A tale from the Old Time on Gallifrey tells how Death sent his messenger to the village of Slothe in the foothold mountains of Outer Gallifrey. The villagers of Slothe were lazy. They got lazier with every passing generation. They took what they wanted from the land without ever working to put anything back. They sowed no crops and raided nests till the land and its wildlife were exhausted. Like locusts, they moved around and bled the land, the rivers and its fruits empty. By their thoughtless actions the people brought Death on themselves.