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 # Character State: ch-01
 
 ## Liora Voss
-Location: The Weaving Chamber, Threadbinders' Conclave.
-Physical: Left palm sliced open by silver shards; blood mixing with indigo residue; peripheral "frayback" (static/blurring) intensifying; hand trembling.
-Emotional: Frantic and fatalistic; obsessive need to "fix" the connection; traumatized by the echo of her parents' unbinding.
-Active obligations: Owes the Conclave a successful binding of Thorne Quill—UNPAID.
-Open loops: The failure of silver against Thorne’s "thirteenth strand"—UNRESOLVED; The mechanical nature of the Loom’s failure—UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: Witnessed her parents' souls unbound in a ritual failure (Carried).
-Arc: 05% — Shifted from rigid confidence to frantic improvisation; internal mantra "bind-bind-bind" triggered by panic.
+*   **Location:** The Weaving Chamber, Threadbinders' Conclave.
+*   **Physical:** Left palm sliced open by silver shards; blood mixing with indigo residue; peripheral "frayback" (static/blurring) intensifying; hand trembling.
+*   **Emotional:** Frantic and fatalistic; obsessive need to "fix" the connection; traumatized by the echo of her parents' unbinding.
+*   **Active obligations:** Owes the Conclave a successful binding of Thorne Quill — UNPAID.
+*   **Open loops:** The failure of silver against Thorne’s "thirteenth strand"; the mechanical nature of the Loom’s failure.
+*   **Known secrets:** Witnessed her parents' souls unbound in a ritual failure.
+*   **Arc:** 05% — Shifted from rigid confidence to frantic improvisation; internal mantra "bind-bind-bind" triggered by panic.
 
 ## Thorne Quill
-Location: Lead-lined restraint chair, Weaving Chamber.
-Physical: Skin humming with resonance; vibrating with enough power to shatter silver-etched tools; branded by the collar.
-Emotional: Defiant and observant; mocking Liora’s dogma.
-Active obligations: Subject to the Conclave's mandatory screening—UNPAID.
-Open loops: The physical weight of the weave—UNRESOLVED; Origin of his silver-repelling internal resonance—UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: Perceives the physical weight and visual reality of the weave (Carried).
-Arc: 05% — Realized his internal power can physically destroy Conclave holy instruments.
+*   **Location:** Lead-lined restraint chair, Weaving Chamber.
+*   **Physical:** Skin humming with resonance; vibrating with enough power to shatter silver-etched tools; branded by the collar.
+*   **Emotional:** Defiant and observant; mocking Liora’s dogma.
+*   **Active obligations:** Subject to the Conclave's mandatory screening — UNPAID.
+*   **Open loops:** The physical weight of the weave; origin of his silver-repelling internal resonance.
+*   **Known secrets:** Perceives the physical weight and visual reality of the weave.
+*   **Arc:** 05% — Realized his internal power can physically destroy Conclave holy instruments.
 
 ## Elder Maros
-Location: Observation Gallery.
-Physical: Frail; leaning on a bone-white cane; shark-like stillness.
-Emotional: Predatory satisfaction.
-Active obligations: None.
-Open loops: Intent behind the "stress test" of Liora—UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: Knows Thorne’s true lineage and why the Loom is failing (Carried).
-Arc: 01% — Confirmed the destruction of the needles was the necessary catalyst for his hidden agenda.
+*   **Location:** Observation Gallery.
+*   **Physical:** Frail; leaning on a bone-white cane; shark-like stillness.
+*   **Emotional:** Predatory satisfaction.
+*   **Open loops:** Intent behind the "stress test" of Liora — UNRESOLVED.
+*   **Known secrets:** Knows Thorne’s true lineage and why the Loom is failing.
+*   **Arc:** 01% — Confirmed the destruction of the needles was the necessary catalyst for his agenda.
 
 # World State: ch-01
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- Elder Maros: Delighted by the needle's destruction; views Liora’s failure as a "purification" of her methods.
-- The Conclave: Will likely blame Thorne’s "dirty soul" for the equipment failure.
+*   **Elder Maros:** Observed the needle's destruction; views Liora’s failure as a "purification" of her methods.
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
-- Threadbinders' Conclave: Dogmatic/Paranoid. They treat the Fray as a moral failing of the common people rather than a systemic collapse.
+*   **Threadbinders' Conclave:** Dogmatic/Paranoid — Treat the Fray as a moral failing of the common people rather than a systemic collapse.
 
 ## Active World Events
-- The Great Binding Assessment: Ongoing; high tension as citizens undergo soul-screening.
-- The Looming Fray: Increasing metaphysical decay causing "frayback" (sensory static/soul-thinning) in Binders.
-- Mechanical Crisis: Universal failure of silver-etched tools and Loom components.
+*   **The Great Binding Assessment:** Ongoing ritual screening of citizens; currently experiencing catastrophic tool failure.
+*   **The Looming Fray:** Increasing metaphysical decay causing "frayback" (sensory static) in Binders.
 
 ## Key Terminology & Mechanics
-- Frayback: Sensory blurring and soul-thinning caused by ritual backlash or over-binding.
-- The Thirteenth Strand: Thorne's unique, silver-repelling thread.
-- Bind or Break: Liora’s mantra for decisive, often forceful, action.
-- Indigo & Lanolin: The scent of the ritual trade.
+*   **Frayback:** Sensory blurring and soul-thinning caused by ritual backlash.
+*   **The Thirteenth Strand:** Thorne's unique, silver-repelling thread.
+*   **Bind or Break:** Liora’s mantra for decisive, often forceful, action.
 
 ## Canon Objects/Artifacts
-- Silver Needle Shards: Contaminated by Thorne’s essence; scattered on the floor.
-- Lead-Lined Restraint Chair: Specifically designed to dampen high-resonance soul-vibes.
-- The Great Loom: The central mechanism of the Conclave, currently malfunctioning.
+*   **Silver Needle Shards:** Contaminated by Thorne’s essence; scattered on the floor.
+*   **Lead-Lined Restraint Chair:** Designed to dampen high-resonance soul-vibes.
+*   **The Great Loom:** Central mechanism of the Conclave; currently malfunctioning.