# Character State: ch-09

## Mira Vasquez
Location: The Bastion Balcony, Pyre Academy
Physical: Severe mana-exhaustion; spiritual "fraying" from the resonance; minor thermal bruising on chest.
Emotional: Transcendent but terrified; experiencing total somatic integration with Dorian.
Active obligations: Owes the Ministry a response to the "Correction Clause" (Ch08) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: Mira/Dorian physical feedback loop (Ch03) -- RESOLVED (Subsumed by Nexus); Mira/Dorian/Malchor "Severance" threat (Ch08) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Knows she has found the frequency to stabilize the Starfall—Dorian knows, but the Ministry does not.
Arc: 90% -- Surrendered her individual magical sovereignty to become a permanent "Battery" for the Union.
Permanent: YES

## Dorian Solas
Location: The Bastion Balcony, Pyre Academy
Physical: Right hand paralyzed by frost-lock; cognitive "echo" from Mira’s fire; metabolic collapse.
Emotional: Epiphanic; has replaced clinical observation with visceral shared experience.
Active obligations: Owes Mira administrative cooperation (Ch01) -- PAID.
Open loops: Dorian/Mira somatic threshold limits (Ch03) -- RESOLVED (Limits shattered by the Nexus).
Known secrets: Discovered the "Severance Key" is actually a God-Slayer shard—Mira now knows.
Arc: 95% -- Transitioned from an "Ice Anchor" to the "Lens" for a new, singular magical discipline.
Permanent: YES

## Kaelen — DECEASED (Ch04)
Established: Died during the stabilization failure at the Obsidian Bridge.
Legacy: His absence forced Mira to trust Dorian as her sole anchor during the Siege.

## Lyra
Location: The Grand Archive Stairwell, Pyre Academy
Physical: Shaken; singed robes from the Inquisitor's kinetic blast.
Emotional: Defensive and desperate; protecting the stabilization scrolls.
Active obligations: Owes the Ministry the stabilization audit (Ch08) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: Lyra/Stabilization Lattice integrity (Ch08) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Noticed the "Binary Star" sigil is no longer glowing, but humming—The Ministry does not know yet.
Arc: 20% -- Chose to hide the Chancellors' forbidden "Paradox" readings from the Imperial Silencers.
Permanent: NO

## High Inquisitor Malchor
Location: The Lower Plaza (Retreating), Pyre Academy
Physical: Mana-burns on his face from the Grey Surge.
Emotional: Furious and shaken; humiliated by the Chancellors' unified power.
Active obligations: Owes the Emperor the successful "Correction" of the Chancellors (Ch08) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: Malchor/Severance Key activation (Ch08) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: The "Severance Key" will likely kill the weaker anchor—The Chancellors now suspect this.
Arc: 15% -- Forced to acknowledge that the "Union" magic is stronger than the Ministry's suppression tools.
Permanent: YES

# World State: ch-09

## NPC Memory
- High Inquisitor Malchor (Ministry): HUMILIATED -- Struck back by the Grey Surge -- Vowed to return with the "Severance Key."
- The Student Body (Pyre/Spire): INSPIRED -- Witnessed the "Binary Star" resonance -- Starting to mimic the shared casting techniques.

## Faction Attitudes
- The Ministry of Magic: EXTREMIST -- Now views the Union as a heretical threat to the Throne's monopoly on magic.
- The Union Faculty: UNITED -- Defensive wall formed around the Chancellors; internal rivalries have cooled into a "Siege Mentality."

## Active World Events
- The Starfall Drift: Critical Mass; the sky has turned "Mercury-Grey" over the Academy.
- The Grey Resonance: A new, permanent magical atmosphere created by the synthesis of fire and ice.