Before the massacre of the Vandals

When he was last in Rome, Malvolio Claxendell bought a clay pitcher that contained the holy relics of the Bishop of Terni (a city in Umbria) who had been beheaded for trying to convert the Emperor Claudius Gothicus. He had them ground into an exotic spice which he then sprinkled in special bars of chocolate, which he sold to Moudi who now serves them with Ahmed’s Tantric Iftar (a tisane of exotic herbs) to special customers.  Claxendell stores his supplies of what he calls ‘interesting spices’ in a bottle with a very narrow neck that he was given by a friend called John van Neumann. Claudius Gothicus died of the plague whilst preparing to do battle with the vandals.