In Lords and Ladies Verence and Magrat finally marry. Jump to navigation Jump to search. He had trained in Klatch, where he had learnt techniques other Morporkian surgeons distrusted, but which kept patients alive for longer than it took to pay the bill. The Carpet People. The book relating his journey across the Discworld is considered a revolutionary pamphlet in his native land as it is traditionally believed (and officially decreed) that the world outside of the Empire is a hellish wasteland populated by "bloodsucking vampire ghosts", resulting in him being imprisoned in the Forbidden City. 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. The name Captain Swing has long been associated with civil unrest, being the pseudonym of the (possibly mythical) leader of the Swing Riots. 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. This collection follows their antics and adventures. His debut novel, A Man With One of Those Face s - a comic crime novel - was published in 2016 and spawned The Dublin Trilogy books and the spin-off McGarry Stateside series. Moist, for his part, regards the interviews with her as a guaranteed thrill requiring him to think quickly on his feet. This was intended to be a sort of retirement plan, but Cohen and his chums became bored and then abandoned the Empire in The Last Hero, in which Cohen decides to express his displeasure with the modern world by "returning fire to the gods, with interest". 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. Daughter of Geicha the First, lord of the Wyrmberg, and leader of the dragonriders. Magratwho owed her own name to a combination of this tradition and her mother's inability to spell "Margaret"was determined it would not happen again, hence the "Note Spelling". 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). Actor David Bradley played Cohen in the 2008 The Colour of Magic miniseries. Dr. She is descended from the High Priestess of Holy Wood, and while sleeping, she was repeatedly possessed by an unknown force, possibly the priestess. Student wizard turned actor, and protagonist of Moving Pictures. She tries to hide her buxom qualities, without success. This list consists of human characters. . 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. Christine is friendly and kind, but not particularly bright, and she can be unintentionally slighting. 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. He often runs into danger, being certain that nothing bad will happen to him since he is not involved. However, he rarely got any cases. She appears in Witches Abroad as an attractive young woman with brown skin and blonde hair. He is apparently unaware of the fact that he has a duck on his head, and has little memory of his life previous to joining the Canting Crew, referring to it only as "when I was someone else". 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. First appears in Men at Arms. 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. He spent countless days drinking and drinking. The granddaughter of the chief cook at the Assassin's Guild, she has inherited a large number of secret recipes from her. One of his little fingers is missing. He first appeared in Night Watch, as a backstreet "pox doctor", offering medical assistance to "seamstresses". 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. However, Pratchett has denied any conscious reference in this case.[7]. His relationship with Mr Salzella is one of mutual distrust and Mr Bucket has no time for Salzella's dry wit and humour, especially when Salzella is making crude comments about people having been hanged. 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. He simply mentally edits them out. Ysabell first appeared in The Light Fantastic, where she met Rincewind, and was surprised to learn that he was not actually dead. Carcer is captured by Vimes at the end of Night Watch, likely to be sentenced to death. Members of the group can often be found beneath Ankh-Morpork's Misbegot Bridge and are normally accompanied by the talking dog Gaspode. 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. He passed his final exam by a fluke, having already decided he was not going to kill anyone. He also wears a sign saying "For sum muny I wont follo yu hom". They will attack anyone, anything and even themselves. 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). A character in Monstrous Regiment, Jackrum is an immensely fat, hard-bitten Borogravian sergeant major with decades of military experience. It may also be a reference to the classic fairy tale of the same name written in 1842 by John Ruskin, particularly considering that the Ruskin work is written for Euphemia "Effie" Gray (compare Harry King's wife), and also possibly a play on the mystical "King of the Silver River" character who appears in the Tolkien-derived fantasy Shannara series by American writer Terry Brooks. He is one of the History Monks and spends much of the novel in the background, disguised as a simple sweeper. He appeared in Eric and is briefly mentioned in Pyramids. 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. 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. 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. Ly is arguably the greatest philosopher on the Disc, although he is usually the one arguing for this. Considering that Mr Slant is a zombie and both Mr Morecombe and Honeyplace are vampires, they are old enough to have been around when many laws were first written up. 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 lives at 13 Midden Lane, Pseudopolis. His primary skill in the New Firm is the application of his apparently unlimited supply of unspecific anger; Tulip has turned mindless violence into an art form. His "sonkies" (condoms), as they are generally known, sell for a penny a packet. Although one of the most popular philosophers of all time, Didactylos never earns the respect of his fellow philosophers, due to the fact that he thinks 'about the wrong things'. In Wintersmith, Roland was reluctantly recruited by the Nac Mac Feegle to perform the role of the mythic Hero in the Dance of the Seasons, to put right the damage Tiffany had caused by interfering in the dance and the proper roles of the Wintersmith and the Summer Lady. A significant character in Monstrous Regiment, he is Polly Perks' platoon commander. The books can be read in any order but for ease we have . One of the two remaining employees of the Ankh-Morpork Post Office prior to Moist von Lipwig being made Postmaster. Ofttimes beset by other barbarians, and even more often tearing across the Disc-scape as an aside. 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. 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. Walter might resemble Frank Spencer known from the BBC television comedy Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. The villain of Night Watch, described by Vimes as "a stone-cold killer. This may be because of Snapcase's mental disorder, which caused him to be very secretive while trying to spy on everyone else. 140 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy. Liessa catches Hrun on her own dragon, and the couple share a passionate kiss. He embezzles money and murders the people who find out, blaming the murders on the Opera Ghost. Immediately upon becoming a Genuan citizen, he evaluated the question of the greatest military threat posed by any single other nation. Also known as Mad or Psychoneurotic Lord Snapcase. He also has a superstition that those who die while holding a potato will be reincarnated. It was previously thought they might all be related, but the Discworld Companion explains that this is parallel evolution. (In Cockney rhyming slang, the expected derivation would be "syrup of figs.") This mainly involves figuring out which deaths needed to be attended to personally, an important aspect of all reality. 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. This replaces, at his wife's insistence, the original: "H. King, taking the piss since 1961." His name and character are an obvious echo of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian and Genghis Khan, and of the common Jewish surname Cohen. Appeared in The Colour of Magic. Diggers. 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. 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. Ironically, Jackrum turns out to be a woman as well, having joined the army in her youth along with her lover, who died in battle, leaving the young Jackrum pregnant, something that she covered up by taking her considerable accumulated leave. 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. Digman | March 22nd, 2023. Welcome to Lego Ankh-Morpork, the greatest city on the Lego Discworld | Discworld Lego art inspired by the work of Sir Terry Pratchett. 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). Roland personally apologised to Tiffany when his father made out that he had in fact rescued her, as would be expected in such a story. He has been dead for nearly 2000 years by the start of the Discworld series. Described as Discworld's most enterprisingly unsuccessful entrepreneur, a 'merchant venturer' in Ankh-Morpork, he is most famous for selling meat by-products to unsuspecting souls. "The Bursar" is one of these; I'm not sure if he's ever given a name. When Mort first encountered Ysabell, he was given the impression of "too many chocolates". He has an obsessive dislike of lying, which he has however learned to work around in the name of journalism. 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. He is described as a thin, balding man dressed in a long, old-fashioned black coat with large pockets, and supports himself on an opera cane (which is in reality a swordstick, albeit a poorly concealed one). In the TV adaptation of Going Postal, Groat is portrayed by Andrew Sachs. By the end of Sourcery, she had fallen in love with Nijel the Destroyer, who could be considered her polar opposite in that he wants to be a barbarian hero but is very bad at it. 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. He is first seen as the overly thoughtful son of a farmer in the Octarine Grass Country, near the Ramtops. In a scene unusually erotic for a Discworld book, Liessa strips naked before Hrun to see if his desire for her will be strong enough for their relationship to work. 1 The Discworld. Publisher in Ankh-Morpork. She is correct about the inhuman monsters and the dwarfs (although she is never told about the first one and the second is "only by coincidence"). 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. In the TV adaption of Going Postal, Gilt is portrayed by David Suchet. THE NIGHT IS ALWAYS OLD. His wife's name is Euphemia "Effie" King (his petname for her is "Duchess"), and their daughters are Daphne and Herminone (through whom Harry King is also a grandfather). He was looking for a job that was romantic, but did not involve hard work, which Holy Wood provided. Andrew Rawnsley said that he "ran away from the circus to join a troupe of accountants."[6]. Celyn is Welsh for Holly). Mr Pin is the brains of the New Firm, a duo of interloping criminals in The Truth. Having apprenticed his nephew Urn as a philosopher, they frequently argue over the merits of natural philosophy, specifically Urn's development of steam power. This failed and he found himself personal assistant to the Dragon King in Guards! Mr Tulip has a tendency to buy and consume anything sold in little bags in an attempt to acquire drugs. In The Light Fantastic, Cohen helps the other two protagonists, Rincewind and Twoflower, save a seventeen-year-old girl named Bethan, who was to be offered as a sacrifice. He believed that he was destined to become the Cenobiarch and Eighth Prophet of Omnianism, as the Great God Om had told him. 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. 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. However, given how well the Queen got on with the elder Fool, there is another interpretation. 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 The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. Verence was voiced by Andrew Branch in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Wyrd Sisters, and by Les Dennis in the Cosgrove Hall animation. Death, perplexed at the concept of a soul having a strong but completely vague belief, allows him to reincarnate as a woodworm. Queen Keli still ruled at the time of Soul Music, when she ejected the Band with Rocks In from the city by royal proclamation. 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