First Earth

First Earth is a fictional world in D. J. MacHale's Pendragon series of fantasy novels. First Earth is Earth in 1937, specifically around the time of the Hindenburg disaster. Bobby and Spader visit First Earth in The Never War. In The Pilgrims of Rayne, Bobby and Courtney.

The Traveler from First Earth is Vincent "Gunny" Van Dyke, an African American working in the Manhattan Tower Hotel. He got the nickname "Gunny" because he can't bring himself to fire a gun.

The Never War

In the third book of The Pendragon Series it is known that Saint Dane did not change any historical person's ideas. He instead tricked Bobby into almost causing the Hindenburg to not crash, which would have caused the fall of all 3 Earth territories.It seems that the only historical change the Travelers made was the change of how Maxillian Rose, a gangster, died. Instead of dying in a car crash, Maxillian Rose died when going into the Hindenburg. When the travelers go to Third Earth for the second time, it shows that it is unknown how Maximillian Rose died.

The Pilgrims of Rayne

In the eighth book in the series, Saint Dane takes Mark to First Earth to introduce a product known as "Forge". This changes the course of history on Second and Third Earths. Bobby and Courtney travel to First Earth, and Courtney remains there to attempt to correct the situation.So then they solve the problem!

First Earth Facts

• Territory Era: AD 1937
• Landmass: Seven continents making up approximately 92.5 million square miles. Seventy-five percent of the territory is covered with water, making up approximately 224.5 million square miles.
• Movies: A Day at the Races, starring the Marx Brothers; Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs
• Popular sport: Baseball (New York Yankees defeat New York Giants for the professional championship)
• Radio broadcasts: Notable performers include Edgar Bergen and Charlie MoCarthy, Jack Benny, Bob Hope
• Notable books published: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien; And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, the first book by Dr. Seuss
• Notable events: Destruction of the airship Hindenburg (event captured and broadcast as the first coast-to-coast radio broadcast). Amelia Earhart, female aviator, disappears while attempting to fly around the world. Opening of the Golden Gate Bridge. First cartoon starring Daffy Duck
• Time measured in: minutes
• President of the United States: Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Notable Inventions: ballpoint pen, photocopier, nylon, cellophane tape, first jet engine, electric digital calculator

Quigs

The quigs of First Earth are most likely wild dogs, as with Second and Third Earth.

Characters from First Earth

See also The Never War#Characters in "The Never War"

• Vincent "Gunny" Van Dyke - The Traveler from First Earth. He is the bell captain of the Manhattan Tower Hotel. This is our first encounter with Gunny. He is the reason that First Earth was saved, by holding back Bobby when he tried to kick over the rocket. Gunny got his name because of the fact that he simply couldn't fire a gun, no matter how hard he tried.
• Maximillian Rose - A ruthless gangster who operates a spy ring out of the Manhattan Tower Hotel. Among his many criminal enterprises, he sells government secrets to the highest bidder, whether friend or foe. He supposedly dies trying to save all of his money and the secret plans to make a bomb that were aboard the Hindenburg.
• Nancy "Jinx" Olsen - A pilot for the Coast Guard who longs for adventure and finds it when Bobby asks her to fly to where the Hindenburg will be docking. Jinx's dream is flight, but the misogynistic Coast Guard has made her their poster girl, who simply goes around to conferences and talks to people about being a pilot. When Bobby says he must reach the Hindenburg's docking site, she has been grounded from flying by the Coast Guard, but she sees how important it is for Bobby, and does it anyway.
• Winn Farrow - He is the nemesis of Max Rose who would stop at nothing to destroy Rose and his criminal empire. He hates Max because Max has become wealthy, whereas Winn's own, more reckless actions made him resort to living in an abandoned slaughterhouse in the meatpacking district of New York and hiring gangsters to do his bidding. He is ultimately responsible for the blowing up of the LZ-129 (Hindenburg), for which he used a rocket.
• Dodger - Gunny's acolyte (The Pilgrims of Rayne).

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