Editing First Men (section)

===The Pact===
[[File:LastHero.jpeg|thumb|350px|The [[last hero]], by Roman Papsuev ©]]
The wars against the [[children of the forest]] went in the First Men's favor until the two sides reached a peace agreement, called the [[Pact]], on the [[Isle of Faces]]. The First Men gave dominion of the deep woods to the children and promised to stop cutting down [[weirwood]]s. In return, they received claim to the rest of the Westeros.{{ref|AGOT|66}} [[Giants]] did not participate in the Pact.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: The Coming of the First Men}}

The Pact began four thousand years of friendship and peace between the two peoples,{{ref|AGOT|66}} although the children were already much diminished.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: The Coming of the First Men}} The years that followed the forging of the Pact is known as the [[Age of Heroes]].{{ref|AGOT|66}} The First Men eventually set aside their religion to worship the children's [[old gods|secret gods of the wood]], and like the children they carved faces into the weirwoods, creating [[heart tree]]s. The children of the forest taught them to use [[raven]]s to communicate over long distances, but in those days the birds would speak the words, and the [[greenseer]]s of the children could change their skins and speak through the animals.{{ref|ADWD|34}}