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+# Character State: ch-14
+
+## Liora Voss
+**Location:** The Stained Settlement, Perimeter of the Breach
+**Physical:** Extreme spiritual exhaustion; hands trembling; "frayback" marks on forearms beginning to silver and scar.
+**Emotional:** Tentative, vulnerable, cognitively overloaded but peaceful.
+**Active Obligations:**
+- Owes Rennar honest conversation (Ch-12) -- PAID
+**Open Loops:**
+- Liora & Rennar reconciliation (Ch-13) -- RESOLVED
+- Liora & Thorne future as co-architects (Ch-13) -- UNRESOLVED
+**Known secrets:**
+- CARRIED (Ch-13--unresolved): She is the Loom's architectural blueprint; aware of Elowen's sabotage -- Thorne/Rennar/Conclave ignorant.
+**Arc:** 100% -- Successfully transitioned from a controller of threads to a participant in a shared, voluntary tapestry.
+**Permanent:** YES
+
+## Thorne Quill
+**Location:** The Stained Settlement, Perimeter of the Breach
+**Physical:** Pulsing with violet light; semi-incorporeal form flickering but stabilized by Liora’s proximity.
+**Emotional:** Playful yet profoundly protective; comfortable in his role as the New Weave’s chaotic anchor.
+**Active Obligations:**
+- Constant stabilization of New Weave (Ch-13) -- ACTIVE/ONGOING
+**Open Loops:**
+- Thorne & Liora romantic/magical ambiguity (Ch-13) -- UNRESOLVED
+**Known secrets:**
+- CARRIED (Ch-13--unresolved): His existence prevents Loom from reclaiming Liora -- Liora ignorant.
+**Arc:** 100% -- Solidified his role as the necessary dissonance that prevents the New Weave from becoming a prison.
+**Permanent:** YES
+
+## Rennar Voss
+**Location:** The Stained Settlement, Perimeter of the Breach
+**Physical:** No injuries; eyes clear of the "hollow" look; helpfully tending to settlement logistics.
+**Emotional:** Redeemed, grounded, and deeply relieved to be back in Liora's life.
+**Active Obligations:**
+- Explain past absence to Liora (Ch-12) -- PAID
+**Open Loops:** 
+- Liora & Rennar reconciliation (Ch-13) -- RESOLVED
+**Known secrets:** None.
+**Arc:** 100% -- Fully transitioned from a ghost of the past to the foundational guardian of the new world's physical reality.
+**Permanent:** YES
+
+## Elowen Shade -- DECEASED (Ch-11)
+**Established:** Soul shattered during the collapse of the Old Loom when the feedback loop ignited her own forced bindings.
+**Legacy:** Her absence allow the New Weave to flourish without the threat of centralized, tyrannical control.
+
+# World State: ch-14
+
+## NPC Memory
+- Kaelen (The Stained): REVERENT -- Received a blessing of voluntary connection from Liora; views the trio as the "Triad of the Mend."
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- The Stained: DEVOTED -- They have begun building stone structures, shifting from a camp to a permanent civilization centered on the New Weave.
+- Conclave Remnants: SCATTERED -- No longer a cohesive threat; individual binders are seeking the Breach to learn the new "Consent Laws."
+
+## Active World Events
+- The Great Settlement: The first permanent city predicated on voluntary magic is being founded at the Breach's edge.
+- The Resonance Diffusion: The new magical laws are spreading outward, causing old, forced bindings across the continent to slowly dissolve.
+
+## Critical Unresolved Tensions
+1. **Liora & Thorne:** While their emotional bond is solidified, the physical logistics of a bond between a mortal and an incorporeal anchor remain experimental.
+2. **The Knowledge Asymmetry:** Liora’s secret regarding Elowen’s sabotage and her own nature as the "blueprint" remains a potential wedge between her and Thorne.