On his first appearance in the series he is already an old man, but still tough enough to handle anything the world can throw at him; his opponents often underestimate him because of his age, realizing too late that a man who does for a living what Cohen does and nevertheless survives to such an age must be very good at it indeed. 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 wherever he went). He is something of a contradiction: a remorseless killer with the refined soul of a true fine-art connoisseur. He has been pictured with a lantern though blind and is looking for an "honest man". His adventures begin in The Colour of Magic, when he decides to visit the city of Ankh-Morpork, where he meets the inept wizard Rincewind whom he hires as a guide. Since Hrun is mentioned to have joined the Watch in Interesting Times, she and Hrun may have split up, or she herself is now part of the Watch, though the latter seems improbable. This mainly involves figuring out which deaths needed to be attended to personally, an important aspect of all reality. Death joins the crew in Soul Music where he takes the name, Mr Scrub. Gaspode both resents canine subservience to humanity and yearns for masterly companionship, being able to shout commands at dogs as would a human, much to his disgust. Provided with a 30mm premium plastic round base. "The Bursar" is one of these; I'm not sure if he's ever given a name. 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. Promotion is also an unlikely prospect in the firm. He lives at 13 Midden Lane, Pseudopolis. He appears in The Last Hero, where he joins the Silver Horde on their quest to 'return fire to the gods' by blowing up the mountain. The first tourist ever on the Discworld, he wrote "What I Did on My Holidays" after his return to the Empire. 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. Highly skilled at achieving results, when he treated the racehorse Dire Fortune, it did not fall over until the last furlong. Twoflower is the optimistic but naive tourist. 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'). 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. The place where he lived had been in the middle of a war zone. At the outset of the Discworld series, B.S. Susan Death), who is also a human who inherited qualities from an anthropomorphic personification. After fusing with Jeremy, Lobsang inherited all of Time's powers (though due to his inexperience he needs "time" to recharge them initially) and eventually takes over her role. An Ankh-Morpork nobleman, he first appears in Men At Arms, in which he is one of the nobles who does not take seriously d'Eath's proposal of restoring the Ankh-Morpork monarchy by installing Captain Carrot as King. Liessa's ambitions are high: having poisoned her father, the traditional means of succession in her family, she is hindered by the fact that as a woman, she cannot become lord of the Wyrmberg and faces intense rivalry from her two brothers. It has been noted that many Ankh-Morporkians tend to have a certain literal mindedness. The Discworld equivalent of Odysseus. After fighting and losing to Death, Mort was given an extra lease of life when the Grim Reaper chose to turn over his Lifetimer. (Gollancz, 1989) A character in Monstrous Regiment, Corporal Strappi is a thin, shouty soldier who loves to terrorize new recruits. He would not 'buy posh foreign dogs when he can buy the crossbreeds'. Originally the universe insisted that she should be dead, which meant that most people simply refused to acknowledge her existence unless she made her presence clear. Hrun is an archetypal fantasy barbarian: hulking and musclebound yet slow-witted, with very little dress sense, battle-prone, alcoholic and fond of virgins. This list may not reflect recent changes ( learn more ). Jump to navigation Jump to search. 4. When Death feels in need of a break, Mort takes over The Duty. That person coming down the street in Ankh-Morpork or sneaking up behind you in the dark woods isn't necessarily human. 1 The Discworld. He is first seen as the overly thoughtful son of a farmer in the Octarine Grass Country, near the Ramtops. THE NIGHT IS ALWAYS OLD. It appears that he remains at the bank though, in an attempt to honour his clown heritage, he returns to work wearing a red nose. This page was last edited on 13 February 2023, at 15:11. By the fourth book in the series, I Shall Wear Midnight, Roland and Tiffany have realised that simply being different from those around them does not mean they are similar, and Roland decides to marry Letitia Keepsake, a good-natured if somewhat pampered aristocrat. In Going Postal, Groat tells Moist von Liping about his hair that, "It's all mine, you know, not a prunes". Bruth carries Vorbis through the desert back to Omnia so that everyone can learn about what he did, despite Om saying that he is a burden or that he does not deserve being saved. Members of the group can often be found beneath Ankh-Morpork's Misbegot Bridge and are normally accompanied by the talking dog Gaspode. Christine's father told her that a "dear little pixie" would help her career, and she thinks that Agnes might be that pixie. Theda claims Mrs. Cosmopilite would not mind Victor Tugelbend coming with her up to her roomassuming they would be going up for sex, but they had a different reason. Mr Tulip has a tendency to buy and consume anything sold in little bags in an attempt to acquire drugs. A few years later, Lewton decided to pick himself up, forget about Ilsa and the rest of his past and start a new life. Tacticus conquered a large area of the Discworld, both around the city of Ankh-Morpork and well into the rimward continent of Klatch. Lewton appears in the third Discworld computer game, Discworld Noir. Immediately upon becoming a Genuan citizen, he evaluated the question of the greatest military threat posed by any single other nation. Hrun is extremely displeased at the event, having been denied both lordship and intimate contact with Liessa through their actions. But Liessa still has one more trial in store for him: she strips till she is naked, so as to see how much passion he truly has for her. He has been in employment at the bank since he was thirteen, when he came to the city with a group of travelling accountants. Of note is the fact that Harry King employs most of the gnolls in the city (a race that spends all their time picking up trash,) never forgets a debtor and needs to take two baths just to elevate himself to the rank of dirty. 5. However, Mr Slant has also been involved in more sinister affairs. 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. For biographies of noted members of the Discworld's "ethnic minorities" (dwarfs, trolls, undead, etc. 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. He passed his final exam by a fluke, having already decided he was not going to kill anyone. A sweeper is also referenced in The Fifth Elephant and Going Postal. Moist von Lipwig refers to a rumour that there is a horse in Ankh-Morpork with a longitudinal seam from head to tail. Initially a rather dull-witted individual, he gained something of a conscience upon being rescued from the Queen of the Elves by Tiffany. His nephew has a similar exchange with Cropper in the pages of The Discworld Almanak. 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. 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. A doctor in Ankh-Morpork. It's a meditation on religion, personal morality . Bel-Shamharoth Betty 'Shufti" Manickle Big Yan Bilious Bill Rincewind Bjorn Hammerhock Black Zenell Blind Hugh Blind Io Bloody Stupid Johnson Boddony Ransak Boggett Bouffant Bowell Bravd Brick Broadman Brutha Buckleby Buggy Swires Bundo Prong C Canting Crew Captain "Mayonnaise" Quirke Captain John Keel (The Watch) Captain Swing Captain Tilden The few times he's actually acquired real narcotics, they have been suitable only for trolls. Pronounced "de Chuffley" (which, as Pratchett says, is not his fault). She wishes to be a hairdresser, but Discworld-style genetics keep getting in the way, causing her to instinctively kill people who threaten her. Appeared in The Colour of Magic. Hex is a computer unlike any other the Disc has ever seen, which is not particularly exceptional because previously, all other "computers" on the Disc had consisted of druidic stone circles. List of Discworld locations. Altogether Andrews is a mass of multiple personalities (none of them named Andrews) in one mind, many of which are of considerably higher social status than him; these include Jossi, Lady Hermione, Little Sidney, Mr Viddle, Curly, the Judge, and Tinker; the eighth personality is simply known as Burke, who was only seen once by the canting crew (though not in any narrative), and they had no desire to ever see him again. Twoflower supplies them with a wedding present of a box of Agatean money, which he believes to be inconsequential but which Rincewind comments, out of earshot of Twoflower, would buy them a small kingdom. When Dibbler's business plans fail, he falls back to selling (mostly) 'pies with personality' and 'pig' sausages-inna-bun on the streets of Ankh-Morpork. Carcer is said to have a talent for unnerving people, an annoying laugh (written as 'haha' in the book) and a perpetual conviction of his own innocence despite his many crimes, which include at least two murders. His nickname was inadvertently suggested to him in Night Watch by the time traveling Samuel Vimes, who instantly rued it. In Lords and Ladies Verence and Magrat finally marry. In Carpe Jugulum they have a daughter; Princess Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre. His name is a reference to the real stable-owner Thomas Hobson, best known as the name behind the expression Hobson's choice. From Discworld & Terry Pratchett Wiki. Evil Harry Dread always makes an effort to adhere to the 'rules': he intentionally hires stupid henchmen, invests in helmets that cover the whole face (thus making it easy for a Hero to disguise himself) and places Heroes in overly contrived, easily escapable deathtraps. 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, his transfer being the result of Borogravia's ever decreasing supply of combat-ready men. The Patrician who came to power after Lord Winder following the Glorious Revolution of the Twenty-Fifth of May. He probably thought sorry for me."). Miss Maccalariat is receptionist in Going Postal, her voice is like the worst of schoolteachers and her family have performed her role for generations, sucking lemons until their features were pursed enough. Pages in category "Discworld characters" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 1,266 total. He is possibly inspired in part by John Major who was born the son of a music hall performer, but left to join a bank, eventually becoming Prime Minister of the UK 1990-1997. 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). His ceremonial outfit of red and gold with a big floppy hat is usually supplemented with about three sticking plasters. He also wears a sign saying "For sum muny I wont follo yu hom". He simply mentally edits them out. He started out as a mudlark, and developed his career from there. In Raising Steam, swayed by the new steam engine by Dick Simnel (who becomes romantically involved with Harry King's favorite niece, Emily King), Harry provides the capital to build the "Ankh-Morpork and Sto Plains Hygienic Railway", and at the end of the book is given a peerage. The daughter of Cohen the Barbarian and a temple dancer. Ironically, Jackrum turns out to be a woman as well, having joined the army in her youth along with her lover, who died in battle, leaving the young Jackrum pregnant, something that she covered up by taking her considerable accumulated leave. 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. In the miniseries, rather than vanishing, Bethan and Cohen show up at the docks, already married, to bid Twoflower goodbye as he heads back home. It is the opinion of many that Lu-Tze uses Rule One to bluff his way out of trouble, but, if necessary, he can prove it's no bluff. Trooper is a specialist in the field of Death by Hanging, and it is his skill with a noose which allows him to simulate an actual execution but leave the victim alive which resulted in Moist von Lipwig's survival at the behest of Lord Vetinari. Hobson is a large man, described as looking similar to the result of shaving a bear. First introduced in The Wee Free Men, the first novel in the Tiffany Aching series. 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 demonologist, allowed him free rein over his grandfather's workshop. His current whereabouts are unknown. Some character biographies are also listed in articles relating to the organisations they belong to. Death's Domain. He's proud of being a Dark Lord, 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 for the opposite of this concept). (2001). This is best described as 'the feeling you've been kicked in the head this way before'. He is described as a thin, balding man dressed in a long, old-fashioned black coat with large pockets, and supports himself on an opera cane (which is in reality a swordstick, albeit a poorly concealed one). Distrust is generally encouraged among the D'regs, with Ahmed once telling Vimes that his mother would be greatly offended if he trusted her on the grounds that she would feel she did not bring him up right. She spends much of her time in the palace kitchens, apparently because she enjoys being helpful, rather than because she is mistreated. Ninereeds nearly outruns her but vanishes when Twoflower loses consciousness, causing everyone riding him to fall. Using the name Delores De Syn, she starred in several movies with Victor Tugelbend, usually as the maiden to be rescued. When Brutha, Eighth Prophet and Prophet of Prophets, dies after a hundred years in power, he encounters a catatonic Vorbis in the ethereal desert; taking pity on him, he guides him through the desert to face judgement. Walter writes popular operas "with tunes you can hum". Both men can become violent, but Mr Pin's violence is more directed and instrumental. flag. 1. William de Worde described him as someone with "no discernible personality." 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 Cosmopilite than the monks who followed; he wrote down many of her sayings as guides by which to live his life. Mr Pin is then reincarnated into a potato resembling his face in a look of surprise, which is chipped and deep fried. He claims his original crime was stealing a loaf of bread (a nod to the protagonist of Les Misrables), though Vimes says that Carcer's style would be to murder the baker and steal the whole bakery. She was last seen in an amorous relationship with Nijel the Destroyer. ), see the articles for those races. The granddaughter of the chief cook at the Assassin's Guild, she has inherited a large number of secret recipes from her. When Duke Felmet murders King Verence and takes over the small country of Lancre on the Discworld, three witches are involuntarily tasked with protecting the king's baby son. Blouse is promoted to the rank of Major by the end of the book. For further Discworld character biographies, see the table below. He supplements his official stipend, and plans for his retirement, by selling of short lengths of the hanging ropes used in particularly interesting casessuch as the "Albert Spangler" executionoften signed by the victims themselves. Produced as a two-part miniseries for Sky One adapting the first two Discworld novels, there is much to admire about The Color of Magic. However, after Death managed to sort out the alterations to the timeline with the Gods, she 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 Men at Arms, he was mentioned as having a cruet set designed by "Bloody Stupid" Johnson (where, due to Johnson's ineptitude with geometry meant that they are used as storage silos), and in Feet of Clay, he was mentioned to have made his horse a city councillor. In this form it was simply a complex network of glass tubes, containing "ants as carriers of information". His trousers and socks are confirmed as being highly explosive, as a result of the gunpowder-like solution they are treated with. Adora's family is conned out of the Grand Trunk by Reacher Gilt, forcing Adora to be employed at the Golem Trust. Reforming the Church along tolerant, humanist lines, he reigns for a hundred years before dying. His debut novel, A Man With One of Those Face s - a comic crime novel - was published in 2016 and spawned The Dublin Trilogy books and the spin-off McGarry Stateside series. In Feet of Clay, he has become Foul Ole Rons Thinking Brain Dog and part of the Canting Crew. 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 is also known for having undergone a long and perilous journey home after the war, much like his Roundworld equivalent. He became a zombie after having been convicted of a crime and decapitated but, since he defended himself, refuses to pass on until his descendants pay the legal fees. 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. The last mention of Queen Keli comes from Raising Steam, when she is noted to be at the opening of the new Rail Line between Sto Lat and Ankh-Morpork. Then, 'No, it ain't.' I'M SORRY? Liessa agrees to resort to banishing her brothers. Given a barbarian hero's attractiveness to nubile young maidens, Cohen has quite a lot of children; in The Last Hero he mentions casually that he has dozens. Characters are listed alphabetically by name. They have very strict ideas about women fighting: they expect them to be good at it. My Holidays '' after his return to the result of shaving a bear women:! 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