Character State: ch-01

Mira

Location: Spire Academy Main Gates (Entryway to the Merger).
Physical: Adrenaline-spiked; skin radiating a low-level heat that shimmers the air; fingers twitching with unspent kinetic energy.
Emotional: Defiant and fiercely protective of Pyre's legacy; masking a deep-seated fear of obsolescence with a veneer of fireborne arrogance.
Active Obligations: Bound by the Starfall Accord to co-manage the integrated campus with Dorian Solas—UNFULFILLED.
Open Loops: Mira/Ministry "Insubordination Clause" (Ch01)—ACTIVE; Mira/Dorian "Sovereignty Conflict" (Ch01)—ACTIVE.
Known Secrets: She intentionally scorched the Spire’s welcome banner as a display of power—Dorian suspects but cannot prove it.
Arc: 5% — Has entered the enemy’s territory but refuses to lower her internal wards.
Permanent: NO.

Location: Spire Academy Main Gates.
Physical: Impeccably composed; breath visible in the air even in summer; right hand noticeably gloved in mercury-glass thread to dampen his frost-output.
Emotional: Calculated and surgical; views Mira as a chaotic variable that must be contained for the sake of the Accord’s success.
Active Obligations: Must provide "Equal Sanctum" to Pyre students within Spire walls—UNFULFILLED.
Open Loops: Dorian/Mira "The Thermal Threshold" (Ch01)—ACTIVE.
Known Secrets: He finds the scent of Mira’s ozone and woodsmoke magic intoxicatingly distracting—Mira does not know.
Arc: 5% — Abandoned his isolationist policy to permit the merger, viewing it as a logical necessity rather than a choice.
Permanent: NO.

Location: Trailing Mira at the Gate.
Physical: Wearing heavy leather, insulated robes; sweating from the proximity to Mira’s heat.
Emotional: Anxious and watchful; acting as Mira's "anchor" while anticipating a brawl.
Arc: 2% — Realizing the cultural gulf between the two schools is wider than anticipated.

Location: Standing three paces behind Dorian.
Physical: Holding a crystalline ledger; spectacles shimmering with a blue anti-glare tint.
Emotional: Clinical and dismissive of Pyre’s "lack of discipline."
Arc: 2% — Documenting every breach of Spire protocol committed by the incoming students.

Spire Students: Coldly curious; viewing the Pyre arrivals as "unrefined" and "combustible."
Pyre Students: Belligerent; feeling like refugees in a high-society prison.
The Ministry Observers: Ghostly figures in the periphery, recording the first handshake between the Chancellors for the High Council.

The Great Convergence: The two academies have officially opened their joint gates; magical signatures are beginning to "bleed" across the campus ley lines.
The Ward Strain: The Spire’s frost-wards are vibrating at a high frequency to compensate for the influx of Pyre heat-signatures.