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}}The First Men were the survivors of an advanced garrison of mercenary [[Lanchmani]] soldiers loosely aligned to the ancient, lost city of [[Salomoné]] — who, on a routine patrol of the wild [[Bretton Woods]] came across a ruined settlement — evidence of a now-vanished civilisation of child-like faeries — the ''[[Synthæse]]'', or “[[Children of the Forest]]” — who eschewed all earthly rancour, regarded physical settlement of disputes as sinful and instead voluntarily ''exchanged'' their differences in a standardised, non-physical, “synthetic” terms<ref>The greek word ''συντίθημι'', from which is the root of the name ''[[Synthæse]]'', means “to bring together in one place” (from ''συν-'' (“together”) + ''τίθημι'' (“set, place”)).</ref> across a centralised marketplace. | }}The First Men were the survivors of an advanced garrison of mercenary [[Lanchmani]] soldiers loosely aligned to the ancient, lost city of [[Salomoné]] — who, on a routine patrol of the wild [[Bretton Woods]] came across a ruined settlement — evidence of a now-vanished civilisation of child-like faeries — the ''[[Synthæse]]'', or “[[Children of the Forest]]” — who eschewed all earthly rancour, regarded physical settlement of disputes as sinful and instead voluntarily ''exchanged'' their differences in a standardised, non-physical, “synthetic” terms<ref>The greek word ''συντίθημι'', from which is the root of the name ''[[Synthæse]]'', means “to bring together in one place” (from ''συν-'' (“together”) + ''τίθημι'' (“set, place”)).</ref> across a centralised marketplace. | ||
The [[Lanchmani]] were cerebral, cunning but socially awkward and physically pathetic specimens who relied for their continued survival on their powers of wit, deception, and an unusally developed facility for managing [[convexity]] risk. | The [[Lanchmani]] were cerebral, cunning but [[Geek paradox|socially awkward and physically pathetic]] specimens who relied for their continued survival on their powers of wit, deception, and an unusally developed facility for managing [[convexity]] risk. | ||
After the predictable argument, followed by even more predictable drunken hand-to-hand combat in which all but two of the Salomen were killed, these two — the Saxon warlord [[Reg Margin]] and Romanian nobleman [[Vlad Paripasu]] — since remembered as the “[[First Men]]” — suddenly grasped these eternal verities and — isn’t it the way with mortal men? — thoroughly bastardised them. | After the predictable argument, followed by even more predictable drunken hand-to-hand combat in which all but two of the Salomen were killed, these two — the Saxon warlord [[Reg Margin]] and Romanian nobleman [[Vlad Paripasu]] — since remembered as the “[[First Men]]” — suddenly grasped these eternal verities and — isn’t it the way with mortal men? — thoroughly bastardised them. | ||
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