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 ## Liora Voss
 Location: The Weaving Chamber, Threadbinders' Conclave
-Physical: Frayback (blurred vision); trembling left hand; smelling of indigo and lanolin.
-Emotional: Desperate and hyper-focused; rattled by Thorne's resistance.
-Active obligations: Must catalog and bind Thorne Quill for the Conclave (ch-01) -- UNPAID.
-Open loops: [Liora & Thorne] Encountered a thread that refuses silver-etched needles (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01--unresolved): Witnessed the mechanical gears of the Great Loom fail during her parents' "accident"—it wasn't a soul-error.
-Arc: 05% -- Attempted to bind a "wild" thread and suffered physical recoil, forcing her to realize her tools are insufficient.
+Physical: Severe frayback (peripheral static/blurred vision); bleeding from palm; left hand trembling; smelling of ozone, indigo, and lanolin.
+Emotional: Terrified yet morbidly fascinated; shaken by her own failure.
+Active obligations: Owes the Conclave a successful binding of Thorne Quill (ch-01) -- UNPAID.
+Open loops: [Liora & Thorne] The mystery of the "thirteenth strand" and why it resists silver (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01--unresolved): Witnessed the Great Loom’s mechanical failure during her parents' death; knows it wasn't a "soul-error."
+Arc: 05% -- Realized her traditional tools and "bind or break" philosophy are useless against a truly wild thread.
 Permanent: YES
 
 ## Thorne Quill
-Location: The Weaving Chamber, Threadbinders' Conclave
-Physical: Skin humming with kinetic energy; violently reactive to silver; remarkably vital.
-Emotional: Defiant and skeptical; experiencing the weight of his own threads.
-Active obligations: Forced submission to the Binding Assessment (ch-01) -- UNPAID.
-Open loops: [Thorne & The Conclave] The mystery of his "unbound" status and Maros's specific Interest (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED.
-Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01--unresolved): His threads actively push back against silver-etching; he feels the threads as physical weight.
-Arc: 05% -- Successfully resisted a Master Binder’s tools, exposing his unique nature to the Conclave.
+Location: The Weaving Chamber (Restrained in lead-lined chair)
+Physical: Skin humming with kinetic energy; neck bruised from the silver collar; physically vibrating with repressed power.
+Emotional: Relentlessly defiant; observant; looking for a weakness in the Conclave's dogma.
+Active obligations: Owes Liora or the Conclave a submission to the binding (ch-01) -- UNPAID.
+Open loops: [Thorne & The Conclave] The origin of his silver-repelling "wild" thread (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01--unresolved): Perceives the "weight" of the weave as a physical sensation.
+Arc: 05% -- Discovered that his internal power can physically destroy the Conclave's "holy" instruments.
 Permanent: YES
 
 ## Elder Maros
-Location: Observation Gallery above the Weaving Chamber
-Physical: Frail, using a cane; keen, predatory gaze.
-Emotional: Calculating and satisfied; enjoys the friction between Liora and Thorne.
-Active obligations: None.
-Open loops: [Maros & Liora] His demand for a "Master Thread" to stabilize the failing Loom (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED.
+Location: Observation Gallery overlooking the Weaving Chamber
+Physical: Frail, leaning heavily on a bone-white cane; eyes sharp and predatory.
+Emotional: Calculating and satisfied; views the destruction of tools as a successful stress test.
+Active obligations: Owes the Conclave stability of the Great Loom (ch-01) -- UNPAID.
+Open loops: [Maros & Thorne] The true purpose behind forcing this specific pairing (ch-01) -- UNRESOLVED.
 Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-01--unresolved): Knows Thorne’s true lineage and why his thread is "wild."
-Arc: 01% -- Orchestrated the confrontation between Liora and Thorne to test the stability of a wild thread.
+Arc: 01% -- Confirmed that Liora's struggle is the necessary catalyst for his secret plan to fix the Loom.
 Permanent: YES
 
 # World State: ch-01
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- Elder Maros (Observation Gallery): AMUSED -- Observed Liora's needles snap against Thorne's thread -- Reinforced his belief that standard binding is failing.
+- Elder Maros (Observation Gallery): Satisfied -- Witnessed the silver needles shatter -- Believes the "mechanical failure" theory is gaining ground through Liora's desperation.
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
-- Threadbinders' Conclave: Dogmatic/Paranoid -- Increasing reliance on silver tools and rigid protocols to combat the rising "Looming Fray."
+- Threadbinders' Conclave: Paranoid and Dogmatic -- They are doubling down on ritual purity as the Looming Fray worsens, blaming "dirty" souls for mechanical failures.
 
 ## Active World Events
-- The Great Binding Assessment: Ongoing ritual to forcibly re-tether the populace to the Great Loom.
-- The Looming Fray: Localized soul-unmooring that the Conclave is struggling to contain.
+- The Great Binding Assessment: Ongoing ritualistic screening of the populace to find high-resonance threads.
+- The Looming Fray: A metaphysical decay causing spiritual unmooring; currently manifesting as sensory static (frayback) in Binders.
 
 ## Key Terminology & Mechanics
-- Frayback: Spiritual and physical recoil (static vision) from failed binding.
-- Silver-Etched Tools: Conductive instruments intended to guide soul threads; neutralized by Thorne.
-- Soul-Link: A dangerous sensory merge between Binder and Subject.
+- Frayback: Sensory distortion and soul-thinning caused by ritual backlash.
+- The Great Loom: The central machine connecting all threads, currently experiencing "glitches."
+- Silver-Etched Tools: Conductive medium for soul-links; shattered by Thorne’s essence in this chapter.