diff --git a/the-starfall-accord/staging/character-state-ch-14-final.md b/the-starfall-accord/staging/character-state-ch-14-final.md
index 17335e1..34bb83d 100644
--- a/the-starfall-accord/staging/character-state-ch-14-final.md
+++ b/the-starfall-accord/staging/character-state-ch-14-final.md
@@ -1,36 +1,47 @@
-# Character State: ch-04 (Final)
+# Character State: ch-14
 
 ## Mira
-Location: The Grand Aethermains (Convergence Point)
-Physical: Her skin pulses with a low-frequency golden light; she carries a physical sense of weightlessness after the stabilization. Her hands are steady, though the scent of ozone and charred silk clings to her hair.
-Emotional: A strange, quiet clarity has replaced her usual fire. She is no longer fighting the merger, but bracing for the intimacy of it. She feels a tether to Dorian that is no longer just a magical anomaly, but a visceral need.
-Active obligations: Must lead the Pyre contingent through the "First Fusion" ceremony without inciting a riot.
-Arc: 45% — Transitioned from "Curiosity" to "Soul-Binding Realization." She has accepted that her magic is incomplete without his cooling counterpoint.
+Location: The Starfall Crater / Chancellor’s Sanctum
+Physical: Skin radiating a constant, gentle warmth; eyes flickering with mercury-gold flecks; palms marked by faint silver scarring from the ritual.
+Emotional: Transcendent; profound relief masking a new, heavy sense of responsibility; deeply bonded to Dorian.
+Active obligations: Must finalize the new joint curriculum by dawn.
+Open loops: Needs to address the Ministry’s impending inquiry regarding the "Phoenix Incident."
+Known secrets: Realizes she can now sense Dorian’s emotional state even without physical contact.
+Arc: 90% — Has fully abandoned the "Fire vs. Ice" dichotomy for a unified magical identity.
+Permanent: YES
 
 ## Dorian Solas
-Location: The Grand Aethermains (Convergence Point)
-Physical: His eyes have shifted from pale sapphire to a deep, burning indigo. The thermal scar on his wrist has stopped aching and now glows with a faint, steady heat that matches Mira’s rhythm.
-Emotional: The "Absolute Zero" facade has completely shattered in private. He is experiencing a profound sense of protective urgency toward Mira, bordering on the possessive. He no longer fears the fire; he fears the silence without it.
-Active obligations: Needs to convince the Spire Council that the "Starfall" effect is a controlled evolution, not a disaster.
-Arc: 50% — Midpoint Shift. He has moved from "Controlled Obsession" to "Active Partnership." He is prepared to sacrifice his standing in the Capital to protect the union.
+Location: The Starfall Crater / Chancellor’s Sanctum
+Physical: Frost-breath stabilized; right hand glows with a soft, internal silver light when channeling; movements are more fluid, less rigid.
+Emotional: Protective; quiet awe; vulnerable in his newfound intimacy with Mira.
+Active obligations: Draft a formal defense of the Starfall Accord for the High Council.
+Open loops: Identifying the rogue element in the Ministry that attempted to sabotage the crater ritual.
+Known secrets: Confessed that his clinical detachment was a mask for his fear of his own power's potential for destruction.
+Arc: 90% — Has traded his obsession with "control" for a partnership based on "resonance."
+Permanent: YES
 
-## Kaelen (Student Proctor)
-Location: Perimeter of the Aethermains
-Physical: Bright-eyed, vibrating with secondhand mana; his robes are singed at the hem.
-Emotional: Awestruck and evangelical. He has seen the Chancellors' combined power and now believes the merger is a divine or evolutionary mandate.
-Arc: 25% — From observer to "Disciple." He is now actively manufacturing peer support among the students.
+## Elara
+Location: High Spire Lookout
+Physical: No injuries; wearing the new dual-crested Warden cloak.
+Emotional: Vigilant; optimistic but weary.
+Active obligations: Managing the relocation of students from the collapsed South Wing.
+Open loops: None.
+Known secrets: Saw the Steam Phoenix before the Chancellors did; kept it secret to avoid panic.
+Arc: 95% — Transitioned from a Pyre-loyalist to the primary enforcer of the Union’s peace.
+Permanent: YES
 
-# World State: ch-04 (Final)
+# World State: ch-14
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- The Faculty: Divided between those terrified of the "Binary State" and those mesmerized by the lack of catastrophic fallout.
-- The Student Body: A sudden, eerie calm has settled over the campuses as the elemental dissonance has been smoothed into a harmonious "hum."
+- Councillor Voss: TERRIFIED — Witnessed the manifestation of the Steam Phoenix and fled the crater site.
+- Academic Staff: DIVIDED — Half see the "Grey Resonance" as a miracle, half as a dangerous mutation of traditional laws.
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
-- Crystalline Spire: In a state of paralyzed shock; their rigid protocols were ignored, yet the world didn't end.
-- Pyre Academy: Celebratory; they view the "Starfall" as a conquest of traditional, stagnant magic.
+- The Ministry of Arcana: HOSTILE — Preparing a "safety audit" as a pretext for a hostile takeover of the Academy.
+- The Student Body: ECSTATIC — Rumors of the dissolved 15-foot limit have sparked celebratory "mixing" in the common halls.
 
 ## Active World Events
-- The Great Fusion: The physical architecture of the two academies has begun to weave together; hallways now lead into strange, hybridized courtyards where snow falls in warm air.
-- The Starfall Accord: The magical treaty is no longer just paper; it is a living spell anchored in the Chancellors' chests.
-- Time Remaining: 4 days until the Veil fully drops and the academies become a single sovereign entity.
\ No newline at end of file
+- The Steam Phoenix: AWAKENED — A sentient entity of pure mercury-fire now nesting within the Academy’s ley lines.
+- The Grey Resonance: PERMANENT — The atmosphere around the school is perpetually temperate; snow and flame now coexist in the same physical space.
+- The 15-Foot Limit: DISSOLVED — Magicians of opposing elements can now touch without catastrophic thermal shock.
+- The Starfall Crater: STABILIZED — Now acting as a geothermal power source for the school's defenses.
\ No newline at end of file