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+# Character State: ch-01
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+## Lyra Vance
+Location: The Threshold of the Archive, Deep Forest, Outside Oakhaven
+Physical: No injuries; fingers stained with charcoal and ink; lungs burning from exertion.
+Emotional: Overwhelming terror and acute isolation.
+Active obligations: owes herself the truth of the village’s disappearance (ch-01) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: [Lyra/The Guild] why the village unraveled after the map was completed (ch-01) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: knows she finished the map that coincided with Oakhaven's erasure — the Guild.
+Arc: 10% — She has transitioned from a meticulous apprentice to a fugitive who has witnessed the physical unraveling of her reality.
+Permanent: YES
+
+# World State: ch-01
+
+## NPC Memory
+- High Weaver Malakor (The Weaver’s Guild): HOSTILE — Though not present, his influence and the threat of his "Correction" squads drove Lyra to flee.
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+## Faction Attitudes
+- The Weaver’s Guild: OPPRESSIVE — Enforcing a "Perfect Pattern" that requires the erasure of any deviations or "frayed" elements like Oakhaven.
+
+## Active World Events
+- The Erasure of Oakhaven: COMPLETE — The village has been reduced to white mist/void following the completion of Lyra's architectural map.
+- The Opening of the Archive: IN PROGRESS — A door manifested in the forest where none existed, responding to Lyra’s proximity and distress.
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