First Wife

"I am the oldest of the wives, and it is my privilege that..."

- The First Wife, trying to pull rank

The First Wife was a protagonist in the 1966 movie Manos: The Hands of Fate.

Sometime before 1966 the young woman who would become the First Wife was kidnapped by The Master and his servant Torgo. She was forced to become the wife of the Master. Over time the First Wife would be joined by other women who were kidnapped or otherwise joined the Master in the cult who worshiped Manos.

In 1966 Michael, his wife Margaret, and their daughter Debbie arrived at the Valley Lodge. The arrivals of these new people caused a debate among the wives. Some were eager to make Margaret join them as a wife of the Master, and wanted to kill Debbie. The First Wife tried to speak against harming the child but the Master was angry and cut her off. Blaming Torgo for causing the whole situation the Master went off to deal with him, but promised to deal with the First Wife, feeling that her service to him and the god Manos was at an end.

The First Wife and her supporters continued to state it would be enough to kill the adults, but to leave the child unharmed - feeling the Master had enough wives and that others shouldn't be forced to stay with the Master against their will as they had to. The debate soon generated into full contact nightgown wrestling. The Master's favorite wife went to find the Master and inform him that his wives were engaging in physical combat.

Coming back to the tomb with Torgo and his Devil Dog, the Master decided to deal with the First Wife and Torgo. Having the others tie up his First Wife, he went to work on Torgo. The Master had two of his wives massage Torgo to death, followed by severing one of his hands in the small fire burning there. Torgo ran off into the night.

The Master then turned his attention to his First Wife. Throwing Torgo's still burning hand in front of the pillar she was bound to, the Master began beating his First Wife. She told him that he could go on beating her, but sooner or later the Master's powers would fail him and that God would destroy him. A short time later the First Wife died at the Master's hands, sacrificed to Manos. The Master soon forced Margaret to join him as his newest wife, and in a sick move forced Debbie to also join them as a wife.