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 # Character State: ch-07
 
-## Mira Vasquez
-Location: The Solstice Loom (Ritual Chamber), The Reach
-Physical: Severe kinetic exhaustion; fingertips frost-nipped from anchoring Dorian; second-degree mana-burn on left forearm.
-Emotional: Terrified but anchored; experiencing a permanent sensory "overlap" with Dorian due to the Grey resonance. 
-Active obligations: Completed the Starfall pulse stabilization.
-Open loops: [Mira/Dorian] The permanent "Grey" resonance shifting their baseline magic—magic no longer feels purely internal.
-Known secrets: Discovered the Inquisitor’s monitoring tether is actively feeding on her fire—Dorian remains unaware.
-Arc: 75% — Transitioned from defensive rival to a unified magical node.
+## Mira
+- **Location:** The Great Hall / Sanctuary Wing, Ignis-Glacies Academy.
+- **Physical:** Magic depleted; wearing the charred remains of her gala gown; palm bears a faint, glowing sigil from the soul-tether surge.
+- **Emotional:** Ferociously protective; the "rival" mask has permanently crumbled into a "partner" reality. She felt Dorian’s heartbeat through the tether and can no longer pretend their connection is merely political.
+- **Active Obligations:** Keep Kaelen’s survival hidden; prepare for the Ministry’s inevitable retaliatory 'audit.'
+- **Open Loops:** The origin of the silver bolt used in the assassination attempt; the physical toll the soul-tether will take on her fire-affinity.
+- **Arc:** 70% — She has transitioned from defending the Accord to defending Dorian himself, realizing that he has become her "baseline."
 
 ## Dorian Solas
-Location: The Solstice Loom (Ritual Chamber), The Reach
-Physical: Significant "Cold-Sick" lung congestion; metabolic rate dangerously low; left hand trembling from thermal feedback.
-Emotional: Intellectually overwhelmed; feeling the "wild joy" of fire for the first time; protective of the new resonance.
-Active obligations: Completed the sapphire-glass containment field for the surge.
-Open loops: [Dorian/Ministry] Legal repercussions for the unauthorized Loom ritual.
-Known secrets: Realized the High Inquisitor's "Correction" is a death sentence, not a reprimand—Mira remains unaware.
-Arc: 80% — Fully abandoned Spire isolationism to merge his core with the Paradox.
+- **Location:** The Great Hall / Sanctuary Wing.
+- **Physical:** Recovering from mana-shock; right hand steady but cold; eyes no longer show the "absolute-zero" detachment.
+- **Emotional:** Exposed and resolute. By declaring Mira his baseline in front of the Ministry, he has burned his bridges with the old Frost-regime purists. 
+- **Active Obligations:** Explain the "White Room" trauma to Mira (implied); restructure the Academy defense wards.
+- **Open Loops:** Identify the traitor within the faculty who bypassed the gala security; the Ministry’s next move now that Voss has been humiliated.
+- **Arc:** 70% — Dorian has abandoned his clinical isolation. He is no longer an island of ice; he is part of a storm.
 
-## Lyra
-Location: Observation Deck, The Spire
-Physical: Sleep-deprived but uninjured.
-Emotional: Increasingly paranoid; convinced the Ministry is tracking the Loom’s specific frequency signature.
-Active obligations: Successfully provided the diversion to mask the ritual.
-Open loops: [Lyra/Faculty] Managing student unrest regarding the "Grey" curriculum.
-Known secrets: Maintains the location of the hidden archives from the Ministry.
-Arc: 50% — Shifted from administrator to active logistics lead for the resistance.
+## Voss (Ministry Councillor)
+- **Location:** En route to the Imperial Capital.
+- **Emotional:** Murderous and cornered. The public defiance of the Chancellors has made him look weak.
+- **Arc:** 50% — Pivot from political manipulator to active, desperate antagonist.
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+## Kaelen
+- **Location:** Hidden Med-Ward.
+- **Physical:** Stable but weak.
+- **Status:** The Academy’s "ghost" and primary leverage against the Ministry.
 
 # World State: ch-07
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- **High Inquisitor Malchor:** HOSTILE. Confirmed the Loom ritual bypassed Imperial dampeners; preparing a military "Correction."
-- **The Student Body:** DIVIDED. The silver-grey light of the Loom has turned fear into curious awe for a vocal minority.
+- **The Student Body:** Unified. They saw Mira move with the speed of a thunderclap to save Dorian. The "rivalry" narrative is dead for them; they now see a singular Academy leadership.
+- **The Ministry:** Alarmed. The soul-tether manifestation is being categorized as "unregulated resonance," a pretext for a hostile takeover.
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
-- **The Eternal Throne:** AGGRESSIVE. Views the unified "Grey" power as an existential threat to the Imperial mana monopoly.
-- **The Reach Faculty:** FRACTURED. The "Purists" see the merger as the death of tradition; "Modernists" see it as survival.
+- **Imperial Ministry:** **HOSTILE.** They view the Starfall Accord not as a peace treaty, but as a breeding ground for uncontrollable power.
+- **The Faculty:** **DIVIDED.** Most are inspired by the Chancellors, but a small faction of Frost-traditionalists is terrified of the "heat-contamination."
 
 ## Active World Events
-- **The Starfall Drift:** ESCALATING. Sky is mercury-grey; silver sparks are falling as a heavy, constant, mana-dense mist.
-- **The Solstice Loom:** CONCLUDED. Ritual stabilized the atmosphere but created a permanent magical beacon for the Ministry.
-- **The Monitoring Embargo:** ACTIVE. The schools are under total Imperial surveillance; mana-flow is being throttled by the Capital.
-- **The Grey Resonance:** PERMANENT. A new form of magic—neither fire nor ice—has been introduced to the world’s ecosystem through Mira and Dorian.
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+- **The Silver Bolt Investigation:** A high-velocity projectile made of 'anti-mana' alloy was recovered from the dais. This technology is exclusive to Ministry Inquisitors.
+- **The Great Hall Breach:** Public trust in "impenetrable" Ministry-sanctioned wards has been shattered.
+- **Soul-Tether Stability:** The bond between Mira and Dorian is no longer a theory; it is a physical tether that pulses when they are within fifty feet of each other.
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