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+# Character State: ch-15
+
+## Mira
+Location: High Spire Balcony, High Spire Reach
+Physical: Somatic exhaustion; respiratory recovery; lips swollen; charcoal silk gown singed by previous thermal surge.
+Emotional: Vulnerable; triumphant; professionally uncertain but personally resolved.
+Active obligations: Owes the Solas-Pyre Academy a stabilized integration protocol (Ch04) — UNPAID; Owes the students a unified curriculum (Ch15) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: [Mira/Dorian] Transition from rivals to lovers (Ch15) — RESOLVED; [Mira/Ministry] The fallout of the public confrontation with Voss (Ch13) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch03—unresolved): Knows the sensory bleed felt like "wild joy" — Dorian now knows via the kiss.
+Arc: 100% — She has fully surrendered her defensive rivalry, choosing emotional integration over clinical or volatile isolation.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## Dorian Solas
+Location: High Spire Balcony, High Spire Reach
+Physical: Metabolic fatigue; right hand fully restored but trembling with adrenaline; hair disarrayed.
+Emotional: Surrendered; protective; intellectually overwhelmed.
+Active obligations: Owes the Ministry a report on the Bridge disaster (Ch04) — UNPAID; Owes Mira a joint curriculum draft (Ch15) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: [Dorian/Empire] The political fallout of Kaelen's death (Ch04) — UNRESOLVED; [Dorian/Voss] Formal grievance filed by the Ministry (Ch13) — UNRESOLVED.
+Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch03—unresolved): Chose to keep the thermal burn as a reminder — Mira now knows via the somatic bleed.
+Arc: 100% — He has abandoned his clinical distance and "absolute-zero" mask, physically and verbally admitting his need for Mira's fire.
+Permanent: YES
+
+## Kaelen — DECEASED (Ch04)
+Established: Died standing on the central span of the Obsidian Bridge to tactically brace the pylons during the Paradox collapse.
+Legacy: His memory acted as the final emotional barrier Mira had to cross before accepting the new integrated reality.
+
+## Aric (Student) — DECEASED (Ch11)
+Established: Threw himself in front of a Ministry void-bolt to allow Mira to finish the "Grey" sigil.
+Legacy: His empty chair remains a "unsolvable variable" and a moral anchor for the unified student body.
+
+## Elara
+Location: The Great Hall / Infirmary, High Spire Reach
+Physical: No injuries; soot-stained charcoal-grey robes.
+Emotional: Resolute; observant.
+Active obligations: Owes Mira a tally of student casualties (Ch04) — PAID; Owes the Union a successful first integrated semester (Ch15) — UNPAID.
+Open loops: [Elara/Students] Managing the "Grey Arcanum" curriculum (Ch13) — UNRESOLVED.
+Arc: 90% — Transitions from a medic to the "First Warden," personifying the successful blend of Spire logic and Pyre empathy.
+Permanent: YES
+
+# World State: ch-15
+
+## NPC Memory
+- The Student Body (High Spire): Hopeful/Volatile -- Witnessed the "Gala Confrontation" and the Chancellors' unity -- Fully aligned with the "Grey Era" curriculum.
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- The Ministry: Hostile/Terrified -- Voss’s defeat has radicalized the Imperial fear of the "Grey" power.
+- The Solas-Pyre Academy: Unified -- The "phased integration" has been abandoned for total immediate synthesis.
+
+## Active World Events
+- The Grey Era: The Starfall has stabilized into a permanent mercury-grey aurora, signaling a new global magical baseline.
+- The Integration: The formal boundaries between Fire and Ice disciplines have been officially dissolved within the Academy.
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