soul-link.
-- The Thirteenth Strand: A rogue, external frequency has inserted itself into the Liora/Thorne link.
+
+## Landmarks
+- The Loom Floor: Epicenter of the "Dirty Circuit" and reality-warping indigo resonance.
+- The Threshold: Now a fortified barrier separating the Loom Floor from the rest of the Conclave.