# Character State: ch-11

## Mira Vasquez
Location: The Starfall Nexus, High Spire Peak
Physical: Severe mana-depletion; cardiovascular strain; thermal scarring on palms.
Emotional: Transformed; experiencing a profound, quiet clarity through the Grey resonance.
Active obligations: Owes the Ministry a response to the "Correction Clause" (Ch08) -- PAID (Defied).
Open loops: Mira/Dorian physical feedback loop (Ch03) -- RESOLVED (Integrated into the Paradox); Mira/Dorian "Binary Star" stability (Ch02) -- RESOLVED (The Grey Era established).
Known secrets: Knows the sensation of planetary-scale channeling -- The Senate does not know.
Arc: 95% -- Completed the transition from a volatile solitary fire-mage to the co-anchor of a new magical law.
Permanent: YES

## Dorian Solas
Location: The Starfall Nexus, High Spire Peak
Physical: Right hand frost-lock REVERSED; neurological exhaustion; metabolic stabilization.
Emotional: Vulnerable; intellectually overwhelmed by the "extraordinary" success of the fusion.
Active obligations: Owes Mira administrative cooperation (Ch01) -- PAID.
Open loops: Dorian/Mira somatic threshold limits (Ch03) -- RESOLVED (The 15-foot limit is shattered).
Known secrets: Discovered the exact frequency of Paradox magic -- The Spire archives have no record of this.
Arc: 95% -- Surrendered clinical distance for absolute somatic and emotional integration with his rival.
Permanent: YES

## Kaelen — DECEASED (Ch04)
Established: Died during the stabilization failure at the Obsidian Bridge.
Legacy: His absence forced Mira to stop seeking a traditional Pyre anchor and accept Dorian as her sole partner.

## High Inquisitor Malchor
Location: The Bastion Balcony (slumped/retreating)
Physical: Kinetic feedback injuries; minor burns.
Emotional: Humiliated and terrified by the heretical display of power.
Active obligations: Owes the Emperor a report on the merger (Ch01) -- UNPAID.
Open loops: Malchor/Severance Key deployment (Ch11) -- RESOLVED (Key shattered).
Known secrets: Witnessed the birth of the Grey Era -- The Capital is still unaware.
Arc: 100% -- Transitioned from a powerful enforcer to an irrelevant witness of a new age.
Permanent: YES

## Lyra
Location: The High Spire stairwell
Physical: No injuries; cracked spectacles.
Emotional: Scholarly fascination; documenting the impossible.
Active obligations: Owes the Ministry a stabilization audit (Ch08) -- PAID (Rendered irrelevant).
Open loops: Lyra/Stabilization Lattice integrity (Ch08) -- RESOLVED (Replaced by the Equilibrium).
Known secrets: Has recorded the first data on "Grey Resonance" -- The world is not ready.
Arc: 85% -- Chosen to facilitate the faculty transition into the unified curriculum.
Permanent: YES

# World State: ch-11

## NPC Memory
- High Inquisitor Malchor (Ministry): TERRIFIED -- Witnessed the destruction of the Severance Key -- Likely to report the Chancellors as gods or monsters.
- The Student Body (Solas-Pyre): INSPIRED -- Witnessed the Sky-Healing -- Beginning to self-identify as "Grey Mages."

## Faction Attitudes
- The Ministry of Magic: HOSTILE/WEAKENED -- Their technological advantage (Severance Key) was proven useless against the Fusion.
- The Unified Faculty: HARMONIZED -- The physical evidence of the Grey Sky has ended the active debate between fire and ice.

## Active World Events
- The Starfall Drift: PERMANENTLY STABILIZED; converted into the Grey Aurora.
- The Transition Period: CONCLUDED; the schools are physically and magically merged.
- The Grey Era: A permanent new environmental state allowing dual-resonance magic.