# Character State: ch-01

## Mira
Location: Center Span, Obsidian Bridge, Great Crevasse
Physical: Right palm bleeding/slashed; sudden sensory overload; systemic fatigue; somatic war within her blood.
Emotional: Violated; overwhelmed; defensively furious.
Active obligations: Owes Dorian administrative proximity (Ch01) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: [Mira/Dorian] Soul-tether stability (Ch01) -- UNRESOLVED; [Mira/Dorian] Institutional merger logistics (Ch01) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch03—unresolved): Knows she felt a "wild joy" during the sensory bleed -- Dorian does not know.
Arc: 10% -- Forced from solitary institutional leadership into a non-consensual biological and administrative union with her rival.
Permanent: YES

## Dorian Solas
Location: Center Span, Obsidian Bridge, Great Crevasse
Physical: Right palm bleeding/slashed; hands trembling; suffering from intense thermal shock/suffocation from Mira's heat.
Emotional: Shocked; physically compromised; struggling for clinical composure.
Active obligations: Owes Mira administrative cooperation (Ch01) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: [Dorian/Mira] Neural feedback management (Ch01) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch03—unresolved): Realized he finds Mira's chaos "fascinating" -- Mira does not know.
Arc: 10% -- His "absolute zero" discipline was shattered by the sensory bleed, exposing him to Mira's chaotic internal heat.
Permanent: YES

## Kaelen — DECEASED (Ch04)
Established: Died bracing the Ash-Quarry Arena pylons against a magma breach.
Legacy: His presence as Mira's senior proctor in this chapter establishes the scale of what she eventually loses.

# World State: ch-01

## NPC Memory
- Kaelen (Pyre Academy): SUSPICIOUS -- Witnessed Mira's agitation regarding the decree -- Likely to monitor the bridge meeting's outcome.
- Imperial Ministry (The Capital): AUTHORITATIVE -- Issued the Starfall Accord mandate -- Expects immediate compliance and stabilization.

## Faction Attitudes
- Pyre Academy: REBELLIOUS -- View the merger as a "lobotomy" and a threat to their kinetic sovereignty.
- Crystalline Spire: ARROGANT -- View the Pyre as unrefined and dangerous; value the "Founders' Binding" as a stabilization tool.

## Active World Events
- The Starfall: CRITICAL -- Silver-black ether is devouring constellations; the breach is widening over the Volcanic Reach.
- The Accord: ACTIVE -- The administrative and soul-tether is signed and permanent; schools are legally intertwined.