It was 396 years after the Coming of Estarra when, shortly after the First
World saw the end of another Great Hunt, that the Elder Darvellan, the
Navigator, returned. Having found the beacon left in the Void, Darvellan
appeared in His newly made fulcrux within Avechna's Peak, announcing His
happiness at being home once more. It was then He heard the voices of
the shards of His Cousins explaining to Him that many of those He knew
had departed, died, or splintered into the shards He heard shouting.

Soon after this revelation, many of the mortals made their way to the
Navigator's fulcrux, arriving moments before Lisaera came to greet
Darvellan and welcome Him home. While the Ethereal Maiden had but little
time, She was able to inform Darvellan of some of the affairs that had
changed the First World, notably those of Fain and his coterie, for
Darvellan had left prior to Fain's betrayal. Indeed, those present
started wondering as to why Darvellan departed so soon from the First
World, some believing it to even be for cowardly reasons.

Although Lisaera had to depart elsewhere, the Navigator stayed with those
in His fulcrux for a spell, hearing their questions and even being given
a brain by one strange shard. Taking a liking to the ones who claimed to
be shards of His friend Meridian, Darvellan went to see their city, New
Celest, and the anchored plane of Celestia. From there He traveled to
the plane of Nil, where He saw for the first time the results of the
touch of the Soulless since His departure. Expressing a dislike for the
place, the Navigator returned to Celest's nexus, and visited each of the
other nexii in turn, saving for the one anchored to the plane of Nil.
After briefly visiting the nexii and speaking with those there, He
arrived once more in New Celest, where He received a short, partial tour
of the city before departing from sight.

But what of His reasons for leaving the First World so soon after
Amberle was lost to the Soulless? And how did one known as 'the
Navigator' get so lost for so long in the Void? These and other
questions filled the mind of the Basin's inhabitants after the
Navigator's return.

Penned by My hand on the 11th of Juliary, in the year 396 CE.