Claudius Cordelius

Claudius Cordelius ruled Marathat four Great Septads, or 196 years, before the start of Mélusine.
==Characters who lived during this reign==
*Porphyria Levant
*Silas Altamont
*Lord Creon Malvinius
*Lisette Malvinia
==Appearances==
Claudius Cordelius appears in a story Mildmay tells in the introduction to Mélusine.
==Behind the scenes==
*Claudius comes from the Latin claudus "lame, crippled."  It was the name of several Roman emperors, including the stepfather of Nero.
*Cordelius is a Latinized masculine form of the Celtic feminine name Cordeilla, which is of unknown meaning.  The spelling of Cordeilla was adjusted to "Cordelia" by Shakespeare.
Category:Minor Characters
Category:Cordelii