Her entire life has been controlled by her fairy godmother, Lady Lilith de Tempscire, to ensure that she marries Lady Lilith's pawn, the Duc (pronounced "Duck") (actually a frog). When challenged about the clacks monopoly and the lack of choice it presented, Gilt stated that customers had the choice to use the clacks or travel great distances on horseback to deliver their messages themselves. He started out as a mudlark, and developed his career from there. He is exceptional at martial arts when he needs to be and is the only known master of "Dj fu", in which the hands move in time as well as space. A character in Monstrous Regiment, Jackrum is an immensely fat, hard-bitten Borogravian sergeant major with decades of military experience. 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. Commander Sam Vimes had a particular unexplained grudge against him. His nickname was inadvertently suggested to him in Night Watch by the time traveling Samuel Vimes, who instantly rued it. William de Worde described him as someone with "no discernible personality." Queen Ptraci I of Djelibeybi. Life seemed to be going well for Lewton. 'Well, the night is young,' said Albert, sitting back in the sacks. This incident appears to act as a deterrent for Morporkians against meddling with the occult or supernatural or doing something that is patently stupid. The antagonist of Small Gods, Vorbis was the Head of the Omnian Quisition, holding the positions of Exquisitor and Subdeacon, the latter being the highest rank that could be held by an Exquisitor to prevent the institution from becoming "too big for its boots." His first name is also a Latin word meaning "prison". This in itself is an ontological paradox (which was of course evened out by the history monks). He has a shock of bright red hair, and walks as if he is made entirely of knees. The villain of Night Watch, described by Vimes as "a stone-cold killer. She gave him the Mundy Case and although Lewton did not 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). Near the end, he consults with Casanunda, a 'ladies man' dwarf that had assisted in the defense of the kingdom. Discworld MUD is a multiplayer, text-based, online game (a MUD, or text MMORPG) based on the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett. A character in Monstrous Regiment, Corporal Strappi is a thin, shouty soldier who loves to terrorize new recruits. He survives a direct elvish invasion of the Lancre castle, mainly due to one of his birds attacking the elf. Susan Death), who is also a human who inherited qualities from an anthropomorphic personification. It was previously thought they might all be related, but the Discworld Companion explains that this is parallel evolution. 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 while as a wizard he would face the risk of assassinations by students wishing to advance. 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." A ruthless businessman with a piratical appearance, including an eyepatch and a cockatoo that, instead of saying "pieces of eight", said "twelve and a half percent" (that is, one eighth), he was a shameless con-artist and fraudster whose business style was described as playing "find the lady with entire banks". In their language, the word for "stranger" is the same as their word for "target". This theory is borne out by the appearance of several versions of Dibbler throughout the Discworld series: Other Dibbler equivalents include Ratonasticthenes from Ephebe, mentioned in The Science of Discworld. Andrew Rawnsley said that he "ran away from the circus to join a troupe of accountants."[6]. However, one day, Ilsa left Ankh-Morpork for unexplained reasons and this drew Lewton into a depression. 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 daughter of Baron Saturday of Genua and Mrs Erzulie Gogol. For biographies of noted members of the Discworld's "ethnic minorities" (dwarfs, trolls, undead, etc. The Dark Side of the Sun. 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. 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. He is something of a contradiction: a remorseless killer with the refined soul of a true fine-art connoisseur. Using the name Delores De Syn, she starred in several movies with Victor Tugelbend, usually as the maiden to be rescued. Liessa's plan was to use Hrun to wrest the rulership of the Wyrmberg from her rival brothers and then become queen, Hrun's payment being her hand in marriage. 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, whereas 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. Daughter of Geicha the First, lord of the Wyrmberg, and leader of the dragonriders. It will arrive unpainted, requiring preparation, assembly and painting but when it's finished you'll be itching to collect the rest! 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 a remarkable talent for mathematics and technology, suggesting to William de Worde several ways of improving the clacks system, despite never having encountered it before and the system being an 'Abomination Unto Nuggan'. The most notable is perhaps "I wasn't born yesterday" which, as Lu Tze points out, resembles one of the key revelations of Wen the Eternally Surprised, who, in reference to the continually destroyed and renewed nature of the universe, and the constancy of revelation, said "I was not born-yesterday!". 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. Some character biographies are also listed in articles relating to the organisations they belong to. It is assumed that this means he is the son of the elder Fool's wife and Verence I, and he is duly crowned Verence II. This is best described as 'the feeling you've been kicked in the head this way before'. Liessa is never seen or mentioned after this. Contents. 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. "[9] Another good example of Tacticus' sense of pragmatism would be his maxim "It is always useful to face an enemy who is prepared to die for his country. His name is most likely a mistranslation by Rincewind; his real name is Billy (Bi-Lily = two flower). Dibbler, or simply Dibbler, is one of the numerous bit part characters in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. In Soul Music he is possessed by "Music with Rocks in" and becomes the Disc's greatest musician under the name Buddy in the Band with Rocks In along with Cliff and Glod, before dying in a cart crash (a reference to Buddy HollyImp's name translates as "bud of the holly". The latest Tweets from Lego Ankh-Morpork (@LegoAnkhMorpork). A group of misfit cops rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe. He was looking for a job that was romantic, but did not involve hard work, which Holy Wood provided. Formerly a street performing animal, he was named after the 'famous' Gaspode, a dog who faithfully stayed by his master's grave and whined (as, according to Gaspode, he had his tail trapped). 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. A bard from the decidedly Cymric country of Llamedos. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and his Discworld books have become truly iconic. People send him small sums so that he will not turn up at their parties and ask them to look at his interesting collection of skin diseases. 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. In the Easter 2008 Sky One adaptation of The Colour of Magic, she is played by Karen David. Hrun's fate after this is unknown. Mr Pin is the brains of the New Firm, a duo of interloping criminals in The Truth. Adora has returned to running the Clacks service running it as her father did. 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. History of the World, Part II | March 6th, 2023. 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. 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. Throughout the first two novels, he is followed by the Luggage, a homicidally vicious travel chest which moves on hundreds of little legs, carrying his belongings. His authorship of the scroll De Chelonian Mobile, a statement of facts which contradicted Omnian dogma about the shape of the Discworld, partly motivated Vorbis's plan to invade and annex Ephebe. Gaspode assists the newly-created Ankh-Morpork Times's investigation of a plot to incriminate Lord Vetinari as an informant (going by the name "Deep Bone") and a translator for Lord Vetinari's dog Wuffles, a key witness. 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. He would not 'buy posh foreign dogs when he can buy the crossbreeds'. 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. Having meant to have been a wonder dog, his being a diseased mongrel leads to said role being given to Laddie, a talented but thoroughly stupid pure-bred Ramtop hunting dog. Universally known as Doughnut Jimmy, Dr James Folsom is a highly proficient horse doctor who was brought in, under threat of blackmail from Samuel Vimes, to treat Vetinari in Feet of Clay; this rather odd choice being the result of Vimes' knowledge that any human doctor would be contracted to guilds (who all resent Vetinari to varying degrees) and that horse doctors, treating animals worth considerable amounts of money, faced considerable amounts of trouble should their patients die. 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. At the outset of the Discworld series, B.S. It has been suggested that by Going Postal he may have married his friend and editor, Sacharissa Cripslock. A doctor in Ankh-Morpork. In Making Money, Groat was left in charge as acting-Postmaster General while Moist von Lipwig assumed his de facto position as chairman of the Royal Bank of Ankh Morpork. A very old man in a cheap wig, Groat had spent most of his career in the Post Office as a Junior Postman, since until von Lipwig's arrival none of the other Postmasters appointed by Lord Vetinari had survived long enough to promote him. Explore our exclusive range of sculpted Discworld characters and creations for your bookshelves, designed in our studios and created by the finest fantasy artists and craftsfolk . 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. He has also been a moving pictures (movie) producer/director where his lack of scruples was entirely reminiscent of the pioneers of modern motion pictures, similarly, the agent of a 'Music with Rocks In' group and the editor of the Ankh-Morpork Inquirer (a loss-making, tabloid newspaper run by the Guild of Engravers) where he fabricated stories. Convinced of the fellow barbarian's agility, she tells him that he may marry her if he defeats her brothers. He often runs into danger, being certain that nothing bad will happen to him since he is not involved. 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. However, Pratchett has denied any conscious reference in this case.[7]. The Patrician who came to power after Lord Winder following the Glorious Revolution of the Twenty-Fifth of May. At the end of the book, Polly has left the army, but rejoins as a sergeant when Borogravia is invaded again. As Patrician, he used his power to enforce laws against creative exaggeration in writing. Lobsang inherited powers directly from his parent; she, indirectly from a foster grandparent (Death). 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 is described as having "four eyes" by a beggar at the docks early in the events in The Colour of Magic, who "found himself looking up into a face with four eyes," implying he actually wears glasses, although Josh Kirby's dust jacket illustrations for The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic shows him with four eyes. 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. In Wintersmith, however, his first name is given as Callus. During her encounter with Rincewind (see below), her behaviour is sufficiently flamboyant as to cause him to believe she is "bonkers". Queen Keli still ruled at the time of Soul Music, when she ejected the Band with Rocks In from the city by royal proclamation. Liessa's kingdom is not likely to have survived, for by the later books, the barbarian way of life has all but vanished from the Discworld. 1.1 Main continent; 1.2 Klatch (continent) 1.3 Counterweight Continent; 1.4 XXXX; 1.5 Sunken Continent of Ku; 1.6 Miscellaneous Islands; 2 Associated Dimensions; The Discworld Main continent. Due to the Discworld's rather literal adherence to the laws of narrative convention, this is not an entirely mental issue: He is killed in an extremely operatic duel with the Ghost and spends two pages on a final monologue before keeling over. He sold strange green liquid made by monks living on a mountain according to an ancient recipe (Lance-Constable Carrot disputes this, but it turns out that it is actually true; however, the monks making the liquid for him have no idea what he does with it). When Death feels in need of a break, Mort takes over The Duty. Miss Dearheart can see through most of Lipwig's conman tricks, amazing him; he names her "Spike" out of fondness. For some reason it is a popular location for circumspect meetings. He was killed in The Fifth Elephant, after having helped produce the replica of the Scone of Stone. Mr Mavolio Bent is the Head Cashier and all but in charge of the Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork. This replaces, at his wife's insistence, the original: "H. King, taking the piss since 1961." During this time he showed several unique powers, being able to sense the direction of a time disturbance, balancing the "load" of time down to less than a second after a Time Crash (which a man with 50,000 years experience claims he could not even hope to do) and reacting to (and being reacted to by) the Mandala, a visual display of Time on the Disk. She spends much of her time in the palace kitchens, apparently because she enjoys being helpful, rather than because she is mistreated. 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