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 # Character State: ch-06
 
 ## Liora Voss
-- **Location:** Core Drive-Spindle, Weaving Chamber Floor.
-- **Physical:** Ocular hemorrhaging; purple bruising along veins; left palm aperture pulsing violet; indigo staining reaching mid-bicep. Severe physical exhaustion following the stabilization of the "Dirty Circuit."
-- **Emotional:** Defiant yet physically spent; experiencing a sense of grim triumph mixed with fatalistic dread.
-- **Active Obligations:** Owes Loom maintenance (Unpaid); owes Thorne biological stability via the shared link (In Progress/Active).
-- **Open Loops:** Escaping the Core Spindle lockdown; navigating the consequences of the Thirteenth Strand.
-- **Arc:** 35% — Has successfully integrated the Thirteenth Strand, cementing a permanent metaphysical tether with Thorne.
+Location: Core Drive-Spindle, Weaving Chamber Floor.
+Physical: Ocular hemorrhaging; purple bruising along veins; left palm aperture pulsing violet; indigo staining reaching mid-bicep. Severe exhaustion.
+Emotional: Defiant; experiencing grim triumph mixed with fatalistic dread.
+Active obligations: Owes Loom maintenance (ch-01) -- UNPAID; owes Thorne biological stability via the shared link (ch-06) -- ACTIVE.
+Open loops: Liora/Thorne escaping the Core Spindle lockdown (ch-06) -- UNRESOLVED; Liora/Conclave consequences of the Thirteenth Strand (ch-06) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows the specific frequency that caused her parents' soul-unbinding (ch-01).
+Arc: 35% -- Has successfully integrated the Thirteenth Strand, cementing a permanent metaphysical tether with Thorne.
+Permanent: YES
 
 ## Thorne Quill
-- **Location:** Core Drive-Spindle, Weaving Chamber, restraint chair.
-- **Physical:** Skin etched with indigo ink-blood; internal organs vibrating with the Loom’s frequency. Physically bound to Liora by the violet tether.
-- **Emotional:** Protective; resolute; secretively attuned to the Loom’s sentient intent.
-- **Active Obligations:** Owes Liora biological stabilization as her "anchor-weight" (Active).
-- **Open Loops:** Interpreting the Loom's specific sentient demands.
-- **Arc:** 35% — Fully transitioned from sacrifice to active, sentient anchor for the Loom’s stabilizing frequency.
+Location: Core Drive-Spindle, Weaving Chamber, restraint chair.
+Physical: Skin etched with indigo ink-blood; internal organs vibrating; physically bound to Liora by a violet tether.
+Emotional: Protective; resolute; secretively attuned to the Loom.
+Active obligations: Owes Liora biological stabilization as "anchor-weight" (ch-06) -- ACTIVE.
+Open loops: Thorne/Loom interpreting the Loom's sentient demands (ch-06) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Knows the Loom is predatory and perceives its specific sentient intent—Liora.
+Arc: 35% -- Fully transitioned from sacrifice to active, sentient anchor for the Loom’s stabilizing frequency.
+Permanent: YES
 
 ## Elder Maros
-- **Location:** High Observation Gallery.
-- **Physical:** Leaning heavily on a bone-white cane; eyes clouded by indigo cataracts.
-- **Emotional:** Politically panicked; his authority is visibly crumbling as the lockdown alarms sound.
-- **Active Obligations:** Owes Liora political protection from Purists (Unpaid/Failing).
-- **Arc:** 25% — Forced to witness the "heresy" of the Thirteenth Strand, losing control over the ritual's narrative.
+Location: High Observation Gallery, Core Drive-Spindle.
+Physical: Leaning heavily on a bone-white cane; eyes clouded by indigo cataracts.
+Emotional: Politically panicked; authority visibly crumbling.
+Active obligations: Owes Liora political protection from Purists (ch-01) -- UNPAID/FAILING.
+Open loops: Maros/Conclave managing the lockdown fallout (ch-06) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: Secured the "Dirty Circuit" components through illegal back-channel trade with Elowen Shade (ch-03).
+Arc: 25% -- Forced to witness the "heresy" of the Thirteenth Strand, losing control over the ritual's narrative.
+Permanent: YES
 
 # World State: ch-06
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- **Junior Binders:** Traumatized and catatonic; many have fled the chamber floor during the violet flare.
-- **Archival Guards:** Hostile and mobilizing; lockdown protocols have transitioned to "Lethal Force" to contain the contagion.
+- Junior Binders: Traumatized; fled the chamber floor during the violet flare. Significant labor shortage for Loom maintenance.
+- Archival Guards: Hostile; lockdown protocols transitioned to "Lethal Force" against anyone with "corrupted" biomatter.
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
-- **Conclave Purists:** Militant; mobilizing to purge the "Stained" heretics in the Spindle.
-- **The Stained:** Nascent; those witness to the event begin to view the violet light as a transformative power.
+- Conclave Purists: Militant; mobilizing to purge the "Stained" heretics in the Spindle following the Thirteenth Strand.
+- The Stained: Emerging; a nascent group of witnesses viewing the violet light as transformative rather than corruptive.
 
 ## Active World Events
-- **The Dirty Circuit:** Temporarily stabilized by the Liora-Thorne link, but requires constant resonance to prevent catastrophic feedback.
-- **Indigo Contagion:** Gravity fluctuations persist; violet flora-like crystalline structures emerging on the Spindle architecture.
-- **Lockdown Protocol:** Core Spindle is sealed; internal automated defenses are active and targeting "corrupted" biomatter.
+- The Dirty Circuit: Temporarily stabilized by the Liora-Thorne link; requires constant resonance to prevent feedback.
+- Indigo Contagion: Gravity fluctuations persist; violet crystalline structures emerging on Spindle architecture.
+- Lockdown Protocol: Core Spindle is sealed; automated defenses targeting "corrupted" biomatter are active.
 
 ## Item/Lore Status
-- **The Thirteenth Strand:** No longer a theory; it is now woven into the Core’s architecture, altering the fundamental laws of Threadbinding.
-- **The Violet Tether:** A permanent, visible metaphysical bond linking Liora and Thorne.
-- **Frayback Risk:** High; the strain of holding the Dirty Circuit threatens to sever Liora's life-thread at any moment.
-- **The Loom:** Actively sentient; its "shriek" has hummed down into a predatory purr, perceptible only to Thorne.
+- The Thirteenth Strand: Woven into the Core architecture, altering fundamental laws of Threadbinding.
+- The Violet Tether: A permanent, visible metaphysical bond linking Liora and Thorne.
+- The Loom: Actively sentient; its shriek has subsided into a predatory purr.