editorial: Ch12 butterfly - resolve Aldric Solas thread

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@@ -78,3 +78,9 @@ Kaelen is dead (died Ch04). Do NOT write him alive. Do NOT name him First Regent
- The Grey Era: Aric (fire) and Elara (ice) are appointed joint First Wardens of the new unified Academy.
- The epilogue should honor Kaelen's memory without sentimentality: something permanent was named after him. A ward. A courtyard. The arena memorial.
- The final image of Mira looking at the arena should evoke Kaelen without naming him directly.
## BUTTERFLY CASCADE NOTE (Ch12)
- The final chapter resolves BOTH butterfly threads: Kaelen's legacy AND Dorian's family secret.
- Dorian must speak Aldric Solas's name aloud, perhaps in a naming of the memorial: a ward, a courtyard, or the arena is named after Kaelen — and Dorian privately names something for Aldric.
- Mira's final look at Dorian knows he kept the secret to protect her. She has forgiven him. But she understands why.
- 'The Accord was never about the schools' — it was about two people who stopped being afraid of what they could destroy together.