He is generally regarded as one of the most consistently sane of the group, as at least five of his personalities are capable of holding a sensible conversation with other people. 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." It seems at that point that Liessa is developing genuine feelings for her husband-to-be. Liessa agrees to resort to banishing her brothers. Eventually a type of fingerless glove is named for him. However, Pratchett has denied any conscious reference in this case.[7]. Harry keeps ferocious mongrel guard dogs on his property. The Ankh-Morpork official Hangman and executioner, possibly its Chief Executioner, although others have not been specifically mentioned. He simply mentally edits them out. "Mort", short for Mortimer, is the title character in Mort. There are very few historical records of Lord Snapcase's tyranny. Eric was relatively unsuccessful as a demonologist until, with some unknown assistance, he managed to summon Rincewind from the Dungeon Dimensions, originally intending to summon a demon to grant him wishes, namely mastery of the kingdoms of the world, to meet the most beautiful woman ever to have lived, to live forever, and to have a large chest of gold. She tries to hide her buxom qualities, without success. Over the course of the book, the Fool meets and falls in love with Magrat Garlick and stands up to the Duke, admitting he saw the murder of Verence I. He is described in the books as resembling a rodent, and wears a long poacher's coat covered in pockets. Twoflower is the optimistic but naive tourist. 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. Diggers. The Compleat Discworld Atlas. 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 is made an Omnian bishop by Brutha, the Cenobiarch and Eighth Prophet. 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. It's a meditation on religion, personal morality . In it, Henry goes "Cough, gack, ptui". He used to be one of the more obsessive of Ankh-Morpork's large number of pin collectors (called 'pinheads'), to the point that all the other collectors thought he was "a bit weird about pins". The man who introduced the world to the concept of "wholesale" destruction, Cohen is the Discworld's greatest warrior hero, renowned across the Disc for his exploits rescuing maidens, destroying the mad high priests of dark cults, looting ancient ruins, and so on. 1. 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. Some character biographies are also listed in articles relating to the organisations they belong to. 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. Reluctant to tell his master about his gaffe, Mort tries various unsuccessful methods to fix the situation. 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. Mrs Marietta Cosmopilite is a dressmaker, who appears in Moving Pictures as Vice President of Costuming and Theda Withel's landlady. This state of affairs might not have continued long if the Luggage had not intervened. He was born as a clown (Charlie Benito), but his first time performing was severely affected by the audience laughing at him. This favourite Discworld character is depicted in a detailed 30mm scale, high quality metal cast miniature. In the book Carpe Jugulum he is responsible for discovering the phoenix. Snippets of Tacticus' advice turns up in various Discworld chronicles, and it can be gathered that he was a very realistic, down-to-earth general. After pursuing an escaping party made up of Brutha, Om, Sergeant Simony, the philosopher Didactylos and his apprentice and nephew Urn and being caught in a storm, Vorbis is found by Brutha and Om washed up on the desert coast and in a catatonic state. However, it does mean a lot of men are happy to tell her things. After having an iconograph taken of him by Otto Chriek using dark light (light on the opposite side of darkness), Mr Pin experiences guilt and extreme paranoia for the various crimes committed by the New Firm. He appeared in Eric and is briefly mentioned in Pyramids. 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. Explanation reveals that in Dimwell slang, "syrup of prunes" means wig. Brutha is the only true believer of Om, as all other "believers" only go along with the state religion either out of fear of torture and death by the Quisition, or out of habit. Convinced of the fellow barbarian's agility, she tells him that he may marry her if he defeats her brothers. During the last years of his reign, he was extremely paranoid, albeit with good reason. In Snuff, it is revealed that Harry King has since been given a Knighthood. His "sonkies" (condoms), as they are generally known, sell for a penny a packet. Head of the Guild of "Seamstresses" (actually prostitutes). Also notable is his method of dealing with unpleasant occurrences. By the end of the book, Polly is a seasoned soldier, and it turns out, not the important one in the unit. Sometimes spelt 'Coughin' Henry'. She appears in The Colour of Magic. "The Bursar" is one of these; I'm not sure if he's ever given a name. As a boy, he "messed around in boats". But his mind begins to slowly change after an encounter with the lovely Juliet Stollop, and after the tactical substitution of the ball with a tin can, scores the winning goal in the inaugural game of the new football league. He is quiet (if a tad sarcastic) and almost unshockable. Jingo Men At Arms Night Watch Snuff Thud! He (and a number of other animals) gain sapience and the ability to speak as a result of the escaped Holy Wood Dream, and is compelled to travel to Holy Wood to break into the Discworld's newly-established film industry. 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. Meaning "Two-Fingered" in Ephebian, Didactylos is a philosopher, based on Diogenes of Sinope, who comes into the stories in Small Gods. They have very strict ideas about women fighting: they expect them to be good at it. Mr Trooper believes his work has value in terms of crime deterrence, based on the fact he never sees criminals more than once. Hodgesaargh is based on a real-life keeper of birds of prey named Dave Hodges, who lives in Northamptonshire. That person coming down the street in Ankh-Morpork or sneaking up behind you in the dark woods isn't necessarily human. He is a habitual speaker of Dimwell Arrhythmic Rhyming Slang, the only known rhyming slang in the universe that does not actually rhyme. The contents of the History Monks page were merged into List of Discworld characters. 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. This collection follows their antics and adventures. He is usually seen either carrying a tray or pushing a barrow (in [financially] better times). Since his campaigns were as expensive as they were effective, the rulers of Ankh-Morpork tried to get rid of Tacticus in a respectful and appropriate way. The Duck Man speculates that Andrews was once a mild-mannered person of a psychic disposition who was mentally overwhelmed by the other souls. He is also one of the three founders of Morecombe, Slant, and Honeyplace, Ankh Morpork's leading legal practice. Walter is an odd-job man at the Ankh-Morpork Opera House. Eric is granted these wishes during a journey across Time to the Tezumen Empire, the Tsortean War, and the beginning of the universe, albeit as forms of ironic punishment. At the end of the book, Polly has left the army, but rejoins as a sergeant when Borogravia is invaded again. Initially cautious, she eventually relents and allows Juliet follow her dream. In Unseen Academicals, he reveals that he cannot understand the fuss that is being made about football, both old and new. One of the rare Discworld short stories, "Troll Bridge", tells of Cohen setting out to slay a troll, only to end up reminiscing with it about the good old days when things were black and white and everyone respected the traditions. When his aunts block up his bedroom door to stop him from leaving, he muses that he has only been left with a false panelled hidden door, a passage behind a tapestry and a trap door in his floor. Ghenghiz Cohen, known as Cohen the Barbarian, is a hero in the classical sense, i.e., a professional thief, brawler, and ravisher of women. Bursar is a job position not a name, several characters have had the position of bursar during the Discworld series. 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. She appears in Witches Abroad as an attractive young woman with brown skin and blonde hair. Dibbler appeared in the Cosgrove Hall animations of Soul Music and Wyrd Sisters, in which his appearance seemed to be modelled on Private Joe Walker, the spiv in Dad's Army. She is noted as having (appropriate to her name) what would be seen as a contemporary view of the world. Before the couple can embark onto anything intimate however, Hrun is snatched away by Rincewind and Twoflower riding Twoflower's dragon Ninereeds. As Vimes arrives in the countryside, despite the silence and tranquillity, he senses crime. The first book opens with a dying wizard trying to pass his powers onto an eighth son of an eighth son being born. When Tiffany went to Lancre to study witchcraft in A Hat Full of Sky, Roland gave her a silver necklace in the image of the giant white horse that is carved into the Chalk; Tiffany uses the necklace as a symbol to draw on the power of her homeland in times of crisis. It means "enemy" (in this case, everybody's) and the D'regs adopted it out of pride. The Compleat Ankh-Morpork City Guide. Miss Dearheart can see through most of Lipwig's conman tricks, amazing him; he names her "Spike" out of fondness. Stars: Jane Horrocks, June Whitfield, Annette Crosbie, Eleanor Bron. After murdering Pseudopolitan watchman John Keel (forcing Vimes to assume his identity and role as mentor to his younger self), Carcer climbs through the ranks of the Unmentionables, Homicidal Lord Winder's secret police, until he is brought back to the present by Vimes after pursuing him with a death squad under the orders of the new Patrician, Lord Snapcase. A sweeper is also referenced in The Fifth Elephant and Going Postal. 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. This is usually "bugger off" or something similar, but since the monks do not speak Morporkian, it does not matter much. The books can be read in any order but for ease we have . A significant character in Monstrous Regiment, he is Polly Perks' platoon commander. He has been dead for nearly 2000 years by the start of the Discworld series. 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. Terry Pratchett. Part of Cohen's danger to normal people is that as a barbarian hero he has extreme problems interpreting such things as empty bravadoas a man of his word, he naturally assumes that anyone else saying something like 'I would rather die than betray the Emperor' fully means it. Swallow-Me-Own-Blowdart Dhlang-Dhlang sold green beer, location unknown but suspected to be tropical rain forest, possibly Howondaland. She is a beneficiary of the sad fact that star quality is a far rarer commodity than talent. 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. 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. 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 often runs into danger, being certain that nothing bad will happen to him since he is not involved. Liessa is interested in Hrun, for as a strong but slow-witted warrior, she could use him to defeat her brothers and then place him as a puppet lord. In the TV adaptation of Going Postal, Groat is portrayed by Andrew Sachs. Tolliver also had a very small part in Wintersmith. Eventually, Trev joins the newly formed footballing league, and Juliet embarks on a new life as a WAG and fashion model. He reveals that when he was a puppy, he was placed into a sack with a brick (which he thought was his mother) and thrown into the River Ankh (which, due to its unwater-like qualities allowed him to chew through the sack and escape). From her father, she inherited sinews as strong as a mooring line, muscles as solid as a plank, and reflexes like a snake on a hot tin roof (from relevant pieces of description in Sourcery). Celyn is Welsh for Holly). He was sadistic, and extremely fond of torture, much like his predecessor. Publisher in Ankh-Morpork. The pigs galloped on. He assists newly-recruited werewolf Watchwoman Angua in the Night Watch's investigation of a plot involving a 'gonne', the Discworld's only firearm, and avoids run-ins with the Dogs' Guild, a pack of feral dogs led by Big Fido. 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. At the end of the book they are not present, and it is assumed that they have left for their marriage. She is very respectable, meaning there is a lot of unrespectability waiting to come out. His current whereabouts are unknown. 'Wherever people are prepared to eat terrible food,' it says, 'there will be someone there to sell it to them.'. His name is most likely a mistranslation by Rincewind; his real name is Billy (Bi-Lily = two flower). Digman | March 22nd, 2023. Excessively seedy, momentously dirty, overpoweringly smelly and entirely incomprehensible, Foul Ole Ron is the best-known member of the crew. 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. Guards!). 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). Perhaps my favourite book. 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. 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. His nephew has a similar exchange with Cropper in the pages of The Discworld Almanak. 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. Votes: 1,021. Pronounced "de Chuffley" (which, as Pratchett says, is not his fault). Lewton was once a member of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch (sometime before the books). A considerable testament to his skills, considering that the horse had, in fact, died coming up to the starting line. He is present briefly in Night Watch. There is however a loophole: by marrying a man who would then become lord of the Wyrmberg through allegiance, she could act as the real power behind the throne. Adora has returned to running the Clacks service running it as her father did. As Nobby Nobbs put it after being told of the 'Soggy Mountain Dew' claim of '150% proof', "It ain't got no proofjust circumstantial evidence.". 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. Swing moves and speaks in an erratic, jumpy fashion, in bursts and sputters, rather than a continuous flow of movement or sound. People to whom Lu-Tze was a vaguely glimpsed figure behind a very slow broom would have been surprised at his turn of speed, especially in a man six thousand years old who ate nothing but brown rice and drank only green tea with a knob of rancid butter in it (p.317). 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 only had a sword theatrically thrust under his armpit, but, according to the witches present, failed to notice this. In fact, it outclasses him, and is usually referred to in text as being almost another character entirely, who occasionally arrives ahead of Ron, opts to stick around for a while after his departure, and even goes to upper-class parties without him. Pteppic's half-sister and successor. He was last seen descending from Cori Celesti with the Silver Horde's bard, a man they had kidnapped in order to chronicle the quest. He also wears dentures, a concept that inspires Cohen the Barbarian to have a set made for himself made out of trolls' teeth, which are made of diamond. When Mort first encountered Ysabell, he was given the impression of "too many chocolates". Following his successful delivery of Young Sam, Samuel Vimes gave him a large area of land in the Goosegate area of the city. Johnson is well remembered, but has long been deceased. Appears in The Truth, Going Postal and Making Money. 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. Carcer is captured by Vimes at the end of Night Watch, likely to be sentenced to death. Highly skilled at achieving results, when he treated the racehorse Dire Fortune, it did not fall over until the last furlong. 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. The Discworld Christine is friendly and kind, but not particularly bright, and she can be unintentionally slighting. Commander Sam Vimes had a particular unexplained grudge against him. Her name is a play on the saying "a date with Rosie Palms," a slang term for masturbation. 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. 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 has a habitual cough, hence his name, the result of his continuous smoking habit, again, hence his name. 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. His incarnation of Jeremy had romantic inclinations to Myria LeJean, the first embodied Auditor, who shared the feeling but was not able to express it, due firstly to Jeremy's nullification and secondly due to her committing suicide via 10,000-gallon vat of chocolate at the end of Thief of Time. These form a discussion between him and the head printer, Thomas Cropper, about the book. She spends much of her time in the palace kitchens, apparently because she enjoys being helpful, rather than because she is mistreated. An Ankh-Morpork tradesman, owner of Sonky's Rubber Goods, and maker of Sonky's Preventatives. Death, perplexed at the concept of a soul having a strong but completely vague belief, allows him to reincarnate as a woodworm. Lobsang (born Newgate Ludd) was raised by the Ankh-Morpork Thieves' Guild, but was discovered by Soto of the History Monks when Lobsang performed the Stance of the Coyote (the effect is not fully explained, though it is presumably a reference to Wile E. Coyote's ability to pause in mid-air for comic effect) in order to save his own life after falling from a rooftop, which would have killed him. His architecture and other inventions remain. He and Laddie blow up the Odium picture-throwing pit during the disrupted premiere of Blown Away to kill a creature from the Dungeon Dimensions and the destroy the portal created by the "click"; being left for dead, he climbs out of the wreckage and reverts to being a normal dog when the Holy Wood Dream ends. While Tiffany is at first bitter about this, she eventually comes to terms with the situation and ultimately marries the couple herself. His wig is believed to be sentient, and is certainly self-mobile, having escaped from a locked cupboard in the hospital. After the events of Mort, Mort leaves Death's service and marries Ysabell. 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. When a 9-year-old Tiffany finds him there in The Wee Free Men, a year has passed on the Disc since his disappearance, and so he would have been 13 in the "real" world. 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 first appeared in Moving Pictures. In total, there are 41 Discworld novels published over 32 years. In this form it was simply a complex network of glass tubes, containing "ants as carriers of information". Her name is a reference to Theda Bara. Stanley's surname was not revealed in the book, but is given in various peripheral material relating to Discworld stamps. Like Ron, he appears as a verse in Where's My Cow?, when Sam adapts the Book's basic structure to fit city life. As of Making Money, she seems to have become the Times' chief liaison to Moist von Lipwig, and she has developed a talent for asking devious questions that, if answered thoughtlessly, would make for interesting and embarrassing news headlines. 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. He comes from the Counterweight Continent, home of Rincewind's friend Twoflower. 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. Upon nearing the Wyrmberg of the Dragonriders, he is captured by the curvaceous Liessa Dragonbidder and her dragon riders. 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. In this novel he seems to have keen political instincts; it is stated that the Rusts have survived by not being romantic. 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. Pratchett has stated on Twitter that she is married to William de Worde, retaining her maiden name for professional purposes.[8]. A member noted for being completely legless. After the failed Omnian occupation of Ephebe and the mobilisation of the armed forces of all the other countries along the Klatchian coast against Omnia, Brutha resolves the conflict and becomes the Cenobiarch of Omnia, and the Eighth Prophet and Prophet of Prophets of Omnianism. The Discworld Graphic Novels: The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic. Guards! The greatest problems now facing Cohen come from outliving the heroic age and finding himself in a civilized modern world where great battles and astonishing rescues happen rarely except in storieswhich is ironic given that the Discworld runs on narrative. 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. 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). ), see the articles for those races. However, her looks make her unapproachable, as all men have considered her out of their league; Nobby only asked because he was so used to rejection he would have simply regarded it as just another day. Lu-Tze has a more substantial role in Thief of Time, in which we learn that he is not a monk at all, but "merely" a sweeper at the Monastery of Oi-Dong. He was introduced to the discworld series in the book Making Money. The Colour of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1) by. 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