After the time crash he goes out into the world to stop the second Glass Clock (under the pretext of being shown the Way of Mrs Cosmopilite), which was being constructed by his then unknown temporal double, Jeremy Clockson. Hrun owns a magic talking sword, Kring, which he stole following a battle, and lived to greatly regret it due to the sword's talkativeness. Highly skilled at achieving results, when he treated the racehorse Dire Fortune, it did not fall over until the last furlong. Small Gods is always the book I recommend to people as their first foray into the Discworld. He performed all around the world, before hanging up his clowning shoes to concentrate on writing. This means that both he and you have exactly the same aim in mind."[10]. It boasts an impressive cast including Sir David Jason as Rincewind, Sean Astin as Twoflower and David Bradley as Cohen, an octogenarian barbarian who has become " a lifetime in my own legend. 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). Swing moves and speaks in an erratic, jumpy fashion, in bursts and sputters, rather than a continuous flow of movement or sound. By this time, however, Victor had left Unseen University to become an actor in Holy Wood, under the stage name Victor Maraschino, and the test paper in question was, instead, received by accident by Ponder Stibbons. 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. It will arrive unpainted, requiring preparation, assembly and painting but when it's finished you'll be itching to collect the rest! Before the couple can embark onto anything intimate however, Hrun is snatched away by Rincewind and Twoflower riding Twoflower's dragon Ninereeds. These rumours are rarely uttered in the presence of Hobson, who is a large man with a direct sense of humour when it comes to putting people with smart mouths on unbroken horses. During the novel several characters comment that he seems a bit "elvish" (also a reference to the same Kirsty MacColl song). Mort is included in Wayne Barlowe's Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy. His architecture and other inventions remain. He has a habitual cough, hence his name, the result of his continuous smoking habit, again, hence his name. The Compleat Discworld Atlas. He survives a direct elvish invasion of the Lancre castle, mainly due to one of his birds attacking the elf. This failed and he found himself personal assistant to the Dragon King in Guards! Books published by his company include The Joye of Snacks by A Lancre Witch and the Ankh-Morpork Almanack. 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. His final thought in the novel is, 'This is ing good wood!". 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. The contents of the History Monks page were merged into List of Discworld characters. He owns the world's only Thinking Brain Dog (as opposed to a "Seeing-eye dog"), Gaspode. Cohen does mention that he has been married before, however. This is usually "bugger off" or something similar, but since the monks do not speak Morporkian, it does not matter much. 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. A sweeper is also referenced in The Fifth Elephant and Going Postal. 1. Sto Lat still had a queen by the time of Going Postal, though she is not mentioned by name. Guards!. 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. 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. 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. 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. In the book Carpe Jugulum he is responsible for discovering the phoenix. The other seven personalities are very careful to keep him buried. A significant character in Monstrous Regiment, he is Polly Perks' platoon commander. Discworld In Order. 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. She is noted as having (appropriate to her name) what would be seen as a contemporary view of the world. 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. It is not known if this is the result of Quimby's rule, or simply a natural trait that reached its peak in him. Despite this, he respects and admires the women when he learns the truth, citing historic examples of female warriors throughout the Klatchian continent, and informing their captors that "[he] would not trade them for any six men [they] offered [him]". History of the World Part 2 | Trailer | Hulu. The pigs galloped on. He ordered a book on the subject ("The one with the woodcuts,") from Ankh-Morpork, only to discover (in what would have otherwise been a horribly embarrassing scene) that he'd been mistakenly sent a book on MARTIAL Arts instead (he quickly recovers from the shock and presents the book to Shawn Ogg, the castle's only guard, as if that had been his intention all along). 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. He became a Private Investigator. 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. 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. 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. Daughter of King Olerve the Bastard of the Sto Plains kingdom of Sto Lat, and the last person between the Duke of Sto Helit and the throne, she was saved from assassination by Mort, who found himself unable to allow her would-be assassin to kill her. This replaces, at his wife's insistence, the original: "H. King, taking the piss since 1961." 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. List of Discworld locations. 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. 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 also has some fame, because Twoflower gets very excited at the prospect of meeting Hrun the Barbarian. Following a confrontation with the City Watch, he was killed by a metaphor, or possibly the ground, after then-Constable Carrot Ironfoundersson literally "threw the book at him" and sent him stumbling past a missing wall on an upper floor of the Patrician's palace and down to the floor below. Mort is described as being very tall and skinny, with muscles like knots in string. For some reason it is a popular location for circumspect meetings. The Duck Man is regarded as the intellectual of the group, and appears to be relatively sane. 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. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page. 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. His wig is believed to be sentient, and is certainly self-mobile, having escaped from a locked cupboard in the hospital. The Dark Side of the Sun. Unfortunately for Mort, his feelings for a teenage princess of Sto Lat get in the way of his job and he starts off a chain reaction of events by impulsively preventing her assassination. The moniker, "King of the Golden River," is unlikely to be a reference to the River Ankh, which is brown due to centuries of waste being dumped into it, but is more likely to be a scatological reference, as suggested by the previous sign. THE NIGHT IS OLD. Cohen is described as a skinny old man, with a long white beard hanging down below his loincloth, and wearing a patch over one eye. 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." A former handmaiden, she was originally condemned to death for not voluntarily dying in order to serve the previous king in the afterlife (effectively on Dios's orders as Teppic wished to grant her clemency). (previous page) () They turned out to be very wrong. 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. He is at his best selling intangibles; physical merchandise tends to hamper his patter somewhat. 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. "Hello, my name is HodgesARRRRRGH"). She appears in Witches Abroad as an attractive young woman with brown skin and blonde hair. Guards!). 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. Although this world may appear completely different to our own, the Discworld novels explore a multitude of very human issues. He is also the author of The Arts of Falconrie and Hawking. Like her half-brother she is keen to get in some decent plumbing. He has also been hoarding food, and rescuing much of the castle's silverware and paintings. The granddaughter of the chief cook at the Assassin's Guild, she has inherited a large number of secret recipes from her. Ninereeds nearly outruns her but vanishes when Twoflower loses consciousness, causing everyone riding him to fall. 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!". He is obsessed with making money from the Opera and is horrified to learn how expensive seemingly trivial items (such as ballet shoes and musical instruments) can be. He finds out about his "brother" (who is actually him, just having led a different life and born a second after him) and after touching him, they combine, and it is revealed that he is the son of Wen the Eternally Surprised and the personification of Time. It is now believed that they are enjoying a relationship, as she was seen walking with him. He has attempted to aid in deposing Lord Vetinari from power several times, but only through serving other clients and not from an actual desire of his own to depose of Vetinari. When first encountered she is a sixteen-year-old girl with silver hair and silver eyes who, it transpires, has been sixteen for thirty-five Discworld 'years' (no time passes in Death's Domain). In Going Postal, Adora begins a tentative relationship with Moist von Lipwig; by the time of Making Money they have become engaged. There were quite a lot, and rincwind keeps running into them. 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. Perhaps my favourite book. Earlier in the aforementioned book it is stated by Cohen that Harry began with "two lads and his Shed Of Doom". (12 November 2019) Contents 1 Untitled 2 Cosmopilite vs Cosmopolite 3 Adora Dearheart 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. He first appeared in Moving Pictures. The Colour of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1) by. In a similar vein, she, against her own better judgement, allows herself to be swept off her feet by an unlikely romance with a savant orc, Mr. Nutt, and eventually goes on an adventure with him into Uberwald. The Discworld Graphic Novels: The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic. Plinge is an awkward, nervy figure in a beret, whose alter-ego is the Opera Ghost. Eventually, Trev joins the newly formed footballing league, and Juliet embarks on a new life as a WAG and fashion model. Rate. Lord Rust makes more sizeable appearances in Jingo and Night Watch, wherein he appears overly bred and arrogant; a brief subsequent appearance in Monstrous Regiment suggests he still has some of the intelligence of his earlier portrayal. The couple are given the title of Duke and Duchess of Sto Helit, and later also become the parents of Susan Sto Helit. 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". He is first seen as the overly thoughtful son of a farmer in the Octarine Grass Country, near the Ramtops. He would not for example use a candlestick to knock someone out cold or steal it for its silver content. This allowed Mort to stay in the world of the living. Like Ron, he appears as a verse in Where's My Cow?, when Sam adapts the Book's basic structure to fit city life. He also gave free treatment to those who needed it, including those who had been tortured by the Cable Street Particulars. On arriving at the Great Desert he tries to use his phrenological skills to determine Death's character, only to find that Death has no characteristics he can measure. The timeline in which this happened has, however, been eradicated following Death's intervention, and he was last seen working in a fried fish stall in Quirm, a clear reference to Kirsty MacColl's song "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis". An Ankh-Morpork businessman who runs Hobson's Livery Stable, a multi-storey construction which sells and hires horses, as well as stabling other people's horses. Initially a rather dull-witted individual, he gained something of a conscience upon being rescued from the Queen of the Elves by Tiffany. 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 also appears in the Discworld computer game. His cosmopolitan nature clashed with the hidebound traditions of the kingdom and the even more hidebound high priest Dios, and after saving Djelibeybi from destruction and shaking up its traditions, he abdicated, leaving the throne to his half-sister Ptraci I. A Borogravian girl of 16 who joined the army under the name Oliver Perks to rescue her brother Paul and save her family's inn. She rarely pays attention to anyone but herself. Vorbis justifies his actions as being guided by "fundamental truth", i.e., that Brother Murduck had been killed by the Ephebeans because of their unwillingness to convert to Omnianism, and is unmovably certain of Omnian dogma, such as the belief that the Discworld is a perfect sphere and that steam-powered machines cannot exist as they do not possess minds or muscles. 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. The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. Spencer was played by Michael Crawford, who was also the original performer of the eponymous character in Phantom of the Opera. The Discworld equivalent of Odysseus. Daughter of Geicha the First, lord of the Wyrmberg, and leader of the dragonriders. This is in part a reference to Martin, the pessimist philosopher and sweeper in Voltaire's Candide. 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. There is not much mention of Didactylos' life before the events of Small Gods, apart from the facts that he traveled a lot and advised some very important people in his life. The fact that she is Nobby's girlfriend is somewhat shocking considering his barely human appearance and her incredibly stunning good looks. He appears in the books The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic and Interesting Times and in the computer game NetHack as the quest leader for the tourist class. 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. Was voiced by Alice Hart in the BBC Radio Four adaptation of Mort. 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. The Director of Music at the Ankh-Morpork Opera House in Maskerade, most notable for an absolute hatred of opera. The Duck Man appears in several of Pratchett's books, including Hogfather, Soul Music , The Truth, and Feet of Clay. This incident appears to act as a deterrent for Morporkians against meddling with the occult or supernatural or doing something that is patently stupid. In Interesting Times Cohen became Emperor of the Agatean Empire, having conquered it with his allies, the Silver Horde. "The Bursar" is one of these; I'm not sure if he's ever given a name. Characters are listed alphabetically by name. The lack of a formal title, in fact, gives him fewer restrictions than his contemporaries. Discworld Standalones Younger Readers The Long Earth Short Stories Dramatisations Books Sir Terry Pratchett was the author of over fifty bestselling books. 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). Ghenghiz Cohen, known as Cohen the Barbarian, is a hero in the classical sense, i.e., a professional thief, brawler, and ravisher of women. 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. Raised by peas (no further explanation is given), Stanley has a tendency towards obsessive behaviour, coupled with violent incidents (his 'little moments') when under stress. Hrun is extremely displeased at the event, having been denied both lordship and intimate contact with Liessa through their actions. The D'regs are a nomadic and warlike people who inhabit the desert regions of hubward Klatch, in particular the lawless borderlands between Klatch proper and Hersheba. Secretary to Patrician Vetinari of Ankh-Morpork, following the death of Lupine Wonse. 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. Using his new wolf abilities, Lewton managed to put a stop to Carlotta's cult's plans and save Ankh-Morpork from being consumed by a giant god of destruction. Susan Death), who is also a human who inherited qualities from an anthropomorphic personification. At the end of the book they are not present, and it is assumed that they have left for their marriage. 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.". An archetypal fantasy barbarian woman (as well as an affectionate parody of the late Anne McCaffery's Dragonriders of Pern series), she has red chestnut hair, is curvaceous and wears almost nothing except for a chainmail harness. Rincewind, of course, remains immovably convinced that Twoflower's IQ is comparable to that of a pigeon. As he said, "Def'nitely give the ol' Rule One a fillip.". She says she knew Cohen and that he took an interest in her educationsuch as setting a length of corridor with a variety of traps for some heroic training. He attempts to avenge her by challenging the Grand Vizier Lord Hong to a duel. The wizard Rincewind had a theory that equivalents of Dibbler are everywhere. Feet of Clay The Fifth Elephant Guards! It seems at that point that Liessa is developing genuine feelings for her husband-to-be. Members of the group can often be found beneath Ankh-Morpork's Misbegot Bridge and are normally accompanied by the talking dog Gaspode. Another notable fact is that his catchphrase (minus "buggrit") is also used by Mrs Tachyon, a character in the Johnny Maxwell series, also by Pratchett. Hodgesaargh is based on a real-life keeper of birds of prey named Dave Hodges, who lives in Northamptonshire. They will attack anyone, anything and even themselves. Jingo Men At Arms Night Watch Snuff Thud! His full name is mentioned in Making Money. It has been suggested that while his subjects appreciate his attempts to make life better, they would really prefer a king who orders them around and carouses a lot because they would know their place under such rule. She is an extraordinarily untalented singer, but the management favours her because of her beautiful appearance and because her father lent a good deal of money for the purchase of the Ankh-Morpork Opera House. His name is an allusion to the Chinese legendary figure Lao-Tze, the sage to whom the Tao Te Ching is attributed. She chose her false name, Oliver, because it corresponded with the folksong "Sweet Polly Oliver", which is about a girl running off to join the army. Harry prefers it when burglars break in, so that he does not have to feed the dogs. The first book opens with a dying wizard trying to pass his powers onto an eighth son of an eighth son being born. 72 Sacharissa Cripslock 73 Seldom Bucket 74 Sergeant Jackrum 75 Stanley Howler 76 Tacticus 77 Tawneee 78 Theda Withel 79 Tolliver Groat 80 Traveling professionals 81 Trevor Likely 82 Twoflower 83 Verence II of Lancre 84 Victor Tugelbend 85 Vorbis 86 Wallace Sonky 87 Walter Plinge 88 William de Worde 89 Willie Hobson 90 Willikins From then on, he renounced his clowning heritage, and went to work at the bank. Blouse is promoted to the rank of Major by the end of the book. The first king to leave the kingdom, he was trained at the Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild. Ysabell first appeared in The Light Fantastic, where she met Rincewind, and was surprised to learn that he was not actually dead. 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. 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. [3] Considering the fragile sanity of the Canting Crew, there's a chance he might have put that contract on himself before becoming a beggar. He only had a sword theatrically thrust under his armpit, but, according to the witches present, failed to notice this. 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. A past Patrician of Ankh-Morpork referred to in The Light Fantastic, Olaf Quimby was noted for his interest in honest and accurate descriptions as well as proper standards for everything, particularly metaphor. 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. The Duck Man speculates that Andrews was once a mild-mannered person of a psychic disposition who was mentally overwhelmed by the other souls. Mr Bent resided in Mrs. Cake's Boarding House. In his memory, it was amended to read: "The pen is mightier than the sword only if the sword is very small and the pen is very sharp". He has an obsessive dislike of lying, which he has however learned to work around in the name of journalism. She also has a fixation for the colour pink. A plump, over-breasted girl who runs the Night Kitchen in the Unseen University until the events of Unseen Academicals. 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). List of Discworld characters A Ankh-Morpork City Watch D Death (Discworld) H Hex (Discworld) R Rincewind S Susan Sto Helit V Lord Vetinari Sam Vimes Moist von Lipwig It was broadcast on Easter Sunday and Monday 2008. He is a habitual speaker of Dimwell Arrhythmic Rhyming Slang, the only known rhyming slang in the universe that does not actually rhyme. Lord Snapcase was succeeded by Lord Havelock Vetinari. 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. 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. Hobson is a large man, described as looking similar to the result of shaving a bear. Whenever anything physical is being sold, the claims made on his labels range from euphemisms to outright fabrications. As the Grand Master of the Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night, he summoned a dragon intending it to be killed by a king, whom he would then control. really liked it 4.00 avg rating 363,846 ratings. 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