# Character State: ch-05

## Mira
Location: High Spire Peak, Crystalline Spire Academy
Physical: Mana-exhaustion; spiritual "fraying" from the Soul-Bond; stable.
Emotional: Defiant but physically compromised; mourning Kaelen with cold fury.
Active obligations: Owes Dorian administrative cooperation (Ch01) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: [Mira/Ministry] explaining the Arena collapse (Ch04) -- UNRESOLVED; [Mira/Dorian] stabilizing the Starfall (Ch02) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch03—unresolved): Knows she felt a "wild joy" during the sensory bleed -- Dorian does not know.
Arc: 50% -- Transitioned from institutional leader to a political fugitive under the "Correction Clause."
Permanent: YES (Soul-tether frequency has permanently shifted to a "Grey" resonance).

## Dorian Solas
Location: High Spire Peak, Crystalline Spire Academy
Physical: Silver scarring on right arm; metabolic depletion; right hand thermal sensitivity.
Emotional: Stoic but deeply shaken; protective of Mira over the Spire's safety.
Active obligations: Owes Mira administrative cooperation (Ch01) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: [Dorian/Mira] somatic threshold limits (Ch03) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch03—unresolved): Realized he finds Mira's chaos "fascinations" -- Mira does not know.
Arc: 55% -- Formally defied the Imperial Ministry, abandoning his role as a "Rule-Follower" to protect the Union.
Permanent: YES (Right arm shows permanent silver scarring from the Arena/Bond surge).

## Kaelen — DECEASED (Ch04)
Established: Died bracing the Ash-Quarry Arena pylons against a magma breach.
Legacy: His death serves as the primary radicalizing force for Mira and the Pyre faculty against the Ministry.

## Aric — DECEASED (Ch04)
Established: Threw himself between Mira and a Starfall void bolt.
Legacy: His sacrifice proved Ministry sabotage and turned Elara into a weaponized ally for the Chancellors.

## Elara
Location: High Spire Peak, Crystalline Spire Academy
Physical: No injuries.
Emotional: Glacially vengeful; analytical grief.
Active obligations: None.
Open loops: [Elara/Ministry] seeking justice for Aric (Ch05) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (guilt): Aric told her something was wrong with the arena node; she dismissed it.
Arc: 35% -- Has taken up the mantle of student leader, bridging the gap between Spire logic and Pyre mourning.
Permanent: NO

# World State: ch-05

## NPC Memory
- Spire/Pyre Students (High Spire): UNIFIED -- Witnessed the Ministry's attempt to arrest the Chancellors -- Collective resistance.
- Ministry Silencers (The Reach): AGGRESSIVE -- Executing the "Correction Clause" -- Seeking the Chancellors' arrest.

## Faction Attitudes
- Imperial Ministry: HOSTILE -- View the Chancellors as traitors for the Arena disaster and subsequent defiance.
- The Combined Faculty: PROTECTIVE -- The administrative merger has become a defensive pact against the Throne.

## Active World Events
- The Correction Clause: ACTIVE -- The schools are legally dissolved; Chancellors are fugitives.
- The Starfall Surge: PEAKING -- The atmospheric instability is increasing as the Ministry pulls stabilization support.