# Character State: ch-17

## Mira
Location: The Imperial Judiciary Plaza, The Capital.
Physical: Sustaining high-frequency mana exhaustion; skin buzzing with residual kinetic energy from the "Steam Phoenix" manifestation.
Emotional: Transformed by the sensory bleed; radiating a quiet, terrifying confidence that unsettles the Ministry officials.
Active obligations: Defend the legal sovereignty of the combined Solas-Pyre Academy before the High Council.
Open loops: Navigating the political fallout of the unsanctioned magical fusion performed in public.
Arc: 95% — Transitioned from a defensive educator to an aggressive political revolutionary.

## Dorian Solas
Location: The Imperial Judiciary Plaza, The Capital.
Physical: Metabolic tremors in left shoulder; right hand steady only when anchored by Mira’s presence.
Emotional: Vulnerable but resolute; has shed the "Clinical Mask" entirely in favor of authentic emotional resonance.
Active obligations: Provide the stabilizing "Ice" containment for Mira’s "Fire" during the Judiciary hearings.
Open loops: Facing potential exile or stripping of titles for "kinetic heresy."
Arc: 95% — Has successfully integrated his emotional capacity with his magical output, shedding his cold isolation.

## Elara
Location: Solas-Pyre Academy (Great Hall).
Physical: Uninjured.
Emotional: Heavily burdened but composed; serving as the anchor for the remaining students.
Active obligations: Maintaining the Academy’s physical wards while the Chancellors are at the Capital.
Open loops: Preparing for potential Ministry seizure if the hearing fails.
Arc: 90% — Fully transitioned into the role of Administrator and Guardian.

## NPC Memory
- Councillor Voss: ENRAGED — Witnessed the Steam Phoenix firsthand; views the Union as a direct threat to the Imperial monopoly on power.
- The High Council: STUNNED — The visual proof of the union (The Phoenix) has fractured their consensus on the "heresy" charges.

# World State: ch-17

## Active World Events
- The Steam Phoenix: ACTIVE — A living manifestation of fire and ice magic fused into a sentient entity; currently perched atop the Judiciary spires.
- The Judicial Hearing: ONGOING — The legal battle for the "Sovereign Residency" of the Grey Union.
- Public Sentiment: SHIFTING — The Capital citizenry is viewing the Union’s magic as a thing of beauty rather than a danger for the first time.

## Faction Attitudes
- The Ministry: AGGRESSIVE — Initiating emergency protocols to "contain" the new magical frequency.
- The Student Body: UNITED — The rivalry between fire and ice students has been replaced by a singular "Grey" identity.

## Environmental Baseline
- The Grey Sky: The mercury-tinted sky over the Academy has stabilized, no longer fluctuating with the Chancellors' moods, but humming with a constant, shared power.
- Mana-Bleed: The physical boundary between Mira and Dorian's magic has dissolved; their casting is now intrinsically linked.