# Character State: ch-09

## Mira Vasquez
Location: The Imperial Dais, Solstice Loom Chamber
Physical: Mana-burned palms; skin tracing with "Grey" fractures; heart rate synced to the Loom’s rhythm; severe exhaustion.
Emotional: Transcendent; she has accepted the death of her individual fire for the survival of the Accord.
Active obligations: Stabilize the Starfall (Ch01) — IN PROGRESS (Final cycle).
Open loops: [Mira/Dorian] Surviving the Severance Key’s final pulse (Ch10) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch08): The Soul-Tether Imperial back-door.
Arc: 95% — She has ceased being a Fire Mage to become the Grey Conductor.
Permanent: YES (Elemental signature permanently merged/altered).

## Dorian Solas
Location: The Imperial Dais, Solstice Loom Chamber
Physical: Frost-rimed lashes; right hand fused to the Loom’s housing via stasis-lock; bleeding from ears due to mana-pressure.
Emotional: Absolute devotion; he has rejected the Spire’s "Purity" doctrine in favor of Mira.
Active obligations: Protect Mira from the Ministry (Ch01) — IN PROGRESS.
Open loops: [Dorian/Lineage] The confession of his family’s role in the original Breach (Ch08) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch08): His bloodline’s guilt regarding the Starfall.
Arc: 90% — Complete rejection of Imperial law.
Permanent: YES (The "Spire’s Perfection" is shattered; he can no longer access pure Frost).

## High Inquisitor Malchor
Location: The Imperial Dais
Physical: Radiating gold solar-flame; levitating three inches off the floor.
Emotional: Vengeful; views the Grey magic as a cancer on the Empire.
Active obligations: Activate the Severance Key (Ch09) — COMPLETED.
Open loops: [Malchor/Survival] The physical recoil of the Loom’s collapse (Ch10) — UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Knows the Key is a "mercy kill" for the Empire’s stability.
Arc: 90% — Fully committed to the role of the Architect of Erasure.

# World State: ch-09

## NPC Memory
- Imperial Phalanx: RECOILING — The Grey shockwave has pushed the physical guard back from the Dais.
- Ministry Scribes: BLINDED — The magnitude of the Loom's output has rendered visual recording impossible.

## Faction Attitudes
- The Eternal Throne: GENOCIDAL — Orders have been decrypted to raze both academies if the Union survives.
- The Combined Faculty: ARRIVED — Faculty reinforcements are currently engaging the perimeter guard.

## Active World Events
- The Great Synthesis: CRITICAL — Fire and Frost have ceased to exist as separate entities within the Loom chamber; the "Grey" frequency is now the dominant local physical law.
- The Severance Key: ACTIVE — The device is currently attempting to untether Mira and Dorian’s souls, which would result in immediate mana-implosion.
- The Starfall Accord: FRACTURED — The legal document is physically burning on the Dais, replaced by the reality of the magical Union.