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 ## Liora Voss
 Location: Core Drive-Spindle, Weaving Chamber (Lockdown)
-Physical: Ocular hemorrhaging; purple bruising along veins; left palm aperture pulsing violet; indigo staining reaching mid-bicep; physical exhaustion.
+Physical: Ocular hemorrhaging; purple bruising along veins; left palm aperture pulsing violet; indigo staining reaching mid-bicep; severe physical exhaustion.
 Emotional: Defiant; fatalistic; hyper-focused on circuit stabilization.
 Active obligations: Owes Loom maintenance of the "Dirty Circuit" (ch-05) -- UNPAID; owes Thorne biological stability via shared link (ch-05) -- UNPAID.
 Open loops: Escaping the Core Spindle lockdown (ch-05) -- UNRESOLVED; Thirteenth Strand consequences (ch-05) -- UNRESOLVED; Conclave Purists' coup (ch-05) -- UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-05-unresolved): Witnessed her parents' souls unbound in a catastrophic ritual failure.
-Arc: 30% -- Accepted a permanent biological/metaphysical tether with Thorne to prevent Loom collapse.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-04--unresolved): Witnessed her parents' souls unbound in a ritual failure.
+Arc: 30% -- Accepted a permanent biological/metaphysical tether with Thorne to prevent total Loom collapse.
 Permanent: YES
 
 ## Thorne Quill
-Location: Weaving Chamber, restraint chair.
-Physical: Internal organs vibrating; skin etched with indigo ink-blood; bound to Liora by a pulsing violet tether.
+Location: Core Drive-Spindle, Weaving Chamber, restraint chair
+Physical: Internal organs vibrating; skin etched with indigo ink-blood; physically bound to Liora by a pulsing violet tether.
 Emotional: Protective; resolute; secretively attuned to Loom sentience.
 Active obligations: Owes Liora biological stabilization/anchor-weight (ch-05) -- UNPAID.
 Open loops: Interpreting the Loom's sentient intent (ch-05) -- UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-05-unresolved): Communicating with the Loom's sentient intent -- Liora does not know.
-Arc: 30% -- Accepted role as a sentient anchor, transitioning from sacrifice to a necessary component of the machine.
+Known secrets: Communicating with the Loom's sentient intent -- Liora unaware.
+Arc: 30% -- Transitioned from sacrifice to a necessary, sentient anchor for the machine.
 Permanent: YES
 
 ## Elder Maros
-Location: High Observation Gallery.
+Location: High Observation Gallery, Core Spindle
 Physical: Leaning on bone-white cane; eyes clouded by indigo cataracts.
-Emotional: Politically panicked; desperate.
+Emotional: Politically panicked; desperate for his own survival.
 Active obligations: Owes Liora political protection from Purists (ch-05) -- UNPAID.
 Open loops: Survival against imminent Purist mobilization (ch-05) -- UNRESOLVED.
-Arc: 20% -- Forced to defend heresy to ensure his own survival against the Purist faction.
-Permanent: YES
+Arc: 20% -- Forced to defend heresy to maintain power.
+Permanent: NO
 
 # World State: ch-05
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- Junior Binders (Core Spindle): TRAUMATIZED -- Witnessed the forbidden Thirteenth Strand binding -- High risk of radicalization.
-- Archival Guards (Core Perimeter): HOSTILE -- Enforcing lockdown with lethal intent.
+- Junior Binders (Weaving Chamber): TRAUMATIZED -- Witnessed the forbidden Thirteenth Strand binding; high risk of radicalization.
+- Archival Guards (Spindle Perimeters): HOSTILE -- Enforcing lockdown with lethal intent; loyal to the Purist doctrine.
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
-- Conclave Purists: MILITANT -- Preparing to purge the "stained" heretics; view the violet light as spiritual corruption.
-- The Stained: NASCENT -- Emergent underground faction viewing Liora as a prophet.
+- Conclave Purists: MILITANT -- Preparing to purge "stained" heretics; view violet light as spiritual corruption.
+- The Stained (Nascent): EMERGENT -- Underground faction viewing Liora as a prophet of the new weave.
 
 ## Active World Events
-- The Dirty Circuit: Stabilized by the Liora-Thorne link; requires resonance to prevent feedback.
-- Indigo Contagion: Gravity fluctuations and violet light spreading to upper galleries.
-- Lockdown Protocol: Core Spindle sealed; internal defenses armed and hostile.
+- The Dirty Circuit: Stabilized by the Liora-Thorne link; requires resonance to prevent catastrophic feedback.
+- Indigo Contagion: Gravity fluctuations and violet light spreading to upper galleries; physical corruption of the Spindle architecture.
+- Lockdown Protocol: Core Spindle sealed; internal automated defenses armed and hostile.
 - Loom Frequency: Low-level sentience active; perceptible only to Thorne.
 
 ## Item/Lore Status
-- The Thirteenth Strand: Forbidden/chaotic frequency integrated into the Core causing systemic instability.
-- The Violet Tether: Permanent metaphysical bond linking Liora and Thorne’s life-forces.
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+- The Thirteenth Strand: Forbidden/chaotic frequency integrated into the Core; cause of systemic instability and the "Stained" effect.
+- The Violet Tether: Permanent metaphysical bond linking Liora and Thorne’s life-forces.
+- Frayback: The risk of soul-severance; currently looming due to the integration of the Thirteenth Strand.
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