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+# Character State: ch-16
+
+## Liora Voss
+Location: The Blind Weave, Heart of the Breach
+Physical: Trembling right hand; high sensory sensitivity; permanent anchor role established.
+Emotional: Transcendent but grieving; sovereign clarity.
+Active obligations: 
+- Honest conversation with Rennar (Ch-12) -- UNPAID
+- Maintain New Weave stability (Ch-14) -- ACTIVE/VOLUNTARY
+Open loops:
+- Long-term physical cost of permanent anchoring (Ch-15) -- EMERGING
+Known secrets:
+- CARRIED (Ch-15--unresolved): She IS the Loom's architectural blueprint -- Rennar/Thorne/Conclave ignorant
+- CARRIED (Ch-15--unresolved): Aware of Elowen's sabotage -- Others ignorant
+- CARRIED (Ch-15--unresolved): Breach sealing costs anchor's physical form -- Thorne/Rennar ignorant
+Arc: 100% -- Transitioned from a tool of the Loom to the conscious architect of a new magical law.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## Thorne Quill
+Location: The Blind Weave, Heart of the Breach
+Physical: Form stabilized; violet lightning integrated; no injuries.
+Emotional: Ferociously protective; grounded by Liora’s presence.
+Active obligations:
+- Continuous New Weave stabilization (Ch-14) -- ACTIVE/ONGOING
+Open loops:
+- Integration with physical identity (Ch-15) -- UNRESOLVED
+Known secrets:
+- CARRIED (Ch-15--unresolved): His existence prevents Loom reclamation of Liora -- Liora ignorant
+Arc: 100% -- Evolved into an independent stabilizing force that ensures Liora is not consumed by the Loom.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## Rennar Voss
+Location: Outer Perimeter, The Breach
+Physical: Solid, steady, fully corporeal; uninjured.
+Emotional: Solemn; witnessing the dawn of the new world.
+Active obligations:
+- Explain past absence to Liora (Ch-12) -- UNPAID
+- Guard physical threshold of Breach (Ch-14) -- UNPAID
+Open loops:
+- Reconciliation with Liora's emotional distance (Ch-15) -- PRIMARY BLOCKER
+Known secrets: None.
+Arc: 100% -- Completed transition from a memory-ghost to a physical guardian of the new reality.
+Permanent: YES
+
+# World State: ch-16
+
+## NPC Memory
+- Kaelen (Kaelen's Camp): DEVOTED -- Witnessed the final stabilization of the Breach -- Tasked with building the first permanent settlement under the new laws.
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- The Stained: REVERENT -- View the trio as living icons of a new, collaborative magic system.
+- Conclave Remnants: PARALYZED -- Their extractive rituals are obsolete; they are struggling to adapt to the Great Integration.
+
+## Active World Events
+- The Great Integration: FINALIZED -- The New Weave has successfully replaced the extractive Loom; magic is now collaborative.
+- Power Redistribution: EMERGING -- A political vacuum exists as the Conclave falls and the Stained gain influence.
+- Elowen Shade’s Sabotage: ONGOING -- Her agenda remains active but unrevealed to the main group.