NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Discworld characters

This article contains brief biographies for characters from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. Characters are listed here either if they only appear in one novel or if their biographies consist only of a single paragraph. For further Discworld character biographies, see the table below. 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...

Characters are listed, in the main, alphabetically by last name. Where the last name is unknown, they are listed by their first name. Occasionally, both a character's first and last names are known, but his or her first name is more widely known than the last (as with Carcer Dun, who was referred to throughout Night Watch simply as "Carcer" and only named "Dun" in the promotional material, and with Roland de Chumsfanleigh, who has appeared in all three Tiffany Aching novels but whose last name was only revealed in Wintersmith). If this happens, the character will be listed by his/her better-known name, with the complete name given in brackets. Wintersmith is the title of the third Tiffany Aching novel in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series, published on the 21 September 2006. ...

See also: List of Discworld characters It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Discworld characters. ...

Achmed the Mad

See: Necrotelecomnicon Fictional books within Terry Pratchetts fictional Discworld series of fantasy novels possess great innate power. ...

Adora Belle Dearheart

The daughter of Robert Dearheart, founder of the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company, and sister of the murdered John Dearheart, Adora Belle Dearheart (featured in Going Postal) is cynical, angry, and a heavy smoker (so memorably heavy that Moist, needing to find her, located her house by asking the nearest tobacconist's). She operates an employment service for golems in Ankh-Morpork. There are hints in the novel that she is beginning a relationship with Moist von Lipwig, who is madly in love with her, mainly because she is the only person who does not easily fall for his tricks and is therefore a challenge. Pratchett confirmed at a reading in Bern that by Making Money she has become Lipwig's girlfriend. Why she would love Lipwig in return is somewhat uncertain, but it could be due to the fact that since "golems are not like a hammer", then in her logic, Lipwig is a rather dishonest conman but not a despotic manipulator like Reacher Gilt, the man who swindled Adora Belle's family. Since Miss Dearheart's affection is aimed only at golems, she may think along the same lines about Lipwig. The fact that Lipwig actually helped return the clacks to the Dearhearts in a unique moment of selflessness probably counts. Miss Dearheart can see through most of Lipwig's tricks but he sometimes succeeds in amazing her. Of course in those cases he often succeeds in amazing himself as well. 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. ... Memorial of the 1986 post office incident in Edmond, Oklahoma. ... Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ... Moist von Lipwig is a character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... Location within Switzerland The city of Bern, English traditionally Berne (Bernese German BÃ¤rn , German Bern , French Berne , Italian Berna , Romansh Berna ), is the Bundesstadt (administrative capital) of Switzerland, and is the fourth most populous Swiss city (after ZÃ¼rich, Geneva and Basel). ... For the actual making of money, see Mint for the making of coins and Banknote concerning the production of paper money. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... 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. ...

Anghammarad

Anghammarad features in the novel Going Postal. He is a golem, almost nineteen thousand years old, having been baked by the priests of Upsa in the Third Ning of the Shaving of the Goat. He was also given a voice. However, Upsa was destroyed by the explosion of Mount Shiputu. He then spent two centuries under a mountain of pumice, before it eroded away. He then became a messenger for the Fisherman Kings of the holy Ult. Memorial of the 1986 post office incident in Edmond, Oklahoma. ... 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. ... // Specimen of highly porous pumice from Teide volcano on Tenerife, Canary Islands. ...

More recently, he delivered the decrees of King Het of Thut. That is, he delivered them until the land of Thut slid under the sea. He then spent nine thousand years in the deep ocean, before being netted by a fisherman. While having returned to civilization, he still carried the message warning Het that the sea goddess is angry, and hoped to deliver it (golems believe time is cyclical, and Anghammarad thought that if he waited long enough, he'd be able to get it right the second time around).

He worked for the Ankh-Morpork Post Office (in the honorary position of Extremely Senior Postman) before his briefly white-hot ceramic body was engulfed with cold water while fighting a catastrophic fire in the post office building. The resulting explosion ended his life. He asked Death to allow him to remain at the entrance to the afterlife, equating an absence of tasks to perform with perfect freedom. Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ...

B'hrian Bloodaxe

The first Low King of the Dwarfs, and a great cultural hero. His life is told in the opera Bloodaxe and Ironhammer. He was the lover of Ironhammer, who forged the Scone of Stone (a reference to the Stone of Scone). Ironhammer killed himself (all dwarves are called 'he', even females) when falsely told of Bloodaxe's death. Bloodaxe was subsequently killed at the Battle of Koom Valley. According to legend he killed 57 trolls there, and a loaf of Battle Bread that he supposedly wielded has become a cultural icon and is in the Dwarf Bread Museum in Ankh-Morpork. However, in Thud! it's revealed that he was trying to prevent the battle when a flash flood trapped him in a sinkhole. The Battle Bread found next to Bloodaxe's body casts doubt on the authenticity of the A-MDBM loaf, unless of course he carried more than one. 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. ... The Stone of Scone, (pronounced scoon) also commonly known as the Stone of Destiny or the Coronation Stone (though the former name sometimes refers to Lia FÃ¡il) is a block of sandstone historically kept at the now-ruined abbey in Scone, near Perth, Scotland. ... 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. ... 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. ... Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ... Thud! is Terry Pratchetts 34th Discworld novel, released in the United States of America and the United Kingdom on September 13, and it may have been released already in other countries, such as Norway [1] and Denmark. ...

Bloodaxe was first mentioned in Feet of Clay, and his full history was revealed in The Fifth Elephant and Thud!. His name is possibly based on Brian Bloodaxe, a computer game character from the 1980s. The character is also possibly based on Brian Boru, a 10th century Irish king. Feet of Clay is the nineteenth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, and a parody of detective novels. ... The Fifth Elephant is the 24th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. ... Thud! is Terry Pratchetts 34th Discworld novel, scheduled to be released in October 2005. ... Brian Bloodaxe is a British platform game written by Charles Bystram and released by The Edge Software in 1985. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... A much later engraving of Brian Boru Brian BÃ³ruma mac CennÃ©tig (926 or 941[1] â€“ 23 April 1014) (known as Brian Boru in English) was High King of Ireland from 1002 to 1014. ...

Brick

Brick is a young Gutter troll in the novel Thud!. He is described as being emaciated by troll standards, and having a texture and pattern to his hide that makes him resemble a brick wall (due to being made of "metamorphorical rock" and having been born in Ankh-Morpork). Samuel Vimes, upon seeing him, classified him as the loser's loser. Brick regularly used troll drugs bummed off of the few gutter trolls who didn't always throw things at him when they saw him, and was generally considered to have sunk somewhat lower than the gutter. 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. ... Thud! is Terry Pratchetts 34th Discworld novel, released in the United States of America and the United Kingdom on September 13, and it may have been released already in other countries, such as Norway [1] and Denmark. ... 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. ... Samuel Sam Vimes is a fictional policeman from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...

Eventually, Sergeant Detritus of the City Watch takes in Brick and seems to unofficially adopt him. Detritus was convinced of Brick's potential after Brick was found still conscious, and, what's more, still walking after having a few mugs of a potent troll beverage, the name of which translates to Big Hammer. Detritus is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld. ...

Brutha

Originally an Omnian novice in the Citadel of Om, noted only for being a simple boy with an apparently perfect memory. Brutha was the main character in Small Gods, in which he found himself Chosen by the Great God Om because he was the only person who really believed in the god. He went on to become the Eighth Prophet of Om and Cenobiarch of Omnia, and transformed Omnianism into a religion of tolerance and understanding. He died 100 years later and some time ago, an issue that has been proven by a passage in Thief of Time. It has been suggested that Brutha is modeled on Thomas Aquinas, whom Albertus Magnus reports having been called 'the dumb ox' by other students. An example of Brutha's memory is given when he says that his earliest memory is that "there was a bright light. Then somebody hit me." referring to the slap a doctor gives a baby after it is born to make it breathe. An Omnian is someone who practices a religion that appears on the Discworld, created by Terry Pratchett. ... 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. ... The Discworld gods are the fictional deities from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... Omnia is a fictional country in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett. ... Thief of Time is the 26th Discworld novel written by Terry Pratchett. ... Saint Thomas Aquinas, O.P.(also Thomas of Aquin, or Aquino; c. ... Albertus Magnus (b. ...

Carcer Dun

The villain of Night Watch, described by Vimes as "a stone-cold killer. With brains." Night Watch is the 29th novel in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series, published in 2002. ...

Carcer is a textbook psychopathic killer, completely lacking in conscience or empathy. His impulse control is highly selective ("That was one thing about Carcer, at least - he wouldn't shoot you in the back if he thought there was a reasonable chance, pretty soon, of cutting your throat."). Judging by his enthusiasm for his job in the past as a Cable Street Particular and his glee at the discovery of the younger Sam Vimes (whether he wanted to kill the younger Vimes or corrupt his future nemesis to become like him is unknown; he seemed tempted to do both at different times), Carcer seems to have sadistic personality disorder: "Carcer was in two minds, but instead of them being in conflict, they were in competition. He had a demon on both shoulders, urging one another on." Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a personality disorder which is often characterised by antisocial and impulsive behaviour. ... Sadistic personality disorder was never formally admitted into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM); nevertheless, some researchers and theorists continue to use its criteria. ...

Carcer and Vimes could fairly be said to be two sides of the same coin. Where Vimes instinctively cleaves to the role of protector, Carcer uses the talents the two men share (motivation and manipulation of others, a talent for dirty fighting, a gift for strategy, knowledge of police procedure and knowledge of and skill with illegal concealed weapons, to name a few) as a predator, killing people for no other reason than to apparently steal a five-dollar watch.

Carcer is also said to have a talent for unnerving people. He smiles all the time and laughs in a way, that "Haha didn't come close to doing it the injustice it deserved (...), suggesting this was all somehow funny and you hadn't got the joke." Still, he would always be utterly convinced that he never did anything wrong. He'd stand with stolen goods and blood on his hands and ask: "Me? What did I do?"

Carcer claims his original crime was stealing a loaf of bread, though Vimes says that Carcer's style would be to murder the baker and steal the whole bakery. Jean Valjean - illustration from original publication of Les MisÃ¨rables, after a painting by Gustave Brion (1824-1877) Jean Valjean is a fictional character and the protagnost of Victor Hugos classic novel Les MisÃ¨rables. ...

Carcer's last name was shown in a preview of Night Watch, but never revealed in the completed book.

Carcer is captured by Vimes at the end of Night Watch and presumedly hanged thereafter, though neither a hanging nor trial are explicitly depicted in the book. Hanging to Music. ...

Christine

A chorus singer at the Ankh-Morpork Opera House, Christine is a pretty, thin blonde with a tendency to wear white and use exclamation points at the end of every sentence!!!!! She is actually an extraordinarily untalented singer, but the management favors her for her beautiful appearance (and the fact her father has donated a good deal of money) and has her lip-synch on-stage to the voice of Agnes Nitt. She is friendly and kind but not particularly bright and can be unintentionally slighting. She is a beneficiary of the sad fact that star quality is a far rarer commodity than talent. Christine is a parody of Christine Daaé from The Phantom of the Opera. The "Phantom" in the story accidentally tutors Agnes instead of Christine. A major subset of the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett involve the witches of Lancre. ... Christine DaaÃ© is the main female character in Gaston Lerouxs novel The Phantom of the Opera (1910), the young singer with whom the Phantom falls in love. ... This article is about the Gaston Leroux novel. ...

Christine's father told her that a "dear little pixie" would help her career, and she thinks Agnes might be that pixie. This may be comparable to Christine Daaé's belief that the Phantom is the "Angel of Music". Christine DaaÃ© is the main female character in Gaston Lerouxs novel The Phantom of the Opera (1910), the young singer with whom the Phantom falls in love. ...

Chrysoprase

Chrysoprase is the local godfather of the Breccia troll organised crime family and owns the troll hotel known as the Gritz and the Cavern nightclub. He is more obviously at home in Ankh-Morpork than most trolls; his features are deliberately polished smooth, and he wears a suit, rather than the usual loincloth and lichen. His understanding of civilised behaviour is that violence is barbaric, but paying other people to do it is business. He also wears diamond jewelery, apparently made from the teeth of trolls who moved against him (an allusion to Meyer Wolfsheim in The Great Gatsby, who wears "ivory" cufflinks made from human molars). He considers himself a fine example of a troll achieving great success in a foreign culture and is the head of the Silicon Anti-Defamation League, which seeks to raise the issue of discrimination against trolls by humans and dwarfs in Ankh-Morpork. He is first mentioned in Wyrd Sisters (as "Chrystoprase"), and appears in Soul Music and Thud!. The Light Fantastic briefly features a troll called Krysoprase, who was confirmed to be the same character in The Discworld Companion (it was attributed to the fact that trolls are terrible spellers). It has been suggested that List of godfathers be merged into this article or section. ... Breccia, derived from the Latin word for broken, is a sedimentary rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material. ... Organized crime is crime carried out systematically by formal criminal organizations. ... Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ... The Great Gatsby is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. ... This article is about the novel. ... This article is about the novel Soul Music. ... Thud! is Terry Pratchetts 34th Discworld novel, scheduled to be released in October 2005. ... The Light Fantastic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second of the Discworld series. ... The Discworld Companion is an encyclopedia to all things Discworldian, created by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs. ...

Conina

The daughter of Cohen the Barbarian and a temple dancer. From her mother she inherited gold-tinged skin, white-blond hair, a voice that can make "Good morning" sound like an invitation to bed, and a very good figure. From her father, she inherited sinews you could moor a ship to, muscles as solid as a plank, and reflexes like a snake on a hot tin roof (from relevant pieces of description in Sourcery). She also acquired from Cohen suitable heroic instincts (that is, strong urges to fight, kill, and steal) and an ability to use anything as a deadly weapon. These traits rather get in the way of the profession she really wants to have: hairdressing. Ghenghiz Cohen, known as Cohen the Barbarian is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ... Sourcery is the fifth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 1988. ...

Dios

High priest of Djelibeybi; largely responsible for its creation, its culture and its religion, not to mention its hundreds of pyramids. Rendered immortal by the pyramid in which he sleeps, Dios remained for hundreds of generations the self-appointed guardian of the traditions and values of his country, most of which he invented. He performed the rituals and rites to the gods so many times that, come their allotted hour, his mind would automatically go through them even if physically doing so was impossible. He believed he may be 7000 years old, though by the end of Pyramids his unhappy fate reveals he is actually far older than that, if indeed he could be said to have an age at all (he is somewhat of a living ontological paradox.) It also raises the question of whether it was indeed Dios who created the pyramids, or the other way around. "Dios" means "God" in Spanish and his staff is described with two snakes entwined around it, like the Caduceus, though by the end of the novel, when his ultimate destiny is revealed, the snakes form into an ouroboros. Djelibeybi is a fictional country on Terry Pratchetts Discworld. ... Pyramids is the seventh Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 1989. ... An ontological paradox is a paradox of time travel that questions the existence and creation of information and objects that travel in time. ... The Caduceus Two caduceuses without wings as decoration of door portal in ZtracenÃ¡ street in Olomouc (Czech Republic). ... For other uses, see Ouroboros (disambiguation). ...

Doughnut Jimmy

A highly proficient horse doctor who treated Vetinari in Feet of Clay. Due to his lack of experience with human patients, much of his advice was flawed ("walk him round a bit on loose rein...and no oats"). A former jockey, he won a lot of money by not winning races. Highly skilled at achieving results, when he treated 'Dire Fortune', it didn't fall over until the last furlong. A miracle perhaps, considering the fact that the horse had, in fact, died coming up into the starting line. Feet of Clay is the nineteenth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, and a parody of detective novels. ...

D'regs

The D'regs are a nomadic and warlike people who inabit the desert regions of northern Klatch, in particular the lawless borderlands between Klatch proper and Hersheba. They will attack anyone, anything and even themselves. In their language, the word for "stranger" is the same as their word for "target." Nonetheless, in a tradition echoing the Afghan law of milmastia or the ancient Greek law of xenia, they will show a guest perfect hospitality for exactly 72 hours, whereupon killing him becomes an option. 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. Their most noted member is 71-Hour Ahmed, who gained his name for violating the ancient 3-day custom by executing a criminal one hour before it expired, an act so unthinkable that other D'regs call him the most feared man in all of Klatch. Their name is probably a play on Tuaregs and "dregs". In Jingo, it's noted that "D'reg" is not actually their name for themselves, but a name given to them by others. It means "enemy" (in this case, everybody's) and the D'regs adopted it out of pride. See also: Discworld (world) This article concerns the fictional geography of Terry Pratchetts Discworld, featured in the long running series of novels of the same name. ... This article is about the country of Klatch. ... Hersheba is a place on the fictional Discworld in Terry Pratchetts book series. ... Xenia (Greek Î¾ÎµÎ½Î¯Î±, xenÃa) is the Greek concept of hospitality . ... Samuel Sam Vimes is a fictional policeman from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... The Ankh-Morpork Assassins Guild is a fictional school for professional killers in Terry Pratchetts longrunning Discworld series of fantasy novels. ... For other uses, see Tuareg (disambiguation). ...

Drum Billet

The wizard who starts the events of Equal Rites by bequeathing his staff just before his death to, as he thinks, the eighth son of an eighth son, the child of the smith of the village of Bad Ass in Lancre. The midwife, Granny Weatherwax, tries to point out that they are making a mistake but Billet and the new father ignore her. As a result, the staff and its power are transferred to a girl: Eskarina Smith. Equal Rites is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett. ... Esmerelda Esme Weatherwax (usually called Granny Weatherwax) is a character from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...

Billet is later reincarnated as an apple tree, with fruit that goes "from stomach-turning sourness to wasp-filled rottenness overnight" (see Scumble). He watches over Esk, who is the only person who can climb him. 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. ...

Later in the book he has left the life of a tree for the life of an ant living under Unseen University. 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. ...

Eric Thursley

A thirteen-year-old demonologist and title character in Eric. He lives at 13 Midden Lane, Pseudopolis. Eric inherited most of his demonology books and paraphernalia (as well as a talking parrot) from his grandfather; his parents, apparently convinced that their son was destined to become a gifted wizard, allowed him free rein over his grandfather's workshop. Eric was relatively unsuccessful as a demonologist until, with some unknown assistance, he managed to summon Rincewind from the Dungeon Dimensions. After a journey across Time and various other dimensions (during which he became somewhat more likeable), Eric was last seen escaping from Hell with Rincewind, and it is unknown what happened to him afterwards. Eric (commonly abbreviated F^HE â€“ see backspace) is the ninth Discworld novel by 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 Terry Pratchetts Discworld series, the Dungeon Dimensions are the endless wastelands outside of space and time. ...

Eskarina Smith

Commonly known as Esk, she is the main character in Equal Rites, where she became the Unseen University's first (and only) female graduate. Esk was last seen inventing a new kind of magic based on not using it at all, in the company of wunderkind wizard Simon. Although she was the pivotal character in Equal Rites, she has never been seen or mentioned again. Equal Rites is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett. ... 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. ...

Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre

Daughter of King Verence II and Magrat Garlick, Princess Esme made her appearance in Carpe Jugulum. Her unusual middle names are the result of a Lancre tradition that whatever the priest says at the naming ceremony is your name (Thus, Lancre once had a king called My-God-He's-Heavy the First, as well as a current farmer named James What the Hell's That Cow Doing in Here Poorchick, usually called 'Moocow'). Magrat owed her own name to a combination of this tradition and her mother's inability to spell "Margaret", and was determined it wouldn't happen again, hence the "Note Spelling". Verence II of Lancre is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... A major subset of the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett involve the witches of Lancre. ... Carpe Jugulum is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the twenty third in the Discworld series. ... Lancre (pronounced Lanker) is a fictional country from Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...

Evadne Cake

A diminutive spiritualist (or "medium verging on small"), Mrs Evadne Cake is introduced in Reaper Man. A very forceful personality, she doesn't so much dabble in the spirit world as "march in and demand to speak to the manager". She has precognition, and often answers questions before people ask, unless she remembers not to. Her daughter Ludmilla is a werewolf. In Men At Arms we learn that after Ludmilla left home, Mrs Cake opened a boarding house for the undead. // By 1853, when the popular song Spirit Rappings was published, Spiritualism was an object of intense curiosity. ... Reaper Man is a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. ... Precognition (from the Latin prÃ¦-, â€œprior to,â€ + cognitio, â€œa getting to knowâ€) denotes a form of extra-sensory perception wherein a person is able to perceive information about places or events before they happen through paranormal means. ... The Fresh Start Club, a society of the undead. ... For the novel by Evelyn Waugh, see Sword of Honour. ...

Mrs Cake is very religious, usually picking a religion, bullying her way into complete control of all traditional "lay-woman" work, then getting into a huge row with the priests and abandoning it, resulting in chaos. Priests of lost temples in Klatch are terrified she might find them. She is listed twice on the sign outside the Ankh-Morpork Post Office as one of the things that will impede these messengers about their duties. When Moist von Lipwig asked about Mrs Cake, he was told, under no uncertain terms, to not ask. This article is about the country of Klatch. ... 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. ...

Evil Harry Dread

Evil Harry Dread is the villainous counterpart to Cohen the Barbarian; an old fashioned heroic-fantasy type annoyed with how the Discworld has changed (nowadays, modern heroes always block his escape tunnel before confronting him). He's proud of being a Dark Lord (albeit a minor-league one; he had a Shed of Doom) and the heroes don't bear him any grudges; after all, he always lets them win and, in return, they always let him escape (see the Evil Overlord List). Evil Harry Dread always plays the Game by the code, he intentionally hires stupid henchmen, invests in masks that cover the WHOLE face (thus making it easy for a Hero to disguise himself) and places Heroes in overly contrived, easily escapable deathtraps. Ghenghiz Cohen, known as Cohen the Barbarian is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Evil Overlord List, also known as If I Were An Evil Overlord, is one of several popular lists of planned actions for a competent Evil Overlord to avoid the well-known blunders committed by Evil Overlords in popular fictional works. ...

He appears in The Last Hero, where he joins the Silver Horde on their quest. And betrays them, because that's his job. This article is about the fantasy novel. ...

Giamo Casanunda

A dwarf (though more noticeable than most because of his colossal powdered wig). The male equivalent of Nanny Ogg. His visiting card says "World's second greatest lover. Finest swordsman. Outrageous liar. Stepladders repaired." He also claims he performed a small service - although not that small - for Queen Agantia of Skund, for which he received his noble title of count. Since Skund is a virtually uninhabited forest with no known rulers, his story lacks a certain credibility. Known for also being the fastest thing on the Disc, when in a nunnery (the second fastest thing on the Disc is the ambiguous puzuma, a creature that moves "at relatavistic speeds"). First mentioned in a footnote to Reaper Man, he subsequently appeared in Witches Abroad and Lords and Ladies. He is referenced in Soul Music and had a brief cameo in Carpe Jugulum where he reflects upon a fellow highwayman being killed by the Magpyrs. Notable line: "Kneel and deliver!" His name, and aspects of his personality, are a play on Giacomo Casanova, although, as a dwarf, he obviously stands more "unda" than "ova" his conquests. Gytha Ogg (usually called Nanny Ogg) is a character from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... Reaper Man is a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. ... Witches Abroad is a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, originally published in 1991. ... Lords and Ladies is the fourteenth Discworld book by Terry Pratchett. ... This article is about the novel Soul Music. ... Carpe Jugulum is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the twenty third in the Discworld series. ... â€œCasanovaâ€ redirects here. ...

Harry King

One of Ankh-Morpork's most successful businessmen, Harry King appears in The Truth. He started out as a mudlark, and developed his career from there. His core business is that of "night soil" removal, but he is also involved in general rubbish collection and recycling. His basic philosophy is that there is nothing that someone will pay to have removed that someone else won't pay to acquire. The sign outside his yard reads "King of the Golden River, Recycling Nature's Bounty". This replaces, at his wife's insistence, the original: "H. King, taking the piss since 1961". Of note is the fact he 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. This article or section should include material from [[{{{1}}}]]. Mr. ... A Mudlark is someone who scavenges in river mud for items of value, especially in London during the Industrial Revolution. ... Night soil is a term most often used to describe the practice of using untreated human waste as fertilizer. ... Taking the piss is a colloquial slang expression, commonly in use in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. ... 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. ...

He keeps ferocious mongrel guard dogs on his property. He wouldn't 'buy posh foreign dogs when he can buy crossbreeds'. Moist Von Lipwig mistakes the dogs for Lipwigzers (probably Discworld Rottweilers), 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 works on them (though they may have only been responding to the tone and confidence shown by Moist) after facing them in the 'ultimate test' to join the Ankh-Morpork Order of Postal Workers Benevolent and Friendly Society. Harry prefers it when burglars break in so he doesn't have to feed the dogs. This article is about the dog breed. ...

Hodgesaargh

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. "Hello, my name is Hodges...ARRRRRGH." His ceremonial outfit of red and gold with a big floppy hat is usually supplemented with about three sticking plasters. One of the birds he breeds is the wowhawk, or Lappet-faced Worrier, which is like a goshawk only more so - it prefers to walk everywhere and faints at the sight of blood. Flying a Saker Falcon Falconry or hawking is an art or sport which involves the use of trained raptors (birds of prey) to hunt or pursue game for humans. ... Lancre (pronounced Lanker) is a fictional country from Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ... Typical sticking plaster conditionnig Reverse of a sticking plaster Opened sticking plaster, showing the non-adhesive absorbent pad and adhesive A sticking plaster (called an adhesive bandage in the United States) is a small medical dressing, used for injuries not serious enough to require a bandage. ... Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) The Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis; from OE. gÃ³shafoc goose-hawk) is a medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes other diurnal raptors, such as eagles, buzzards and harriers. ...

Hodgesaargh is based on a real-life keeper of birds of prey named Dave Hodges, who lives in Northamptonshire. He is also the author of The Arts of Falconrie and Hawking. Orders Accipitriformes Cathartidae Pandionidae Accipitridae Sagittariidae Falconiformes Falconidae A bird of prey or raptor is a bird that hunts its food, especially one that preys on mammals or other birds. ... Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or Nhants) is a landlocked county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ...

Hwel

Hwel is a secondary character from "Wyrd Sisters". He is the most talented playwright in the Disc and works for the travelling theatrical company of Olvin Vitoler. Hwel is a dwarf and as such comes from the Ramtop mountains. He is, however, utterly indifferent towards gold and mining and is involved in an extremely undwarfish occupation. Being the most gifted playwright in the Discworld, Hwel creates his works under the influence of an unstoppable inspiration, which drives him to the verge of insanity with the vivid images it forces into his mind. Hwel's plays are usually modified and tinkered with by the author even long after their creation. An example is the play he writes as instructed by the Duke of Lancre. The play actually twists its own form and makes Hwel completely alter the plot, reversing all of the characters. This article is about the novel. ... The Ramtops are a fictional mountain range appearing in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... Lancre (pronounced Lanker) is a fictional country from Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...

Imp Y Celyn

A bard from the decidedly Cymric country of Llamedos. In Soul Music he was possessed by "Music with Rocks in" and became 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 Holly— Imp's name translates as "bud of the holly"). The timeline in which this happened has, however, been eradicated following Death's intervention, and he was last seen working in a fried fish stall in Quirm, a clear reference to Kirsty MacColl's first hit. He looks a bit elvish. The Bard (ca. ... This article is about the country. ... Llamedos is a fictitious country in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series, mentioned most prominently in Soul Music. ... This article is about the novel Soul Music. ... Soul Music is a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 1994. ... Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 â€“ February 3, 1959),[1] better known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter, and a pioneer of rock and roll. ... Quirm is a fictional city in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ... Kirsty Anna MacColl (10 October 1959 â€“ 18 December 2000) was an English singer-songwriter. ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock and Roll, or as just simply The King, was an American singer who had an immeasurable effect on world culture. ...

J.H.C. Goatberger

Publisher in Ankh-Morpork. Books published by his company include The Joye of Snacks by A Lancre Witch and the Ankh-Morpork Almanack. He appears in Maskerade, where he makes a great deal of money out of Nanny's book, and is surprised she wants some of it. He also has a sort of appearance in Nanny Ogg's Cookbook, in the form of a series of memos drawn to appear pinned to some of the pages. These form a discussion between him and the head printer, Thomas Cropper, about the book. After previous experience with Nanny Ogg's writing he is anxious to avoid innuendo, but is not entirely successful. His nephew has a similar exchange with Cropper in the pages of The Discworld Almanak. Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ... Gytha Ogg (usually called Nanny Ogg) is a character from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... Maskerade is the eighteenth novel in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. ... Nanny Oggs Cookbook is a book of recipes and wisdom of the Discworld character Nanny Ogg by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs and Tina Hannan. ... The Discworld Almanak is a spin-off book from Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels, in a similar format to the Diaries and Nanny Oggs Cookbook. ...

His name is a play on Johann Gutenberg, with his first initials apparently derived from a common mild blasphemy. This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... This article is about the phrase. ...

Jeremy Clockson

Jeremy Clockson is the temporal double of Lobsang Ludd, and son of Time and Wen the Eternally Surprised. He appears in Thief of Time. Separated from his double at birth, he was left outside the Clockmakers Guild in Ankh-Morpork and raised there, showing an amazing aptitude for his adoptive craft. 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... Thief of Time is the 26th Discworld novel written by Terry Pratchett. ... Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ...

Jeremy is a dedicated craftsman to the point of being very little else; his workshop is utterly spartan, he has no friends and few acquaintances, and a conversation of a few minutes is described as exceptionally long. His obsession with accurate timekeeping leads him to overreact violently to a fellow clockmaker who intentionally sets clocks fast, with implications that he has committed murder and is therefore now watched over carefully by the authorities of the Guild, who insist on keeping him medicated and supervised. He appears, unlike his "twin", to have no natural ability for manipulating and subverting the ordinary flow of time, and instead to have the opposite ability of being incredibly aware of and obsessed with time's ordinary flow, with an intuitive understanding of "what time it is" at any given moment. His desire to count the ticks of time are what lead to time's freezing into stasis, just as Lobsang's manipulations of time to attempt to prevent this are what lead to time's being thrown into shattered chaos.

He is hired by Lady Myria LeJean to build the Discworld's first truly accurate clock, although he is not aware that such a clock will stop time. The clock he builds is constructed entirely from glass, and is designed to tick with the "tick of the universe". This relates to the idea of Planck time, and the philosophical problems this causes when applied to Zeno's paradoxes. In Thief of Time, these ideas are attributed to the Discworld philosopher Xeno of Ephebe. This article contains brief biographies for characters from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... The Discworld is the fictional setting for all of Terry Pratchetts Discworld fantasy novels. ... In physics, the Planck time (tP), is the unit of time in the system of natural units known as Planck units. ... â€œArrow paradoxâ€ redirects here. ... Thief of Time is the 26th Discworld novel written by Terry Pratchett. ...

Injured in the events accompanying the clock's completion, Jeremy's heritage keeps him mobile in a timeless world but he's not properly conscious. Lobsang finds and touches him, and the two merge to form the current personification of Time, named Lobsang as he/they feel(s) that Lobsang had the happiest memories. It was also mentioned that he/they "never liked the name Jeremy even when (he) was Jeremy."

Clockson's name appears to be a pun upon the name of the British broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson, as both are equally fanatic about their interests (clocks and cars respectively) - although Clockson's character bears more of a resemblance to the 18th century clock-maker John Harrison. Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English broadcaster and writer who specialises in motoring. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... John Harrison John Harrison (March 24, 1693â€“March 24, 1776) was an English clockmaker, who designed and built the worlds first successful chronometer (maritime clock), one whose accuracy was great enough to allow the determination of longitude over long distances. ...

John "Mossy" Lawn

A doctor in Ankh-Morpork. He first appeared in Night Watch, as a backstreet "pox doctor", offering medical assistance to "seamstresses". He had trained in Klatch, where he had learnt techniques other Morporkian surgeons distrusted, but which kept patients alive for longer than it took to pay the bill. He also gave free treatment to those who needed it, including those who had been tortured by the Cable Street Particulars. He is a quiet but sarcastic man, and almost unshockable. Following his successful delivery of Young Sam, Samuel Vimes gave him a large area of land in the Goosegate area of the city. In Going Postal this is the Lady Sybil Free Hospital (possibly a parallel to the real-life St Bartholomew's Hospital). Dr Lawn's preferred method of dealing with the nursing staff is to throw a handful of chocolates in one direction and run in the other as fast as possible. He claims that, when he dies, he wants a bell left on his gravestone so he can have the pleasure of not getting up when people ring. Night Watch is the 29th novel in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series, published in 2002. ... This article is about the country of Klatch. ... Samuel Sam Vimes is a fictional policeman from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... Memorial of the 1986 post office incident in Edmond, Oklahoma. ...

Lavaeolous

The Discworld equivalent of Odysseus. He was the finest military mind on the continent of Klatch. His genius consisted of realising that, if there has to be a war, the aim should be to defeat the enemy as quickly and with as little bloodshed as possible - a concept so breathtaking in its originality that few other military minds have been able to grasp it, and it shows what happens when you take the conduct of a war away from skilled soldiers. 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. He is also known for having undergone a long and perilous journey home after the war, much like his Roundworld equivalent. It is possible that he is the ancestor of Rincewind as his name means "rinser of winds". For other meanings, see Odysseus crater, 1143 Odysseus â€œUlyssesâ€ redirects here. ... This article is about the country of Klatch. ... Tsort is a fictional place on Terry Pratchetts Discworld. ... Rincewind the Wizzard is a fictional character appearing in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett, several of which feature him as the central character. ...

Lewton

Lewton is a fictional character in Terry Pratchet's Discworld media. He appears exclusively in the third Discworld computer game, Discworld Noir. 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. He is a stereotype of traditional film noir detectives with familiar aspects such as hard-boiled dialogue. Terence David John Pratchett OBE (born 28 April 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... Discworld Noir is a computer game based on Terry Pratchetts Discworld comic fantasy novels, and unlike the previous Discworld games is both an example and parody of the noir genre. ... A private investigator, private detective, PI, or private eye, is a person who undertakes investigations, usually for a private citizen or some other entity not involved with a government or police organization. ... Coat of arms of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. ... Bribery is the practice of offering a professional money or other favours in order to circumvent ethics in a variety of professions. ... This still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of film noir at its most extreme. ...

Lewton was once a member of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch (sometime before the books). Commander Sam Vimes had a particular unexplained grudge against him. Lewton met and fell in love with a female archaeologist named Ilsa and seemed to have a happy life; a particular moment fondly remembered was the Hotel Pseudopolis. Life seemed to be going well for Lewton. However, one day, Ilsa left Ankh-Morpork unexplained and this drew Lewton into a depression. He spent countless days drinking and drinking. During these hard times, Lewton took a bribe which ended in him being permanently excluded from the Watch. A few years later, Lewton decided to pick himself up, forget about Ilsa and the rest of his past and start a new life. He became a Private Investigator. However, he rarely got any cases. This article can be confusing for some readers, and needs to be edited for clarity. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ... Look up depression in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

When Carlotta Von Uberwald came into his life, Lewton's life changed forever. She gave him the Mundy Case and although Lewton didn't know it, she used him as a puppet in order to find Mundy (of whom she said was her lover but he was really an informant for her cult). After discovering this, they argued and during this argument, Carlotta kissed Lewton, turning him into a half-man/half-wolf being. Using his new wolf abilities, Lewton managed to put a stop to Carlotta's cult's plans and save Ankh-Morpork from being consumed from a giant god of destruction.

Lieutenant Blouse

A significant character in Monstrous Regiment, he is Polly Perks' platoon commander. A rather effeminate aristocrat, he previously worked in the Quartermaster-General's Blanket, Bedding and Horse Fodder Department as an administrator, and had no previous experience of field command. He has a remarkable talent for mathematics and technology. Ironically, despite his rather feminine manner and distinct lack of martial prowess, he turns out to be one of the few characters in the novel who is genuinely male (while the fearsome Sergeant Jackrum turns out to be a woman). Despite this, he respects and admires the women when he learns the truth, informing their captors that "[he] would not trade them for any six men [they] offered [him]". Blouse's ambition is to have an item of clothing or a food named after him, in the manner of many famous military men. Eventually a type of fingerless glove is named for him, though a discerning reader may have presumed some other article would have been more appropriate, given the nature of the Monstrous Regiment. Blouse seems to be a direct contrast to Jackrum--the small, skinny, naive man is brilliant with numbers, and in one notable scene, thinks faster than Jackrum and uses a signaling device to misdirect enemy forces, where as Jackrum would have simply smashed the device and moved on--a sign of warfare on the Discworld changing, with intelligence and technology beginning to take the place of bravery and fighting skill. Monstrous Regiment is the 31st novel in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, as imagined by by Raphael in this detail from The School of Athens. ... By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a mastery of technology sufficient to leave the surface of the Earth for the first time and explore space. ... A blouse A blouse most commonly refers to a womans shirt, although the term is also used for some mens military uniform shirts. ...

Marietta Cosmopolite

Mrs Marietta Cosmopolite is a dressmaker, who appears in Moving Pictures as Vice President of Costuming and Theda Withel's landlady. Earlier in the book she is mentioned as being capable of believing the Disc is under threat from inhuman monsters, since she already believes that the world is round, it does you good to have a laugh, and that three dwarfs look in on her undressing. She is right about the inhuman monsters and the dwarfs (although she is never told about the first one and the second is "only by coincidence"). Moving Pictures is the name of the tenth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 1990. ... 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. ...

She is briefly mentioned in Witches Abroad as being venerated by some younger Ramtops monks who, on the basis that wisdom seems wiser if it comes from further away, trek down to Ankh-Morpork to hear her wisdom. This is usually "bugger off" or something similar, but since the monks don't speak Morporkian, it doesn't matter much. In Thief of Time it turns out that this was started by Lu-Tze, who spent some time lodging with her, and has a much better understanding of the Way of Mrs Cosmopolite than the monks who followed. Witches Abroad is a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, originally published in 1991. ... 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. ... Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ... Thief of Time is the 26th Discworld novel written by Terry Pratchett. ... Lu-Tze is a character in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. ...

Mr. Hong

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. In several Discworld books, a character is admonished to remember what happened to Mr. Hong when he tried to open the Three Jolly Luck Takeaway Fish Bar on the site of the old fish god temple in Dagon Street on the night of the full moon [sometimes lunar eclipse]. This incident appears to act as a deterrent for Morporkians against meddling with the occult or supernatural -- or, far more likely, against doing something that is patently stupid. Though it is never satisfactorily explained exactly what happened, in Jingo it is revealed that only his kidney and a few bones were found; in the game Discworld Noir his shop was used as a location for one of the murders. Found boarded up, deep investigation reveals that a local thespian from the Dysk theatre was eaten there. Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ... Jingo can refer to: Jingoism, belligerent chauvanistic nationalism. ... Discworld Noir is a computer game based on Terry Pratchetts Discworld comic fantasy novels, and unlike the previous Discworld games is both an example and parody of the noir genre. ...

Princess/Queen Kelirehenna

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. Became Queen Kelirehenna I, Lord of Sto Lat, Protector of the Eight Protectorates and Empress of the Long Thin Debated Piece Hubwards of Sto Kerrig. In Terry Pratchetts Discworld, Sto Plains is a rich country, full of silt and cabbage fields. ... Sto Lat is a fictional town in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...

Queen Keli still ruled at the time of Soul Music, when she ejected the Band with Rocks In from the city by royal proclamation. Sto Lat still had a queen by the time of Going Postal, though she isn't mentioned by name. If it is her, she would be the first person on the Disc other than the Patrician to have her face on a stamp. This article is about the novel Soul Music. ... Soul Music is a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 1994. ... Memorial of the 1986 post office incident in Edmond, Oklahoma. ... Lord Havelock Vetinari is the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, the head of the fictional city state of Ankh-Morpork in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... A selection of Hong Kong postage stamps A postage stamp is evidence of pre-paying a fee for postal services. ...

Rufus Drumknott

Secretary to Patrician Vetinari of Ankh-Morpork, following the death of Lupine Wonse. First appears in Men at Arms. Commonly seen entering and leaving the presence of the Patrician bearing either paperwork or verbal information on the activities of other denizens of the city, or the Discworld in general, Drumknott seems not to think much about the political implications of the information he works with, believing in filing for its own sake. During The Truth he was seemingly attacked by the Patrician, and by the time of Going Postal was responsible for relaying the orders of the Patrician in assigning tasks to other clerks. Lord Havelock Vetinari is the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, the head of the fictional city state of Ankh-Morpork in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... This article details minor Discworld characters; characters from the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett who only appear in the background, or who have only had a brief starring role. ... For the novel by Evelyn Waugh, see Sword of Honour. ... The Discworld is the fictional setting for all of Terry Pratchetts Discworld fantasy novels. ... This article or section should include material from [[{{{1}}}]]. Mr. ... Memorial of the 1986 post office incident in Edmond, Oklahoma. ...

Sacharissa Cripslock

The daughter of an engraver (who possibly appeared in Maskerade, working for Goatberger) she became a reporter for the Ankh-Morpork Times, having originally arrived at the print works to complain about the invention of moveable type. Somewhat eclectically attractive, she possesses a selection of features that would have made various artists from various times in history bite their easels in two - although, it must be said, that having a nose that would appeal to Rembrandt and a neck that would inspire Pablo Picasso does not, in and of itself, guarantee that the whole succeeds as a work of art. She possesses the ability to think in headlines, and has gained valuable experience as an editor, allowing her to, e.g., reduce an article's length in half merely by crossing out all the adjectives. Appears in The Truth,Going Postal and Making Money. In the latter work she wears a wedding ring and is assumed to be married, presumably to William de Worde, although she still addresses herself as Miss Cripslock. Maskerade is the eighteenth novel in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. ... The printing press is a mechanical device for printing many copies of a text on rectangular sheets of paper. ... Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (July 15, 1606 â€“ October 4, 1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher. ... â€œPicassoâ€ redirects here. ... This article or section should include material from [[{{{1}}}]]. Mr. ... Memorial of the 1986 post office incident in Edmond, Oklahoma. ... For the actual making of money, see Mint for the making of coins and Banknote concerning the production of paper money. ...

Sergeant Jackrum

A character in Monstrous Regiment, Jackrum is an immensely fat, hard-bitten Borogravian sergeant with decades of military experience. 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. Jackrum has, over the years, been the Seargent in command of a number of young soldiers who then rose up to the Army's high Command, and wields considerable influence. Jackrum trains Polly Perks (see above) and gradually earns the respect of all the recruits. Ironically, Jackrum turns out to actually be a woman (as it transpires, this is quite common in the Borogravian army), while the effeminate Lieutenant Blouse (see above) is the only actual man in the platoon. Monstrous Regiment is the 31st novel in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... Borogravia is a fictional country in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of novels. ...

Willie Hobson

An Ankh-Morpork businessman who runs Hobson's Livery Stable, a multi-storey construction which sells and hires horses, as well as stabling other people's horses. For some reason it is a popular location for circumspect meetings. According to rumour, Hobson employs an Igor with a talent for taking body parts of different horses, and stitching them together into a "new" animal (see chop shop). These rumours are rarely uttered in the presence of Hobson, who is a large man with a direct sense of humour when it comes to putting people with smart mouths on unbroken horses. He appears in Going Postal, although the stable had previously appeared in The Truth. His name is a reference to the real stable-owner Thomas Hobson, best known as the name behind the expression Hobson's choice. Hobson is a large man, described as looking similar to the result of shaving a bear. Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ... The Igors are a recurring set of characters in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of novels. ... A chop shop is a slang phrase for a location or business which disassembles stolen automobiles for the purpose of selling them as parts. ... Memorial of the 1986 post office incident in Edmond, Oklahoma. ... Thomas Hobson (1544?-1631), sometimes called The Cambridge Carrier, is best known as the name behind the expression Hobsons choice. ... For other uses, see Hobsons choice (disambiguation). ...

Magpyr family

The Magpyr family are a family of vampires from Terry Pratchett's longrunning Discworld series of fantasy novels. They appeared in the novel Carpe Jugulum, in which they attempted to invade the kingdom of Lancre. They all parody vampirism in different ways: The Fresh Start Club, a society of the undead. ... 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... Carpe Jugulum is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the twenty third in the Discworld series. ... Lancre (pronounced Lanker) is a fictional country from Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ... In contemporary usage, a parody (or lampoon) is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... Philip Burne-Jones, The Vampire, 1897 Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings that subsist on human and/or animal lifeforce. ...

It is implied that older members of the family were closer to vampires in the original legends. As befits a family of their status and condition, they are served by an Igor (who frequently feels put upon by the less traditional Magpyrs). Bela Lugosi as Dracula United States stamp. ... Mithridatism is the practice of protecting oneself against a poison by gradually self-administering non-lethal amounts. ... Anne Rice (born on October 4, 1941) is a best-selling American author of gothic and later religious themed books. ... The vampire lifestyle (or vampyre subculture) is a lifestyle, involving a number of customs and beliefs, followed (in various fashions and to different degrees) by a subculture of people who are attracted to contemporary vampire lore and who seek to emulate it. ... Count Orlok from Nosferatu Graf Orlok (Count Orlok) is the character performed by Max Schreck in the silent movie Nosferatu. ... Philip Burne-Jones, The Vampire, 1897 Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings that subsist on human and/or animal lifeforce. ... The Igors are a recurring set of characters in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of novels. ...

Myria LeJean / Unity

Appears in Thief of Time. She makes her entrance as a stunningly attractive woman with long black hair, eccentric mannerisms and seemingly unlimited wealth. Myria, in fact, turned out to be the first of The Auditors to inhabit a human body for the purposes of manipulating Jeremy Clockson to stop Time, and to gain an understanding of humans. Thief of Time is the 26th Discworld novel written by Terry Pratchett. ... See also: Discworld magic The Discworld gods are the fictional deities from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ... Jeremy Clockson is a character from the Discworld novel, Thief of Time. ...

She initially gave a distinct impression of being inhuman despite her looks, but as time passed she not only learned to be a better mimic, but began to be lured into humanity. Both terrified and fascinated by such things as individuality (something that had been completely foreign), the subconscious, flavor, culture and emotions, Myria gradually gave up her Auditorial traits. The unconscious mind (or subconscious) is the aspect or aspects of the mind of which we are not directly conscious or aware. ... This article is about flavor as a sensory impression. ... For other uses, see Culture (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Emotion (disambiguation). ...

As Jeremy's project neared completion, Myria had proceeded from discarding her vessel when not required to experimenting with eating. She found herself increasingly dismayed with, and eventually in open rebellion against, the 'collective' of The Auditors. Forming an unlikely alliance with Susan Sto Helit and Lu-Tze, she contributed her knowledge of her former 'race' to the trio. Susan immediately recognized Myria's name as a crude pun on "Myrios" - "innumerable" and "Legion" and partially overcame her hatred of the Auditors to rename her Unity. // For eat or EAT as an abbreviation or acronym, see EAT. In general terms, eating (formally, ingestion) is the process of consuming nutrition, i. ... Susan Sto Helit is a fictional character who features in three of Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels - Soul Music, Hogfather, and Thief of Time. ... Lu-Tze is a character in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. ... Jesus healing the man from Gerasa. ...

While the Auditors were foiled, Unity was left a traitor, unable despite all her attempts to understand a species she had joined as an adult without any kind of childhood, and with Jeremy, the object of her affections, permanently out of the picture. She finally chose, with the assistance of the personification of Kaos, to commit suicide in a giant vat of chocolate (for an Auditor, even an ex-Auditor such as Unity, the powerful experience of the flavor of chocolate is fatal). For the adult insect stage, see Imago. ... Childhood (song) Childhood is a broad term usually applied to the phase of development in humans between infancy and adulthood. ... See also: Discworld magic The Discworld gods are the fictional deities from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ...

She explains that she was always an individual, even as an Auditor, her evidence is that she survived her dreams, when all other Auditors would perish; being creatures of order and perfection, the chaos of the human mind when it is left to wander will kill them. After she died, she was met by Death, indicating that she had become a genuine person with a soul and faced reincarnation. Death is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...

Lady Margolotta

A vampire from Uberwald and a major player in that region's brutal politics. So far only seen in The Fifth Elephant, she resides in a castle that looks "as though it could be taken by a small squad of not very efficient soldiers". The inside is decorated with chintz. Margolotta herself wears a pink jumper with embroidered bats, and carries a little ratlike dog with her. A "black ribboner", she has forsworn blood in favour of the far more satisfying hunt that politics can offer. Long ago, she had a liaison of sorts with the young Lord Vetinari. Apparently, he taught her all she knows. The Fresh Start Club, a society of the undead. ... In Terry Pratchetts fictional Discworld universe, Überwald is a country on the other side of the Ramtops from Lancre and Ankh-Morpork. ... The Fifth Elephant is the 24th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. ... Chintz is calico cloth printed with flowers and other devices in different colours, originally from India. ... Lord Havelock Vetinari is the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, the head of the fictional city state of Ankh-Morpork in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...

Modo

A dwarf, he is the gardener at Unseen University. He is a conscientious gardener, but its location on the campus of a major magical faculty means that his handiwork has a tendency to be disrupted by supernatural events. Modo believes in compost in much the same way that humans believe in gods (dwarves aren't religious, exactly). It is unknown what he puts in his compost but it certainly brings up the roses. His personal theory is that they want to get as far away from the compost as possible. His compost heap also, for one brief moment in Reaper Man, came alive, and it took a whole bottle of Wow-Wow sauce to stop it. 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. ... 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. ... Reaper Man is a Discworld novel by 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. ...

His time at UU has clearly mellowed him to a point normally thought unthinkable in dwarfs, as infractions that might make other dwarfs explode into a murderous frenzy evoke nothing more than a laugh and a good-natured reassurance that no wrong has been done, even or especially where his gardening was concerned; when Windle Poons dug up his painstakingly grown lawn in an attempt to escape the coffin his well-meaning colleagues had buried him in, Modo reassured Windle that a little sod, a little seed, and five hundred years would be over before he knew it.

He is a cousin of Glod Glodsson (Soul Music). Glod may refer to: Another name for Fornjót, a giant in Norse myth. ... This article is about the novel Soul Music. ...

Mort

Main article: Mort and Ysabell Mort and Ysabell are a young married couple in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...

Nijel the Destroyer

Nijel the Destroyer, son of Harebut the Provision Merchant, is a would-be barbarian hero, appearing in Sourcery. Nijel met Rincewind in a snake pit and they escaped together. He fell in love with Conina at first sight, and she with him. He is a clerk who wants to be a Barbarian Hero and is currently half-way through a book on the subject, which includes a table of wandering monsters and tends to resemble a Dungeons & Dragons manual, while she is a Barbarian Heroine who wants to be a Hairdresser but can't due to her genes. In addition to the standard loincloth, Nijel wears woolen long underwear- his mother insisted. Sourcery is the fifth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 1988. ... Rincewind the Wizzard is a fictional character appearing in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett, several of which feature him as the central character. ... This article details minor Discworld characters; characters from the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett who only appear in the background, or who have only had a brief starring role. ... â€œD&Dâ€ redirects here. ...

Mightily Oats

Appears in Carpe Jugulum. More properly called The Quite Reverend Mightily-Praiseworthy-Are-Ye-Who-Exalteth-Om Oats (it is shorter in Omnian), he is a priest of the Omnian faith who performs the naming of Esmeralda Margaret Note Spelling, Princess of Lancre. It's his nerves that cause him to mistakenly speak the final two words of her name out loud, although this is not (apparently) the first time this has happened at a royal naming (Nanny Ogg cites a past ruler of Lancre, King My-God-He's-Heavy the 1st). He is also, quite literally, in two minds about everything, much like Agnes Nitt, since he combines a strict religious upbringing with a logical mind that tends to think too hard about such things. Carpe Jugulum is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the twenty third in the Discworld series. ... An Omnian is someone who practices a religion that appears on the Discworld, created by Terry Pratchett. ... Lancre (pronounced Lanker) is a fictional country from Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ... Gytha Ogg (usually called Nanny Ogg) is a character from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... A major subset of the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett involve the witches of Lancre. ...

In the beginning he appears to be very much the stereotypical Anglican priest, constantly ensuring both sides of the argument are heard, and being painfully tolerant of others' views. After spending a long journey with Granny Weatherwax however, he changes quite a lot, and regains his religious fire. His current location is unknown, but presumably somewhere in Überwald. While he is considered a minor character, it is almost certain that Granny would have died without his assistance, even if no one will admit it. Due to him hearing her talking with Death and with herself while fighting off the Vampyre bite, and also through his direct conversations with her, he may well understand Granny better than anyone else. The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... Esmerelda Esme Weatherwax (usually called Granny Weatherwax) is a character from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... 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. ... Death is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... Further reading Christopher Frayling - Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula 1992. ...

Mightily Oats's name may be a reference to Titus Oates, a 17th century British clergyman and fraud, and possibly to If-Jesus-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barbon. His black hat would also fit the image of the official logo for Quaker Oats. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Nicholas Barbon (c. ... Quaker Oats Company makes many types and flavors of oatmeal. ...

Jason Ogg

Eldest son of Nanny Ogg, first mentioned in Wyrd Sisters. Like his father before him he holds the office of Lancre blacksmith, which brings with it the obligation to shoe anything, and the concomitant ability to shoe anything: he has shod an ant, a unicorn, and (at regular intervals and with specially reserved metal) Death's horse Binky. He also knows the Horseman's Word, a secret to pacifying belligerent stallions he has to shoe (though, as Granny Weatherwax discovered, the "Horseman's Word" involves threats to apply a large hammer with great force to certain parts of the stallion's anatomy). Years of working with iron has also given him the ability to detect the presence or influence of elves, although he does not seem to be aware of this. He is also the leader of the Lancre Morris Men, who treat Morris dancing as something between a contact sport and a martial art. Gytha Ogg (usually called Nanny Ogg) is a character from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... This article is about the novel. ... Lancre (pronounced Lanker) is a fictional country from Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ... For other uses, see Ant (disambiguation). ... The gentle and pensive maiden has the power to tame the unicorn, in this fresco in Palazzo Farnese, Rome, probably by Domenichino, ca 1602 For other uses, see Unicorn (disambiguation). ... Death is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... Death is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... Esmerelda Esme Weatherwax (usually called Granny Weatherwax) is a character from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... Cotswold morris with handkerchiefs A morris dance is a form of English folk dance usually accompanied with music. ...

Shawn Ogg

Youngest son of Nanny Ogg. First appears in Wyrd Sisters as a guard at Lancre Castle. Since then he has become Lancre's entire standing army (except when he's lying down), as well as the civil service and most of the palace staff. According to Nanny Ogg's Cookbook he has been granted the Order of the Lancrastian Empire. He is also notable for inventing small and almost pointless devices including the Lancrastian Army Knife (an obvious pun on the famous Swiss Army Knife) which includes (at the Kings behest) such attachments as "A Device for locating things that are lost" and "A Device to Remove the fundamental point from any argument". Gytha Ogg (usually called Nanny Ogg) is a character from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... This article is about the novel. ... Lancre (pronounced Lanker) is a fictional country from Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ... Nanny Oggs Cookbook is a book of recipes and wisdom of the Discworld character Nanny Ogg by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs and Tina Hannan. ...

Polly Perks

The main character in Monstrous Regiment. A Borogravian girl of 19 who joined the army under the name Oliver Perks to rescue her brother Paul and save her family's inn. She chose her false name, Oliver, because it corresponded with the folksong Sweet Polly Oliver, which is about a girl running off to join the army. 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, just humans. Monstrous Regiment is the 31st novel in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... Borogravia is a fictional country in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of novels. ... Sweet Polly Oliver is an English folk song, dating from at least 1840. ... The Igors are a recurring set of characters in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of novels. ...

By the end of the book, Polly is a seasoned soldier, and it turns out, not the important one in the unit (another girl soldier, Wazzer, is possessed with the spirit of the country's deceased ruler and leads the Army, much like Joan of Arc). At the end of the book, Polly has left the army, but rejoins as a sergeant when Borogravia is invaded.

Mr. Pin

Mr. Pin (other names unknown) is the brains of the New Firm, a duo of interloping criminals in The Truth. In general Mr. Pin makes the plans and decides where they're going to go and what they're going to do, but he is open to suggestions from his partner. Both men can become violent, but Mr. Pin's violence is more directed and instrumental. The background of Mr. Pin is much more vague than his partner, Mr. Tulip. This article or section should include material from [[{{{1}}}]]. Mr. ...

He comes to a rather sticky end when he's 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. Mr. Pin is then reincarnated into a potato and deep fried.

Walter Plinge

The odd-job man at the Ankh-Morpork Opera House. Plinge was an awkward, nervy figure in a beret, extremely similar to Frank Spencer from the BBC sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. However he had a secret identity as the suave and sophisticated "Opera Ghost" (i.e. the Phantom of the Opera). (This is a play on the fact that Spencer was played by Michael Crawford, who went on to play the Phantom in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.) Convinced by Agnes Nitt that he was wearing his mask on the inside, he became the director of music, following the death of Salzella. He writes popular operas "with tunes you can hum", a Discworld parallel to Lloyd Webber's musicals. Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ... This article is about Opera, the art form. ... Frank Spencer sporting his trademark beret in a scene with Broadcaster David Jacobs Some Mothers Do Ave Em (1973-1978) was a BBC situation comedy, written by Raymond Allen and starring Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice. ... For other uses of this term, please see Secret identity (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Gaston Leroux novel. ... Michael Crawford (right) as Frank Spencer in Some Mothers Do Ave Em Michael Crawford, OBE (born Michael Patrick Dumble-Smith, 19 January 1942 in Salisbury, Wiltshire), is an English actor and singer. ... Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a highly successful English composer of musical theatre, and also the elder brother of Julian Lloyd Webber. ... A major subset of the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett involves the witches of Lancre. ...

Windle Poons

Windle Poons was a wizard at the Unseen University until the age of 130, whereupon he died and unwillingly became one of the undead, due to Death's absence. After his 'death', his senses are quite enhanced from their 130-year-old state although his appearance is somewhat unsettling, mostly from a failed attempt at preventing rotting via an advanced form of biofeedback (basically, controlling the reactions of your organs voluntarily). After numerous attempts to take his own life...or after-life...he joined a band of undead misfits and eventually helped to defend the city of Ankh-Morpork against the additional lifeforce on the Discworld. Before Reaper Man, Windle Poons appeared in one other Discworld novel, Moving Pictures. His physical and mental state then could be described as "invalid, deaf, wandering of mind and hot on the ladies' behinds in his wheelchair". 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. ... The Fresh Start Club, a society of the undead. ... Death is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ... The Discworld is the fictional setting for all of Terry Pratchetts Discworld fantasy novels. ... Moving Pictures is the name of the tenth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 1990. ...

Like most of the University staff, he has also made an appearance in the Discworld computer games. In Discworld, he mainly voices a paranoid fear of having his staff taken away and, when engaged in conversation, constantly returns to the subject of pickles. He also appeared throughout Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!?; as in Reaper Man, his funeral is spoiled by the non-arrival of Death. Discworld is a graphic adventure game developed by Teeny Weeny Games and Perfect 10 Productions in mid-1995. ... Cucumbers gathered for pickling. ... Discworld II: Missing Presumed. ...

Pteppic

King Pteppicymon XXVIII of Djelibeybi (lit. "Child of the Djel", the Disc's version of Egypt) is the main character in Pyramids. The first king to leave the kingdom, he was trained at the Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild. He passed his final exam by a fluke, having already decided he wasn't going to kill anyone. His cosmopolitan nature clashed with the hidebound traditions of the kingdom and the even more hidebound high priest Dios, and after saving Djelibeybi from destruction and shaking up its traditions, he abdicated. Djelibeybi is a fictional country on Terry Pratchetts Discworld. ... Pyramids is the seventh Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 1989. ... The Ankh-Morpork Assassins Guild is a fictional school for professional killers in Terry Pratchetts longrunning Discworld series of fantasy novels. ...

Ptraci

Queen Ptraci I of Djelibeybi. Pteppic's half-sister and successor. A former handmaiden, the Djelibeybian priests thought she would be easy to control. They turned out to be very wrong. Like her half-brother she is keen to get in some decent plumbing. Appears in Pyramids; by the end of the novel she is enthusiastically embracing many of the stranger regimens, such as bathing in ass's milk, favoured by Cleopatra. Pyramids is the seventh Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 1989. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Pump 19

A golem who appeared in Going Postal. More commonly referred to as Mr. Pump, he received his name from his previous position, where he spent over two hundred years operating one of a series of underwater pumps. He has since entered the employ of the Patrician, who uses him as a parole officer. He has been extremely successful in this, as he can follow his target anywhere by tracking their Karmic signature, and though he cannot run, golems never need to stop, or rest, or eat: as the Patrician put it: "Four miles an hour is 672 miles in a week. It all adds up" - although as a Discworld week has eight days rather than seven, golems are apparently obliged to stop on the eighth day as their holy day to ensure that their words still work. Like All Golems, When He Speaks, The First Letter Of Each Word Is Capitalized. 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. ... Memorial of the 1986 post office incident in Edmond, Oklahoma. ... Lord Havelock Vetinari is the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, the head of the fictional city state of Ankh-Morpork in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...

Quoth

A talking raven. He hangs around with the Death of Rats. His name derives from the famous line in the poem by the poet Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven" ("Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore'.") except this raven "doesn't do the N word". He got his name because his previous owner, a wizard, had no sense of humour. At times he acts as steed and interpreter for the Death of Rats and he has a constant craving for eyeballs – a species characteristic (which, he recalls, resulted in an unfortunate end to ravens working under Blind Io, the king of the Discworld Gods, who has innumerable eyeballs floating around his head.). He was originally one of the ravens from the Tower of Art, the magical properties of which gave him his ability to speak. Species See text. ... This article details minor Discworld characters; characters from the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett who only appear in the background, or who have only had a brief starring role. ... Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 â€“ October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, literary critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. ... The Raven as illustrated by Gustave DorÃ©. The Raven is a narrative poem by American writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe. ... This article details minor Discworld characters; characters from the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett who only appear in the background, or who have only had a brief starring role. ... See also: Discworld magic The Discworld gods are the fictional deities from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ... The fictional 800-foot tower of Ankh-Morporks Unseen University, with a total of 8,888 steps up to the top (On the Disc the number 8 is very mystically significant). ...

He was first seen in the Discworld novel Soul Music, and since then has made appearances in all novels involving Susan Sto Helit. In the Sky One adaptation of Hogfather he is voiced by Neil Pearson. This article is about the novel Soul Music. ... Susan Sto Helit is a fictional character who features in three of Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels - Soul Music, Hogfather, and Thief of Time. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Terry Pratchetts Hogfather is a two-part television adaptation of the book of the same name by Terry Pratchett, produced by The Mob, and broadcast on Sky One, and in High Definition on Sky One HD, over Christmas 2006. ... Neil Pearson (born London, England, April 27, 1959) is a popular British actor. ...

Olaf Quimby II

A past Patrician of Ankh-Morpork referred to in The Light Fantastic, Olaf Quimby was noted for his interest in honest and accurate descriptions as well as proper standards for everything, particularly metaphor. As Patrician, he used his power to enforce laws against creative exaggeration in writing. For example, no bard was allowed to say of a hero that "all men spoke of his prowess" on pain of death; he should instead add that some people spoke ill of the hero and that still others did not know of him at all. Similarly, the phrase "her face launched a thousand ships" could only be used to describe a beautiful woman if relevant shipyard records were produced or, failing that, evidence that the woman's face resembled a champagne bottle. Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ... The Light Fantastic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second of the Discworld series. ... This article is about metaphor in literature and rhetoric. ... This article is about law in society. ... The Bard (ca. ... Champagne is often consumed as part of a celebration Champagne is a sparkling wine produced by inducing the in-bottle secondary fermentation of wine to effect carbonation. ...

As far as standardization was concerned, Quimby instituted the Ankh-Morpork Bureau of Measurements, in which is kept the standardized Blunt Stick (originally a Sharp one was on display as well, but very few things were found worse than a poke in the eye with it), the recipe for the Pie that It May be As Nice As, Two Short Planks and the stone used in the original Moss-Gathering Trials. This Bureau is maintained by the current Patrician, Lord Havelock Vetinari, on the grounds that the sort of people whose minds work like this ought to be kept busy, or they might do anything. Standardization, in the context related to technologies and industries, is the process of establishing a technical standard among competing entities in a market, where this will bring benefits without hurting competition. ... Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ... Lord Havelock Vetinari is the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, the head of the fictional city state of Ankh-Morpork in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...

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". 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". An illustration of Cardinal Richelieu holding a sword, by H. A. Ogden, 1892, from The Works of Edward Bulwer Lytton The pen is mightier than the sword is an adage coined by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839 for his play Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy. ...

It has been noted that many Ankh-Morporkians tend to have a certain literal mindedness. It is not known if this is the result of Quimby's rule, or simply a natural trait that reached its peak in him.

Roland (Roland de Chumsfanleigh)

Pronounced "de Chuffley" (as Pratchett says, it's not his fault). Son of the Baron of the Chalkland. Initially a rather dull-witted individual, he gained something of a conscience upon being rescued from the Queen of the Elves by Tiffany Aching. He personally apologised to Tiffany when his father made out that he had in fact rescued her, as would be expected in such a story. Tiffany was nonplussed, and claimed she needed no recompense so long as he ruled justly when he became Baron. When Tiffany went to Lancre to study witchcraft, Roland gave her a silver image of a white horse that Tiffany used to draw on the power of her homeland in times of crisis. Roland's father eventually fell very ill, and his two scheming aunts used their new position as his guardians to rob his family blind. Roland fought back as far as he could, in the process learning a great deal about surviving sieges and the art of insurgency. He was reluctantly recruited by the Nac Mac Feegle to perform the role of the mythic Hero in the Dance of the Seasons, to put right the damage Tiffany had caused. Against all expectations, he acquitted himself admirably. There are signs his feelings for Tiffany extend somewhat beyond gratitude. He also gave Tiffany a box of watercolors, one of which was turquoise, allegedly very expensive on the Discworld. In Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels elves are extradimensional inhuman monsters. ... A major subset of the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett involve the witches of Lancre. ... Lancre (pronounced Lanker) is a fictional country from Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ... As seen from an altitude of 2000 feet, from the cockpit of a glider The Uffington White Horse is a highly stylised hillfigure, 374 feet (110m) long, cut out of the turf on the upper slopes of Uffington Castle, an Iron Age hill fort near The Ridgeway, in southern England. ... 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, and Person or Persons Unknown, Believed to be Armed) are a fictional type of fairy appearing in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels Carpe Jugulum... For other uses, see Hero (disambiguation). ... Watercolor is a painting technique making use of water-soluble pigments that are either transparent or opaque and are formulated with gum to bond the pigment to the paper. ... For other uses, see Turquoise (disambiguation). ... 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...

Lord Rust

An Ankh-Morpork nobleman, whose full name is Ronald (or Ronnie) Rust. He first appears in Men At Arms, in which he is one of the nobles who doesn't take D'Eath seriously. In this novel he seems to have keen political instincts; it is stated that the Rusts have survived by not being romantic. For the novel by Evelyn Waugh, see Sword of Honour. ...

Lord Rust makes more sizeable appearances in Jingo and Night Watch, wherein he appears overly-bred and arrogant; a brief subsequent appearance in Monstrous Regiment suggests he still has some of the intelligence of his earlier portrayal. Lord Rust's most defining characteristic, along with his arrogance, is his unsurpassed military and strategic incompetence (or, at least, his ability to achieve goals only by simultaneously sustaining devastating losses), coupled with the inexplicable ability to be repeatedly chosen to command large armies and similar organisations, hence his description as "The god's gift to the enemy, any enemy, and a walking advertisement for desertion". Also notable is his method of dealing with unpleasant occurrences. He simply mentally edits them out. The logic is, 'That sort of thing cannot happen, therefore, it did not just happen. It couldn't have.' Jingo is a novel by Terry Pratchett, one of his phenomenally popular Discworld series. ... Night Watch is the 29th novel in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series, published in 2002. ... Monstrous Regiment is the 31st novel in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...

Mr. Salzella

The Director of Music at the Ankh-Morpork Opera House in Maskerade, most notable for an absolute hatred of opera (although he was really as "infected" with operatic romanticism as everyone else in the place). He was embezzling money and murdering people who found out, blaming the murders on the Opera Ghost. He was finally killed in an extremely operatic battle with the Ghost. Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ... This article is about Opera, the art form. ... Maskerade is the eighteenth novel in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. ...

While the character is seemingly based loosely on Ambrose D'Arcy from the 1962 Hammer Horror version of The Phantom of the Opera, his name is based on Mozart's rival Antonio Salieri ("Salieri" means "seller of salt"): it is presumably intended to be pronounced "salt-seller" in the Italian fashion. Hammer horror refers to a series of gothic horror films produced from the late 1950s until the 1970s by the British film production company Hammer Film Productions Ltd. ... This article is about the Gaston Leroux novel. ... â€œMozartâ€ redirects here. ... Antonio Salieri Antonio Salieri (August 18, 1750 â€“ May 7, 1825), was an Italian composer and conductor. ...

Ella Saturday

The daughter of Baron Saturday of Genua and Mrs Erzulie Gogol. She appears in Witches Abroad as an attractive young woman with brown skin and blonde hair. 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 (actually a frog). She spends much of her time in the palace kitchens, apparently because she enjoys being helpful, rather than because she is mistreated. Because she helps lay the fires, the palace cook nicknamed her "Embers" (she is, of course, the Discworld version of Cinderella, although the full nickname "Emberella", while never explicitly written, is referred to as sounding "like something you'd put up in the rain"). At the end of Witches Abroad, she became the Baroness of Genua. Depiction of Baron Samedi In Vodun or voodoo, Baron Samedi (Baron Saturday, also Baron Samdi, Bawon Samedi, or Bawon Sanmdi) is one of the aspects of Baron, one of the loa. ... Genua is a fictional city from Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ... A major subset of the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett involves the witches of Lancre. ... Witches Abroad is a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, originally published in 1991. ... In fairy tales, a fairy godmother is a fairy or person with magical powers who acts as a mentor or parent to someone. ... A major subset of the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett involves the witches of Lancre. ... The Frog Prince (de:Der Froschprinz) is a fairy tale, popularized by the Grimm Brothers written version, of a spoiled princess who reluctantly befriends a frog, who magically transforms into a handsome prince. ... Gustave DorÃ©s illustration for Cendrillon Cinderella (French: Cendrillon) is a popular fairy tale embodying a classic folk tale myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. ... This article is about the umbrella or parasol. ...

Lord Snapcase

The Patrician who came to power after Lord Winder. Also known as Mad or Psychoneurotic Lord Snapcase. 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. He was sadistic, and extremely fond of torture, much like his predecessor. Mad (sometimes Psychoneurotic) Lord Snapcase was succeeded by Lord Vetinari. There are very few historical records of Lord Snapcase's tyranny. This may be because of Snapcase's mental disorder, which caused him to be very secretive while trying to spy on everyone else. Also, his obsession with his own security left him no time to govern or affect history. His overthrow, and the election of Lord Vetinari are still undocumented and even the date is in doubt. This article details minor Discworld characters; characters from the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett who only appear in the background, or who have only had a brief starring role. ... Lord Havelock Vetinari is the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, the head of the fictional city state of Ankh-Morpork in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...

Wallace Sonky

An Ankh-Morpork tradesman, owner of Sonky's Rubber Goods, and maker of Sonky's Preventatives. His "sonkies" (condoms), as they are generally known, sell for a penny a packet. Without them, the housing problem in Ankh-Morpork would be even more pressing. This article is about the male contraceptive device For the female contraceptive device, see female condom. ... For other uses, see Birth control (disambiguation). ...

He is killed in The Fifth Elephant. He is known to have had a brother in Überwald. Also mentioned briefly in "Night Watch". The Fifth Elephant is the 24th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. ... 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. ...

Findthee Swing

Captain Swing is the head of the Unmentionables in the Ankh-Morpork of the past in Night Watch. 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). He always carries with him a large set of calipers and a steel ruler, with which he measures the facial characteristics of people he meets in order to determine their personal traits (phrenology), although its reliability is questionable; according to it, Vimes has the eye of a mass murderer (Vimes says he indeed does, in his other suit) while Carcer's only problem was his environment (most likely all the dead bodies). He moves and speaks in an erratic, jumpy fashion, in bursts... and sputters ratherthan a... continuous flowof movement... or sound. He is killed by Vimes during the fire at the Unmentionables' headquarters. 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. ... Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ... Night Watch is the 29th novel in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series, published in 2002. ... A swordstick or cane-sword is a cane incorporating a concealed blade. ... A 19th century phrenology chart. ...

The name Captain Swing has long been associated with civil unrest, being the pseudonym of the (possibly mythical) leader of the Swing Riots. This article is about the threatening letters of the Swing Riots. ... The Swing Riots were a widespread uprising by the rural workers of the arable south and east of England in 1830. ...

Tawneee

Tawneee (pronounced with each "e" as a separate syllable) is an exotic dancer, introduced in Thud! Tawneee is, in fact, merely her stage name; her real name is Betty. She is Nobby Nobbs's girlfriend for most of the book; they met when Nobby caught her eye while slipping an IOU into her garter belt. The fact that she is Nobby's girlfriend is somewhat shocking considering his barely human appearance and her incredibly stunning good looks. However, her looks make her unapproachable, as all men have considered her out of their league. Despite her profession, she is as humble as a caterpillar, and has about as much brains. She was completely innocent about sex, and was completely unaware that her job could be considered "acting like a floozy"; in the end, Angua and Sally explain the facts of, well, everything. Meanwhile, Nobby considers letting her down gently because she didn't know her way around a kitchen. Look up E, e in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For the book or movie Striptease see Striptease (book) and Striptease (movie) A striptease is a performance, usually a dance, in which the performer gradually removes their clothing for the purposes of sexually arousing the audience, usually performed in nightclubs. ... Thud! is Terry Pratchetts 34th Discworld novel, released in the United States of America and the United Kingdom on September 13, and it may have been released already in other countries, such as Norway [1] and Denmark. ... Cecil Wormsborough St. ... Look up IOU in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Delphine Angua von Ãœberwald is a character from the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett. ... The vigilant Ankh-Morpork City Watch. ... 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. ...

Victor Tugelbend

Student wizard turned actor, and protagonist of Moving Pictures. Victor's uncle left a legacy to pay for Victor's tuition at Unseen University, provided that Victor never scored below an 80 on an exam. Victor, however, decided that being a student wizard was greatly preferable to being a wizard, because as a student he could live a relatively safe and comfortable lifestyle. 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. Eventually this caught the attention of the Bursar, who arranged for Victor to receive a special test consisting of only one question: "What is your name?" By this time, however, Victor had left Unseen University to become an actor in Holy Wood, under the stage name Victor Maraschino, and the test paper in question was, instead, received by accident by Ponder Stibbons. He films several movies with Ginger Withel (aka Delores De Syn), and eventually uses the magic of Holy Wood to defeat the Things from the Dungeon Dimensions with Ginger's help. Victor has not reappeared in any subsequent Discworld books. Victor is a clear reference to actor Fred Astaire, who also frequently starred with an actress named Ginger. His response at interview, "Can't sing, can't dance, can handle a sword a little" is a parody of Astaire's famous, if apocryphal, screen test result - "Can't sing. Can't act. Can dance a little." Moving Pictures is the name of the tenth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 1990. ... The Bursar is a faculty member of Unseen University in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ... Ponder Stibbons is a wizard in the fictional universe of Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... In Terry Pratchetts Discworld series, the Dungeon Dimensions are the endless wastelands outside of space and time. ... Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 â€“ June 22, 1987), born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska,[1] was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. ... Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 â€“ April 25, 1995) was an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress and singer. ...

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 was looking for a job that was romantic, but did not involve hard work, which Holy Wood provided. His stage name seems to be inspired by the 1920 Hollywood actor Rudolph Valentino. Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 â€“ August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor. ...

Mr. Tulip

Mr. Tulip (other names unknown) is, along with Mr. Pin, a member of the New Firm, a duo of interloping criminals in the The Truth. He is something of a contradiction: a remorseless killer with refined soul of a true fine-art connoisseur. He is differentiated from a common criminal by his habit of removing works of art from houses before committing arson, the ability to distinguish between priceless works of art and common forgeries, and an encyclopaedic knowledge of hundreds of years of great artists, artisans and their works. 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. He also suffers a mild speech impediment, causing him to often insert "—ing" mid-sentence (the suffix of an action verb without the verb itself), possibly a reference to the use and censorship of the curseword "fucking." This article or section should include material from [[{{{1}}}]]. Mr. ...

One major problem with Mr. Tulip is not that he has a drug habit as such, but that he wants to have a drug habit, and has a tendency to buy and consume anything sold in little brown bags. Unfortunately he also has the ability to unerringly buy from the one man selling oven cleaner or chalk dust amid an entire city of filled with purveyors of illicit narcotics, hallucinogens and stimulants. His primary skill in the New Firm is his apparently unlimited supply of anger, and that he has turned mindless violence into an art form.

Mr. Tulip's past is hinted at being dark and fearful, a place even Mr. Tulip is afraid to remember, but one of the memories he does have of his youth is the belief that as long as you have a potato, you'll be okay when you die. There are some hints that his family suffered from famine and he overheard that if there are potatoes to eat, the situation is not hopeless. His belief in this is quite firm, as "since they've believed it for centuries, it must be right." He is killed by Mr. Pin near the end of the novel and used for a life raft as molten lead flows around the pair. Unfortunately Mr. Pin also steals his potato shortly before killing him, but Mr. Tulip manages to retain the memory of a potato in the afterlife and Death allows him to reincarnate as a woodworm: the only woodworm to say 'this is —ing good wood!' Death is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...

Wolfgang von Überwald

Wolfgang is the psychopathic brother of Angua, the only werewolf on Ankh-Morpork's city watch. He appears in The Fifth Elephant, where he tries to interfere in the crowning of the Dwarf's new Low King. He murdered his sister Elsa for being a yennork (a werewolf who cannot shapeshift), and presumably would have done the same to his brother Andrei, also a yennork, had he not escaped. He is his mother's favourite over Angua, whom she views with disgust for trying to be human, though it is hinted that his mother is also afraid of him. That said, he is afraid somewhat of Angua, partly because she is a better fighter than him. The Fifth Elephant is the 24th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. ...

Wolfgang, unlike the rest of his family, often remains naked when in his human form, seeing it as natural beauty. He continues the family's bloodsport of chasing humans through the woods, known as "The Game" though unlike the rest he does not abide by its rules (e.g. the humans should not have to 'volunteer'). Though Angua tells Carrot that he's not stupid, she later accuses him of not being smart enough to mastermind the Dwarf plot by himself (i.e. their mother helped him). He is killed ("put down") fighting Vimes, who fired a signal rocket over his head, triggering his canine impulse to catch it, whereupon it exploded.

Vorbis

In Small Gods, deacon Vorbis is the head of the Quisition, and later (for a very brief time) the Cenobiarch of Omnia. He's a frightening character, bald by design, with completely dark eyes. 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. ... Deacon is a role in the Christian Church which is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. ... This article is about the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church. ... Omnia is a fictional country in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett. ...

Vorbis' character combines a strange mix of apparently religious mania with a fervent desire to spread the Word/Empire across all the Disc. The character of Vorbis is one that may interest any reader interested in questions regarding institutional religion, heresy, and the direct communication between God and Man. Vorbis has a reputation for being a man touched by destiny (and perhaps something else) and as being one of the most devout Omnians in the Empire ('Vorbis could humble himself in prayer in a way that made the posturings of power-mad emperors look subservient') yet in the end the reader finds that the only voice Vorbis has been listening to is his own. He is perhaps a Diskworld equivalent of Tomás de Torquemada or even Matthew Hopkins. Religion, sometimes used interchangeably with faith, is commonly defined as belief concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the practices and institutions associated with such belief. ... Look up Heresy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Omnia is a fictional country in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett. ... Grand Inquisitor TomÃ¡s de Torquemada â€œTorquemadaâ€ redirects here. ... Witches disclose their familiar spirits to Matthew Hopkins. ...

The Vorbis audio codec is named after this character. Vorbis is an open source, lossy audio codec project headed by the Xiph. ...

Ly Tin Wheedle

Ly is arguably the greatest philosopher on the Disc, although he is usually the one arguing for this. He comes from the Counterweight Continent, home of Rincewind's friend Twoflower. In his home country he is regarded as a great sage because of his peculiar smell, and his many sayings advocating respect for the old and the virtues of poverty are frequently quoted by the rich and elderly. He is first mentioned in The Colour of Magic. The Counterweight Continent is a landmass on the Discworld, the fantasy world that is the setting of Terry Pratchetts fantasy novels. ... Rincewind the Wizzard is a fictional character appearing in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett, several of which feature him as the central character. ... Twoflower is a fictional character featuring in some of Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ... The Colour of Magic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the first of the Discworld series which was published in 1983. ...

In addition to social philosophy, Ly is also a proponent of natural philosophy. 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. 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). Social philosophy is the philosophical study of interesting questions about social behavior (typically, of humans). ... Natural philosophy or the philosophy of nature, known in Latin as philosophia naturalis, is a term applied to the objective study of nature and the physical universe that was regnant before the development of modern science. ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... For the documentary series, see Monarchy (TV series). ... A fictional chemical element is a chemical element, isotope or (sub)atomic particles that exist only in works of fiction (usually fantasy or science fiction). ...

Willikins

Butler to Commander Vimes and Lady Sibyl, Willikins was in his youth a member of the Shamlegger Street Rude Boys street gang where his weapon of choice was a cap brim sewn with sharpened pennies. We discover in Night Watch that he has been in the service of the Ramkin family for most of his life. His only absence from this employment was during the events in Jingo when he joined the army during the war against Klatch. He has proven himself more than once to be a competent fighter as well as a dutiful butler - sometimes simultaneously, as in Thud. It is also revealed in Thud that Willikins is a member of the 'Specials' - The Ankh-Morpork City Militia. Samuel Sam Vimes is a fictional policeman from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Oddjob is a henchman to the villain Auric Goldfinger in the James Bond film and novel, Goldfinger. ... Night Watch is the 29th novel in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series, published in 2002. ... Jingo is a novel by Terry Pratchett, one of his phenomenally popular Discworld series. ... Thud! is Terry Pratchetts 34th Discworld novel, scheduled to be released in October 2005. ...

Perhaps related to the old song "Willikins and his Dinah" - the tune for which may also be known as "Sweet Betsy from Pike"

Willikins has a distinct similarity to Jeeves from P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster books. Jeeves, here portrayed by Stephen Fry in ITVs Jeeves and Wooster series, is P.G. Wodehouses most famous character. ... Called English literatures performing flea, P. G. Wodehouse, pictured in 1904, became famous for his complex plots, ingenious wordplay, and prolific output. ... Jeeves and Wooster is a humourous television series adapted by Clive Exton from P.G. Wodehouses Jeeves stories, and produced by Carnival Films for Granada Television, and screened on the United Kingdoms ITV network from 1990 to 1993. ...

Lord Winder

Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, and predecessor to Mad Lord Snapcase. Also known as Homicidal Lord Winder. During the last years of his reign, he was, arguably, extremely paranoid: this is disputable, as it may not be paranoia if everybody really is trying to kill you, but may be if you believe they are but have no evidence. He took pride in being pathologically careful about everything, running Ankh-Morpork as a police state, with his dreaded Cable Street Particulars, under the command of Captain Swing, causing dissidents to disappear. He was deposed during the Glorious Revolution, during which he was very nearly assassinated by the future Lord Vetinari, managing to escape only by the possibly unique and uncharacteristically clever route of dying of fright moments before the fatal blow. Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ... This article details minor Discworld concepts: concepts and ideas from the fictional Discworld series by Terry Pratchett which only appear in the background, or are not well fleshed out. ... Lord Havelock Vetinari is the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, the head of the fictional city state of Ankh-Morpork in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...

Theda 'Ginger' Withel

A Holy Wood actress in Moving Pictures. Using the name Delores De Syn, she starred in several movies with Victor Tugelbend, usually as the maiden to be rescued. She is likely descended from the High Priestess of Holy Wood, and while sleeping, she was repeatedly possessed by an unknown force, possibly the priestess. This force used Ginger to attempt to awaken the Holy Wood guardian, which would have put a stop to the Holy Wood magic and prevented the Things from the Dungeon Dimensions from breaking through to the Discworld. Her name is likely a reference to Theda Bara and Ginger Rogers. It is also conceivable that Withel's character has a connection with Marilyn Monroe, as evidenced by Withel's daydream of the famous blowing skirt picture of Monroe. Her character also has a brief reference the Greta Garbo and her famous line "I want to be alone" - this was misheard in the book as "I want to be a lawn". Moving Pictures is the name of the tenth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 1990. ... This article contains brief biographies for characters from Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... In Terry Pratchetts Discworld series, the Dungeon Dimensions are the endless wastelands outside of space and time. ... Theda Bara was the stage name of Theodosia Burr Goodman (July 29, 1885 - April 13, 1955), a silent film actress. ... Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 â€“ April 25, 1995) was an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress and singer. ... Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926 â€“ August 5, 1962), was a Golden Globe Award-winning American actress, singer, model and pop icon. ... Greta Garbo (September 18, 1905 â€“ April 15, 1990) was a Swedish-born actress during Hollywoods silent film period and part of its Golden Age. ...

Lupine Wonse

Former childhood friend to Samuel Vimes and later secretary to Lord Vetinari. As the Grand Master of the Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night, he summoned a dragon intending it to be killed by a king, whom he would then control. This failed and he found himself personal assistant to the Dragon King. Following a confrontation with the City Watch, he was killed by a metaphor, or possibly the ground, after then-Constable Carrot Ironfoundersson literally "threw the book at him" and sent him stumbling over a ledge. Samuel Sam Vimes is a fictional policeman from 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. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Dragon. ... Coat of arms of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. ... ï»¿ Carrot Ironfoundersson is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...

William de Worde

A professional scribe who in The Truth became the editor of the Disc's first newspaper, The Ankh-Morpork Times. He has an obsessive dislike of lying, which he has learned to work around in the name of journalism. In self-imposed exile from his background of wealthy noblehood, William works hard (and with varying degrees of success) to cast off the influence of his father, Lord de Worde, an arrogant speciesist^[1] and bully. This article or section should include material from [[{{{1}}}]]. Mr. ... Journalism is a discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and more broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ... The relevance of particular information in (or previously in) this article or section is disputed. ...

William also appears in Monstrous Regiment, reporting on the war in Borogravia, and is mentioned in Thud!. His name is probably a play on the first two printers in England; William Caxton and Wynkyn de Worde. He also bears certain similarities to Washington Irving. Monstrous Regiment is the 31st novel in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... Borogravia is a fictional country in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of novels. ... The word printer is used to describe a company that provides commercial printing services, involving typesetting, printing and book-binding. ... â€œCaxtonâ€ redirects here. ... Wynkyn de Worde, born in Alsace, was the successor to William Caxton in his English printing business, taking over and running Caxtons press after his death. ... Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 â€“ November 28, 1859) was an American author of the early 19th century. ...

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