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+# Character State: ch-05
+
+## Lyra Vance
+Location: The Echoing Bridge, crossing into the Deep Weave.
+Physical: Severe spiritual depletion; fingers trembling; Inking now visible as dark arterial lines near her collarbone.
+Emotional: Devastated; hollowed by the loss of her formative creative memory.
+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.
+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: 50% — She has sacrificed a piece of her fundamental identity (her first memory of art) to ensure their survival, moving from self-preservation to shared sacrifice.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## Dorian Thorne
+Location: The Echoing Bridge, crossing into the Deep Weave.
+Physical: Thread-Burn worsening on palms; eyes bloodshot from the Echo’s mental intrusion.
+Emotional: Profoundly protective; shaken by the intimacy of their shared loss.
+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: 45% — He has discarded his most precious internal anchor (his mother's face) to save Lyra, breaking his clinical distance entirely.
+Permanent: YES
+
+# World State: ch-05
+
+## NPC Memory
+- Elara the Echo (The Void-Gate): NEUTRAL -- Consumed the offered memories as payment -- Allowed the pair to pass the bridge but warned that "the hunger grows."
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- The Weaver’s Guild: HUNTER -- No change; pursuit remains active beyond the Echo's gate.
+
+## Active World Events
+- The Memory Toll: COMPLETED -- Two foundational memories have been erased from the protagonists' minds to pay for passage.
+- The Shadow Manifestation: EMERGENT -- A physical shadow with no light source has begun to manifest, tethered to the Ink-Rot.
+- The Anchor Bond: ACTIVE -- Lyra and Dorian remain tethered; the bond now carries emotional resonance as well as physical safety.
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