In their language, the word for "stranger" is the same as their word for "target". 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"). It is revealed after time stops that he can make his own time, and pairs up with Susan Sto Helit to stop the Clock. Death's Domain. Verence was voiced by Andrew Branch in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Wyrd Sisters, and by Les Dennis in the Cosgrove Hall animation. In total, there are 41 Discworld novels published over 32 years. 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. Before Mort arrived she shared her home with Albert, Death's manservant. 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. In Going Postal this is the Lady Sybil Free Hospital. In the miniseries, rather than vanishing, Bethan and Cohen show up at the docks, already married, to bid Twoflower goodbye as he heads back home. Watson, J., Lydon, S. J. and Harrison, N. A. Pages in category "Discworld characters" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 1,266 total. The management has her lip-synch on stage to the voice of Agnes Nitt, otherwise known as Perdita X. Nitt. He is the undisputed head of any legal action in the city and is one of the major members of the civil council. Claude Maximillian Overton Transpire Dibbler, usually known as Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler, C.M.O.T. Official figurines, models & collectable figures from Terry Pratchett's Discworld! Their most noted member is 71-Hour Ahmed, who gained his name for violating the ancient 3-day custom by executing a criminal one hour before it expired, an act so unthinkable that other D'regs call him the most feared man in all of Klatch. This failed and he found himself personal assistant to the Dragon King in Guards! His architecture and other inventions remain. Ninereeds nearly outruns her but vanishes when Twoflower loses consciousness, causing everyone riding him to fall. Ghenghiz Cohen, known as Cohen the Barbarian, is a hero in the classical sense, i.e., a professional thief, brawler, and ravisher of women. This allowed Mort to stay in the world of the living. Lawn is based on an actual retired GP of the same name based in West Yorkshire. 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. List of Discworld characters - Wikipedia Create account Contents hide (Top) 71-Hour Ahmed Adora Belle Dearheart Bloody Stupid Johnson Brutha Canting Crew Carcer Christine Cohen the Barbarian Conina Corporal Strappi Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler Daniel "One Drop" Trooper Didactylos Doctor Cruces Doughnut Jimmy D'regs Drum Billet Edward d'Eath Mr Pin is the brains of the New Firm, a duo of interloping criminals in The Truth. They have very strict ideas about women fighting: they expect them to be good at it. Whenever anything physical is being sold, the claims made on his labels range from euphemisms to outright fabrications. "[9] Another good example of Tacticus' sense of pragmatism would be his maxim "It is always useful to face an enemy who is prepared to die for his country. With the assistance of Ignius Cutwell, a local wizard, she attempted to be crowned Queen in a fast-tracked coronation before the reality enveloping Sto Lat collapsed. The most noticeable results of his attempts at modernising the kingdom have been a Parliament that no-one attends and an invasion of vampires due to a diplomatic gaffe. 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. 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. This is in part a reference to Martin, the pessimist philosopher and sweeper in Voltaire's Candide. Carcer is said to have a talent for unnerving people, an annoying laugh (written as 'haha' in the book) and a perpetual conviction of his own innocence despite his many crimes, which include at least two murders. 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. 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 There are signs that his feelings for Tiffany extend somewhat beyond gratitude. A chorus singer at the Ankh-Morpork Opera House, Christine is a pretty, thin blonde with a tendency to wear white and use exclamation marks at the end of every sentence. Miss Dearheart can see through most of Lipwig's conman tricks, amazing him; he names her "Spike" out of fondness. 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. First introduced in The Wee Free Men, the first novel in the Tiffany Aching series. 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. 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. score: 876 , and 9 people voted. In The Light Fantastic, he says he is 87 years old, and in later books he estimates that he is between 90 and 95 years of age. In Wintersmith, however, his first name is given as Callus. When she foments this plan, Rincewind, Twoflower and Hrun the Barbarian are passing close to her mountain country. 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. The background of Mr Pin is much more vague than his partner, Mr Tulip. This means that both he and you have exactly the same aim in mind."[10]. Ron's smell has become strong enough to not only melt earwax but to acquire a separate existence. 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. Lu-Tze first appeared in the novel Small Gods as a minor character described as follows. He appears in Going Postal, although the stable had previously appeared in The Truth. He appears in The Last Hero, where he joins the Silver Horde on their quest to 'return fire to the gods' by blowing up the mountain. Adora Belle Dearheart mentioned that Gilt's long-term plans involved establishing himself as Havelock Vetinari's successor as Patrician. She has a prominent role in The Light Fantastic and a small cameo in Eric. In the Easter 2008 Sky One adaptation of The Colour of Magic, she is played by Karen David. A significant character in Monstrous Regiment, he is Polly Perks' platoon commander. Harry prefers it when burglars break in, so that he does not have to feed the dogs. 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). . Carcer is captured by Vimes at the end of Night Watch, likely to be sentenced to death. In Good Omens, after Crowley's Bentley bursts into flames over the M25 motorway a crowd gathers. Death, perplexed at the concept of a soul having a strong but completely vague belief, allows him to reincarnate as a woodworm. 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. He is also one of the three founders of Morecombe, Slant, and Honeyplace, Ankh Morpork's leading legal practice. Actor David Bradley played Cohen in the 2008 The Colour of Magic miniseries. A plump, over-breasted girl who runs the Night Kitchen in the Unseen University until the events of Unseen Academicals. This is usually "bugger off" or something similar, but since the monks do not speak Morporkian, it does not matter much. 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. Discworld Novels 01 The Colour of Magic (Colin Smythe, 1983) 02 The Light Fantastic (Colin Smythe, 1986) 03 Equal Rites ( Gollancz, Colin Smythe, 1987) 04 Mort (Gollancz, Colin Smythe, 1987) 05 Sourcery (Gollancz, Colin Smythe, 1988) 06 Wyrd Sisters (Gollancz, 1988) 07 Pyramids (Gollancz, 1989) 08 Guards! The Discworld Mapp. The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. She is descended from the High Priestess of Holy Wood, and while sleeping, she was repeatedly possessed by an unknown force, possibly the priestess. A Holy Wood actress in Moving Pictures. Before the couple can embark onto anything intimate however, Hrun is snatched away by Rincewind and Twoflower riding Twoflower's dragon Ninereeds. She possesses the ability to think in headlines, and has gained valuable experience as an editor, allowing her to, e.g., reduce an article's length in half merely by crossing out all the adjectives. These form a discussion between him and the head printer, Thomas Cropper, about the book. Eric was last seen escaping from Hell with Rincewind, and it is unknown what happened to him afterwards. 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. Tacticus conquered a large area of the Discworld, both around the city of Ankh-Morpork and well into the rimward continent of Klatch. They can, however, toy with this rule; Samuel Vimes passed one of their many cultural "tests" by refusing to eat the sheep-eye soup traditionally offered foreigners to see if they'd go for it. This led to the deaths of several guards and courtiers in the Agatean Empire before everyone wised up. 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. He started out as a mudlark, and developed his career from there. The first king to leave the kingdom, he was trained at the Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild. After the events of Mort, Mort leaves Death's service and marries Ysabell. They subsequently meet their end after a freak accident sends their carriage plunging into a ravine, as revealed in Soul Music. 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. His first name is also a Latin word meaning "prison". She spends much of her time in the palace kitchens, apparently because she enjoys being helpful, rather than because she is mistreated. Mr Tulip is, along with Mr Pin, a member of the New Firm, a duo of interloping criminals in The Truth. The Colour of Magic. The Patrician who came to power after Lord Winder following the Glorious Revolution of the Twenty-Fifth of May. For example, no bard was allowed to say of a hero that "all men spoke of his prowess" on pain of death; he should instead add that some people spoke ill of the hero and that still others did not know of him at all. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and his Discworld books have become truly iconic. She also has a fixation for the colour pink. When challenged about the clacks monopoly and the lack of choice it presented, Gilt stated that customers had the choice to use the clacks or travel great distances on horseback to deliver their messages themselves. Guards!. He does this towards the end of Thief of Time by defeating Lobsang Ludd (then incarnated as the personification of Time) in a fair fight, in front of a crowd of higher monks. At one point, War refers to Death as "Mort" but we later learn that the only people in the room (other than Twoflower), were Death, Famine, Pestilence and War ("mort" is "death" in Quirmian/French). He would not 'buy posh foreign dogs when he can buy the crossbreeds'. 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. Her name is a play on the saying "a date with Rosie Palms," a slang term for masturbation. Hrun agrees to the plan and successfully defeats Liessa's brothers with his bare hands, but he refuses to kill them as they are unconscious. For some reason it is a popular location for circumspect meetings. Everyone knows Lu-Tze's name as one of the best monks on the field, but few realise who he actually is. 1. Publisher in Ankh-Morpork. Upon nearing the Wyrmberg of the Dragonriders, he is captured by the curvaceous Liessa Dragonbidder and her dragon riders. His obsession with his own security left him no time to govern or affect history. 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. Perhaps my favourite book. This is best described as 'the feeling you've been kicked in the head this way before'. The daughter of Baron Saturday of Genua and Mrs Erzulie Gogol. Her name says it all really, an ex-opponent of Cohen, and sometime lover. Nijel meets Rincewind in a snake pit and they escape together. He is one of the History Monks and spends much of the novel in the background, disguised as a simple sweeper. Verence had gone through much of the story subtly trying to deal with a major problem, namely that he was not quite sure how to actually consummate the marriage. In Jingo his name is given as Gen. A. Tacticus. He is also known for having undergone a long and perilous journey home after the war, much like his Roundworld equivalent. A thirteen-year-old demonologist and title character in Eric. 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. 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). This state of affairs might not have continued long if the Luggage had not intervened. In Interesting Times, it is revealed that he eventually became the commander of the Watch in an unnamed city. In Feet of Clay, he has become Foul Ole Rons Thinking Brain Dog and part of the Canting Crew. 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. 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. His name is a play on Johann Gutenberg, with his first initials apparently derived from a phrase referring to Jesus Christ. Sto Lat still had a queen by the time of Going Postal, though she is not mentioned by name. This list consists of human characters. 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. Afterwards he was sent to and raised in the Temple, where he confounded his teachers by knowing too much, but not knowing how he knows it, and even then not knowing that he knows it till he is asked the specific question. We are a fully-featured and well-established MUD with . 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. Johnson achieves the same effect through unforeseen side effects of devices invented for other purposes, and in the process creates some of the Disc's most impressive, dangerous, and unusual works of architecture, art, and engineering. Hrun grabs her wrist and almost breaks it. However, this was merely the echoes of his own voice bouncing inside his own head, the Great God Om having become so weak from a lack of belief (in no small part because of the efforts of the Quisition) that only the truly faithful novice Brutha could hear him. 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. 1. During her encounter with Rincewind (see below), her behaviour is sufficiently flamboyant as to cause him to believe she is "bonkers". He appears to be an homage to the famous cynic, Diogenes, who was similarly disliked by his contemporaries for focusing on the 'wrong questions'. 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. His name is an allusion to the Chinese legendary figure Lao-Tze, the sage to whom the Tao Te Ching is attributed. Lucky Hank | March 19th, 2023. When Vimes got a copy of Tacticus' autobiography from the Librarian, he formulated a characteristically cynical opinion as to why Tacticus, although respected, was not much liked by history: Tacticus did not get a huge number of his men killed by his own arrogance and incompetence. Rate. His wig is believed to be sentient, and is certainly self-mobile, having escaped from a locked cupboard in the hospital. In the TV adaptation of Going Postal, Drumknott is portrayed by Steve Pemberton. He first appeared in Moving Pictures. Omnia is an autocratic theocracy that believes in one God named Om. 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. 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. Salzella is eventually found out and proves to be just as "infected" with operatic romanticism as everyone else in the building. 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. 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. However, he rarely got any cases. 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. At the end of Witches Abroad, she became the Baroness of Genua. He believed that he was destined to become the Cenobiarch and Eighth Prophet of Omnianism, as the Great God Om had told him. Adora's family is conned out of the Grand Trunk by Reacher Gilt, forcing Adora to be employed at the Golem Trust. Partway through Monstrous Regiment, Strappi disappears, stealing a lot of the Regiments's personal possessions. The first book opens with a dying wizard trying to pass his powers onto an eighth son of an eighth son being born. Head of the Guild of "Seamstresses" (actually prostitutes). In Raising Steam, Adora and Moist are married and living in Scoone Avenue, Ankh. During the novel several characters comment that he seems a bit "elvish" (also a reference to the same Kirsty MacColl song). This replaces, at his wife's insistence, the original: "H. King, taking the piss since 1961." The other seven personalities are very careful to keep him buried. 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. This in itself is an ontological paradox (which was of course evened out by the history monks). A considerable testament to his skills, considering that the horse had, in fact, died coming up to the starting line. Sergeant Jackrum suspects all along that Corporal Strappi is not what he seems, and is right, because at the end of Monstrous Regiment, Corporal Strappi actually turns out to be a political through and through, promoted to the rank of Captain. His name originates from his catchphrase ' and at that price, I'm cutting me own throat.' His cough is described as sounding 'almost solid'. 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 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. That person coming down the street in Ankh-Morpork or sneaking up behind you in the dark woods isn't necessarily human. 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. Contents. 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. 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. The books can be read in any order but for ease we have . He is described in the books as resembling a rodent, and wears a long poacher's coat covered in pockets. The Duck Man speculates that Andrews was once a mild-mannered person of a psychic disposition who was mentally overwhelmed by the other souls. Guards! Hrun's separation from Liessa and his enrolment in a Watch unit are not altogether surprising: late on in the Discworld timeline, barbarians and mythical creatures are dying out due to the modernisation of the world, leading them to either fade from existence or have to enroll into society. This move was not entirely in Lobsang's best interestsdue to internal politics, it was hoped they would "break" each other. Initially a rather dull-witted individual, he gained something of a conscience upon being rescued from the Queen of the Elves by Tiffany. 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. After fighting and losing to Death, Mort was given an extra lease of life when the Grim Reaper chose to turn over his Lifetimer. 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. His Greatness the King Teppicymon XXVIII, Lord of the Heavens, Charioteer of the Wagon of the Sun, Steersman of the Barque of the Sun, Guardian of the Secret Knowledge, Lord of the Horizon, Keeper of the Way, the Flail of Mercy, the High-Born One, the Never-Dying King of Djelibeybi (lit. 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.". He also appears in the Discworld computer game. 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 . In his home country he is regarded as a great sage because of his peculiar smell, and his many sayings advocating respect for the old and the virtues of poverty are frequently quoted by the rich and elderly. Fortunately his liking for pins can be used to calm him down from his, as called in the books, 'Little Moments'. But Hrun does not need to be angry for long: when Twoflower faints, his dragon, having existed only through his willpower, disappears, causing all three passengers to fall through the air. His core business is that of "night soil" removal, but he is also involved in general rubbish collection and recycling. HO HO HO. Inspired by Red Sonja of Conan fame. 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. As a member of the Cheesemongers, Private 'Ozzer' Perks serves with the colourful Sgt Jackrum, a reformed vampire named Maladict, a troll called Carborundum, an Igor, and a few even stranger people, who are, in fact, all women in disguise. [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. Provided with a 30mm premium plastic round base. In Men at Arms, he made a brief venture at selling food for trolls and later dwarfs. 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 In 2004 BBC Radio 4 adapted Mort, with the title character voiced by Carl Prekopp and Ysabell being voiced by Clare Corbett. He appeared in Eric and is briefly mentioned in Pyramids. The name might be a possible reason as to why Death chose Mort as his apprentice. The daughter of Robert Dearheart, founder of the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company, Adora Belle Dearheart appears in Going Postal, Making Money and Raising Steam, she is a cynical, angry heavy smoker. 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). One of the two remaining employees of the Ankh-Morpork Post Office prior to Moist von Lipwig being made Postmaster. 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. 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