Scrawled on the inside of a unisex bathroom stall in HOLDING, it is Written:

THE FIRST OF THINGS
On this planet, the unwritten rule is that the First of things is the strongest, and cannot be destroyed, for it contains the essence of all others after it.

The first jawbone ever used to kill, is today as strong as the most powerful weapon built thus far, for all weapons stem from the first weapon. Similarly, God picked the first intelligent ape from the world and set him in the Divine Garden, and made the first Man. The man soon had a wife, made by God. He did not love her, and she was forced from the Garden. God made a second woman, this one subservient, who gave him many sons. The first of his sons Killed his youngest. He became the First Murderer, and was cursed by god. The younger became the First Death, and his blood cried out to God.

There have been many Firsts.

Some are more ancient still than even the First Man can remember.