>>5640684 As the first stars were born, so too were they dying; the runts of that litter of millions passing once or twice with each passing minute. Pieces, left behind and quickly forgotten by most, did not always drift to where they belonged. They were left trapped in the turbulent currents of the cosmos, forbidden access to their rightful place in the deep calm seas of the After. But Caelxas, ward to death, to darkness, and to order, had not forgotten them.