# Character State: ch-13

## Mira
Location: High Spire Peak Balcony, Ignis-Glacies Academy
Physical: No injuries; wearing charcoal-grey silk formal gown; internal heat stabilized as a "hearth."
Emotional: Vulnerable but resolute; experiencing a "somatic equilibrium" shift.
Active obligations: Owes the student body a unified defense strategy (ch-13) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: The Imperial Ministry audit/retaliation (ch-13) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch08—unresolved): Knows the founders encoded a death-pact 300 years ago; Has Kaelen's farewell letter.
Arc: 90% -- Surrendered her defensive rivalry to embrace the "Grey" equilibrium with Dorian.
Permanent: YES (Permanent sensory integration).

## Dorian Solas
Location: High Spire Peak Balcony, Ignis-Glacies Academy
Physical: Right hand fully restored (pink and steady); adrenaline crash from magical outburst.
Emotional: Protective and raw; his clinical mask is completely discarded.
Active obligations: Promised Mira to defend her status against the Ministry (ch-13) -- PAID.
Open loops: Imperial Judiciary formal grievance (ch-13) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch08—unresolved): Signed the Accord knowing the founders' death-pact was encoded; Has Kaelen's farewell letter.
Arc: 95% -- Abandoned clinical distance to publicly claim Mira as his equal and "fire."
Permanent: YES (Public rejection of Ministry "Correction Clause").

## Elara
Location: Great Hall, Ignis-Glacies Academy
Physical: No injuries; wearing charcoal-grey Warden robes.
Emotional: Composed and authoritative; executing her role as First Warden.
Active obligations: Lead the student military resistance (ch-09) -- ACTIVE.
Known secrets: Received Kaelen’s third farewell letter.
Arc: 75% -- Successfully transitioned from student to the Academy's administrative bridge.
Permanent: NO.

## Kaelen — DECEASED (ch-09)
Established: Collapsed the Obsidian Bridge while holding off Malchor’s vanguard, falling into the chasm to buy the Academy time.
Legacy: His empty chair and the scorched patch on the rug serve as the moral center of the new Union.

## Aric — DECEASED (Ch04)
Established: Threw himself in front of a Starfall surge bolt to save Mira.
Legacy: His empty chair in the Great Hall remains the highest honor and a symbol of sacrifice for the Union.

# World State: ch-13

## NPC Memory
- Councillor Voss (Imperial Ministry): HUMILIATED -- Publicly rebuked by Dorian and Mira during the Gala -- Likely to file a formal grievance/legal retaliation.
- High Inquisitor Malchor (Capital): DEFEATED -- Retreating with useless armor -- Still poses a long-term threat with the Ministry.

## Faction Attitudes
- Imperial Ministry: HOSTILE -- Views the "Grey Union" as a heresy and a threat to Imperial monopoly.
- Student Body: UNIFIED -- Students have adopted charcoal-grey uniforms and are blending their elemental disciplines.

## Active World Events
- The Grey Era: STABILIZED -- The Starfall has settled into a permanent mercury-grey luminescence.
- The Ministry Audit: ESCALATING -- Councillor Voss has shifted from observation to active political sabotage.