# Character State: ch-07

## Mira Vasquez
Location: The Starfall Nexus, High Spire Peak.
Physical: Severe mana-burn on forearms; stable but exhausted; high autonomic arousal.
Emotional: Transfigured — the Grey mana integration is permanent and overwhelming. Fiercely protective of Dorian. The grief for Kaelen has hardened into purpose.
Active obligations: Owes the Academy a formal restructuring plan (Ch07) — UNPAID. Owes Dorian a shared future (Ch07) — PAID.
Open loops: Mira/Emperor "Sovereignty" conflict — UNRESOLVED. Mira/Ministry "Inquisition Clause" — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Knows the Grey resonance acts as a sensory filter for Dorian's chronic pain — Dorian does not know the full extent.
Arc: 95% — Completed her transition from volatile solitary leader to one half of a permanent binary equilibrium. Found Kaelen's brand in the Archive — it was his final message to her.
Permanent: YES (Achieved permanent Grey mana integration; relationship status shifted to Bound Life-Partners; Kaelen's brand recovered).

## Dorian Solas
Location: The Starfall Nexus, High Spire Peak.
Physical: Right hand permanently etched with the Binary Star sigil; residual thermal flush; restored physical mobility.
Emotional: Overwhelmed by sensory clarity. Clinical armor permanently shattered. Deeply peaceful.
Active obligations: Owes the Spire faculty a new theoretical framework for Grey magic — UNPAID.
Open loops: Dorian/Ministry "Treason" charges — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Realized he can predict Mira's emotional spikes three seconds before they manifest — Mira does not know.
Arc: 95% — Successfully abandoned Absolute Zero for a functional, empathetic paradox. Publicly chose Mira.
Permanent: YES (Internal magic permanently altered to Paradox/Grey; title shifted to Co-Regent of the Union).

## Kaelen — DECEASED (Ch04)
Established: Killed in Ch04 arena disaster when the inverted Starfall vortex slammed him into the basalt wall.
Legacy: Mira found Kaelen's proctor brand in the Archive — it was still warm with the echo of his soul; this discovery cemented her resolve to fight for the Accord.

## Lyra (Spire Records Keeper)
Location: High Spire Stairwell / Archives.
Physical: Cracked spectacles; mana-fatigue.
Emotional: Scholarly euphoria — frantic to document the new laws of physics. Acted as Mira's conscience by giving her Kaelen's brand.
Arc: 35% — From objective recorder to active participant in the Grey Era's founding.
Permanent: NO.

## Aric (Acting Senior Proctor)
Location: Ignis-Glacies Academy — managing student evacuation during the Nexus event.
Emotional: Terrified but growing — stepping into Kaelen's role. Still volatile but beginning to lead.
Arc: 25%.
Permanent: NO.

# World State: ch-07

## NPC Memory
- Emperor Malchor: HOSTILE — the Nexus event exceeded his stress-test; now treating Mira/Dorian as a sovereign threat.
- Vane: HOSTILE + MOBILIZING — the Grey Pillar event is his justification to invoke the Dissolution Charter.
- Lyra: ALLIED — gave Mira Kaelen's brand; is documenting the Grey Era for posterity.

## Faction Attitudes
- The Ministry/Inquisition: ESCALATED — Nexus event triggers Dissolution Charter clause. Vane is mobilizing.
- The Academy students: AWED — witnessed the Grey Pillar; Aric is struggling to maintain order.
- The Imperial Court: ALARMED — the Nexus event was visible across the Capital.

## Active World Events
- The Grey Pillar: Witnessed by the Capital; physics of magic permanently changed.
- Vane's Dissolution Move: Imminent — he will invoke the Dissolution Charter based on the Nexus event.
- The Gala Ultimatum: Still active — Vane will now accelerate the timeline.
- Kaelen's Brand: Recovered by Mira — a permanent symbol of sacrifice and purpose.