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+# Character State: ch-02
+
+## Lyra Vance
+Location: The Silent Library, Inner Vault, Deep Forest Archive
+Physical: Exhausted, minor abrasions from the forest flight, fingertips tingling from proximity to the Archive’s ley-lines.
+Emotional: Guarded, intellectually defensive, and begrudgingly intrigued.
+Active obligations: owes herself the truth of the village’s disappearance (ch-01) — UNPAID; owes Dorian access to the map's navigation (ch-02) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: [Lyra/The Guild] why the village unraveled after the map was completed (ch-01) — UNRESOLVED; [Lyra/Dorian] the true nature of the "curse" he identified (ch-02) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01—unresolved): knows she finished the map that coincided with Oakhaven's erasure — the Guild; knows the map contains coordinates to a "lost home" Dorian seeks — Dorian (incomplete knowledge).
+Arc: 20% — She has moved from a desperate fugitive to a wary collaborator, recognizing that her "curse" is a commodity that grants her leverage.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## Dorian Thorne
+Location: The Silent Library, Inner Vault, Deep Forest Archive
+Physical: Pristine condition; slight tension in the shoulders; adjusting left cufflink frequently.
+Emotional: Calculating, clinical, and intensely focused.
+Active obligations: owes Lyra protection from "Correction" squads while she deciphers the map (ch-02) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: [Dorian/The Guild] his unauthorized presence in the Silent Library (ch-02) — UNRESOLVED; [Dorian/Home] the location of his lost origin point (ch-02) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: knows Lyra is "thinned" by chrono-weaving (the curse) — Lyra (she knows the effect, not the Guild name for it); knows he is defying High Weaver Malakor by seeking his lost home — The Guild.
+Arc: 15% — He has transitioned from a hunter/enforcer to a conspirator, choosing to bind his fate to a "glitch" in the pattern rather than erase it.
+Permanent: YES
+
+# World State: ch-02
+
+## NPC Memory
+- High Weaver Malakor (The Weaver’s Guild): HOSTILE (Passive) -- His shadows haunt the periphery of the Archive -- Dorian is actively hiding his discovery of Lyra from him.
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- The Weaver’s Guild: PREDATORY -- Viewing deviations not just as errors to be fixed, but as resources to be harvested or silenced before they infect the "Perfect Pattern."
+
+## Active World Events
+- The Erasure of Oakhaven: COMPLETE -- The void left by the village is now a stable "Thinning" in the world's geography.
+- The Truce of the Vault: ACTIVE -- A temporary cessation of hostilities between Dorian and Lyra based on mutual survival and the map's data.
+- The Resonating Archive: IN PROGRESS -- The Library is reacting to the presence of both the map and a Chrono-Weaver, shifting its internal geometry.