Rodney the First

Rodney the First is the name of the first saint of ancient Tricam Island. He embodies several key principles that drove the country into what it is today.

He's also a nobber.

In the ancient texts that were first forged on the Long Heavy Journey of the old times, Rodney is described thus by Milk:

''Rodney is a man who licks his palms. A man who, after licking his palms, will handle his food, getting his hand right in there writhing around smearing the dirt and grime and saliva all over his boiled sweets. He will take out a handful, and innocently look up at you, offering you one of his filthy foodstuffs.''

''He'll take out his sandwich for lunch, a sandwich no doubt constructed with love and fingers smeared with muck, and glance up at you. He'll look back down at his sandwich, and dig his foul fingernails filled with filthiness into the soft bread, leaving black half-moon shaped marks in it as he pulls the slices apart, breaking his sandwich into two pieces. One of those pieces is for you. Before he gives it to you, he will lick his palms, leaving only a few crumbs stuck to his skin with saliva, then pick up the half sandwich in his fist, and hold it out to you.''

Rodney has a heart of gold, but he's well rodders.

The term 'rodney' or 'rodders' has since passed into common vernacular on Tricam Island itself and also in its many embassies throughout the world.*


 * A Tricam Island Embassy is defined thus: "Any place that has been formally designated an Embassy, or any place that contains a citizen of Tricam Island"