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 # Character State: ch-07
 
 ## Liora Voss
-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.
+- **Location:** The Blind Weave (Initial Entry), transitioning from the Core Drive-Spindle.
+- **Physical:** Profound exhaustion; palm shards vibrating with violent intensity; "frayback" shadows have narrowed her vision into a permanent, flickering tunnel.
+- **Emotional:** Resolved through terror; she has functionally abandoned her "bind or break" dogma, accepting the chaos of the Weave to survive.
+- **Active obligations:** Binds Thorne to the physical plane via the Violet Tether—unpaid and straining.
+- **Open loops:** Investigating the "Dirty Circuit" origin (Unresolved); resolving the trauma of her parents' unbinding (Unresolved).
+- **Arc:** 45% — Has successfully chosen the "Unknown" (The Weave) over the "Law" (The Conclave).
 
 ## Thorne Quill
-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.
+- **Location:** The Blind Weave (Entry Aperture).
+- **Physical:** Skin emitting high-frequency violet luminescence; motor functions are no longer fully autonomous, now slaved to "Loom-sight" navigation.
+- **Emotional:** Potent mix of fatalism and protective instinct; feeling a magnetic, predatory pull from the Loom’s core.
+- **Active obligations:** Guiding Liora through the non-Euclidean geometry of the Weave—unpaid.
+- **Known secrets:** Confirmed that the Loom is specifically hunting Liora, not just the Spindle.
+- **Arc:** 40% — Shifted from victim to a corrupted, essential guide.
 
 ## Elder Maros
-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.
+- **Location:** High Observation Gallery (Isolated).
+- **Physical:** Near-death; lungs filled with spiritual indigo rot.
+- **Emotional:** Profoundly nihilistic; witnessing the literal unraveling of his life's work.
+- **Known secrets:** Aware that Elowen Shade designed the "Dirty Circuit" as a deliberate sabotage.
+- **Arc:** 30% — Abandoned all hope of restoration; now a terminal observer.
 
 # World State: ch-07
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- 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.
+- **Archival Guards:** Lost pursuit at the gravity-warp threshold; sensors neutralized by harmonic interference.
+- **The Stained:** Occupying lower levels; they have transitioned from a localized cult to a fanatical blockade force, viewing the collapse as holy.
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
-- Conclave Purists: FANATICAL; authorized "Great Unbinding" (scorched-earth protocol) to erase lower sectors.
-- The Stained: DEVOUT; creating a schism by worshipping the protagonists.
+- **Conclave Purists:** PANICKED; executing "Threshold Purge" protocols, sacrificing entire sectors to vent the violet resonance into the void.
+- **The Stained:** EXULTANT; martyring themselves to prevent the Conclave from stabilizing the Spindle.
 
 ## Active World Events
-- The Threshold Purge: Lethal Null-Gas flooding maintenance shafts to sever threads.
-- Harmonic Decay: Spindle gravity warping; architecture becoming brittle/translucent.
+- **The Threshold Purge:** Mid-tiers are saturated with lethal null-gas; secondary spindles are undergoing structural failure.
+- **Harmonic Decay:** Localized reality around the protagonistas has liquified; the distinction between matter and light has failed.
 
 ## Item/Lore Status
-- 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.
+- **The Violet Tether:** Currently the only anchor preventing Liora and Thorne's souls from scattering in the vacuum of the Weave.
+- **The Blind Weave:** Revealed as a turbulent sea of unanchored, "wild" threads rather than a void.
+- **The Loom:** The "purr" is now a physical pounding, suggesting it is no longer distant, but actively manifesting behind the duo.
+- **Dirty Circuit:** Confirmed as the catalyst for the Spindle's collapse, engineered by Elowen Shade.