The Firsts

About
The Firsts were the founders of the People's society, who travelled from Trizes to Slokos two thousand years prior to the events of The Colourless. They have been largely forgotten outside of scholarly circles.

Names
There were nine Firsts, who founded the eight original tribes of the People. Mark Napton, whose militant followers became the Manak; Theresa Welldene, a Seer who began the Tewen tribe; Enyeto Marsh, wealthy founder of the Entamar; Alec and Rachel Meyer, the brother and sister who led the Akram; Bennett Wythe, a distinguished scholar who started the Bewein; Astrid Torver, who took her faithful towards the sea and settled what would become Astator; William Rabyn, whose fascination with nature helped form the Wirba; and Paul Coltran, an adventurous explorer who started the Pokole.

The Lost First
While the nine Firsts who started the tribes are almost forgotten by their distant descendants, at least they have left a legacy through the tribal names and some echoes of their beginnings in the towns' principal trades. The tenth, Luke Miller, never travelled to Slokos with his own band of mages, instead remaining in the secluded village in Trizes to seal and protect the gateway they had used.