A professional scribe who in The Truth has a career of writing down interesting news for various Lords and Ladies abroad, this led to him becoming the editor of the Disc's first newspaper, The Ankh-Morpork Times. As Patrician, he used his power to enforce laws against creative exaggeration in writing. Additionally, in Discworld Noir, CMOT Dibbler is mentioned in the game on an Octarine Parrot bill and is said to be the one who gave Lewton his imp-powered coffee machine. Due to his lack of experience with human patients, much of his advice was flawed ("walk him round a bit on loose reinand no oats"). The Discworld equivalent of Odysseus. He attempts to avenge her by challenging the Grand Vizier Lord Hong to a duel. These form a discussion between him and the head printer, Thomas Cropper, about the book. The Duck Man appears in several of Pratchett's books, including Hogfather, Soul Music , The Truth, and Feet of Clay. He appeared in Eric and is briefly mentioned in Pyramids. He is a devout follower of The Way of Mrs.Cosmopilite, a way of life of his own devising which he created after lodging with Marietta Cosmopilite in Ankh-Morpork, some of which is explained in more detail in Lu-Tze's Yearbook of Enlightenment. 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. He is the undisputed head of any legal action in the city and is one of the major members of the civil council. 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. Featuring in Unseen Academicals, Stollop is a stunningly beautiful and utterly empty-headed girl who becomes a society sensation overnight when offered the possibility to become a supermodel. The lack of a formal title, in fact, gives him fewer restrictions than his contemporaries. He maintained his monopoly by killing anyone attempting to set up another network, including Robert Dearheart's son, John, and employing the banshee Mr. Gryle to do so. In this form it was simply a complex network of glass tubes, containing "ants as carriers of information". In Lords and Ladies Verence and Magrat finally marry. Afterwards he was sent to and raised in the Temple, where he confounded his teachers by knowing too much, but not knowing how he knows it, and even then not knowing that he knows it till he is asked the specific question. The book relating his journey across the Discworld is considered a revolutionary pamphlet in his native land as it is traditionally believed (and officially decreed) that the world outside of the Empire is a hellish wasteland populated by "bloodsucking vampire ghosts", resulting in him being imprisoned in the Forbidden City. 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 also suffers a mild speech impediment, causing him to insert "ing" mid-sentence (the suffix of an action verb without the verb itself). This may be because of Snapcase's mental disorder, which caused him to be very secretive while trying to spy on everyone else. Terry Pratchett. He has no understanding of the Agatean/Ankh-Morpork exchange rate and often overpays, primarily because even the smallest denomination of Agatean coin is made of pure gold, and, thus, often pays for small items and minor services with enough wealth to buy a sizable fraction of the city. His "sonkies" (condoms), as they are generally known, sell for a penny a packet. Harry ends up betraying the Horde (as a villain, it is his job), though when the horde confronts him about his betrayal they praise him for still being a reliable Dark Lord even at the end. Feet of Clay The Fifth Elephant Guards! After the rather unsuccessful attempt, he and his friends escaped on the backs of horses belonging to the Valkyries and rode into the sky, seeking to explore the outside of space. Jingo Men At Arms Night Watch Snuff Thud! Gaspode, however, does manage to become agent to both Victor Tugelbend and Laddie, successfully renegotiating their contracts with a ten per cent commission. Although seemingly destined for the game of football, he refuses to play, on account of his Mum, who saw his father, the only player to score four goals in a career, die during a game. Having kidnapped Hrun and Twoflower (for whom she expresses no interest and has locked away), she tests Hrun by trying to stab him in his sleep. Life seemed to be going well for Lewton. Of all the characters in Terry Pratchett's Discworld Magrat Garlick, Granny Weatherwax, and Nanny Ogg are some of the most beloved by fans. Another example given in the text is "cup-and-plate"no definition is given, but "He's a bit cup-and-plate in the head" implies it means "not quite right.". His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and his Discworld books have become truly iconic. First introduced in The Wee Free Men, the first novel in the Tiffany Aching series. Having apprenticed his nephew Urn as a philosopher, they frequently argue over the merits of natural philosophy, specifically Urn's development of steam power. He probably thought sorry for me."). It is not known if this is the result of Quimby's rule, or simply a natural trait that reached its peak in him. This is in part a reference to Martin, the pessimist philosopher and sweeper in Voltaire's Candide. At the end of Witches Abroad, she became the Baroness of Genua. "Hello, my name is HodgesARRRRRGH"). It is possible that he is the ancestor of Rincewind as his name means "rinser of winds". However, this was merely the echoes of his own voice bouncing inside his own head, the Great God Om having become so weak from a lack of belief (in no small part because of the efforts of the Quisition) that only the truly faithful novice Brutha could hear him. More Options 840 results But Hrun does not need to be angry for long: when Twoflower faints, his dragon, having existed only through his willpower, disappears, causing all three passengers to fall through the air. His name is most likely a mistranslation by Rincewind; his real name is Billy (Bi-Lily = two flower). After discovering this they argued, and during this argument Carlotta kissed and bit Lewton, turning him into a werewolf (or some variant type, several of which are named/referenced in the books themselves). After previous experience with Nanny Ogg's writing he is anxious to avoid innuendo, but is not entirely successful. 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. The first king to leave the kingdom, he was trained at the Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild. Tawneee is, in fact, merely her stage name; her real name is Betty. Swing 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). His personalities 'voted' to decide whether to act as street vendors of The Ankh Morpork Times (in The Truth) and Andrews held up five fingers to indicate the outcome of his personalities' decision. However, following the events of Going Postal, in which the destruction of his collection coincided with the invention of the postage stamp, he redirected his obsession to stamp collecting and philately. He carries an old boot on a stick, so muggers desperate enough to try to rob the beggars often find themselves being kicked on the top of the head by a man 3 feet tall. He only had a sword theatrically thrust under his armpit, but, according to the witches present, failed to notice this. In The Truth, the existence of a talking dog has become as well-known a rumour as the existence of a rightful King of Ankh-Morpork walking the streets of the city (both of which are true). 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. Also known as Mad or Psychoneurotic Lord Snapcase. Moist, for his part, regards the interviews with her as a guaranteed thrill requiring him to think quickly on his feet. Mr Tulip is, along with Mr Pin, a member of the New Firm, a duo of interloping criminals in The Truth. His body is presented by Brutha to the generals of an invading anti-Omnian alliance in order to prevent a bloody war, although this is unsuccessful, with Didactylos saying that "it takes a long time for people like Vorbis to die" due to the impact they leave upon the world. Also notable is his method of dealing with unpleasant occurrences. Queen Keli still ruled at the time of Soul Music, when she ejected the Band with Rocks In from the city by royal proclamation. Her character also appears in Night Watch. The first book opens with a dying wizard trying to pass his powers onto an eighth son of an eighth son being born. Twoflower is a native of the Agatean Empire, on the Counterweight Continent, living in the major sea port of Bes Pelargic where he works as an "inn-sewer-ants" clerk. 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. Foul Ole Ron is in one verse of Sam Vimes' 'City Version' of "Where's My Cow?". Swing is mainly remembered for his attempt to control crime by ordering all weapons confiscated, reasoning that this would result in a decline in crime figures, failing to acknowledge that criminals do not obey the law in the first place and would actually greatly enjoy the lack of weapons in society. 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. On Discworld you will meet many of the characters from those books. He meets Rincewind in Bel Shamharoth's lair, and aids his escape. The Duck Man speculates that Andrews was once a mild-mannered person of a psychic disposition who was mentally overwhelmed by the other souls. Considering that Mr Slant is a zombie and both Mr Morecombe and Honeyplace are vampires, they are old enough to have been around when many laws were first written up. One of his little fingers is missing. Moist von Lipwig mistakes the dogs for pedigree Lipwigzers (probably Discworld Rottweilers, although Rottweilers are referred to as themselves in Carpe Jugulum,) a particularly savage breed of dog, but one which, as a Lipwig, he is familiar with, and is quite intrigued to find that the commands used to discipline lipwigzers still work on them (though they may have only been responding to the tone and confidence shown by Moist). Discworld is a point-and-click adventure game, developed by Teeny Weeny Games and Perfect 10 Productions, and based upon Terry Pratchett 's novels of the same name. The daughter of Baron Saturday of Genua and Mrs Erzulie Gogol. flag. His full name is mentioned in Making Money. Verence had gone through much of the story subtly trying to deal with a major problem, namely that he was not quite sure how to actually consummate the marriage. 7. The main mentions are of his journeys to Omnia (where he saw a person being stoned) and to Tsort (where his attempts to educate the ruler through subliminal learning resulted in his assassination). The fact that she is Nobby's girlfriend is somewhat shocking considering his barely human appearance and her incredibly stunning good looks. Mr Slant is the president of the Guild of Lawyers, a position that he has held for a long time due to being a zombie. The villain of Night Watch, described by Vimes as "a stone-cold killer. Appeared in The Colour of Magic. He appears in Going Postal, although the stable had previously appeared in The Truth. His name is a play on Johann Gutenberg, with his first initials apparently derived from a phrase referring to Jesus Christ. With the help of Ninereeds he rescues Rincewind and escapes the Wyrmberg. He falls in love with Conina (a barbarian heroine who wants to be a hairdresser but cannot due to her genes) at first sight, and she with him. He has also theorised on the physical underpinnings of monarchy, explaining royal succession by use of a particle known as a Kingon (or possibly Queon), musing about the possibility of a communications system based upon the systematic torture of a monarch (although at this point, he had been "thrown out of the bar"). He was sadistic, and extremely fond of torture, much like his predecessor. His wife's name is Euphemia "Effie" King (his petname for her is "Duchess"), and their daughters are Daphne and Herminone (through whom Harry King is also a grandfather). He finds a tortoise in his melon patch which is actually the great God Om afflicted with temporary amnesia which rescinds in the presence of Brutha. The place where he lived had been in the middle of a war zone. Classic Edd Matt Bendee Ku Klux Klan Dr. Decapi Ringo Tom Tord Santa Claus Kim and Katya Paul Zombehs Ash Williams . He appears to have been rich and well educated at some time in the past, and even as a beggar, his clothes are the tattered remnants of an expensive suit. Carcer is captured by Vimes at the end of Night Watch, likely to be sentenced to death. In the TV adaptation of Going Postal, Miss Cripslock is portrayed by Tamsin Greig. This list may not reflect recent changes ( learn more ). Eventually a type of fingerless glove is named for him. Death joins the crew in Soul Music where he takes the name, Mr Scrub. In Wintersmith, however, his first name is given as Callus. Pages in category "Discworld characters" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 1,266 total. [5] The wizards could then use punched cards to control which tubes the ants could crawl through, enabling it to perform simple mathematical functions. They had discussed this with Death and had turned down his offer to extend the duration of their existence on the grounds that it would not be the same as actually lengthening their lives. Adora has returned to running the Clacks service running it as her father did. For biographies of noted members of the Discworld's "ethnic minorities" (dwarfs, trolls, undead, etc. When at one point the far-flung city of Genua, whose royal family had interbred itself into extinction (the last king having tried to continue the royal bloodline with himself), asked Ankh-Morpork for a Duke, Tacticus was promoted and sent there. Like Ron, he appears as a verse in Where's My Cow?, when Sam adapts the Book's basic structure to fit city life. Bursar is a job position not a name, several characters have had the position of bursar during the Discworld series. 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). In desperation, Liessa summons her own dragon to pursue them (still naked, as Pratchett makes a point of). He believed that he was destined to become the Cenobiarch and Eighth Prophet of Omnianism, as the Great God Om had told him. Stanley Howler is another example of parallel Discworld-Terrestrial history: on Earth, Stanley Gibbons is a company which publishes catalogues of stamps for collectors; the howler is a type of monkey, and the gibbon, like Unseen University's Librarian, is an ape. 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. He simply mentally edits them out. 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