Now, after several days and countless checks to see if Hedge has returned, reina and reine are still down. This has been a real problem for me, since the majority of my time playing is spent on roja. I have been bored out of my mind with little to do

I simply suggest that the next time any world owner plans to be gone (or shut a world down for any other reson) for more than a day or two that they post a formal notice on the forums of the expected down time and that they check their world(s) to ensure there is no one on in the middle of something when they pull the plug.