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-# Character State: ch-01
+# Character State: ch-07
 
 ## Liora Voss
-Location: The Weaving Chamber, Threadbinders' Conclave
-Physical: Left palm sliced open by silver shards; peripheral frayback (static/blurring); smelling of ozone and indigo; hand trembling.
-Emotional: Frantic and morbidly fascinated; oscillating between dogma and desperation.
-Active obligations: Owes the Conclave a successful binding of Thorne Quill (ch-01) -- UNPAID.
-Open loops: Liora vs. Thorne's silver-shattering "thirteenth strand" (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED; The mechanical nature of her parents' death (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01--unresolved): Witnessed her parents' souls unbound in a ritual failure.
-Arc: 05% -- Shifted from rigid confidence in her tools to a frantic improviser after the silver failed.
+Location: The Blind Weave, navigating a non-Euclidean gravity-warp threshold.
+Physical: Profound exhaustion; palm shards vibrating violently; frayback shadows narrowing vision into a flickering tunnel.
+Emotional: Resolved through terror; fatalistic acceptance of the Weave’s chaos.
+Active obligations: Binds Thorne to the physical plane via the Violet Tether (ch-07) -- UNPAID.
+Open loops: Liora vs. The Origin of the Dirty Circuit (ch-07) -- UNRESOLVED; Liora vs. Parents' Unbinding Trauma (ch-07) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-07--unresolved): Investigating the "Dirty Circuit" origin.
+Arc: 45% -- Successfully chose the chaos of the "Unknown" (The Weave) over the "Law" (The Conclave) to ensure survival.
 Permanent: YES
 
 ## Thorne Quill
-Location: Lead-lined restraint chair, Weaving Chamber
-Physical: Skin humming with resonance; branded/bruised by silver collar; physically vibrating with power.
-Emotional: Defiant, mocking, and observant.
-Active obligations: Owes the Conclave/Liora submission to the binding (ch-01) -- UNPAID.
-Open loops: Thorne's internal power vs. Conclave holy instruments (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED; The physical weight of the weave (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01--unresolved): Perceives the physical weight of the weave.
-Arc: 05% -- Discovered his internal resonance can physically destroy silver-etched tools.
+Location: The Blind Weave, Entry Aperture.
+Physical: Emitting high-frequency violet luminescence; motor functions slaved to Loom-sight navigation; losing autonomous movement.
+Emotional: Fatalistic and protective; experiencing a predatory magnetic pull from the Loom’s core.
+Active obligations: Guiding Liora through the navigation of the Weave (ch-07) -- UNPAID.
+Open loops: Thorne vs. The Loom's Hunger (ch-07) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-07--unresolved): Confirmed that the Loom is specifically hunting Liora, not just the Spindle.
+Arc: 40% -- Shifted from a victim of the corruption to an essential, albeit corrupted, guide.
 Permanent: YES
 
 ## Elder Maros
-Location: Observation Gallery, Weaving Chamber
-Physical: Frail; leaning on a bone-white cane.
-Emotional: Satisfied and predatory.
+Location: High Observation Gallery, Core Drive-Spindle.
+Physical: Near-death; lungs saturated with spiritual indigo rot; immobile.
+Emotional: Nihilistic and detached; witnessing the unraveling of the Conclave.
 Active obligations: None.
-Open loops: Maros's "stress test" of Liora and Thorne (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: Knows Thorne’s true lineage and why the Loom is failing -- Liora/Thorne.
-Arc: 01% -- Confirmed that the destruction of the needles was a successful catalyst for his goals.
+Open loops: Maros vs. Historical Legacy (ch-07) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-07--unresolved): Aware that Elowen Shade designed the "Dirty Circuit" as a deliberate sabotage.
+Arc: 30% -- Abandoned all hope of restoration; has transitioned to a terminal observer.
 Permanent: YES
 
-# World State: ch-01
+# World State: ch-07
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- Elder Maros (Threadbinders' Conclave): SATISFIED -- Witnessed the destruction of the silver-etched needles -- Intends to push Liora toward unorthodox methods.
+- Archival Guards (Core Drive): HOSTILE -- Lost pursuit at the gravity-warp threshold -- Sensors neutralized by harmonic interference.
+- The Stained (Lower Levels): EXULTANT -- Occupying lower sectors as a blockade force -- View the collapse as a holy event.
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
-- Threadbinders' Conclave: Paranoid/Dogmatic -- Blaming "dirty souls" for the Fray while ignoring mechanical failures in their tools.
+- Conclave Purists: PANICKED -- Executing "Threshold Purge" protocols and sacrificing sectors to vent resonance.
+- The Stained: ZEALOUS -- Martvring themselves to prevent the stabilization of the Spindle.
 
 ## Active World Events
-- The Great Binding Assessment: Mandatory screening for all citizens is currently active.
-- The Looming Fray: Metaphysical decay is causing peripheral "frayback" in Binders.
-- Mechanical Crisis: The Great Loom and silver tools are experiencing unprecedented failures.
+- The Threshold Purge: Mid-tiers of the Spindle are being flooded with lethal null-gas; secondary spindles are failing.
+- Harmonic Decay: Localized reality around the protagonists has liquified, blurring the line between matter and light.
 
-## Key Terminology & Mechanics
-- Frayback: Sensory static and soul-thinning caused by ritual backlash.
-- The Thirteenth Strand: Thorne's unique, silver-repelling thread.
-- Bind or Break: Liora’s mantra for decisive ritual action.
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-## Canon Objects/Artifacts
-- Silver Needle Shards: Contaminated by Thorne's essence; currently on the chamber floor.
-- Lead-Lined Restraint Chair: Specialized chair for high-resonance subjects.
+## Item/Lore Status
+- The Violet Tether: The primary anchor preventing Liora and Thorne's souls from scattering.
+- The Blind Weave: Revealed as a sea of wild, unanchored threads.
+- Dirty Circuit: Confirmed catalyst for the collapse, engineered by Elowen Shade.