# Character State: ch-07

## Mira Vasquez
Location: The Solstice Loom (Ritual Chamber), The Reach
Physical: Severe kinetic exhaustion; fingertips frost-nipped from anchoring Dorian; second-degree mana-burn on left forearm.
Emotional: Terrified but anchored; experiencing a permanent sensory "overlap" with Dorian due to the Grey resonance. 
Active obligations: Completed the Starfall pulse stabilization.
Open loops: [Mira/Dorian] The permanent "Grey" resonance shifting their baseline magic—magic no longer feels purely internal.
Known secrets: Discovered the Inquisitor’s monitoring tether is actively feeding on her fire—Dorian remains unaware.
Arc: 75% — Transitioned from defensive rival to a unified magical node.

## Dorian Solas
Location: The Solstice Loom (Ritual Chamber), The Reach
Physical: Significant "Cold-Sick" lung congestion; metabolic rate dangerously low; left hand trembling from thermal feedback.
Emotional: Intellectually overwhelmed; feeling the "wild joy" of fire for the first time; protective of the new resonance.
Active obligations: Completed the sapphire-glass containment field for the surge.
Open loops: [Dorian/Ministry] Legal repercussions for the unauthorized Loom ritual.
Known secrets: Realized the High Inquisitor's "Correction" is a death sentence, not a reprimand—Mira remains unaware.
Arc: 80% — Fully abandoned Spire isolationism to merge his core with the Paradox.

## Lyra
Location: Observation Deck, The Spire
Physical: Sleep-deprived but uninjured.
Emotional: Increasingly paranoid; convinced the Ministry is tracking the Loom’s specific frequency signature.
Active obligations: Successfully provided the diversion to mask the ritual.
Open loops: [Lyra/Faculty] Managing student unrest regarding the "Grey" curriculum.
Known secrets: Maintains the location of the hidden archives from the Ministry.
Arc: 50% — Shifted from administrator to active logistics lead for the resistance.

# World State: ch-07

## NPC Memory
- **High Inquisitor Malchor:** HOSTILE. Confirmed the Loom ritual bypassed Imperial dampeners; preparing a military "Correction."
- **The Student Body:** DIVIDED. The silver-grey light of the Loom has turned fear into curious awe for a vocal minority.

## Faction Attitudes
- **The Eternal Throne:** AGGRESSIVE. Views the unified "Grey" power as an existential threat to the Imperial mana monopoly.
- **The Reach Faculty:** FRACTURED. The "Purists" see the merger as the death of tradition; "Modernists" see it as survival.

## Active World Events
- **The Starfall Drift:** ESCALATING. Sky is mercury-grey; silver sparks are falling as a heavy, constant, mana-dense mist.
- **The Solstice Loom:** CONCLUDED. Ritual stabilized the atmosphere but created a permanent magical beacon for the Ministry.
- **The Monitoring Embargo:** ACTIVE. The schools are under total Imperial surveillance; mana-flow is being throttled by the Capital.
- **The Grey Resonance:** PERMANENT. A new form of magic—neither fire nor ice—has been introduced to the world’s ecosystem through Mira and Dorian.