a person or thing that ruins or spoils: Gambling was the bane of his existence. a deadly poison (often used in combination, as in the names of poisonous plants): wolfsbane; henbane. death; destruction; ruin. ... that which causes death or destroys life: entrapped and drowned beneath the watery bane.
The answer is "Kaddo's grandchildren and great-grandchildren in the Kingdom of Seno are poor to this day. And to the rich men of the country the common people sometimes say: 'Don't build a wall of flour around your house."
