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 # Character State: ch-02
 
-## Lyra Vance
-Location: The Silent Library, Inner Vault, Deep Forest Archive
-Physical: Exhausted, minor abrasions from the forest flight, fingertips tingling from proximity to the Archive’s ley-lines.
-Emotional: Guarded, intellectually defensive, and begrudgingly intrigued.
-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/Dorian] the true nature of the "curse" he identified (ch-02) — UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-01—unresolved): knows she finished the map that coincided with Oakhaven's erasure — the Guild; knows the map contains coordinates to a "lost home" Dorian seeks — Dorian (incomplete knowledge).
-Arc: 20% — She has moved from a desperate fugitive to a wary collaborator, recognizing that her "curse" is a commodity that grants her leverage.
-Permanent: YES
+## Liora Voss
+Location: The Weaving Chamber floor / The Great Loom, Threadbinders' Conclave.
+Physical: Severe silver-glass lacerations on left palm; indigo staining; advanced "frayback" symptoms (visual static, vertigo); physical exhaustion from a high-resonance surge.
+Emotional: Violated and desperate; clinging to her dogmatic identity while reeling from the failure of her tools.
+Active obligations: Owes the Conclave a successful binding of Thorne Quill (ch-01) -- UNPAID.
+Open loops: Liora and Elder Maros [the intentionality of the tool failure] (ch-02) -- UNRESOLVED; Liora and Thorne [the shared sensory feedback during the surge] (ch-02) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01--unresolved): Witnessed her parents' souls unbound in a ritual failure; knows the Loom’s current failure is mechanical/structural, not just spiritual.
+Arc: 10% -- Forced to abandon ritual silver for a raw, "dirty" binding method using her own blood and proximity.
+Permanent: NO
 
-## Dorian Thorne
-Location: The Silent Library, Inner Vault, Deep Forest Archive
-Physical: Pristine condition; slight tension in the shoulders; adjusting left cufflink frequently.
-Emotional: Calculating, clinical, and intensely focused.
-Active obligations: owes Lyra protection from "Correction" squads while she deciphers the map (ch-02) — 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: knows Lyra is "thinned" by chrono-weaving (the curse) — Lyra (she knows the effect, not the Guild name for it); knows he is defying High Weaver Malakor by seeking his lost home — The Guild.
-Arc: 15% — He has transitioned from a hunter/enforcer to a conspirator, choosing to bind his fate to a "glitch" in the pattern rather than erase it.
-Permanent: YES
+## Thorne Quill
+Location: Lead-lined restraint chair, Weaving Chamber.
+Physical: Bound by iron and lead; neck bruised from the collar; skin still humming with residual resonance; exhausted but physically intact.
+Emotional: Vindicated and grimly amused; growing realization of the danger Liora poses to herself.
+Active obligations: Subject to the Conclave's mandatory screening (ch-01) -- UNPAID.
+Open loops: Thorne and the Thirteenth Strand [origin of his resonance] (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED; Thorne and Liora [the blood-link formed during the surge] (ch-02) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01--unresolved): Perceives the physical weight and visual reality of the weave.
+Arc: 12% -- Successfully repelled the Conclave’s sanctified tools, forcing the Binder to resort to physical blood-binding.
+Permanent: NO
+
+## Elder Maros
+Location: Observation Gallery balcony.
+Physical: Hand gripping bone-white cane; shark-like stillness; breathing shallowly.
+Emotional: Coldly observant; clinical satisfaction at Liora's desperation.
+Active obligations: None.
+Open loops: Maros and the "Stress Test" [why Liora was chosen for this specific failure] (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01--unresolved): Knows Thorne’s true lineage and why the Loom is failing.
+Arc: 05% -- Initiated the "second phase" of his test by refusing Liora medical or technical aid during the crisis.
+Permanent: NO
 
 # World State: ch-02
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- High Weaver Malakor (The Weaver’s Guild): HOSTILE (Passive) -- His shadows haunt the periphery of the Archive -- Dorian is actively hiding his discovery of Lyra from him.
+- Elder Maros (Conclave): SATISFIED -- Witnessed Liora use her own blood to stabilize the resonance -- Confirms her desperation is a usable tool.
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
-- The Weaver’s Guild: PREDATORY -- Viewing deviations not just as errors to be fixed, but as resources to be harvested or silenced before they infect the "Perfect Pattern."
+- Threadbinders' Conclave: Dogmatic/Isolationist -- Escalating containment protocols; they view Thorne's resistance as a contagion to be suppressed by any means.
 
 ## Active World Events
-- The Erasure of Oakhaven: COMPLETE -- The void left by the village is now a stable "Thinning" in the world's geography.
-- The Truce of the Vault: ACTIVE -- A temporary cessation of hostilities between Dorian and Lyra based on mutual survival and the map's data.
-- The Resonating Archive: IN PROGRESS -- The Library is reacting to the presence of both the map and a Chrono-Weaver, shifting its internal geometry.
+- The Glass-Storm Surge: A localized metaphysical explosion in the Weaving Chamber caused by the shattering of silver needles; led to the temporary blending of Liora and Thorne's sensory planes.
+- Ritual Descent: The Conclave’s shift from sanctified, clean binding to high-risk blood weaving.
+
+## Key Terminology & Mechanics
+- Blood-Binding: A taboo "dirty" method where the Binder uses their own vital fluids to bridge a resonance gap when silver fails.
+- Resonance Feedback: The physical vibration of the soul-strands that can cause structural damage to lead and silver.