list of discworld characters

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 Agnes realizes what is happening and, in order to continue her training for a second night, she slips some herbs into Christine's hot milk to make her sleepy. 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. Near the end, he consults with Casanunda, a 'ladies man' dwarf that had assisted in the defense of the kingdom. 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. At the end of the book they are not present, and it is assumed that they have left for their marriage. In the Easter 2008 Sky One adaptation of The Colour of Magic, she is played by Karen David. 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. Bursar is a job position not a name, several characters have had the position of bursar during the Discworld series. Generally he relies on the fact that no-one notices a sweeper, a well-honed ability to talk his way out of anything, and "Rule One", which states "Do not act incautiously when confronting little bald wrinkly smiling men", since such a person is almost always a highly trained martial artist due to the Disc's law of narrative causality. 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. Hex has its origins in a device that briefly appeared in Soul Music, created by Ponder Stibbons[5] and some student Wizards in the High Energy Magic building. Earlier in the book she is mentioned as being capable of believing the Disc is under threat from inhuman monsters, that she is a subject of derision for believing that the world is round, and that three dwarfs look in on her undressing. In the TV adaption of Going Postal, Gilt is portrayed by David Suchet. He is the muscle of the New Firm and, though an instinctive killer, recognises Mr Pin's cognitive skills and leaves the thinking to him. 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. 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. 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. 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. Literally; a cart ran over his legs several years ago and he now gets around on a wheelbarrow, usually pushed by the Duck Man. He would not for example use a candlestick to knock someone out cold or steal it for its silver content. Jackrum has, over the years, been the sergeant in command of (or under) a number of young soldiers who then rose up to the Army's high command, and thus wields considerable influence. Despite her profession, she is as humble as a caterpillar, and has about as much brains. "The Bursar" is one of these; I'm not sure if he's ever given a name. Tolliver also had a very small part in Wintersmith. At the end of Witches Abroad, she became the Baroness of Genua. Hodgesaargh is based on a real-life keeper of birds of prey named Dave Hodges, who lives in Northamptonshire. Also known as Mad or Psychoneurotic Lord Snapcase. Immediately upon becoming a Genuan citizen, he evaluated the question of the greatest military threat posed by any single other nation. Part of Cohen's danger to normal people is that as a barbarian hero he has extreme problems interpreting such things as empty bravadoas a man of his word, he naturally assumes that anyone else saying something like 'I would rather die than betray the Emperor' fully means it. 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. His wig is believed to be sentient, and is certainly self-mobile, having escaped from a locked cupboard in the hospital. It is possible that he is the ancestor of Rincewind as his name means "rinser of winds". 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. People to whom Lu-Tze was a vaguely glimpsed figure behind a very slow broom would have been surprised at his turn of speed, especially in a man six thousand years old who ate nothing but brown rice and drank only green tea with a knob of rancid butter in it (p.317). Given a barbarian hero's attractiveness to nubile young maidens, Cohen has quite a lot of children; in The Last Hero he mentions casually that he has dozens. History of the World Part 2 | Trailer | Hulu. . He films several movies with Ginger Withel (aka Delores De Syn), and eventually uses the magic of Holy Wood to defeat the Things from the Dungeon Dimensions with Ginger's help. 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). A considerable testament to his skills, considering that the horse had, in fact, died coming up to the starting line. He is exceptional at martial arts when he needs to be and is the only known master of "Dj fu", in which the hands move in time as well as space. Harry prefers it when burglars break in, so that he does not have to feed the dogs. Bergholdt Stuttley 'Bloody Stupid' Johnson is an inept engineer and landscape artist, famous the Disc over for a single-minded approach to his crafts that can best be described as 'demented'. He is present briefly in Night Watch. But Liessa still has one more trial in store for him: she strips till she is naked, so as to see how much passion he truly has for her. There is also a man selling hot dogs, possibly a reference to Dibbler. 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. He was looking for a job that was romantic, but did not involve hard work, which Holy Wood provided. "[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. The 'Canting Crew' is an informal name for a group of Ankh-Morpork beggars who are too anarchic for the Beggars' Guild, which has a tendency to constrain them with rules. For biographies of noted members of the Discworld's "ethnic minorities" (dwarfs, trolls, undead, etc. However, he rarely got any cases. 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). (In Cockney rhyming slang, the expected derivation would be "syrup of figs.") Unlike Ron, who asks people for money to stop him following them, Coffin Henry makes money by not going anywhere. In Carpe Jugulum they have a daughter; Princess Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre. His cough is described as sounding 'almost solid'. In this novel he seems to have keen political instincts; it is stated that the Rusts have survived by not being romantic. During the last years of his reign, he was extremely paranoid, albeit with good reason. There are signs that his feelings for Tiffany extend somewhat beyond gratitude. Her name says it all really, an ex-opponent of Cohen, and sometime lover. 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). He claims his original crime was stealing a loaf of bread (a nod to the protagonist of Les Misrables), though Vimes says that Carcer's style would be to murder the baker and steal the whole bakery. In Feet of Clay, he has become Foul Ole Rons Thinking Brain Dog and part of the Canting Crew. A member noted for being completely legless. 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"). Also notable is his method of dealing with unpleasant occurrences. People send him small sums so that he will not turn up at their parties and ask them to look at his interesting collection of skin diseases. Aaronovitch has confirmed that C!Mot is intended as a parallel Dibbler, although how similar he is to the original (since the People have an entirely non-capitalist society) is unknown. 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. After previous experience with Nanny Ogg's writing he is anxious to avoid innuendo, but is not entirely successful. Meaning "Two-Fingered" in Ephebian, Didactylos is a philosopher, based on Diogenes of Sinope, who comes into the stories in Small Gods. Before the couple can embark onto anything intimate however, Hrun is snatched away by Rincewind and Twoflower riding Twoflower's dragon Ninereeds. He is killed by Mr Pin near the end of the novel and used for a life raft as molten lead flows around the pair. Of all the characters in Terry Pratchett's Discworld Magrat Garlick, Granny Weatherwax, and Nanny Ogg are some of the most beloved by fans. The Carpet People. 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. 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". Lawn is based on an actual retired GP of the same name based in West Yorkshire. As Patrician, he used his power to enforce laws against creative exaggeration in writing. In Men at Arms, Gaspode has regained his sapience and ability to speak after spending too much time sleeping near the High Energy Magic Building at Unseen University. In Unseen Academicals, he reveals that he cannot understand the fuss that is being made about football, both old and new. Tacticus conquered a large area of the Discworld, both around the city of Ankh-Morpork and well into the rimward continent of Klatch. 1. He supplements his official stipend, and plans for his retirement, by selling of short lengths of the hanging ropes used in particularly interesting casessuch as the "Albert Spangler" executionoften signed by the victims themselves. Somewhat eclectically attractive, she possesses at least two features that would have made various artists from various times in history bite their easels in twoalthough, it must be said, that having a nose that would appeal to Rembrandt and a neck that would inspire Pablo Picasso does not, in and of itself, guarantee that the whole succeeds as a work of art. Former childhood friend to Samuel Vimes and later secretary to Lord Vetinari. He has also been hoarding food, and rescuing much of the castle's silverware and paintings. 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. He appears in Going Postal, although the stable had previously appeared in The Truth. This list may not reflect recent changes ( learn more ). 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'. Lewton appears in the third Discworld computer game, Discworld Noir. Mr Pin is then reincarnated into a potato resembling his face in a look of surprise, which is chipped and deep fried. Though it is never satisfactorily explained exactly what happened, in Jingo it is revealed that only his kidney and a few bones were found; in the game Discworld Noir his shop was used as a location for one of the murders. Rincewind, of course, remains immovably convinced that Twoflower's IQ is comparable to that of a pigeon. He also gave free treatment to those who needed it, including those who had been tortured by the Cable Street Particulars. From then on, he renounced his clowning heritage, and went to work at the bank. He passed his final exam by a fluke, having already decided he was not going to kill anyone. 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. "Mort", short for Mortimer, is the title character in Mort. He claims that, when he dies, he wants a bell left on his gravestone so he can have the pleasure of not getting up when people ring. (previous page) () At the end of Thief of Time he shares an unspecified "perfect moment" with Susan Sto Helit (a.k.a. Ofttimes beset by other barbarians, and even more often tearing across the Disc-scape as an aside. He is known, either personally or by reputation, by practically every soldier in the Borogravian Army, and boasts that he is probably quite well known by the soldiers of the enemy armies too. 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. Walter might resemble Frank Spencer known from the BBC television comedy Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. As a boy, he "messed around in boats". He believed that he was destined to become the Cenobiarch and Eighth Prophet of Omnianism, as the Great God Om had told him. Lu-Tze first appeared in the novel Small Gods as a minor character described as follows. Liessa abandons Rincewind and Twoflower to their fate and catches Hrun on her dragon, and the two share a passionate kiss. Foul Ole Ron is in one verse of Sam Vimes' 'City Version' of "Where's My Cow?". She rarely pays attention to anyone but herself. Adora wears what she claims are "the pointiest heels in the world" which she uses to deal with unwelcome advances. Liessa agrees to banishing them instead and tells Hrun tenderly (calling him by name for the first time) that she did not expect such mercy from him. He embezzles money and murders the people who find out, blaming the murders on the Opera Ghost. score: 876 , and 9 people voted. 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. His nickname was inadvertently suggested to him in Night Watch by the time traveling Samuel Vimes, who instantly rued it. 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. Characters are listed alphabetically by name. Mrs Marietta Cosmopilite is a dressmaker, who appears in Moving Pictures as Vice President of Costuming and Theda Withel's landlady. Eventually he was apprenticed to Lu-Tze after his teachers were unable to teach him. The management has her lip-synch on stage to the voice of Agnes Nitt, otherwise known as Perdita X. Nitt. When a 9-year-old Tiffany finds him there in The Wee Free Men, a year has passed on the Disc since his disappearance, and so he would have been 13 in the "real" world. 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. Eventually this caught the attention of the Bursar, who arranged for Victor to receive a special test consisting of only one question: "What is your name?" 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