# Character State: ch-09

## Mira
Location: The Crystalline Spire, High Archives (The Shattered Sealing Chamber)
Physical: Severe internal crystallization of mana; bleeding from ears; right hand fused to the conduit.
Emotional: Transcendent and desperate; experiencing a terrifying clarity regarding the Emperor’s mortality.
Active obligations: Owesorian a shared life-force anchor (Ch09) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: Mira/Dorian "Solar-Frost Flare" stability (Ch09) -- UNRESOLVED; Mira/Emperor "The Living Battery" revelation (Ch09) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Knows the Emperor is not just sustained by the Starfall, but is a vacuum that will collapse the world if severed -- Dorian does not know.
Arc: 95% -- Mira accepted the total destruction of her individual magical identity to become a tether for the world’s survival.
Permanent: YES (Mana veins permanently altered to "Grey" resonance; officially declared a heretic-god by the Ministry).

## Dorian Solas
Location: The Crystalline Spire, High Archives (The Shattered Sealing Chamber)
Physical: Fractured ribs; frost-blindness in left eye; right arm paralyzed by kinetic backflow.
Emotional: Devastated but resolute; the "Glacial Dean" has been replaced by a man willing to commit deicide.
Active obligations: Owes Mira a vow of redirection (Ch09) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: Dorian/Ministry "Sovereignty Breach" (Ch09) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Realized the Spire’s foundations were built to be a cage for the Starfall, not a shield -- Mira does not know.
Arc: 90% -- Dorian shattered his final tie to Imperial law, choosing Mira’s survival over the Spire’s historical neutrality.
Permanent: YES (Renounced all Northern titles; relationship with Mira shifted to "Absolute Singular Bond").

## Kaelen
Location: The Crystalline Spire, Outer Defenses (The Obsidian Ridge)
Physical: Shrapnel wounds in shoulder; magical exhaustion.
Emotional: Grim and vengeful; leading the Pyre vanguard in a "suicide" hold.
Active obligations: Owes Mira a ten-minute window (Ch09) -- PAID.
Open loops: Kaelen/Vane "Final Duel" (Ch09) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Noticed the Imperial Legions are using Starfall-tainted weapons -- The Chancellors do not know.
Arc: 70% -- Fully transitioned from a suspicious proctor to the General of the Union's military arm.
Permanent: NO

## Lyra
Location: The Crystalline Spire, Intelligence Hub (The Mercury-Glass Array)
Physical: No injuries; severe mental strain.
Emotional: Numb; witnessing the literal unmaking of magical laws.
Active obligations: Owes Dorian the "Severance Equation" (Ch09) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: Lyra/Imperial Censors "Data Breach" (Ch09) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Found the specific frequency that kills a Chancellors but saves the world -- The Chancellors do not know.
Arc: 60% -- Abandoned academic ethics to pursue "Lethal Stabilization" research.
Permanent: NO

# World State: ch-09

## NPC Memory
- High Inquisitor Vane (Ministry Vanguard): BLOODTHIRSTY -- Witnessed the Chancellors manifest Paradox magic -- Will now use "Entropy Charges" to level the Spire.
- The Emperor (The Eternal Throne): PREDATORY -- Sensing the Chancellors' weakness through the tether -- Accelerating the Starfall's descent.

## Faction Attitudes
- The Ministry of Magic: GENOCIDAL -- Considers the "Grey Magic" of the Union a biological plague.
- The Starfall Union: RADICALIZED -- Pyre and Spire students are now fighting in mixed-element squads, abandoning traditional house loyalties.

## Active World Events
- The Obsidian Siege: The Spire is surrounded by the Imperial Legion; 4 hours until the wards collapse.
- The Starfall Convergence: The rift has touched the physical peak of the Spire; reality is warping within a 5-mile radius.