# Character State: ch-12

## Mira Vasquez
Location: High Spire Peak balcony, The Solas-Pyre Academy
Physical: Extreme mana-exhaustion; thermal bruising on chest/collarbone; "forged" muscle fatigue.
Emotional: Transformed; profound peace; intellectually and romantically integrated.
Active obligations: Owes the realm stabilization (Ch01) -- PAID.
Open loops: Mira/Dorian "Binary Star" stability (Ch02) -- RESOLVED; Mira/Dorian physical feedback loop (Ch03) -- RESOLVED.
Known secrets: Knows the "Mira variable" is the key to the Grey Era -- The Capital is still processing the shift.
Arc: 100% -- Completed the transition from solitary fire-mage to the co-anchor of a new magical law.
Permanent: YES

## Dorian Thorne
Location: High Spire Peak balcony, The Solas-Pyre Academy
Physical: Right hand frost-lock REVERSED; silvery "Binary Star" scar on palm; residual exhaustion.
Emotional: Vulnerable; intellectually liberated; experiencing a "fundamental flaw" in previous happiness calculations.
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 that his life was a "static ledger" without Mira -- The Spire archives have no record of this emotional data.
Arc: 100% -- Surrendered clinical distance for absolute somatic and emotional integration.
Permanent: YES

## Kaelen — DECEASED (Ch04)
Established: Died during the stabilization failure at the Obsidian Bridge.
Legacy: His sacrifice forced Mira and Dorian to abandon their rivalry and accept the Paradox to save the realm.

## Lyra
Location: High Spire Peak stairwell
Physical: No injuries; cracked spectacles.
Emotional: Scholarly joy; frantic to codify the new arcanum.
Active obligations: Owes the Ministry a stabilization audit (Ch08) -- PAID (Rendered irrelevant).
Open loops: Lyra/Stabilization Lattice integrity (Ch08) -- RESOLVED (Replaced by the Grey Aurora).
Known secrets: Has recorded data on "Grey Mages" (Aric/Elara) -- The Emperor is not ready.
Arc: 90% -- Transitioned from Ministry-adjacent scholar to Regent of the unified school.
Permanent: YES

# World State: ch-12

## NPC Memory
- Aric and Elara (Student Body): INSPIRED -- Manifested the first dual-resonance shield -- Self-identifying as "Grey Mages."
- Ministry Observers (The Capital): TERRIFIED -- Witnessed the Harmonizing -- Fled to report the revolution to the Emperor.

## Faction Attitudes
- The Eternal Throne: HOSTILE/THREATENED -- Views the Paradox as a heretical "hive-mind" and a threat to the Imperial monopoly.
- Unified Faculty (Solas-Pyre): HARMONIZED -- Actively codifying the "Grey Arcanum" curriculum.

## Active World Events
- The Starfall Breach: PERMANENTLY STABILIZED; converted into the Grey Aurora.
- The Transition Period: CONCLUDED; the 15-foot somatic leash has been permanently overridden.
- The Grey Era: A permanent new environmental state allowing for dual-resonance magic without "Corrective" interference.