# Character State: ch-21

## Mira
Location: The Crystal Spire, High Spire Compound (Sanctum floor)
Physical: Residual tremor in hands; brand on palm glowing with a faint, steady violet light; exhaustion masking a sharpened clarity of will.
Emotional: Transformed; she has moved beyond self-recrimination into a state of "tempered iron." She accepts the duality of her power and her feelings for Dorian as a tool for reconstruction rather than a source of shame.
Active obligations: To finalize the Grey-resonance stabilizing glyph for the entire compound — URGENT.
Open loops: [Mira/Dorian] The admission of shared sensory bleed during the resonance — UNRESOLVED; [Mira/Students] Rebuilding the trust lost after the arena collapse — ONGOING.
Arc: 85% — She has reclaimed her authority, no longer leading from fear but from integration. She has stepped into the role of a true "Unified Chancellor."

## Dorian Solas
Location: The Crystal Spire, High Spire Compound (Sanctum floor)
Physical: Face pale but expression resolute; hands steady for the first time since the arena collapse; his brand hums in sync with Mira’s.
Emotional: Vulnerable but certain; he has abandoned the "Glacial distance" of the House of Solas. He is physically anchoring the school's mana-core while Mira weaves the terminal glyph.
Active obligations: Shielding Mira from the Ministry Purifiers' political and magical pressure during the casting.
Open loops: [Dorian/Ministry] The refusal to obey the Liquidation Order (Ch-20) has made him an outlaw in the eyes of his House — UNRESOLVED.
Arc: 70% — He has fully transitioned from a rival to a devoted partner, risking his status and lineage to protect Mira’s vision.

## Kaelen
Location: High Spire Gateway
Physical: Armed with a proctor’s staff; cloak tattered but helm polished.
Emotional: Stoic; grimly satisfied to be the line between the Chancellors and the Purifiers.
Active obligations: Holding the gate against the Ministry’s "Audit Team" for one hour — ACTIVE.
Arc: 45% — Has successfully transitioned from a grieving observer to the military-magical shield of the new Accord.

## Elara
Location: The Great Hall (Below the Sanctum)
Physical: Recovered from minor burns; channeling steady low-level frost-resonance to calm the student body.
Emotional: Determined; acting as the beacon of calm for the panicked students.
Arc: 30% — Demonstrating leadership potential; she is the first "Grey Mage" in training.

# World State: ch-21

## NPC Memory
- The Student Body: Shifting from terror to tentative hope as they witness the "Violet Veil" (combined magic) stabilizing the Spire.
- The Ministry Purifiers: Blocked at the gates; they are recording the Chancellors' actions as heresy but cannot breach the unified shield yet.

## Faction Attitudes
- The Ministry: Declared Hostile — The merger is now viewed as an insurrection against the High Council's fire/ice dichotomy.
- The Unified Student Body: Coalescing — The barrier between Pyre and Solas houses is physically dissolving as the mana-wells merge.

## Key Environment Changes
- The Crystal Spire: Its mana-core has permanently shifted from dual-polarized to a singular violet-grey resonance. The air within smells like ozone and charred cedar.
- The Binary Star: No longer a theoretical anomaly; it is now the operating system of the school, requiring both fire and ice to maintain structural integrity.