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The Auditors of Reality are fictional godlike beings in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of fantasy novels. They are one of the major recurring villains in the series, although they lack the necessary imagination to be really evil. Terence David John Pratchett OBE (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England[1]) is an English fantasy author, best known for his Discworld series. ...
Cover of an early edition of The Colour of Magic; art by Josh Kirby Discworld is a comedic fantasy book series by the British author Terry Pratchett set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which are in turn standing on the back of...
The Auditors of Reality are supernatural entities and the celestial bureaucrats. They make sure that gravity works, file the appropriate paperwork for each chemical reaction, and so forth. The Auditors hate life, because it's messy and unpredictable, which makes them fall behind on their paperwork; they much prefer barren balls of rock orbiting stars in neat, easily predictable elliptical paths. They really hate humans and other sentient beings, who are much more messy and unpredictable than other living things. Audit can refer to: Telecommunication audit Financial audit Performance audit Completion of a course of study for which no assessment is completed or grade awarded; especially audit is awarded to those who have elected not to receive a letter grade for a course in which letter grades typically awarded. ...
Reality, in everyday usage, means the state of things as they actually exist. ...
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An entity is something that has a distinct, separate existence, though it need not be a material existence. ...
The term celestial refers to the sky and/or Heaven. ...
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Gravity is a force of attraction that acts between bodies that have mass. ...
Vapours of hydrogen chloride in a beaker and ammonia in a test tube meet to form a cloud of a new substance, ammonium chloride A chemical reaction is a process that results in the interconversion of chemical substances. ...
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Human beings are defined variously in biological, spiritual, and cultural terms, or in combinations thereof. ...
The Auditors are not gods in the Discworld sense, as they do not derive their existence from human belief. Indeed, the Auditors find belief inherently repulsive. Belief and imagination are the ultimate mess: They shape and reform the physical world in almost infinitely varied and complex ways. Where the Auditors see a fragment of carbonaceous chondrite heated by the friction of atmospheric entry, imagination sees a falling star. Where the Auditors see a random cleft in granite, imagination sees a dark cave haunted by monsters. To the Auditors, this is infuriating; after all, how can one catalogue or quantify a dragon, a basilisk, poetry or Justice? The Auditors existed long before humans and would be quite happy to exist long after them. Imagination is accepted as the innate ability and process to invent partial or complete personal realms within the mind from elements derived from sense perceptions of the shared world. ...
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Swamp dragons (draco vulgaris) are fictitious creatures from Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...
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Fortunately for humanity and every other living thing, the Auditors can't simply wipe out life, because that's against the Rules; the Auditors can't break the Rules because, in a certain sense, they are the Rules. Unfortunately, a loophole exists in the Rules which allows the Auditors to influence humans into doing what they cannot do directly; in several of the Discworld novels, the Auditors hire humans to perform tasks that will make the world less "messy", paying them with the gold they created out of thin air using their abilities to manipulate reality.
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Being personifications of a concept, the Auditors have no fixed shape. When they manifest in the world, however, they almost always appear as empty grey cowled robes, an appearance which conveys drabness and dullness rather than danger. They do not speak, but rather impart the memory of having spoken directly into people's minds. Pratchett represents this idiosyncratic form of communication in simple plain text, without quotations. They are, in a sense, similar to the Things from the Dungeon Dimensions in that they represent a higher abstract principle hostile to ordinary mortal life, but from the opposite direction of Law rather than Chaos (see Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion series). The History Monks classify the Auditors and the Things from the Dungeon Dimensions as the same class of being, dhlangs or evil spirits, but see the Auditors as the most dangerous, at least according to Lu-Tze, who names them the "Enemies of Mind". In Terry Pratchetts Discworld series, the Dungeon Dimensions are the endless wastelands outside of space and time. ...
Lady Justice or Justitia is a personification of the moral force that underlies the legal system (particularly in Western art). ...
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Michael John Moorcock (born December 18, 1939, in London, England) is a prolific English writer primarily of science fiction and fantasy who has also published a number of literary novels. ...
The Eternal Champion is a fictional creation of the author Michael Moorcock and is a recurrent feature in many of his novels. ...
The Order of Wen the Eternally Surprised, better known as the History Monks, and also sometimes referred to as the Men In Saffron (see Men in Black) and No Such Monastery (see NSA), is a highly secretive religious organisation in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett, based in the Monastery...
Lu-Tze is a character in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. ...
The Auditors have no discerning characteristics among themselves and function as a collective; when one speaks, it speaks for all of them, and each Auditor works uniformly with countless numbers of other Auditors. When discussing matters and making choices they work in groups of three. One to agree, one to disagree and one to mediate the two, thus covering all angles of possible debate to find the best solution. In the rare cases when an Auditor appears to develop an individual personality (such as using a personal pronoun to refer to itself or experiencing an emotion) it instantly ceases to exist, because to be an individual is to live, and to live is to die. This happens because, as far as the Auditors are concerned, to have a personality is to be a living being with a beginning and an end, the intervening time between which seems infinitely small to entities who have experienced eternity. This does not seem to have any impact on the rest of the Auditors except maybe as an example to be avoided, because another Auditor immediately takes the place of its vanished colleague. In The Thief of Time they temporarily inhabited human bodies they had made from the constituent elements and tried to discover how and why humans act as they do.
Death Interestingly, the primary opponent of the Auditors' plans for eliminating life is Death. Death does not see himself as the enemy of life, but rather an integral part of it, giving rest to the old and weary, and ensuring that the world doesn't become completely stuffed with life. He has also, over the millennia of performing his function, developed a certain fondness for the humans he ushers into the world beyond. This conflict is all the more fascinating because Pratchett has hinted (in The Discworld Companion) that Death and the Auditors may be related beings. The Auditors are the executive arm of the Old High Ones, the eight beings who create and shape the universe. Death ultimately answers to the eighth of the Old High Ones, Azrael, the death of universes. Death is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...
The afterlife, or life after death, is a generic term referring to a continuation of existence, typically spiritual, experiential, or ghost-like, beyond this world (eg. ...
The Discworld Companion is an encyclopedia to all things Discworldian, created by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs. ...
See also: Discworld magic The Discworld gods are the fictional deities from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ...
The Auditors of Reality have appeared in the Discworld novels Reaper Man, Hogfather, Thief of Time and The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch. Reaper Man is a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. ...
Hogfather is the 20th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. ...
Thief of Time is the 26th Discworld novel written by Terry Pratchett. ...
| Characters: | Tiffany Aching • Albert • Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild members • Ankh-Morpork City Watch members • Ankh-Morpork Post Office staff • Captain Carrot • Otto von Chriek • Clacks characters • Cohen the Barbarian • Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler • Detritus • Gaspode • Greebo • Hex • History Monks • Igor • Bloody Stupid Johnson • Leonard of Quirm • The Librarian • Moist von Lipwig • Lu-Tze • The Luggage • Mort and Ysabell • Nac Mac Feegle • C.W. St J. Nobbs • Nanny Ogg • Mustrum Ridcully • Rincewind • Ponder Stibbons • Susan Sto Helit • General Tacticus • Twoflower • Unseen University staff • Verence II of Lancre • Havelock Vetinari • Samuel Vimes • Lady Sybil Vimes • Granny Weatherwax • The Witches • The Wizards more... The Discworld is the fictional setting for all of Terry Pratchetts Discworld fantasy novels. ...
A major subset of the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett involve the witches of Lancre. ...
Albert is a character from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of novels, first appearing in Mort. ...
The Ankh-Morpork Assassins Guild is a fictional school for professional killers in Terry Pratchetts longrunning Discworld series of fantasy novels. ...
The primary members of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch are (see the linked articles for full details of the characters): // Main article: Samuel Vimes Main article: Carrot Ironfoundersson Main article: Angua Main article: Detritus (Discworld) Main article: Fred Colon Main article: Nobby Nobbs Sergeant Cheery Littlebottom is a forensic alchemist...
The Ankh-Morpork Post Office is featured in the book Going Postal, the most recent addition to British fantasy author Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of books. ...
 Carrot Ironfoundersson is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...
Otto von Chriek, more commonly called Otto Chriek, is a character in Terry Pratchetts longrunning Discworld series of fantasy novels. ...
The clacks in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels is a network of semaphore towers stretching along the Sto Plains, into the Ramtops and across the Unnamed Continent to Genua. ...
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Cut Me Own Throat (C.M.O.T) Dibbler is one of the numerous bit part characters that enrich the world of Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...
Detritus is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld. ...
Gaspode is a small terrier-like dog featured in seven of Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...
This article refers to the Discworld character. ...
Hex is an elaborate, Heath Robinson/Rube Goldberg-esque, magic-powered computer housed at Unseen University (UU) in the city of Ankh-Morpork, in author Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...
The Order of Wen the Eternally Surprised, better known as the History Monks, and also sometimes referred to as the Men In Saffron (see Men in Black) and No Such Monastery (see NSA), is a highly secretive religious organisation in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett, based in the Monastery...
This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...
Johnson, Bergholt Stuttley, known as Bloody Stupid Johnson, is a landscape gardener and inventor on the Discworld (a fictional world created by author Terry Pratchett), and is mentioned in a number of books. ...
Leonard of Quirm is a fictional character in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. ...
The Librarian of Unseen University is one of the most popular characters in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels, to the extent where pin badges bearing the legend Librarians rule Ook are now available. ...
Moist von Lipwig is a character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...
Lu-Tze is a character in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. ...
The Luggage is a fictional object that appears in some of the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. ...
Mort and Ysabell are a young married couple in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...
Nac Mac Feegles on the cover of The Wee Free Men The Nac Mac Feegle (also known as Pictsies, the Wee Free Men, the Little Men, or Person or Persons Unknown, Believed to be Armed) are a fictional type of fairy appearing in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels Carpe Jugulum...
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Gytha Ogg (usually called Nanny Ogg) is a character from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...
Mustrum Ridcully is a fictional character in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett. ...
Rincewind the Wizzard is a fictional character appearing in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett, several of which feature him as the central character. ...
In the fictional universe of Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of books, Ponder Stibbons is a wizard in Unseen University. ...
Susan Sto Helit is a fictional character who features in three of Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels - Soul Music, Hogfather, and Thief of Time. ...
General Callus Tacticus is a legendary soldier and military leader in Terry Pratchetts Discworld fantasy series. ...
Twoflower is a fictional character featuring in some of Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...
Unseen University (UU) is a school of wizardry in the fictional Discworld city of Ankh-Morpork, staffed by a faculty composed of mostly indolent and inept old wizards. ...
Verence II of Lancre is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...
Lord Havelock Vetinari is the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, the head of the fictional city state of Ankh-Morpork in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...
Sam Vimes is a fictional policeman from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...
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This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
A major subset of the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett involves the witches of Lancre. ...
The wizards are major characters in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of Discworld characters. ...
| | Races and creatures: | Dwarfs • Trolls • Golems • Gnomes • Undead • Elves • Fauna of the Discworld • Discworld languages Dwarfs in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels are similar to the Dwarves of J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth, which they largely started out as a homage to, and dwarfs/dwarves in other fantasy novels. ...
Trolls in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels, unlike the monstrous trolls of folklore and J.R.R. Tolkien, have been subverted into a moderately civilised race. ...
Golems in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series are derived from golems in Jewish mythology; early forms of a clay robot, supposedly awakened by a spell or priestly words to do peoples bidding. ...
Gnomes are the smallest humanoid species on the Discworld (a fictional flat world created by Terry Pratchett) ranging from four inches (10cm) to 2 feet (61cm) in height. ...
The Fresh Start Club, a society of the undead. ...
In Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels elves are extradimensional inhuman monsters. ...
Terry Pratchetts fictional Discworld has a large number of creatures unique to it or its parasite universes (such as Fairyland or Deaths Domain). ...
The languages of Terry Pratchetts Discworld series are not as complex or as detailed as the languages created for such fantasy works as Tolkiens Lord of the Rings, but a certain amount of information has nonetheless been revealed. ...
| | Deities: | Death • The Great God Om • Discworld gods • Small gods • Anthropomorphic personifications • Auditors of Reality Death is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...
The Great God Om is a fictional deity in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ...
See also: Discworld magic The Discworld gods are the fictional deities from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ...
This article is about the novel Small Gods; for the concept of Small Gods within the Discworld, see Discworld Gods Small Gods is the thirteenth of Terry Pratchetts popular Discworld novels, published in 1992. ...
An anthropomorphic personification is a natural process endowed with human form and personality. ...
| | Locations: | Discworld (world) • Ankh-Morpork • Agatean Empire • Bugarup • Dark Desert • Death's Domain • Djelibeybi • Dungeon Dimensions • Ephebe • Genua • Klatch • L-space • Lancre • Parasite universe • Pseudopolis • Quirm • Roundworld • Sto Lat • Überwald • Unseen University • more... The Discworld is the fictional setting for all of Terry Pratchetts Discworld fantasy novels. ...
Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ...
The Agatean Empire is a fictitous country that occupies the Counterweight Continent of Terry Pratchetts Discworld. ...
Bugarup is the apparent capital or principal city of FourEcks, the Australia-like continent in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...
The Dark Desert is a transition phase between life and death on the fictional Discworld. ...
Cover of the book. ...
Djelibeybi is a fictional country on Terry Pratchetts Discworld. ...
In Terry Pratchetts Discworld series, the Dungeon Dimensions are the endless wastelands outside of space and time. ...
Ephebe is one of the countries of the Discworld, a fictional world created by Terry Pratchett in a series of novels of the same name. ...
Genua is a fictional city from Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...
This article is about the country of Klatch. ...
Books are the gateway to l-space For the mathematical Lp and spaces, see Lp space L-space, short for library-space, is a fictional dimension described in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of novels. ...
Lancre (pronounced Lanker) is a fictional country from Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...
A parasite universe in Terry Pratchetts Discworld is a universes cut off from the past and future. ...
Pseudopolis is one of the fictional cities of Sto Plains in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels. ...
Quirm is a fictional city in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...
This article details minor Discworld concepts: concepts and ideas from the Discworld of novels by Terry Pratchett which only appear in the background, or are not well fleshed out. ...
Sto Lat is a fictional town in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...
In Terry Pratchetts fictional Discworld universe, Ãœberwald is a region located in near the foot of the Ramtops, farther from Ankh-Morpork than Lancre is. ...
Unseen University (UU) is a school of wizardry in the fictional Discworld city of Ankh-Morpork, staffed by a faculty composed of mostly indolent and inept old wizards. ...
This is a list of fictional locations in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...
| | Organisations: | City Watch • Thieves' Guild • Assassins' Guild • Beggars' Guild • Post Office • Clacks • Fools' Guild • Other Guilds • Coat of arms of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. ...
The Guild of Thieves, Cutpurses and Allied Trades is a fictional institition in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett. ...
The Ankh-Morpork Assassins Guild is a fictional school for professional killers in Terry Pratchetts longrunning Discworld series of fantasy novels. ...
The Ankh-Morpork Beggars Guild is a guild for panhandlers, down-and-outs and borderline cases in Ankh-Morpork, the largest city on the Discworld, the setting for the longrunning series of fantasy novels of the same name by Terry Pratchett. ...
The Ankh-Morpork Post Office is featured in the book Going Postal, the most recent addition to British fantasy author Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of books. ...
The clacks in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels is a network of semaphore towers stretching along the Sto Plains, into the Ramtops and across the Unnamed Continent to Genua. ...
In Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels, the Fools Guild (full title: The Guild of Fools and Joculators and College of Clowns) is a trading and training organisation for clowns, jesters and other practitioners of slapstick humour. ...
In Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels, there are almost 300 Guilds in the city of Ankh-Morpork. ...
| | Other: | Magic • Stealth Chess • Cripple Mr Onion • Thud (game) • Minor Discworld concepts • Books in the Discworld The Discworld is the fictional setting for all of Terry Pratchetts Discworld fantasy novels. ...
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Cripple Mr Onion was originally a fictional card game played by characters in Terry Pratchetts novels Wyrd Sisters and Witches Abroad. ...
Thud is a board game devised by Trevor Truran and first published in 2002, inspired by the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett. ...
This article details minor Discworld concepts: concepts and ideas from the Discworld of novels by Terry Pratchett which only appear in the background, or are not well fleshed out. ...
This is a list of fictional books within the Discworld series. ...
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