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+# Character State: ch-17
+
+## Mira
+Location: The Imperial Judiciary Plaza, The Capital.
+Physical: Sustaining high-frequency mana exhaustion; skin buzzing with residual kinetic energy from the "Steam Phoenix" manifestation.
+Emotional: Transformed by the sensory bleed; radiating a quiet, terrifying confidence that unsettles the Ministry officials.
+Active obligations: Defend the legal sovereignty of the combined Solas-Pyre Academy before the High Council.
+Open loops: Navigating the political fallout of the unsanctioned magical fusion performed in public.
+Arc: 95% — Transitioned from a defensive educator to an aggressive political revolutionary.
+
+## Dorian Solas
+Location: The Imperial Judiciary Plaza, The Capital.
+Physical: Metabolic tremors in left shoulder; right hand steady only when anchored by Mira’s presence.
+Emotional: Vulnerable but resolute; has shed the "Clinical Mask" entirely in favor of authentic emotional resonance.
+Active obligations: Provide the stabilizing "Ice" containment for Mira’s "Fire" during the Judiciary hearings.
+Open loops: Facing potential exile or stripping of titles for "kinetic heresy."
+Arc: 95% — Has successfully integrated his emotional capacity with his magical output, shedding his cold isolation.
+
+## Elara
+Location: Solas-Pyre Academy (Great Hall).
+Physical: Uninjured.
+Emotional: Heavily burdened but composed; serving as the anchor for the remaining students.
+Active obligations: Maintaining the Academy’s physical wards while the Chancellors are at the Capital.
+Open loops: Preparing for potential Ministry seizure if the hearing fails.
+Arc: 90% — Fully transitioned into the role of Administrator and Guardian.
+
+## NPC Memory
+- Councillor Voss: ENRAGED — Witnessed the Steam Phoenix firsthand; views the Union as a direct threat to the Imperial monopoly on power.
+- The High Council: STUNNED — The visual proof of the union (The Phoenix) has fractured their consensus on the "heresy" charges.
+
+# World State: ch-17
+
+## Active World Events
+- The Steam Phoenix: ACTIVE — A living manifestation of fire and ice magic fused into a sentient entity; currently perched atop the Judiciary spires.
+- The Judicial Hearing: ONGOING — The legal battle for the "Sovereign Residency" of the Grey Union.
+- Public Sentiment: SHIFTING — The Capital citizenry is viewing the Union’s magic as a thing of beauty rather than a danger for the first time.
+
+## Faction Attitudes
+- The Ministry: AGGRESSIVE — Initiating emergency protocols to "contain" the new magical frequency.
+- The Student Body: UNITED — The rivalry between fire and ice students has been replaced by a singular "Grey" identity.
+
+## Environmental Baseline
+- The Grey Sky: The mercury-tinted sky over the Academy has stabilized, no longer fluctuating with the Chancellors' moods, but humming with a constant, shared power.
+- Mana-Bleed: The physical boundary between Mira and Dorian's magic has dissolved; their casting is now intrinsically linked.
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