The story begins with Vitalstatistix receiving a missive from his

brother Doublehelix in Lutetia (modern-age Paris) who wants his

aid in making a man of his teenage son, Justforkix.
Justforkix arrives in a sports car-like chariot, and comes across
as a happy-go-lucky so-and-so with an air of superiority about
him. Conflict soon emerges between the city boy and the
country folk. The village holds a dance in honour of his arrival
but he is unimpressed by the simple traditional way of dancing,
snatches Cacofonix’s lyre and sings and plays in the manner of
Elvix Preslix (the Rolling Menhirs in the English version). Some of
the younger villagers soon catch on and dance to this new form.
Outraged by this usurpation, Cacofonix tries to show off his own
skills, but this of course leads to the break-up of the dance and
a knock-out blow from Fulliautomatix. Justforkix on the other
hand is impressed and suggests that Cacofonix’s talents would
be better appreciated in Lutetia. On the whole, though,
Justforkix is quickly bored with the village. This changes,
however, when a Norman ship arrives.
The Normans (actually Vikings from the frozen north) have
decided to come to Gaul not for plunder, but for learning: they
are fearless to the point of not feeling fear or even
understanding the concept. This causes many problems for
them, including the contempt of children for parental discipline,
the inability to cure hiccups — which can be cured by giving the
person a fright — and lack of road safety since reckless chariot-
drivers show no fear towards the authorities. The main reason
for this expedition, however, is that they have heard of people
“flying in fear”, which they interpret too literally, thinking that
this mysterious “fear” will grant them the ability to fly.
Unfortunately, the local Gauls fear nothing (except the sky
falling on their heads) and they actually welcome the prospect
of a fight with the Normans. However, Justforkix is horrified and
fearfully decides to return home.
Viewing Justforkix as an expert in fear, the Normans kidnap him
on his “flight” home so he can teach them the meaning of the
concept. Their chief, the fierce Timandahaf, roars at Justforkix
to make them feel fear, though paradoxically it is Justforkix who
fears them. The youngster’s situation is hopeless until Asterix
and Obelix come to the rescue. A fight breaks out in which the
Normans show no fear whatsoever in spite of the beating they
get from the magic-powered Gauls, in contrast to some Romans
who reluctantly get involved due to an over-enthusiastic new
recruit.
Timandahaf brings an end to the battle and explains to the Gauls
the reasons he and his men have come and kidnapped Justforkix.
In order to teach the Normans fear, Asterix sends Obelix to fetch
Cacofonix while remaining behind as a hostage. But Cacofonix
turns out to be missing — encouraged by Justforkix’s comments
and annoyed by the villagers’ treatment of him, he has decided
to go to Lutetia. Obelix manages to track him down, however,
and to persuade him to come back to save his first real fan.
Meanwhile, the Norman chief’s patience runs out and he tries to
force Justforkix to teach them flying by tossing him off a cliff.
Just before this can be carried out, Asterix engages the Norman
warriors in battle and, seeing him pressed by the Normans,
Justforkix suddenly gains the courage to fight as well — albeit to
no visible effect.
Just in time, Obelix and Cacofonix turn up to stop the slugfest,
and after some scepticism the Normans learn that Cacofonix
does indeed have the ability to teach one the meaning of fear:
his loud and ear-splitting singing has them scared out of their
wits. After having experienced this new emotion, the Normans
find out that it does not give them wings but rather shows them
the true meaning of courage, something they had always taken
for granted. Justforkix himself has learned the meaning of
courage thoroughly, making him the pride of his uncle
Asterix is the main character. He is a brave, shrewd warrior of somewhat
diminutive size, who eagerly volunteers for all perilous missions. French: Astérix
(from astérisque, meaning “asterisk”, which is the typographical symbol ” * ”
indicating a footnote, or from the Greek word αστήρ (aster), meaning a star).
His name is usually left unchanged […]

Obelix is Asterix’s closest friend and works as a menhir sculptor and delivery
man. He is a tall, obese man with two notable attributes: his phenomenal
strength and his voracious appetite for food. His strength results from having
fallen into Getafix’s magic potion cauldron as a boy. As a consequence, Getafix
will not let him […]
Getafix is the village druid. In appearance he is tall with a white beard, white
robe, red cloak. He is usually seen in possession of a small golden sickle. While
his age is never stated, in the story of Asterix’ birth (in which all but the oldest
villagers are seen as small children) he appears […]