# Character State: ch-12

## Mira Vasquez
Location: The summit of High Spire Peak, Solas-Pyre Academy
Physical: No injuries; lingering thermal bruising; deep metabolic exhaustion.
Emotional: Transcendent and liberated; experiencing profound romantic integration.
Active obligations: Owes Aric/Elara administrative autonomy (Ch12) — PAID.
Open loops: Mira/Dorian "Binary Star" stability (Ch02) — RESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch03—unresolved): Knows she felt a "wild joy" during the sensory bleed — Dorian does not know.
Arc: 100% -- Transformed from a desperate institutional defender to a co-architect of a unified magical era.
Permanent: YES

## Dorian Solas
Location: The summit of High Spire Peak, Solas-Pyre Academy
Physical: Right hand fully restored; residual mana-bruising on neck; exhaustion.
Emotional: Vulnerable and devoted; the clinical mask has been permanently discarded.
Active obligations: Owes Mira administrative cooperation (Ch01) — PAID.
Open loops: Dorian/Mira somatic threshold limits (Ch03) — RESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch03—unresolved): Realized he finds Mira's chaos "fascinating" — Mira does not know.
Arc: 100% -- Transitioned from a rigid institutionalist to a man who defines his existence through a shared resonance.
Permanent: YES

## Kaelen — DECEASED (Ch04)
Established: Died on the Obsidian Bridge during a stabilization failure to save Mira.
Legacy: His sacrifice served as the final catalyst for the Chancellors to bridge the elemental gap and inspired the "Warden’s Reach" memorial.

## Aric
Location: Aetheric Courtyard, Solas-Pyre Academy
Physical: No injuries.
Emotional: Solemn and empowered; ready to lead.
Active obligations: Owes the Academy stable stewardship (Ch12) — UNPAID.
Open loops: None.
Known secrets: None.
Arc: 100% -- Promoted to First Warden; represents the synthesis of Pyre fire and Spire stability.
Permanent: YES

## Elara
Location: Aetheric Courtyard, Solas-Pyre Academy
Physical: No injuries.
Emotional: Disciplined and hopeful.
Active obligations: Owes the Academy stable stewardship (Ch12) — UNPAID.
Open loops: None.
Known secrets: None.
Arc: 100% -- Promoted to First Warden; represents the synthesis of Spire precision and Pyre kineticism.
Permanent: YES

## High Inquisitor Malchor
Location: North Gate, Solas-Pyre Academy (In Retreat)
Physical: Hands scarred by feedback; armor dented.
Emotional: Terrorized and defeated; recognizing the obsolescence of Imperial null-magic.
Arc: 100% -- Reduced from an unstoppable Imperial auditor to a fleeing witness of a new power.
Status: Alive / Disgraced.

# World State: ch-12

## NPC Memory
- The Student Body (Solas-Pyre): UNITED -- Witnessed the elevation of Aric and Elara -- Adopted the "Grey" identity over old tribalism.
- The Ministry (Capital): DEFEATED -- Witnessed the shattering of the Severance Key -- Withdrawn from the Reach.

## Faction Attitudes
- Solas-Pyre Academy: SOVEREIGN -- Unified under the Grey Arcanum.
- The Eternal Throne: PARALYZED -- Its monopoly on magic has been broken by the Paradox resonance.

## Active World Events
- The Grey Era: Permanent stabilization of the reach; the Starfall Drift is now a stable auroric shell.
- The Transition: COMPLETE.