The First Glader

Long before Thomas woke in the Box, before the Gladers built their routines and rules, before the Maze became a legend whispered in fear... there was someone who faced it alone. Sent up as a warning, as punishment. With no guidance, and no one waiting for them, they stepped into a world of shifting stone and impossible walls with nothing but a name and a will to survive.

While the others would one day carve their stories into the Wall of Names, hers was left untold-buried beneath years of loss, fear, and forgotten beginnings. But the Maze remembers. The Creators remember. And the truth of the first Glader is darker, lonelier, and more important than anyone ever imagined.

Because before there were runners, before there were rules, before there was hope... there had to be someone who was first. Someone who came before.