# Character State: ch-12

## Mira Vasquez
Location: The summit of High Spire Peak, Solas-Pyre Academy.
Physical: Uninjured, though experiencing the deep, heavy exhaustion of magical depletion; skin retains a faint, healthy glow from the Paradox resonance.
Emotional: Transcendent and liberated. She has moved past the fear of losing her identity to the fire, finding a permanent, balanced anchor in Dorian.
Arc: 100% — Transformed from a desperate institutional defender to the 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; breathing is deep and steady; physical tension has permanently uncoiled from his shoulders.
Emotional: Vulnerable, devoted, and settled. The clinical mask has been replaced by a quiet, fierce transparency. 
Arc: 100% — Transitioned from a rigid institutionalist to a man who defines his existence through a shared resonance.
Permanent: YES

## Aric
Location: Aetheric Courtyard, Solas-Pyre Academy.
Physical: No injuries.
Emotional: Solemn and empowered; feels the weight of leadership but accepts it with clarity.
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; looking toward the horizon rather than the past.
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).
Status: Alive / Disgraced.
Emotional: Terrorized and defeated; his worldview of "null-magic" supremacy has been shattered by the sight of the Grey Arcanum.

# World State: ch-12

## NPC Memory
- The Student Body: UNITED. They have officially abandoned the red and blue silks for the unified Grey. They view Mira and Dorian as living legends rather than mere administrators.
- The Ministry: DEFEATED and IRRELEVANT. The destruction of the Severance Key has stripped them of their primary leverage over the Reach.

## Faction Attitudes
- Solas-Pyre Academy: SOVEREIGN. The school is no longer a colonial outpost of the Capital but a self-governing city-state of balanced magic.
- The Eternal Throne: PARALYZED. With the Starfall Drift stabilized into a permanent auroric shell, the Throne’s monopoly on mana-regulation is broken.

## Active World Events
- The Grey Era: A new epoch of magic where fire and ice are no longer viewed as opposing forces, but as a singular spectrum (The Paradox).
- Stabilization: COMPLETE. The Starfall Drift is no longer a threat; it is now a stable source of ambient energy for the Reach.
- The Wardenship: Established under Aric and Elara, ensuring the Academy remains a sanctuary for all mages regardless of origin.