It is revealed after time stops that he can make his own time, and pairs up with Susan Sto Helit to stop the Clock. She wishes to be a hairdresser, but Discworld-style genetics keep getting in the way, causing her to instinctively kill people who threaten her. 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. According to rumour, Hobson employs an Igor with a talent for taking body parts of different horses, and stitching them together into a "new" animal (see chop shop). With brains". He also appears in the Discworld computer game. One of the birds he breeds is the wowhawk, or Lappet-faced Worrier, which is like a goshawk only more soit prefers to walk everywhere and faints at the sight of blood. He sold strange green liquid made by monks living on a mountain according to an ancient recipe (Lance-Constable Carrot disputes this, but it turns out that it is actually true; however, the monks making the liquid for him have no idea what he does with it). Lewton met and fell in love with a female archaeologist named Ilsa and seemed to have a happy life; a particular moment fondly remembered was the Hotel Pseudopolis. The daughter of Cohen the Barbarian and a temple dancer. "Mort", short for Mortimer, is the title character in Mort. 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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 was looking for a job that was romantic, but did not involve hard work, which Holy Wood provided. 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. Instead, he prefers to kick a tin can around, something at which he has gained an almost magical proficiency. 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. 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. He is also one of the three founders of Morecombe, Slant, and Honeyplace, Ankh Morpork's leading legal practice. In total, there are 41 Discworld novels published over 32 years. 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. 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". Because she helps lay the fires, the palace cook nicknamed her "Embers" (she is, of course, the Discworld version of Cinderella, although the full nickname "Emberella" is referred to as sounding "like something you'd put up in the rain"). Contents 1 Achmed the Mad/Achmed the 'I Just Get These Headaches' 2 Brutha 3 Dangerous Beans 4 Darktan 5 Dios 6 Doughnut Jimmy 7 D'regs 8 Drum Billet 9 Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre 10 Evadne Cake 11 Evil Harry Dread 12 Findthee Swing 13 The Gonne 14 Herrena, the Henna-haired Harridan 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. During the last years of his reign, he was extremely paranoid, albeit with good reason. Nanny Ogg then tells everyone that the Fool is Tomjon's older half-brother. His wig is believed to be sentient, and is certainly self-mobile, having escaped from a locked cupboard in the hospital. Daughter of Geicha the First, lord of the Wyrmberg, and leader of the dragonriders. 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". A Holy Wood actress in Moving Pictures. First appearing in Soul Music, Hex is an elaborate, magic-powered, self-building computer (not unlike the 'shamble', a kind of magical device used by the Witches of the Discworld) featuring ants and cheese as part of its architecture, and is housed in the basement of the High Energy Magic Building at the Unseen University (UU) in the twin city of Ankh-Morpork. Dibbler, or simply Dibbler, is one of the numerous bit part characters in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. 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). 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. He also has a sort of appearance in Nanny Ogg's Cookbook, in the form of a series of memos drawn to appear pinned to some of the pages. 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. This mainly involves figuring out which deaths needed to be attended to personally, an important aspect of all reality. 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. This in itself is an ontological paradox (which was of course evened out by the history monks). He's proud of being a Dark Lord, and the heroes don't bear him any grudges; after all, he always lets them win and, in return, they always let him escape (see the Evil Overlord List for the opposite of this concept). He meets Rincewind in Bel Shamharoth's lair, and aids his escape. In Interesting Times Cohen became Emperor of the Agatean Empire, having conquered it with his allies, the Silver Horde. THE NIGHT IS OLD. 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 following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. In Soul Music he is possessed by "Music with Rocks in" and becomes the Disc's greatest musician under the name Buddy in the Band with Rocks In along with Cliff and Glod, before dying in a cart crash (a reference to Buddy HollyImp's name translates as "bud of the holly". 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". Liessa abandons Rincewind and Twoflower to their fate and catches Hrun on her dragon, and the two share a passionate kiss. A professional scribe who in The Truth has a career of writing down interesting news for various Lords and Ladies abroad, this led to him becoming the editor of the Disc's first newspaper, The Ankh-Morpork Times. In Carpe Jugulum they have a daughter; Princess Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre. Roland fought back as far as he could, in the process learning a great deal about surviving sieges and the art of insurgency. Explore our exclusive range of sculpted Discworld characters and creations for your bookshelves, designed in our studios and created by the finest fantasy artists and craftsfolk . Adora has returned to running the Clacks service running it as her father did. It is not known if this is the result of Quimby's rule, or simply a natural trait that reached its peak in him. (previous page) () Walter is helped by Agnes Nitt into combining both aspects of his personality together so that he can become the director of music. 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). When Mort first encountered Ysabell, he was given the impression of "too many chocolates". 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. The background of Mr Pin is much more vague than his partner, Mr Tulip. Young Sam enjoyed it, but Lady Sybil Vimes disapproved of this version. Partway through Monstrous Regiment, Strappi disappears, stealing a lot of the Regiments's personal possessions. It was previously thought they might all be related, but the Discworld Companion explains that this is parallel evolution. Mr Tulip has a tendency to buy and consume anything sold in little bags in an attempt to acquire drugs. Christine is friendly and kind, but not particularly bright, and she can be unintentionally slighting. 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. The only one mentioned by name in the novels is Conina, who appears in Sourcery. In addition to the standard loincloth, Nijel wears woolen long underwearhis mother insisted. This incident was reported in The Ankh Morpork Times, and a widow approached him, swayed by 'a man who knows his hygiene.' Death's Domain. Spencer was played by Michael Crawford, who was also the original performer of the eponymous character in Phantom of the Opera. History of the World, Part II | March 6th, 2023. This is usually "bugger off" or something similar, but since the monks do not speak Morporkian, it does not matter much. For biographies of noted members of the Discworld's "ethnic minorities" (dwarfs, trolls, undead, etc. Pages in category "Discworld characters" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 1,266 total. Cohen does mention that he has been married before, however. He became a Private Investigator. Its reliability is questionable; according to it, Vimes has the eye of a mass murderer (Vimes says he indeed does in his other suit) while Carcer's only problem was his environment (most likely all the dead bodies wherever he went). 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. Creator Simon Allen Stars Richard Dormer Lara Rossi Adam Hugill See production, box office & company info Watch on AMC S1 Go to amc.com More watch options Add to Watchlist Added by 10.4K users 371 User reviews 25 Critic reviews Awards 1 win After previous experience with Nanny Ogg's writing he is anxious to avoid innuendo, but is not entirely successful. It is the opinion of many that Lu-Tze uses Rule One to bluff his way out of trouble, but, if necessary, he can prove it's no bluff. He has also been known to sell 'fong shooey' advice, mail-order martial arts lessons (under the alias 'Grand Master Lobsang Dibbler'), 'Dibbler's Genuine Soggy Mountain Dew', souvenir snow-globes and advertising space in the Ankh-Morpork Times. However, Pratchett has denied any conscious reference in this case.[7]. 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. 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). The ruined fortress city of Tacticum, located in the Klatchian desert, is encountered in Jingo. He started out as a mudlark, and developed his career from there. Susan Death), who is also a human who inherited qualities from an anthropomorphic personification. 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. 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. However, given how well the Queen got on with the elder Fool, there is another interpretation. 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. Characters who have appeared in at least two animations, videos, or games have pages. Ron's smell has become strong enough to not only melt earwax but to acquire a separate existence. Hrun is extremely displeased at the event, having been denied both lordship and intimate contact with Liessa through their actions. Former childhood friend to Samuel Vimes and later secretary to Lord Vetinari. When Duke Felmet murders King Verence and takes over the small country of Lancre on the Discworld, three witches are involuntarily tasked with protecting the king's baby son. Whilst being pursued by Commander Vimes along the roof tops at Unseen University during a magical thunderstorm, both Carcer and Vimes are transported thirty years into the past, about a week before the Glorious Revolution of the Twenty-Fifth of May. A character in Monstrous Regiment, Corporal Strappi is a thin, shouty soldier who loves to terrorize new recruits. 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!". Her name is a reference to Theda Bara. 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. Castle falconer at Lancre, Hodgesaargh is not his actual name, but some misunderstanding has been caused due to his birds' habit of attacking him when people speak to him (i.e. He would not for example use a candlestick to knock someone out cold or steal it for its silver content. Guards!). 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. Initially a rather dull-witted individual, he gained something of a conscience upon being rescued from the Queen of the Elves by Tiffany. In the TV adaptation of Going Postal, Drumknott is portrayed by Steve Pemberton. Harry ends up betraying the Horde (as a villain, it is his job), though when the horde confronts him about his betrayal they praise him for still being a reliable Dark Lord even at the end. A character in Monstrous Regiment, Jackrum is an immensely fat, hard-bitten Borogravian sergeant major with decades of military experience. The pigs galloped on. At the end of Witches Abroad, she became the Baroness of Genua. 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. Therefore, Victor studied extremely hard and, when finals came around each year, carefully and competently scored an 84; four points above the minimum to continue receiving the legacy, but four points below the passing grade of 88 (On one occasion he actually passed by accident, but appealed against it on the grounds that he felt he'd failed to pay adequate attention to some details and he would not feel right to pass over the more eligible candidates; he subsequently only received an 82 and an 83 in the later exams as he was trying to be careful). The villain of Night Watch, described by Vimes as "a stone-cold killer. 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. 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. 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). A sweeper is also referenced in The Fifth Elephant and Going Postal. 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