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). His wig is believed to be sentient, and is certainly self-mobile, having escaped from a locked cupboard in the hospital. (previous page) () A sweeper is also referenced in The Fifth Elephant and Going Postal. Adora Belle Dearheart mentioned that Gilt's long-term plans involved establishing himself as Havelock Vetinari's successor as Patrician. Blouse is promoted to the rank of Major by the end of the book. The Djelibeybian priests thought she would be easy to control. 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. Guards!). Although this world may appear completely different to our own, the Discworld novels explore a multitude of very human issues. 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 is killed by Mr Pin near the end of the novel and used for a life raft as molten lead flows around the pair. 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. Official figurines, models & collectable figures from Terry Pratchett's Discworld! "Mort", short for Mortimer, is the title character in Mort. At the last, even their own soldiers were killing farmers, desperate to find any food. Initially a rather dull-witted individual, he gained something of a conscience upon being rescued from the Queen of the Elves by Tiffany. His first name is also a Latin word meaning "prison". He has also been a moving pictures (movie) producer/director where his lack of scruples was entirely reminiscent of the pioneers of modern motion pictures, similarly, the agent of a 'Music with Rocks In' group and the editor of the Ankh-Morpork Inquirer (a loss-making, tabloid newspaper run by the Guild of Engravers) where he fabricated stories. Appears in the book Unseen Academicals. When the novel ends, Jackrum has reunited with her long-lost son on the advice of Polly, although she has apparently introduced herself as his father rather than his mother, on the grounds that a fat old woman showing up claiming to be his mother would just be an inconvenience, but a distinguished sergeant-major claiming to be his father would be something to be proud of. 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. The Compleat Discworld Atlas. Jingo Men At Arms Night Watch Snuff Thud! Death is successful at taking coin and enhancing the group's earning power where he also becomes known as the Grateful Death. He first appeared in Moving Pictures. 5. The Carpet People. Having spent most of her life forced to do other people's thinking for them, she is overwhelmed with uncertainty when her dim-witted best friend, Juliet, suddenly gains the opportunity to be a supermodel. Twoflower is a native of the Agatean Empire, on the Counterweight Continent, living in the major sea port of Bes Pelargic where he works as an "inn-sewer-ants" clerk. 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). We are a fully-featured and well-established MUD with . After pursuing an escaping party made up of Brutha, Om, Sergeant Simony, the philosopher Didactylos and his apprentice and nephew Urn and being caught in a storm, Vorbis is found by Brutha and Om washed up on the desert coast and in a catatonic state. The two authors have collaborated before in Good Omens, and sometimes make reference to each other's works. He spent countless days drinking and drinking. 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. 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. He appears to have been rich and well educated at some time in the past, and even as a beggar, his clothes are the tattered remnants of an expensive suit. 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". Welcome to Lego Ankh-Morpork, the greatest city on the Lego Discworld | Discworld Lego art inspired by the work of Sir Terry Pratchett. 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. Moist, for his part, regards the interviews with her as a guaranteed thrill requiring him to think quickly on his feet. Explanation reveals that in Dimwell slang, "syrup of prunes" means wig. Victor, however, decided that being a student wizard was greatly preferable to being a wizard, because as a student he could live a relatively safe and comfortable lifestyle while as a wizard he would face the risk of assassinations by students wishing to advance. 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. "Child of the Djel", the Disc's version of Egypt) is the main character in Pyramids. 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 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). Having commissioned a heatable iron turtle intended to punish those who question the shape of the world, Vorbis sentenced Brutha to be tortured upon it for disrupting his ordainment and not striking him; in a private conversation, Vorbis reveals to Brutha that he may not, in fact, truly believe in Om, saying that the Church and its empire were achieved by men rather than Om. 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. Adora has returned to running the Clacks service running it as her father did. In 2004 BBC Radio 4 adapted Mort, with the title character voiced by Carl Prekopp and Ysabell being voiced by Clare Corbett. 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. 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. Jump to navigation Jump to search. 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. 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. 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. With the help of Ninereeds he rescues Rincewind and escapes the Wyrmberg. Rate. 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. 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. Dibbler, or simply Dibbler, is one of the numerous bit part characters in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. 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 instead treats himself with a variety of apparently dubious "natural" home remedies (later revealed to be, in actuality, extraordinarily effective), including concoctions made with sulfur or arsenic, and a poultice made of bread pudding. 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. 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. Appears in Pyramids; by the end of the novel she is enthusiastically embracing many of the stranger regimens, such as bathing in ass's milk, favoured by Cleopatra. 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. The couple are given the title of Duke and Duchess of Sto Helit, and later also become the parents of Susan Sto Helit. It has been suggested that by Going Postal he may have married his friend and editor, Sacharissa Cripslock. First introduced in The Wee Free Men, the first novel in the Tiffany Aching series. The Dark Side of the Sun. He started out as a mudlark, and developed his career from there. 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. In Going Postal, Adora begins a tentative relationship with Moist von Lipwig; by the time of Making Money they have become engaged. Brutha was an Ommnian novice in Small Gods. 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. Appears in The Truth, Going Postal and Making Money. 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. History of the World, Part II | March 6th, 2023. Celyn is Welsh for Holly). 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. These tend to be rather common inert items such as chalk, pickles and corned-beef sandwiches. In Lords and Ladies Verence and Magrat finally marry. These are the various bipedal sentient species and differently-animated races of Discworld. The daughter of Baron Saturday of Genua and Mrs Erzulie Gogol. Eric was relatively unsuccessful as a demonologist until, with some unknown assistance, he managed to summon Rincewind from the Dungeon Dimensions, originally intending to summon a demon to grant him wishes, namely mastery of the kingdoms of the world, to meet the most beautiful woman ever to have lived, to live forever, and to have a large chest of gold. It's a meditation on religion, personal morality . This theory is borne out by the appearance of several versions of Dibbler throughout the Discworld series: Other Dibbler equivalents include Ratonasticthenes from Ephebe, mentioned in The Science of Discworld. His name originates from his catchphrase ' and at that price, I'm cutting me own throat.' He became a zombie after having been convicted of a crime and decapitated but, since he defended himself, refuses to pass on until his descendants pay the legal fees. Both men can become violent, but Mr Pin's violence is more directed and instrumental. 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. Hex is a computer unlike any other the Disc has ever seen, which is not particularly exceptional because previously, all other "computers" on the Disc had consisted of druidic stone circles. Tacticus conquered a large area of the Discworld, both around the city of Ankh-Morpork and well into the rimward continent of Klatch. Twoflower also has a rich imagination as he is able to summon a dragon through his mind. A thirteen-year-old demonologist and title character in Eric. This incident was reported in The Ankh Morpork Times, and a widow approached him, swayed by 'a man who knows his hygiene.' He is at his best selling intangibles; physical merchandise tends to hamper his patter somewhat. A considerable testament to his skills, considering that the horse had, in fact, died coming up to the starting line. He embezzles money and murders the people who find out, blaming the murders on the Opera Ghost. In the Cosgrove Hall animation of Soul Music, Mort is voiced by Neil Morrissey. During The Truth he was seemingly attacked by the Patricianlater revealed to be a lookalike hired to try to get Vetinari deposedand by the time of Going Postal, was responsible for relaying the orders of the Patrician in assigning tasks to other clerks. Lord Rust's most defining characteristic, along with his arrogance, is his unsurpassed military and strategic incompetence (or, at least, his ability to achieve goals only by simultaneously sustaining devastating losses; he is described as operating on the theory that a battle was a glorious victory if enemy casualties outnumber friendly casualties, coupled with the inexplicable ability to be repeatedly chosen to command large armies and similar organizations, hence his description as "The god's gift to the enemy, any enemy, and a walking advertisement for desertion." Swing is mainly remembered for his attempt to control crime by ordering all weapons confiscated, reasoning that this would result in a decline in crime figures, failing to acknowledge that criminals do not obey the law in the first place and would actually greatly enjoy the lack of weapons in society. Blouse's ambition is to have an item of clothing or a food named after him, in the manner of many famous military men. 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