THE KINGDOM OF

RODNEY A VISITOR’S GUIDE

Rodney Tourist Board Official Disclaimer: Please note that the Kingdom of Rodney is currently subject to a dragon infestation and as such the Rodney Tourist Board accept no responsibility for the loss of life, limb, sanity, family members, pets or treasure during your stay.

A Message from the Mayor of Cranktown

Nestled among the majestic Bunnykins Mountains,

the Kingdom of Rodney is the ideal destination for the caution-free holidaymaker.

Take advantage of the generous “Dragon

Discounts” offered by Cranktown’s Inns and

join the friendly (but fearful) locals in a wide range

of regular weekly activities including Putting out the Burning Picturesque Buildings, Fleeing in Terror Down the Quaint Cobbled Streets, and Cowering Below Ground in the Atmospheric Catacombs.

And, if you’re feeling especially adventurous, you might like to take a day trip* up to Krummy Cavern to try your luck at ridding the Kingdom of Flamethrottle, the ferocious man-eating dragon

Whatever your tastes, we guarantee that a holiday in Rodney will be a once in a lifetime experience that you and your surviving loved ones will never forget!

Dame Nelly Fudgebar Cranktown Mayor

* The route is clearly marked by a trail of bones and armour.

LUDD’S TOYMAKERS At Ludd’s Toymakers our craftsmen having been making toys the same way for hundreds of years. You won’t find moving clockwork or

any other new-fangled innovations in our shop, just old-fashioned, lead-painted playthings that stay exactly where they’re put!

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THE CLOCKWORK DRAGON

by Jonathan Emmett & Elys Dolan

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once was, the town has become a popular lunch venue for Flamethrottle, Rodney’s resident man-eating dragon.

3: The Tower of Bauble Having spent the rest of the year surrounded by the pine trees of Crassly Forest, the people of Cranktown celebrate Christmas by hanging shiny decorations from this tower instead.

4: Bunnykins Mountains Named after the beloved pet rabbits of King Darren I, the range stretches from Mount Fluffles in the west to Mount Binky in the east, the highest peak being Mount Frisky.

Kingdom of Rodney Originally known as ‘Fwqxtkrghlstan’, but renamed ‘Rodney’ in 1537 since even the people that lived there were unable to pronounce the kingdom’s name correctly.

1: Castle Crackpot Designed by Queen Stacy in 1642, Castle Crackpot enjoys uninterrupted views of the Kingdom of Rodney and is just a cannon ball’s throw from the local shops.

2: Cranktown Although no longer the cheerful bustling community it

5: Kruddly Marshes Drab, dank and full of festering slime, the Kruddly Marshes are a favourite summer destination for flies and their families.

6: Vale of Squinty Don’t bother going there - it’s much further than it looks and hardly worth the effort.

7: Crassly Forest Three times winner of Golden Pine Cone Award for Best Kept Forest in Rodney, Crassly (Rodney’s only forest) would be an ideal picnic location … if it wasn’t downwind from the Kruddly Marshes and teeming with ravenous wolves.

8: Castle Krummy (Ruin) Knocked up at the weekends by King Terry II using some stone blocks that had “fallen off the back of a wagon”. Terry’s wife, Queen Stacy,

eventually persuaded him to abandon the project and get some ‘proper’ builders to construct Castle Crackpot instead.

9: Krummy Cavern (Flamethrottle’s Cave) The world’s only cheese mine, this vast cavern was excavated for more than a century until the people of Rodney realised that cheese had to be made rather than mined. The cave is now home to Flamethrottle the man-eating Dragon and houses an extensive collection of stolen treasure, mangled armour and bones.

Illustrations © 2015 Elys Dolan. Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press.

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