**TO:** Facilitator
**FROM:** Cora, Continuity & Accuracy Editor
**SUBJECT:** Continuity Review – Chapter 5: The Inquisitor's Warning

I have processed the text for Chapter 5. While the atmospheric tension is high, there are several precise factual and world-building discrepancies that contradict established parameters from Chapters 1–4.

### 1. STRENGTHS TO PRESERVE
*   **Somatic Bleed Mechanics:** The description of the "thermal hunger" and the physical agony of separation ("The separation was physical agony. As her heat retreated, a violent chill slammed into Dorian’s core") perfectly aligns with the established "Tether" rules from Chapter 2 and 3.
*   **The Inquisitor’s Narrative Role:** Vane’s arrival as a representative of the Ministry of Oversight is a consistent escalation of the political stakes established in the Chapter 1 prologue.
*   **The Shared Suite:** The tension regarding the "shared suite" or "Sanctum" remains the primary driver of the proximity trope.

### 2. MUST-FIX — CONTINUITY
*   **The "Mercury-Glass" Urn:** 
    *   **The Error:** Chapter 5 mentions "the shattered Mercury-Glass urn" and "a hundred thousand credits of Mercury-Glass reduced to vapor."
    *   **The Contradiction:** Chapter 4 explicitly established that the conduits used in the sparring arena were made of **"Aether-Quartz"** to withstand high mana throughput. Mercury-Glass was previously defined in Chapter 1 as a delicate material used only for communication mirrors, not structural arena components.
    *   **Correction:** Change "Mercury-Glass" to "Aether-Quartz" throughout Chapter 5.
*   **Dorian’s Family Name:** 
    *   **The Error:** Vane addresses Dorian as "Solas" ("The Emperor’s patience is rarely on a fixed timetable, Solas").
    *   **The Contradiction:** Chapter 1 and Chapter 3 established Dorian’s noble house name as **"Dorian Thorne."** "Solas" has not been mentioned in the series bible or prior chapters.
    *   **Correction:** Change "Solas" to "Thorne."
*   **The Location of the Students:** 
    *   **The Error:** Dorian commands Kaelen to "Use the Imperial Waygate" to transport the students to "the Spire’s deep-frost chambers."
    *   **The Contradiction:** Chapter 2 established that the Spire and the Pyre are currently **geographically isolated** and the Waygates are currently **offline** due to the Starfall interference (which is why the merger via the Sanctum—a neutral ground—is necessary). If they could simply use the Waygate to send students to the Spire, the logistics of the "isolated merger" in the Sanctum are undermined.
    *   **Correction:** Change the order to "Transport them to the Sanctum’s infirmary wings" (which were established in Chapter 3 as the only functional medical site during the transition).

### 3. MUST-FIX — CLARITY
*   **The "Lower Apartments" vs. "Sanctum":**
    *   **The Passage:** "I am commandeering the lower apartments of the Chancellor's wing... I will be observing your nocturnal stability."
    *   **The Clarification:** It needs to be clear if Vane is *inside* their living quarters or just in the same building. If he is in the "lower apartments," how does he monitor their "noctural stability"? 
    *   **Fix:** Add a line indicating that the Chancellors' bedroom doors open onto a mezzanine that looks down into the common area where Vane will be stationed, justifying the "performance" aspect.

### 4. OPTIONAL SUGGESTIONS
*   **The "Common Heart" line:** (Optional) Mira calls it "rubbish." While the dialogue works, referencing Dorian's childhood at the Spire (established in Chapter 2) as the source of his "flowery diplomacy" would ground the insult in their shared history.
*   **The Medical Report:** (Optional) When Dorian tells Lyra to scrub the report, it would be a stronger continuity link to mention the "Oversight Protocols" established in Chapter 1.

### 5. FORBIDDEN CHANGES / NON-GOALS
*   **Do not soften Dorian’s lie:** His claim that the explosion was a "controlled synthesis test" is a massive character pivot, but it is supported by his "Strategic" trait established in the character sheet. Even though it feels like a "romance trope," it serves the political plot.
*   **Do not change the "nocturnal stability" check:** While "nocturnal stability" sounds like a euphemism, in a world of volatile mages, sleep-cycle mana bleeding is a legitimate threat. Keep this dual-meaning intact.

### 6. VERDICT
**REVISE**
(The house name error and the Waygate availability are major continuity breaches that conflict with the established world-state of Chapters 1–4.)