# Character State: ch-11

## Mira
Location: Sparring Arena Floor, Pyre Academy
Physical: Total mana depletion; shivering from cold-shock; minor somatic bruising from the kinetic impact.
Emotional: Terrified but profoundly bonded; experiencing a primal protective instinct toward Dorian.
Active obligations: Owes Dorian a debt for grounding her lethal kinetic load (Ch11) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: Mira/Dorian "Binary Star" stability (Ch02) -- UNRESOLVED; Mira/Ministry "Sovereignty Breach" regarding the Paradox (Ch11) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Knows she felt a "wild, terrifying joy" in the destructive potential of the Starfall pocket -- Dorian does not know.
Arc: 45% -- Surrendered her role as "sole protector" of the Pyre by trusting her rival with her absolute power to save their students.
Permanent: YES (First manifestation of "The Battery and the Lens" synergy; relationship shifted to a visceral biological necessity).

## Dorian Solas
Location: Sparring Arena Floor, Pyre Academy
Physical: Severe magical exhaustion; nerve-scorch from kinetic overload; skin "flayed" sensation; paralyzed right arm.
Emotional: Shattered and desperate; the "absolute zero" mental fortress has collapsed into an involuntary dependency on Mira.
Active obligations: Owes Aric/Elara medical restoration due to ward failure (Ch11) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: Dorian/Mira somatic threshold limits (Ch03) -- UNRESOLVED; Dorian/Ministry impact of arena disaster (Ch11) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Knows his frost-wards failed due to a moment of jagged distraction caused by the tether -- Mira/Lyra do not know.
Arc: 40% -- Transitioned from a passive observer of the tether to an active participant in "fusing" opposing magics to prevent catastrophe.
Permanent: YES (Manifested the "Paradox" spell; mana capacity permanently altered to accommodate Mira's heat).

## Kaelen
Location: Sparring Arena Floor, tending to Aric.
Physical: Singed eyebrows and robes; minor steam burns on hands.
Emotional: Horror-struck and deeply suspicious; viewing the Chancellors as a singular, unstable threat.
Active obligations: Owes Mira a report on student casualties (Ch11) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: Kaelen/Dorian trust deficit (Ch02) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Noticed the Chancellors remained physically twined and "pulsing" after the danger passed -- Ministry Observers do not know yet.
Arc: 15% -- Realized the merger is no longer administrative but is physically warping the reality of the Academy.
Permanent: NO

## Lyra
Location: Sparring Arena Floor, tending to Elara.
Physical: Shaken; spectacles cracked; no major injuries.
Emotional: Professional despair; focused on the mechanical failure of the Spire lattices.
Active obligations: Owes Dorian a calibration audit of the broken lattices (Ch11) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: Lyra/Ministry Starfall report (Ch11) -- UNRESOLVED.
Known secrets: Documented the exact moment the Starfall pocket inverted the Mercury-Glass via her sensors -- The Chancellors do not know.
Arc: 10% -- Witnessed the first successful "Paradox" magic in three centuries.
Permanent: NO

# World State: ch-11

## NPC Memory
- Aric (Pyre Student): TRAUMATIZED -- Nearly boiled from the inside out -- Likely to fear his own Chancellor's new magic.
- Elara (Spire Student): COMATOSE -- Mana-stripped by the Starfall loop -- Requires immediate life-support from the Union.
- Ministry Observers (Galleries): APPALLED -- Witnessed a lethal failure of the Accord's first public act -- Will likely trigger the "Correction Clause."

## Faction Attitudes
- The Ministry of Magic: HOSTILE -- View the Paradox as proof that the Chancellors are losing control of the schools.
- Pyre Faculty: REBELLIOUS -- Blame the "Northern Ice" for interfering and causing Aric's injury.

## Active World Events
- The Starfall Drift: Accelerating and localized; pockets are now appearing inside warded structures.
- The Transition Stasis: The "Frozen Steam" monument in the arena is now a permanent magical landmark.