Lord Caspian remained still and sullen upon His throne, unmoving. His
gaze was fixated upon the Trident of the Seas, and no attempts to rouse
Him from His trance were successful. Skrital was the first person to
find Him in this state and subsequently many people gathered round,
attempting to cure the Lord of His ailment.

Nothing worked and as time went by several Gods appeared. Lord Agatheis
spoke but briefly, telling mortals to remember that there are
consequences for any action one does. Lady Eris arrived shortly after,
telling the would-be healers to gather incense, albeit for no
discernable purpose. Then Lady Lorielan appeared, telling them to get
out of the rain. The people were undaunted by this and kept a long,
lonely vigil over Lord Caspian.

The four Guardians of the Seas then took notice of the finding of
Caspian: Borak, Sefyr, Notia, and Eusia. Borak and Notia were the first
to appear, whispering their glee that Caspian was incapacitated so
badly. Eusia attempted to approach, but the gentle spirit was driven
away by Notia. When Sefyr arrived, he ran to embrace his Lord, but Borak
grabbed him and threw Sefyr far out to sea, silencing the weaker spirit.
To this day, Sefyr has not been seen.

Notia then told the people that there was a giant pearl, the Heart of
the Sea, that could be used to awaken the Oceanlord. She told them to
see the Elder of Tasur'ke who told them in his senile way of a story
handed to him by an old mariner. The pearl was in Riparium, he said, and
the people left. Gani found the pearl, and gave it to the ancient
Caspian, to no effect. The spirits had tricked the mortals.

Various Gods appeared to pity the ancient Lord of the Sea and other Gods
came to mock Him. The spirits of the seas continued their mischief,
until a triton called Aeolos arrived. He saw the concerned mortals of
the overworld, and was struck by their actual desire to help. The people
of the undersea have long been distrustful of the landwalkers, and had
learned to distrust them. This desire to help was new to him. He
listened to the tales of their adventure, and waited.

Soon another man appeared: Aeolos' friend and master. He was Neraeos,
the son of the Oceanlord, who had been spending the ages in the cities
of the undersea, avoiding contact with the landwalkers, barely aware of
their existence. He could see that his Father wished to hold the Trident
of the Seas, and so he grabbed the weapon. As he did so, a powerful
light swept around him, and the ancient Oceanlord finally withered away
to nothingness, becoming naught but dust which blew away in the wind. At
the same time a snow-white owl flew overhead, perhaps as a portent from
above.

When the light cleared, Neraeos the son was no more. The heavens rang
out in welcome, as Neraeos, God of the Sea, took His place among the
Divine of the Garden.

Penned by my hand on the 16th of Mayan, in the year 336 AF.