A plump, over-breasted girl who runs the Night Kitchen in the Unseen University until the events of Unseen Academicals. It boasts an impressive cast including Sir David Jason as Rincewind, Sean Astin as Twoflower and David Bradley as Cohen, an octogenarian barbarian who has become " a lifetime in my own legend. This allowed Mort to stay in the world of the living. These traits rather get in the way of the profession she really wants to have: hairdressing. The granddaughter of the chief cook at the Assassin's Guild, she has inherited a large number of secret recipes from her. Young Sam enjoyed it, but Lady Sybil Vimes disapproved of this version. In Going Postal this is the Lady Sybil Free Hospital. Pages in category "Discworld characters" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 1,266 total. The Duck Man appears in several of Pratchett's books, including Hogfather, Soul Music , The Truth, and Feet of Clay. Also notable is his method of dealing with unpleasant occurrences. Another notable fact is that his catchphrase (minus "buggrit") is also used by Mrs Tachyon, a character in the Johnny Maxwell series, also by Pratchett. He has also theorised on the physical underpinnings of monarchy, explaining royal succession by use of a particle known as a Kingon (or possibly Queon), musing about the possibility of a communications system based upon the systematic torture of a monarch (although at this point, he had been "thrown out of the bar"). It is stated on several occasions that Jackrum should have actually retired long ago, with his official resignation papers constantly following him around by mail, but he always finds some excuse to get out of them; at one point in the book, he resigns his commission so that he can brutally assault an enemy soldier without dealing with military protocol and is subsequently re-enlisted afterwards. This incident appears to act as a deterrent for Morporkians against meddling with the occult or supernatural or doing something that is patently stupid. In the ethereal desert, Vorbis learns to his horror that what he thought was the voice of Om was in fact his own voice echoing inside of his own head, plunging him into despair. He also believes in the fundamental goodness of human nature and that all problems can be resolved, if all parties show good will and cooperate. It is also mentioned that he never went to Ankh-Morpork in his lifetime. That person coming down the street in Ankh-Morpork or sneaking up behind you in the dark woods isn't necessarily human. The couple are given the title of Duke and Duchess of Sto Helit, and later also become the parents of Susan Sto Helit. He and Laddie blow up the Odium picture-throwing pit during the disrupted premiere of Blown Away to kill a creature from the Dungeon Dimensions and the destroy the portal created by the "click"; being left for dead, he climbs out of the wreckage and reverts to being a normal dog when the Holy Wood Dream ends. He was a hero of the Tsortean Wars, which he ended by bribing a cleaner to show him a secret passage into the citadel of Tsort. Brutha was an Ommnian novice in Small Gods. Both men can become violent, but Mr Pin's violence is more directed and instrumental. Mr Hong never appears in any of the books, having (apparently) died before the start of any of the stories, but appears to form an important part of Ankh-Morpork's collective memory. When Brutha, Eighth Prophet and Prophet of Prophets, dies after a hundred years in power, he encounters a catatonic Vorbis in the ethereal desert; taking pity on him, he guides him through the desert to face judgement. How many Dibblers? Victor is also notable for being actively lazy; he kept himself fit because it was less effort to do things with decent muscles, and put a lot of work into avoiding work (as his University career illustrates). He also deliberately changes the course of history because he did not like the way things "should" go, replacing a horrific war with a century of peace. He has no understanding of the Agatean/Ankh-Morpork exchange rate and often overpays, primarily because even the smallest denomination of Agatean coin is made of pure gold, and, thus, often pays for small items and minor services with enough wealth to buy a sizable fraction of the city. But Hrun does not need to be angry for long: when Twoflower faints, his dragon, having existed only through his willpower, disappears, causing all three passengers to fall through the air. Having proved himself unworthy as a scarecrow he is chosen by Death to be his apprentice. At the end of the book Verence I's hidden heir, Tomjon, rejects the throne. Because their code demands it, assassins have to tell their victim their name and who sent themVetinari answered "think of me as your future" and "the city" respectively (indicating that Vetinari already planned to become Patrician some day). Death's Domain. She says she knew Cohen and that he took an interest in her educationsuch as setting a length of corridor with a variety of traps for some heroic training. This belief, which is quite firm, is based on hearing his grandmother saying, during a famine, "You will be alright if you have your potato." The most notable is perhaps "I wasn't born yesterday" which, as Lu Tze points out, resembles one of the key revelations of Wen the Eternally Surprised, who, in reference to the continually destroyed and renewed nature of the universe, and the constancy of revelation, said "I was not born-yesterday!". One of Ankh-Morpork's most successful businessmen, Harry King appears in The Truth, Making Money, and Raising Steam, and is referred to in Going Postal and briefly in Night Watch by Lu Tze. Lewton is the Disc's first and only private investigator and a former member of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, having been banished from it for taking a bribe. Stanley's surname was not revealed in the book, but is given in various peripheral material relating to Discworld stamps. In total, there are 41 Discworld novels published over 32 years. Explanation reveals that in Dimwell slang, "syrup of prunes" means wig. It's a meditation on religion, personal morality . Therefore, Victor studied extremely hard and, when finals came around each year, carefully and competently scored an 84; four points above the minimum to continue receiving the legacy, but four points below the passing grade of 88 (On one occasion he actually passed by accident, but appealed against it on the grounds that he felt he'd failed to pay adequate attention to some details and he would not feel right to pass over the more eligible candidates; he subsequently only received an 82 and an 83 in the later exams as he was trying to be careful). Guards!). She is noted as having (appropriate to her name) what would be seen as a contemporary view of the world. The Compleat Ankh-Morpork City Guide. She also has a fixation for the colour pink. Moist von Lipwig mistakes the dogs for pedigree Lipwigzers (probably Discworld Rottweilers, although Rottweilers are referred to as themselves in Carpe Jugulum,) a particularly savage breed of dog, but one which, as a Lipwig, he is familiar with, and is quite intrigued to find that the commands used to discipline lipwigzers still work on them (though they may have only been responding to the tone and confidence shown by Moist). Lu-Tze theorised that time's hold on him was "loose", for example, Lobsang could demonstrate a negative reaction timemoving towards something before it starts moving, though this theory eventually proved to be wrong. Tacticus therefore declared war on Ankh-Morpork, which (it is implied) was the reason why Ankh-Morpork lost its large empire. Was voiced by Alice Hart in the BBC Radio Four adaptation of Mort. Hrun also has some fame, because Twoflower gets very excited at the prospect of meeting Hrun the Barbarian. The Colour of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1) by. He started out as a mudlark, and developed his career from there. Her character also appears in Night Watch. These are the various bipedal sentient species and differently-animated races of Discworld. Swing moves and speaks in an erratic, jumpy fashion, in bursts and sputters, rather than a continuous flow of movement or sound. In Feet of Clay, he has become Foul Ole Rons Thinking Brain Dog and part of the Canting Crew. He comes to a rather sticky end when he is impaled by the desk spike of William de Worde in the offices of The Ankh-Morpork Times after being trapped in a cellar with molten lead raining from the ceiling as the building burned, killing Mr Tulip to use his body as a raft and to steal his potato (which he believed granted its possessor a path to reincarnation). In Soul Music he is possessed by "Music with Rocks in" and becomes the Disc's greatest musician under the name Buddy in the Band with Rocks In along with Cliff and Glod, before dying in a cart crash (a reference to Buddy HollyImp's name translates as "bud of the holly". On Discworld you will meet many of the characters from those books. He (and a number of other animals) gain sapience and the ability to speak as a result of the escaped Holy Wood Dream, and is compelled to travel to Holy Wood to break into the Discworld's newly-established film industry. Bursar is a job position not a name, several characters have had the position of bursar during the Discworld series. However, Mr Slant has also been involved in more sinister affairs. Twoflower is a native of the Agatean Empire, on the Counterweight Continent, living in the major sea port of Bes Pelargic where he works as an "inn-sewer-ants" clerk. During his reign, he was considered "eccentric" rather than mad by the upper classes, but he is now known by most Morporkians, including the nobles, as the Mad Lord. Given a barbarian hero's attractiveness to nubile young maidens, Cohen has quite a lot of children; in The Last Hero he mentions casually that he has dozens. On his first appearance in the series he is already an old man, but still tough enough to handle anything the world can throw at him; his opponents often underestimate him because of his age, realizing too late that a man who does for a living what Cohen does and nevertheless survives to such an age must be very good at it indeed. This contains sausages-in-buns, meat pies, and probably some merchandise connected with whatever the latest Morporkian fad is, but only when other ideas have proven to be unsuccessful. The books can be read in any order but for ease we have . All Votes Add Books To This List. When she foments this plan, Rincewind, Twoflower and Hrun the Barbarian are passing close to her mountain country. Formerly a street performing animal, he was named after the 'famous' Gaspode, a dog who faithfully stayed by his master's grave and whined (as, according to Gaspode, he had his tail trapped). flag. He is the muscle of the New Firm and, though an instinctive killer, recognises Mr Pin's cognitive skills and leaves the thinking to him. It is assumed that this means he is the son of the elder Fool's wife and Verence I, and he is duly crowned Verence II. 5. In The Fifth Elephant, Gaspode is employed by Captain Carrot to track down Angua after she flees back to her native berwald, where he explores his lupine nature. Although one of the most popular philosophers of all time, Didactylos never earns the respect of his fellow philosophers, due to the fact that he thinks 'about the wrong things'. Cohen does not know how old he is exactly. 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"[9] Another good example of Tacticus' sense of pragmatism would be his maxim "It is always useful to face an enemy who is prepared to die for his country. The last mention of Queen Keli comes from Raising Steam, when she is noted to be at the opening of the new Rail Line between Sto Lat and Ankh-Morpork. The first book opens with a dying wizard trying to pass his powers onto an eighth son of an eighth son being born. Programmed via 'Softlore', Hex runs and evolves under the watchful eyes of wizard Ponder Stibbons, who becomes the de facto IT manager at UU because he's the only one who understands what he's talking about. Quimby's reign ended when he was killed by a disgruntled poet during an experiment to test the truth of the saying "The pen is mightier than the sword". Mr Tulip is, along with Mr Pin, a member of the New Firm, a duo of interloping criminals in The Truth. Her entire life has been controlled by her fairy godmother, Lady Lilith de Tempscire, to ensure that she marries Lady Lilith's pawn, the Duc (pronounced "Duck") (actually a frog). He would not for example use a candlestick to knock someone out cold or steal it for its silver content. The Carpet People. The other seven personalities are very careful to keep him buried. During the events of Mort it became clear that Ysabell was competent in carrying out the work of her father including The Duty and 'doing the nodes'. His wig is believed to be sentient, and is certainly self-mobile, having escaped from a locked cupboard in the hospital. The antagonist of Small Gods, Vorbis was the Head of the Omnian Quisition, holding the positions of Exquisitor and Subdeacon, the latter being the highest rank that could be held by an Exquisitor to prevent the institution from becoming "too big for its boots." He was killed in The Fifth Elephant, after having helped produce the replica of the Scone of Stone. He is described in the books as resembling a rodent, and wears a long poacher's coat covered in pockets. As Nobby Nobbs put it after being told of the 'Soggy Mountain Dew' claim of '150% proof', "It ain't got no proofjust circumstantial evidence.". Groat does not trust doctors, which is perfectly understandable since there are very few reliable doctors in Ankh-Morpork. They can, however, toy with this rule; Samuel Vimes passed one of their many cultural "tests" by refusing to eat the sheep-eye soup traditionally offered foreigners to see if they'd go for it. In a scene unusually erotic for a Discworld book, Liessa strips naked before Hrun to see if his desire for her will be strong enough for their relationship to work. He is quiet (if a tad sarcastic) and almost unshockable. Classic Edd Matt Bendee Ku Klux Klan Dr. Decapi Ringo Tom Tord Santa Claus Kim and Katya Paul Zombehs Ash Williams . Jackrum has, over the years, been the sergeant in command of (or under) a number of young soldiers who then rose up to the Army's high command, and thus wields considerable influence. Of note is the fact that Harry King employs most of the gnolls in the city (a race that spends all their time picking up trash,) never forgets a debtor and needs to take two baths just to elevate himself to the rank of dirty. He lives in a barrel inside the wall of the palace of the Tyrant in Ephebe, crafting bespoke philosophies, axioms or aphorisms for scraps. Johnson achieves the same effect through unforeseen side effects of devices invented for other purposes, and in the process creates some of the Disc's most impressive, dangerous, and unusual works of architecture, art, and engineering. This means that both he and you have exactly the same aim in mind."[10]. Sometimes spelt 'Coughin' Henry'. Appears in The Truth, Going Postal and Making Money. He is described as a thin, balding man dressed in a long, old-fashioned black coat with large pockets, and supports himself on an opera cane (which is in reality a swordstick, albeit a poorly concealed one). In the TV adaptation of Going Postal, Stanley is played by Ian Bonar. A worker at the Unseen University's candle vats, though he seldom does any work, leaving most of it to the affable goblin (actually orc) Mr. Nutt. Seldom Bucket was a big man in cheese production in Ankh-Morpork, but who, just prior to the events in Maskerade, purchases the Ankh-Morpork Opera House. He is known, either personally or by reputation, by practically every soldier in the Borogravian Army, and boasts that he is probably quite well known by the soldiers of the enemy armies too. This was intended to be a sort of retirement plan, but Cohen and his chums became bored and then abandoned the Empire in The Last Hero, in which Cohen decides to express his displeasure with the modern world by "returning fire to the gods, with interest". Publisher in Ankh-Morpork. The name Captain Swing has long been associated with civil unrest, being the pseudonym of the (possibly mythical) leader of the Swing Riots. Like Ron, he appears as a verse in Where's My Cow?, when Sam adapts the Book's basic structure to fit city life. The daughter of Baron Saturday of Genua and Mrs Erzulie Gogol. He has also been hoarding food, and rescuing much of the castle's silverware and paintings. In Making Money, Groat was left in charge as acting-Postmaster General while Moist von Lipwig assumed his de facto position as chairman of the Royal Bank of Ankh Morpork. On arriving at the Great Desert he tries to use his phrenological skills to determine Death's character, only to find that Death has no characteristics he can measure. 'Wherever people are prepared to eat terrible food,' it says, 'there will be someone there to sell it to them.'. As a member of the Cheesemongers, Private 'Ozzer' Perks serves with the colourful Sgt Jackrum, a reformed vampire named Maladict, a troll called Carborundum, an Igor, and a few even stranger people, who are, in fact, all women in disguise. Using the name Delores De Syn, she starred in several movies with Victor Tugelbend, usually as the maiden to be rescued. Despite her profession, she is as humble as a caterpillar, and has about as much brains. It was broadcast on Easter Sunday and Monday 2008. In Going Postal, Adora begins a tentative relationship with Moist von Lipwig; by the time of Making Money they have become engaged. HO HO HO. Harry ends up betraying the Horde (as a villain, it is his job), though when the horde confronts him about his betrayal they praise him for still being a reliable Dark Lord even at the end. He was deposed as a result of the Glorious Revolution of the Twenty-Fifth of May, during which he was very nearly assassinated by the future Lord Vetinari, but died out of sheer terror instead when Vetinari, dressed all in black, walked up to him in a room full of people, none of them noticing anything. Described as Discworld's most enterprisingly unsuccessful entrepreneur, a 'merchant venturer' in Ankh-Morpork, he is most famous for selling meat by-products to unsuspecting souls. He instead treats himself with a variety of apparently dubious "natural" home remedies (later revealed to be, in actuality, extraordinarily effective), including concoctions made with sulfur or arsenic, and a poultice made of bread pudding. When at one point the far-flung city of Genua, whose royal family had interbred itself into extinction (the last king having tried to continue the royal bloodline with himself), asked Ankh-Morpork for a Duke, Tacticus was promoted and sent there. Since Hrun is mentioned to have joined the Watch in Interesting Times, she and Hrun may have split up, or she herself is now part of the Watch, though the latter seems improbable. As a boy, he "messed around in boats". C K (Caimh) McDonnell is a former stand-up comedian and TV writer. Ironically, despite his rather feminine manner and distinct lack of martial prowess (the expression "a big girl's blouse" is British slang for a wimp), he turns out to be one of the few characters in the novel who is genuinely male. Considering that Mr Slant is a zombie and both Mr Morecombe and Honeyplace are vampires, they are old enough to have been around when many laws were first written up. He is present briefly in Night Watch. Eric was last seen escaping from Hell with Rincewind, and it is unknown what happened to him afterwards. Watson, J., Lydon, S. J. and Harrison, N. A. He carries an old boot on a stick, so muggers desperate enough to try to rob the beggars often find themselves being kicked on the top of the head by a man 3 feet tall. He simply mentally edits them out. During her encounter with Rincewind (see below), her behaviour is sufficiently flamboyant as to cause him to believe she is "bonkers". Adora has returned to running the Clacks service running it as her father did. When the philosophical community came to the conclusion that distance was an illusion and all places were in fact the same place, Ly was the philosopher to make the famed conclusion that although all places were in fact the same place, that place was very big. However, he rarely got any cases. As he said, "Def'nitely give the ol' Rule One a fillip.". Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, and predecessor to Mad Lord Snapcase. His current whereabouts are unknown. Tiffany was nonplussed, and claimed she needed no apology or recompense so long as he ruled justly when he became Baron. ), see the articles for those races. The place where he lived had been in the middle of a war zone. Harry keeps ferocious mongrel guard dogs on his property. But Liessa still has one more trial in store for him: she strips till she is naked, so as to see how much passion he truly has for her. Verence had gone through much of the story subtly trying to deal with a major problem, namely that he was not quite sure how to actually consummate the marriage. Mr Tulip's past is hinted at being dark and fearful, a place that even Mr Tulip is afraid to remember. These form a discussion between him and the head printer, Thomas Cropper, about the book. Also known as Homicidal Lord Winder. In Interesting Times, it is revealed that he eventually became the commander of the Watch in an unnamed city. Tolliver also had a very small part in Wintersmith. Walter is helped by Agnes Nitt into combining both aspects of his personality together so that he can become the director of music. With the assistance of Ignius Cutwell, a local wizard, she attempted to be crowned Queen in a fast-tracked coronation before the reality enveloping Sto Lat collapsed. Liessa's kingdom is not likely to have survived, for by the later books, the barbarian way of life has all but vanished from the Discworld. With brains". It is revealed after time stops that he can make his own time, and pairs up with Susan Sto Helit to stop the Clock. Lobsang inherited powers directly from his parent; she, indirectly from a foster grandparent (Death). Generally he relies on the fact that no-one notices a sweeper, a well-honed ability to talk his way out of anything, and "Rule One", which states "Do not act incautiously when confronting little bald wrinkly smiling men", since such a person is almost always a highly trained martial artist due to the Disc's law of narrative causality. When Vimes got a copy of Tacticus' autobiography from the Librarian, he formulated a characteristically cynical opinion as to why Tacticus, although respected, was not much liked by history: Tacticus did not get a huge number of his men killed by his own arrogance and incompetence. Commander Sam Vimes had a particular unexplained grudge against him. A chorus singer at the Ankh-Morpork Opera House, Christine is a pretty, thin blonde with a tendency to wear white and use exclamation marks at the end of every sentence. In his memory, it was amended to read: "The pen is mightier than the sword only if the sword is very small and the pen is very sharp". In Jingo, it's noted that "D'reg" is not actually their name for themselves, but a name given to them by others. Indeed, he once said he was best at 'selling ideas.' Trooper is a specialist in the field of Death by Hanging, and it is his skill with a noose which allows him to simulate an actual execution but leave the victim alive which resulted in Moist von Lipwig's survival at the behest of Lord Vetinari. Ysabell first appeared in The Light Fantastic, where she met Rincewind, and was surprised to learn that he was not actually dead. For further Discworld character biographies, see the table below. It is also implied that she has an excellent figure ("other features that are considered attractive in any time"). Mort starts off at the bottom, learning to accept his position while mucking out the stables, and trying to ignore Ysabell, Death's adopted daughter. It seems at that point that Liessa is developing genuine feelings for her husband-to-be. The only one mentioned by name in the novels is Conina, who appears in Sourcery. Everyone knows Lu-Tze's name as one of the best monks on the field, but few realise who he actually is. Walter writes popular operas "with tunes you can hum". His Greatness the King Teppicymon XXVIII, Lord of the Heavens, Charioteer of the Wagon of the Sun, Steersman of the Barque of the Sun, Guardian of the Secret Knowledge, Lord of the Horizon, Keeper of the Way, the Flail of Mercy, the High-Born One, the Never-Dying King of Djelibeybi (lit. Castle falconer at Lancre, Hodgesaargh is not his actual name, but some misunderstanding has been caused due to his birds' habit of attacking him when people speak to him (i.e. Daughter of King Olerve the Bastard of the Sto Plains kingdom of Sto Lat, and the last person between the Duke of Sto Helit and the throne, she was saved from assassination by Mort, who found himself unable to allow her would-be assassin to kill her. Lu-Tze has a more substantial role in Thief of Time, in which we learn that he is not a monk at all, but "merely" a sweeper at the Monastery of Oi-Dong. Johnson is well remembered, but has long been deceased. Her name says it all really, an ex-opponent of Cohen, and sometime lover. Mr Goatberger knows his readership well, and prints his Almanacks on thin paper, as many families use previous editions in their privies. He probably thought sorry for me."). "Child of the Djel", the Disc's version of Egypt) is the main character in Pyramids. His first name is also a Latin word meaning "prison". It is possible that Mr Pin and Mr Tulip are taken as analogues of the Marvel Comics characters, the Kingpin and the Rose, organised crime figures. His trousers and socks are confirmed as being highly explosive, as a result of the gunpowder-like solution they are treated with. At the end of Witches Abroad, she became the Baroness of Genua. Another example given in the text is "cup-and-plate"no definition is given, but "He's a bit cup-and-plate in the head" implies it means "not quite right.". Her name is a play on the saying "a date with Rosie Palms," a slang term for masturbation. Convinced of the fellow barbarian's agility, she tells him that he may marry her if he defeats her brothers. Her establishment is used as a place to stay by Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg in Maskerade (on the recommendation of 'Nev' Ogg, though Granny Weatherwax had stayed there previously with Eskarina Smith in Equal Rites) and by Carrot on first settling in Ankh-Morpork (in Guards!
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