Melodrama is the daughter of Majestix, one of two rival chiefs elected in a Gaulish village. Unable to come to a compromise, the villagers split their village in two. The supprters of Majestix living in the right side and those of his rival Cleverdix in the left one. The two sides were divided by a deep ditch. Melodrama however maintained contact with her lover Histrionix, son of Cleverdix. The two tried in vain to conince their fathers to reach a compromise. However when Codfix, advisor to Majestix, decided to use Roman intervention to settle the dispute and asked for Melodrama's hand in marriage, they had to take more decisive action. Seeking help from Vitalstatistix.