# Character State: ch-03

## Mira
Location: Chancellor’s Sanctum, Pyre Academy
Physical: No injuries; residual somatic warmth; fatigue.
Emotional: Guarded; experiencing intense, confusing physical attraction to Dorian; shaken by the loss of elemental control.
Active obligations: Owes Dorian a functioning floor plan (Ch03) — PAID.
Open loops: Mira/Dorian "Binary Star" stability (Ch02) — UNRESOLVED; Mira/Dorian physical feedback loop (Ch03) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Knows she felt a "wild joy" during the sensory bleed — Dorian does not know.
Arc: 25% — Shifted from seeing Dorian as a purely political obstacle to a biological necessity/danger.
Permanent: YES (First instance of somatic healing/energy transfer; established a reciprocal mana-grounding connection with Dorian).

## Dorian Solas
Location: Adjoining quarters, Chancellor’s Sanctum
Physical: Minor thermal burn on right hand; scorched cuff on right wrist.
Emotional: Terrified by the breach of his "absolute zero" discipline; struggling with repressed desire.
Active obligations: Owes Mira administrative cooperation (Ch01) — UNPAID.
Open loops: Dorian/Mira somatic threshold limits (Ch03) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Realized he finds Mira's chaos "fascinating" — Mira does not know.
Arc: 30% — Formally acknowledged his loss of total self-control by choosing to keep the scorched mark as a reminder.
Permanent: YES (Elemental affinity was physically overridden by Mira’s emotions for the first time).

## Kaelen
Location: Great Hall/Sanctum corridor, Pyre Academy
Physical: No injuries.
Emotional: Vigilant and suspicious; sensing the unstable "atmosphere" between the Chancellors.
Active obligations: Owes Mira a report on student brawls (Ch03) — PAID.
Open loops: Kaelen/Ministry report on Chancellors (Ch03) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Noticed the intimate tension upon entering the Sanctum — The student body does not know.
Arc: 05% — Realized the Chancellors are "testing thresholds" that might be dangerous to the school's structure.
Permanent: NO

## Lyra
Location: Great Hall/Sanctum corridor, Pyre Academy
Physical: No injuries.
Emotional: Professionally detached; focused on Ministry deadlines.
Active obligations: Owes the Ministry final residency allocations (Ch03) — PAID.
Open loops: Lyra/Student brawl fallout (Ch03) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: None.
Arc: 00% — No change.
Permanent: NO

# World State: ch-03

## NPC Memory
- The Student Body (Pyre/Spire): VOLATILE — A brawl in the dining hall involving soup and a blizzard — Increased tribalism and fear of the "other" discipline.
- Ministry Officials (Capital): IMPATIENT — Demanding residency allocations — Preparing to send observers if friction continues.

## Faction Attitudes
- Crystalline Spire Faculty: ARROGANT/FRAGILE — View the Pyre as a "kiln" and a threat to their meditative precision.
- Pyre Academy Faculty: REBELLIOUS — View the Spire as "humorless lizards" trying to handcuff their kinetic nature.

## Active World Events
- The Starfall Drift: Accelerating; the sky remains a "persistent, angry red" over the Volcanic Reach.
- The Transition Period: One week remains until the full integration of student classes begins.