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// Prologue 
// Story: Asterix in Equestria 
// by 23LEvans 
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prologue
In the year 50 BC all Gaul as well as most of the world was completely occupied by the Romans, Entirely? Well maybe not the best word to use because in the coast of Amorica now called Brittany, there was a village of indomitable gauls, surrounded by the roman camps of Compendium, Aquarium, Laudanum and Totorum. But the gaulish village would never surrender much to Julius Caesar, great chigrain.

How has this village kept it’s hold against the roman invader? The incompetence of the Romans for one, but also the gauls themselves, Asterix the hero of these stories named after him. He was a small gaul with a yellow mustache, black shirt, red trousers and a winged helmet. He may have been small but what he lacked in size or strength he made up for in brains. The complete opposite of his best friend Obelix the menhir deliverer, no one knows what Menhirs were for but they were popular at the time, you can still see them today.

Obelix was rather fat in all honesty, but don’t tell him I said that and definitely don’t say it to his face, he insisted his chest just slipped a bit, and he always considered that his striped breeches made him look slimmer but it didn’t again don’t tell him i said that and defiantly, defianalty don’t say it to his face, he never went anywhere without his little dog Dogmatix, Obelix fell into a magic cauldron when he was a baby and he gained superhuman strength. Speaking of which the same potion is also a reason the gauls in the indomitable village, made by the great druid getafix.

The Potion gave anyone who drank it superhuman strength for a limited time, No one knows what was in it except Getafix himself and all he would say was that their was mistletoe, Lobster and beetroot in it, he us to use rock oil instead of beetroot but beetroot made the potion taste better, the lobster also helped improve the flavour.

Everyone in the village got a good swig off the potion, except for Obelix because the potion had a permanent effect on him which he considered very unfair. The leader of this village was Chief Vitalstatistix, his namesake was a lot bigger than he would have liked, and as the chief he was held up on a shield held by 2 shieldbearers. He was respected by his men and feared by his enemies(most of the time), the only thing he did fear was his wife, Impedimenta, and the sky falling on his head tomorrow, like all of the gauls did, but of course tomorrow never comes.

There was also Geriatrix the oldest inhabitant of the village and his young and beautiful wife, Mrs Geriatrix, Fulliautomatix the blacksmith and Unhygienix the fishmonger and their wives, Bacteria and Mrs Fulliautomatix and finally Cacofonix the bard, it was traditional to have a bard in a gaulish village back then, but Cacofinix’s ‘singing’ was perhaps the worst in all gaul. His singing even affected the weather, but as long as he didn’t sing everyone liked him.