# Character State: ch-04

## Mira
Location: The Ash-Quarry Arena, Pyre Academy grounds
Physical: Severe mana-exhaustion; singed hair; bruising on ribs from kinetic percussion.
Emotional: Devastated and vengeful; experiencing a total collapse of her professional rivalry.
Active obligations: Owes Dorian a shared administrative plan (Ch01) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: [Mira/Dorian] stabilizing the Starfall (Ch02) -- UNRESOLVED; [Mira/Ministry] explaining the Arena collapse (Ch04) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch03—unresolved): Knows she felt a "wild joy" during the sensory bleed -- Dorian does not know.
Arc: 40% -- Transitioned from protector of her school to a witness of its failure; priority shifted from institutional sovereignty to survival.
Permanent: YES (Elemental signature permanently scarred by the feedback of Kaelen's death).

## Dorian Solas
Location: The Ash-Quarry Arena, Pyre Academy grounds
Physical: Frost-lock in left arm; metabolic collapse; right hand thermal scarring aggravated.
Emotional: Traumatized and protective; absolute loss of his clinical distance.
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 "fascinating" -- Mira does not know.
Arc: 45% -- Abandoned the "Absolute Zero" discipline to physically anchor Mira during a catastrophe.
Permanent: YES (Right arm shows permanent silvery scarring from the Arena surge).

## Kaelen — DECEASED (Ch04)
Established: Died while physically bracing the Arena's structural pylons against a Starfall-induced magma breach to allow the students to evacuate.
Legacy: His death destroyed Mira's belief in the current Accord and forced the first true, desperate magical integration with Dorian.

## Aric
Location: Infirmary Triage, Pyre Academy
Physical: Minor burns; kinetic shock.
Emotional: Guilt-ridden; looking to Mira for direction.
Arc: 15% -- Lost his mentor (Kaelen); forced into a leadership role for the displaced Pyre students.
Permanent: NO

## Elara
Location: Infirmary Triage, Pyre Academy
Physical: No injuries.
Emotional: Analytical and shaken; observing the somatic link between the Chancellors.
Arc: 10% -- Realized that Spire logic cannot account for the volatility of the Starfall.
Permanent: NO

# World State: ch-04

## NPC Memory
- Pyre Students (Arena): TERRIFIED -- Witnessed Kaelen's death -- Blaming the Accord for the lack of structural wards.
- Spire Initiates (Arena): SHOCKED -- Witnessed the failure of their stabilization lattices -- Questioning Dorian’s absolute control.

## Faction Attitudes
- Imperial Ministry: AGGRESSIVE -- View the Arena disaster as a failure of the Chancellors -- Likely to escalate to a full "Correction Clause."
- The Pyre Faculty: RADICALIZED -- Kaelen’s death has turned their frustration into a demand for total secession or total war.

## Active World Events
- The Starfall Surge: PEAKING -- The Arena collapse was triggered by a localized tear in the Drift.
- The Transition Period: HALTED -- All classes suspended; the Academy is under emergency martial law.