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+# Character State: ch-06
+
+## Lyra Vance
+Location: The Plaza of Inked Tears, City of Parchment (Deep Weave).
+Physical: Exhausted; ink-lines spreading to her jawline; phantom cramping in her hands.
+Emotional: Crushed by guilt; defensive; tethered to Dorian’s presence.
+Active obligations: owes herself the truth of the village’s disappearance (ch-01) — UNPAID; owes Dorian access to the map's navigation (ch-02) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: [Lyra/The Guild] why the village unraveled after the map was completed (ch-01) — UNRESOLVED; [Lyra/The Shades] how to offer restitution to the erased (ch-06) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01—unresolved): knows she finished the map that coincided with Oakhaven's erasure — the Guild; CARRIED (Ch-01—unresolved): knows her physical form is being overwritten by the world’s ink — High Weaver Malakor.
+Arc: 60% — She has faced the literal ghosts of her past mistakes and, for the first time, allowed someone else to bear the weight of her defense.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## Dorian Thorne
+Location: The Plaza of Inked Tears, City of Parchment (Deep Weave).
+Physical: Fingernails bleeding from Thread-Burn; posture rigid; eyes strained from maintaining the umbral shield.
+Emotional: Fiercely protective; cold toward the shades; experiencing "Precision Collapse."
+Active obligations: owes Lyra protection from "Correction" squads (ch-02) — UNPAID; owes Lyra a route to the Heart of the First Fae (ch-03) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: [Dorian/The Guild] his unauthorized presence in the Silent Library (ch-02) — UNRESOLVED; [Dorian/Home] the location of his lost origin point (ch-02) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-02—unresolved): knows he is defying High Weaver Malakor by seeking his lost home — The Guild; CARRIED (Ch-02—unresolved): knows the exact frequency of the Guild's tracking threads — Lyra.
+Arc: 55% — He has transitioned from a reluctant guide to an active shield, choosing Lyra’s sanity over the logical justice of the shades.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## Master Elian — DECEASED (ch-01)
+Established: Unraveled during the Great Severing when the local loom collapsed.
+Legacy: His shade appeared in Ch-06, forcing Lyra to confront the personal cost of her "perfection."
+
+# World State: ch-06
+
+## NPC Memory
+- Master Elian (The Shade/City of Parchment): HOSTILE/DESPERATE — Recognized Lyra as the architect of his erasure — Begged for a release she cannot yet provide, deepening her Ink-Rot.
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- The Weaver’s Guild: OBSERVED — Their influence is felt even in the Deep Weave through the "correction" of these paper cities.
+- The Erased (The Discarded): VENGEFUL — They view Lyra as the Weaver of their misery rather than a fellow victim.
+
+## Active World Events
+- The Paper Reckoning: ACTIVE — The city reacts to Lyra’s presence by bleeding ink and manifesting memories of what she cut away.
+- The Shadow Manifestation: STABILIZED — Dorian is actively using this manifestation as a defensive tool.
+- The Anchor Bond: INTENSIFIED — The emotional spillover between Lyra and Dorian is becoming harder to distinguish from their own feelings.
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