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==History==

Driven by her own ''[[geas]]'' from the [[Precursors]] to fix the path and set right what the Forerunners did wrong, the [[Librarian]] located the specimens left behind by two deceased Precursors while in Path Kethona searching out the origins of the [[Flood]]. Returning home with the specimens, the Librarian kept her discovery out of her report to the Ecumene Council and enlisted the help of the crew of the ''[[Audacity]]'' to transform a small [[shield world]] in its construction phase into Bastion and make it what it needed to be to nurture this eventual new species. The Librarian had the starship ''[[Eden (spaceship)|Eden]]'' built to carry the Precursor seeds and blooms to a world outside of the Milky Way galaxy that is ideal for planting and growth and where they can't be reached by the Flood. There, in some distant future, life on the planet will emerge and grow sentient, following the complete genetic code of the Precursors and rebirthing the race. However, they will be utterly free of genetic memory and will be able to build a new civilization with a clean slate. Bastion became the Librarian's secret laboratory away from the Ecumene Council and their rules and regulations containing the Librarian's most dangerous research and experiments. This included studies and experimentation on [[ancient humanity]], the Forerunners and the Precursors, ingenious observation and trials, studies with [[Living Time]], working [[Composer]]s, [[Cryptum]]s and other endless mysteries.{{Ref/Novel|Id=POL|PoL}}

In the final days of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], [[Keeper-of-Tools]], [[Birth-to-Light]], [[Dawn-over-Fields]] and [[Clearance-of-Old-Forests]] are sent to be the caretakers of Bastion, but the Flood's advancement through Forerunner space changed things. The four Forerunners are waylaid time after time, cast into one battle after another and constantly evading capture. Knowing that their work on Bastion was too dangerous to fall into Flood hands, the four upload their essences into the [[Domain]] until the war is over and the way to Bastion can be achieved in secrecy and safety.