The First Few

The First Few is the name given to the group of six of the members of the Cleft Hall Commune who left the defunct commune in E. E. 631 following the first civil war of Erde and settled in the place that would become Hago in E. E. 632.

The Cleft Hall Commune was the law-making body of Cleft Hall, who worked by reaching consensus decisions via telepathy. It had 30 members, and membership was passed through families matrilinearly. After Cleft Hall was disbanded, the Commune dissolved; fearing for their lives in the aftermath of the revolution, The First Few disguised themselves and fled to the south, carrying their Edelstones - the artifacts that gave them the power to communicate telepathically with all the other members of the Commune. After a year of roaming, they founded a permanent settlement in what is now present-day Hago. The first few originally lived in what is now Tops, in a thatch long-house (which stands to this day as a historical site and is called The House of the Few). Five years after settling, one of The Few, Mira Arbelle, journeyed through the settlements that had formed following the civil war and persuaded displaced people to settle in Hago. The new settlement formed in what is now Old Town, and has since grown into present-day Hago.