 As the village comes to grip with this, a travelling soothsayer named Prolix arrives and begins deceiving some of the credulous villagers into believing a number of prophecies he predicts, despite the fact he is a fraud.Knowing the Romans will quickly realise the village is in trouble without the magic potion, Asterix and Vitalstatistix desperately attempt to have Getafix brew some.His concoctions quickly prove problematic, and alert a garrison of Romans into sending a spy into the village.