list of discworld characters

This belief, which is quite firm, is based on hearing his grandmother saying, during a famine, "You will be alright if you have your potato." They will attack anyone, anything and even themselves. However, one day, Ilsa left Ankh-Morpork for unexplained reasons and this drew Lewton into a depression. Mort starts off at the bottom, learning to accept his position while mucking out the stables, and trying to ignore Ysabell, Death's adopted daughter. He was the finest military mind on the continent of Klatch. The daughter of Cohen the Barbarian and a temple dancer. Also notable is his method of dealing with unpleasant occurrences. 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). 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. ), see the articles for those races. Lu-Tze first appeared in the novel Small Gods as a minor character described as follows. He is also known for having undergone a long and perilous journey home after the war, much like his Roundworld equivalent. Hobson is a large man, described as looking similar to the result of shaving a bear. Both men can become violent, but Mr Pin's violence is more directed and instrumental. Characters - Discworld.com Characters 1 2 3 4 5 >> Back in Stock Death and Albert Hogswatch Sweatshirt Hoodie 28.00 - 30.00 Death & Albert Hogswatch Seasonal Sweatshirt. 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. A member noted for being completely legless. 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. The background of Mr Pin is much more vague than his partner, Mr Tulip. The dragon, which he calls "Ninereeds" after his unimaginative master when he was apprenticed as a clerk, is very obedient to him. THE NIGHT IS OLD. As a boy, he "messed around in boats". She is very respectable, meaning there is a lot of unrespectability waiting to come out. At the end of the book they are not present, and it is assumed that they have left for their marriage. The Witches Discworld's witches, based around the rural and mostly vertical kingdom of Lancre, deliver babies, treat warts and keep an eye on troublesome kings, vampires or incursions from other worlds, which they do not hold with. Lu-Tze also appears in Night Watch, Unseen Academicals, and Raising Steam in a smallbut significantrole. In this form it was simply a complex network of glass tubes, containing "ants as carriers of information". He comes from the Counterweight Continent, home of Rincewind's friend Twoflower. 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. 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. 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. Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, and predecessor to Mad Lord Snapcase. 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.". She wishes to be a hairdresser, but Discworld-style genetics keep getting in the way, causing her to instinctively kill people who threaten her. These traits rather get in the way of the profession she really wants to have: hairdressing. His son, Gravid, was an entrepreneur involved in a scheme in which goblins were captured in the Shires (a border region between Ankh-Morpork and Quirm) and enslaved on Howondaland tobacco plantations with the resultant cigars and snuff (as well as assorted troll narcotics) being smuggled into Ankh-Morpork; after this was discovered, Gravid was disinherited and exiled to Fourecks. His cough is described as sounding 'almost solid'. Before the couple can embark onto anything intimate however, Hrun is snatched away by Rincewind and Twoflower riding Twoflower's dragon Ninereeds. The first book opens with a dying wizard trying to pass his powers onto an eighth son of an eighth son being born. She is noted as having (appropriate to her name) what would be seen as a contemporary view of the world. 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. At the last, even their own soldiers were killing farmers, desperate to find any food. Ron's smell has become strong enough to not only melt earwax but to acquire a separate existence. 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). A sweeper is also referenced in The Fifth Elephant and Going Postal. They fall in love, mainly owing to Bethan's patience and skill at curing Cohen's back problems, and decide to get married, despite Rincewind's apprehensions about their age difference. It is possible that Mr Pin and Mr Tulip are taken as analogues of the Marvel Comics characters, the Kingpin and the Rose, organised crime figures. 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. It is not known if he still holds the position following Cohen's disappearance (as told in The Last Hero) but the Discworld Atlas states that the Agatean Empire has, in that time, become the 'People's Beneficial Republic of Agatea', headed by a Chairman. Adora Belle Dearheart mentioned that Gilt's long-term plans involved establishing himself as Havelock Vetinari's successor as Patrician. To save Brutha, Om kills Vorbis by dropping from an eagle's claws onto his head (a reference to the apocryphal death of the Ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus). Ninereeds nearly outruns her but vanishes when Twoflower loses consciousness, causing everyone riding him to fall. It is not known if this is the result of Quimby's rule, or simply a natural trait that reached its peak in him. It is stated on several occasions that Jackrum should have actually retired long ago, with his official resignation papers constantly following him around by mail, but he always finds some excuse to get out of them; at one point in the book, he resigns his commission so that he can brutally assault an enemy soldier without dealing with military protocol and is subsequently re-enlisted afterwards. 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. 1. There were quite a lot, and rincwind keeps running into them. Mr Goatberger knows his readership well, and prints his Almanacks on thin paper, as many families use previous editions in their privies. For further Discworld character biographies, see the table below. His name is a play on Johann Gutenberg, with his first initials apparently derived from a phrase referring to Jesus Christ. Samuel Vimes considered him a saint as, without Sonky, the housing problems in Ankh-Morpork, as well as its population of idiots and criminals would be even more pressing. 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. The villain of Night Watch, described by Vimes as "a stone-cold killer. 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 article contains brief biographies for characters from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. Rosemary Palm is similar to real-life brothel owner, Lou Graham, whose employees were officially accredited as "Seamstresses". Before he can accept the "proposal", Rincewind and Twoflower riding upon Twoflower's conjured dragon Ninereeds, snatch up Hrun in a rescue attempt and fly away with him. He is, however, a skilled swordsman, as he does not resort to flashy swashbuckling, but instead actually attacks his opponent. His most distinguishing feature, however, is his smilehis unique dentures are made out of troll teeth, which consist of pure diamond and were inspired when Twoflower showed him his own (more typical) set. Explanation reveals that in Dimwell slang, "syrup of prunes" means wig. 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. Mr Pin and Mr Tulip are very similar in many respects to Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar, a violent duo in Neverwhere, written by Neil Gaiman. Indeed, he once said he was best at 'selling ideas.' With brains". When Death feels in need of a break, Mort takes over The Duty. Seldom Bucket was a big man in cheese production in Ankh-Morpork, but who, just prior to the events in Maskerade, purchases the Ankh-Morpork Opera House. 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. Programmed via 'Softlore', Hex runs and evolves under the watchful eyes of wizard Ponder Stibbons, who becomes the de facto IT manager at UU because he's the only one who understands what he's talking about. His final thought in the novel is, 'This is ing good wood!". 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. Mr Trooper believes his work has value in terms of crime deterrence, based on the fact he never sees criminals more than once. Verence was voiced by Andrew Branch in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Wyrd Sisters, and by Les Dennis in the Cosgrove Hall animation. The 'Canting Crew' is an informal name for a group of Ankh-Morpork beggars who are too anarchic for the Beggars' Guild, which has a tendency to constrain them with rules. Having commissioned a heatable iron turtle intended to punish those who question the shape of the world, Vorbis sentenced Brutha to be tortured upon it for disrupting his ordainment and not striking him; in a private conversation, Vorbis reveals to Brutha that he may not, in fact, truly believe in Om, saying that the Church and its empire were achieved by men rather than Om. In Going Postal she wears a wedding ring and is assumed to be married, presumably to William de Worde, although she still refers to herself as Miss Cripslock. 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. Blouse is promoted to the rank of Major by the end of the book. Hex has its origins in a device that briefly appeared in Soul Music, created by Ponder Stibbons[5] and some student Wizards in the High Energy Magic building. After lying about being a family pet, he quickly abandons one given to him as reward for his foiling a plot against Lord Vetinari after they attempt to wash him and give him a collar. For example, the section of his autobiography entitled "What to Do When One Army Occupies a Well-Fortified Fortress on Superior Ground and the Other Does Not" begins with the sentence "Endeavour to be the one inside. The few times he's actually acquired real narcotics, they have been suitable only for trolls. In total, there are 41 Discworld novels published over 32 years. 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. This is usually "bugger off" or something similar, but since the monks do not speak Morporkian, it does not matter much. His ceremonial outfit of red and gold with a big floppy hat is usually supplemented with about three sticking plasters. 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. He also deliberately changes the course of history because he did not like the way things "should" go, replacing a horrific war with a century of peace. Mr Tulip has a tendency to buy and consume anything sold in little bags in an attempt to acquire drugs. 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. It was previously thought they might all be related, but the Discworld Companion explains that this is parallel evolution. He also believes in the fundamental goodness of human nature and that all problems can be resolved, if all parties show good will and cooperate. 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 Ofttimes beset by other barbarians, and even more often tearing across the Disc-scape as an aside. The daughter of Baron Saturday of Genua and Mrs Erzulie Gogol. The ruined fortress city of Tacticum, located in the Klatchian desert, is encountered in Jingo. After fighting and losing to Death, Mort was given an extra lease of life when the Grim Reaper chose to turn over his Lifetimer. In Snuff, he is portrayed as an elderly man in a wheelchair, with a sunken look. At the end of the novel Interesting Times he was promoted to the rank of Grand Vizier of the Empire, under Emperor Cohen. Foul Ole Ron is in one verse of Sam Vimes' 'City Version' of "Where's My Cow?". (previous page) () 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. 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. Found boarded up, deep investigation reveals that a local thespian from the Dysk theatre was eaten there. In it, Henry goes "Cough, gack, ptui". 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. It is revealed that he is a father and a widower; his wife died after tax collectors attacked Bes Pelargic, with his recollections of the event being the only times he has displayed anger. Her establishment is used as a place to stay by Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg in Maskerade (on the recommendation of 'Nev' Ogg, though Granny Weatherwax had stayed there previously with Eskarina Smith in Equal Rites) and by Carrot on first settling in Ankh-Morpork (in Guards! On Discworld you will meet many of the characters from those books. 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 believed that he was destined to become the Cenobiarch and Eighth Prophet of Omnianism, as the Great God Om had told him. This page was last edited on 13 February 2023, at 15:11. The Ankh-Morpork official Hangman and executioner, possibly its Chief Executioner, although others have not been specifically mentioned. 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). Near the end, he consults with Casanunda, a 'ladies man' dwarf that had assisted in the defense of the kingdom. Death, perplexed at the concept of a soul having a strong but completely vague belief, allows him to reincarnate as a woodworm. Characters are listed alphabetically by name. The Dark Side of the Sun. 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. 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. really liked it 4.00 avg rating 363,846 ratings. Harry prefers it when burglars break in, so that he does not have to feed the dogs. Johnson is well remembered, but has long been deceased. Also known as Homicidal Lord Winder. He was looking for a job that was romantic, but did not involve hard work, which Holy Wood provided. 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). 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. Gaspode, however, does manage to become agent to both Victor Tugelbend and Laddie, successfully renegotiating their contracts with a ten per cent commission. Guards! Immediately upon becoming a Genuan citizen, he evaluated the question of the greatest military threat posed by any single other nation. She spends much of her time in the palace kitchens, apparently because she enjoys being helpful, rather than because she is mistreated. 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). In their language, the word for "stranger" is the same as their word for "target". In desperation, Liessa summons her own dragon to pursue them (still naked, as Pratchett makes a point of). While Tiffany is at first bitter about this, she eventually comes to terms with the situation and ultimately marries the couple herself. Eventually, Trev joins the newly formed footballing league, and Juliet embarks on a new life as a WAG and fashion model. 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