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 # Character State: ch-07
 
-## Lyra Vance
-- **Location:** The Outer Perimeter of the Guild, overlooking the Grey Cliffs.
-- **Physical:** Shaking hands; a thin line of "Thread-Burn" appearing along her left palm from resisting the Loom’s collapse.
-- **Emotional:** Defiant but isolated; a cold clarity has replaced the initial shell-shock.
-- **Active obligations:** Escape the Guild’s immediate jurisdiction—PENDING.
-- **Open loops:** [Lyra/Dorian] The question of why he didn't use the Obsidian Shears on her when he had the chance—UNRESOLVED.
-- **Arc:** 15% — She has consciously abandoned her pursuit of Guild validation in favor of visceral survival.
+## Liora Voss
+- **Location:** Core Drive-Spindle, Maintenance Shafts (Descending).
+- **Physical:** Failing. Violet shards in left palm have grown jagged; ocular hemorrhaging causing tunnel vision. "Frayback" tremors are rhythmic, syncing with the Spindle’s decay.
+- **Emotional:** Vengeful yet desperate. The "fixer" instinct has curdled into a survivalist's rage.
+- **Active obligations:** Binds Thorne to life via the violet tether (Physical Anchor).
+- **Open loops:** Seeking the "Dirty Circuit" origin from Elowen (Unresolved); Escaping the "Threshold Purge" (Active).
+- **Arc:** 45% — Has fully abandoned Conclave law to protect a "heretical" bond.
 - **Permanent:** YES
 
-## Dorian Thorne
-- **Location:** The High Dais, Great Loom Chamber.
-- **Physical:** Adjusting his left cufflink obsessively; eyes tracking the "Thinning" at the edges of the room.
-- **Emotional:** Calculatedly distant; experiencing a "precision collapse" as he realizes the Guild’s instability.
-- **Active obligations:** Owes Malakor a report on Lyra’s "apprehension"—UNPAID.
-- **Open loops:** [Dorian/Lyra] The secret recognition that her "Half-Stitch" was technically perfect despite the disaster—UNRESOLVED.
-- **Arc:** 12% — His mask of competence is intact, but his fascination with Lyra’s "error" is beginning to compromise his loyalty to Malakor.
+## Thorne Quill
+- **Location:** Maintenance Shafts (Trailing Liora).
+- **Physical:** Skin emits a low-frequency violet hum. Muscle spasms are severe but he is gaining "Loom-sight," perceiving the Spindle’s structural weaknesses as frayed fabric.
+- **Emotional:** Eerily detached. He increasingly views his own life as a secondary thread to Liora’s.
+- **Key discoveries:** Confirmed the Loom is not a tool, but a predator seeking Liora specifically.
+- **Arc:** 40% — Transitioned from a passive victim to an active navigational guide using his corruption.
 - **Permanent:** YES
 
-## High Weaver Malakor
-- **Location:** The Council Chambers.
-- **Physical:** Moving with predatory grace; his grip on the Obsidian Shears is white-knuckled.
-- **Emotional:** Vindicative; the need for a scapegoat has become a tactical necessity for his survival.
-- **Active obligations:** Maintain the illusion of Guild control to the lesser weavers—ACTIVE.
-- **Arc:** 15% — Fully committed to Lyra’s destruction to hide the Loom’s systemic flaws.
+## Elder Maros
+- **Location:** High Observation Gallery (Isolated).
+- **Physical:** Collapsed. Choking on indigo phlegm—a sign of spiritual rot.
+- **Emotional:** Total nihilism. He has realized the "Dirty Circuit" was a trap set by Elowen to dismantle the Conclave.
+- **Status:** TREASONOUS. His failure to contain the Stained has marked him for Purist execution.
 - **Permanent:** YES
 
 # World State: ch-07
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- **The Weaver’s Guild:** FEAR — The rank-and-file apprentices are terrified. They saw Lyra's departure not as an escape, but as an act of further sabotage.
+- **Archival Guards:** Aggressive. Implementing "Threshold Purge"—using harmonic resonance scanners to track Liora’s specific frequency.
+- **The Stained:** Expanding. A subset of Binders in the lower tiers are refusing to hunt the protagonists, seeing the violet light as a "New Weave."
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
-- **The Weaver’s Guild:** VOLATILE — Internal factions are forming between those who blame the Loom's age and those who demand Lyra's execution.
+- **Conclave Purists:** Fanatical. They have authorized the "Great Unbinding" (scorched-earth protocol) for the Spindle’s lower sectors.
+- **The Stained:** Protective of the protagonists (nascent cult).
 
 ## Active World Events
-- **The Great Severing:** EXPANDING — The rift at the heart of the Loom is no longer localized; "Static Threads" are appearing in the Guild’s lower halls.
-- **The Search:** ACTIVE — Malakor has authorized the use of Shadow-Stitchers to track Lyra’s resonance.
+- **The Threshold Purge:** Maintenance shafts are being flooded with "Null-Gas" to sever all active threads.
+- **Harmonic Decay:** The Spindle’s gravity is warping; bone-white architecture is becoming translucent/brittle.
 
-## Technical Stats
-- **Loom Integrity:** 9% (Systemic hemorrhage).
-- **Thread Tension:** Erratic (Spiking in bursts, causing localized time-skips).
-- **Casualties:** 1 (Confirmed), 12 (Injured by Loom-snap).
+## Item/Lore Status
+- **The Violet Tether:** Its frequency is now audible to those nearby. It is no longer just a bond, but a conduit for the Loom's power.
+- **The Dirty Circuit:** Identified as a "Soul-Siphon" crafted using Elowen Shade’s forbidden techniques.
+- **The Loom:** Actively reaching through the Spindle's core; its "purr" has transitioned into a rhythmic hunting call.
 
-## Continuity Notes
-- Lyra has successfully stolen a spool of "Null-Silk" from the supply cache before exiting.
-- Dorian witnessed Lyra’s exit but provided a false trajectory to the Guild guards, creating a private debt between them.
-- The smell of ozone and burnt silk now permeates the entire Guild complex.
+## Key Canon Developments
+- Liora and Thorne have successfully bypassed the primary Archive Corridor and are entering the "Blind Weave" (unmapped maintenance zones).
+- The Purge is no longer about capture; it is about total erasure of the "corrupted" signatures.