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{{image|First Men|png|None of your namby-pamby [[VM CSA]] arrangements for ''these'' fellas, thank you very much. {{vsr|1963}}}}

}}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 Woods]]” — 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.