# Character State: ch-14

## Mira
Location: The Starfall Crater / Chancellor’s Sanctum
Physical: Skin radiating a constant, gentle warmth; eyes flickering with mercury-gold flecks; palms marked by faint silver scarring from the ritual.
Emotional: Transcendent; profound relief masking a new, heavy sense of responsibility; deeply bonded to Dorian.
Active obligations: Must finalize the new joint curriculum by dawn.
Open loops: Needs to address the Ministry’s impending inquiry regarding the "Phoenix Incident."
Known secrets: Realizes she can now sense Dorian’s emotional state even without physical contact.
Arc: 90% — Has fully abandoned the "Fire vs. Ice" dichotomy for a unified magical identity.
Permanent: YES

## Dorian Solas
Location: The Starfall Crater / Chancellor’s Sanctum
Physical: Frost-breath stabilized; right hand glows with a soft, internal silver light when channeling; movements are more fluid, less rigid.
Emotional: Protective; quiet awe; vulnerable in his newfound intimacy with Mira.
Active obligations: Draft a formal defense of the Starfall Accord for the High Council.
Open loops: Identifying the rogue element in the Ministry that attempted to sabotage the crater ritual.
Known secrets: Confessed that his clinical detachment was a mask for his fear of his own power's potential for destruction.
Arc: 90% — Has traded his obsession with "control" for a partnership based on "resonance."
Permanent: YES

## Elara
Location: High Spire Lookout
Physical: No injuries; wearing the new dual-crested Warden cloak.
Emotional: Vigilant; optimistic but weary.
Active obligations: Managing the relocation of students from the collapsed South Wing.
Open loops: None.
Known secrets: Saw the Steam Phoenix before the Chancellors did; kept it secret to avoid panic.
Arc: 95% — Transitioned from a Pyre-loyalist to the primary enforcer of the Union’s peace.
Permanent: YES

# World State: ch-14

## NPC Memory
- Councillor Voss: TERRIFIED — Witnessed the manifestation of the Steam Phoenix and fled the crater site.
- Academic Staff: DIVIDED — Half see the "Grey Resonance" as a miracle, half as a dangerous mutation of traditional laws.

## Faction Attitudes
- The Ministry of Arcana: HOSTILE — Preparing a "safety audit" as a pretext for a hostile takeover of the Academy.
- The Student Body: ECSTATIC — Rumors of the dissolved 15-foot limit have sparked celebratory "mixing" in the common halls.

## Active World Events
- The Steam Phoenix: AWAKENED — A sentient entity of pure mercury-fire now nesting within the Academy’s ley lines.
- The Grey Resonance: PERMANENT — The atmosphere around the school is perpetually temperate; snow and flame now coexist in the same physical space.
- The 15-Foot Limit: DISSOLVED — Magicians of opposing elements can now touch without catastrophic thermal shock.
- The Starfall Crater: STABILIZED — Now acting as a geothermal power source for the school's defenses.