list of discworld characters

Rosemary Palm is similar to real-life brothel owner, Lou Graham, whose employees were officially accredited as "Seamstresses". Mr Slant is the president of the Guild of Lawyers, a position that he has held for a long time due to being a zombie. The Colour of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1) by. 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. The Compleat Discworld Atlas. It is also implied that she has an excellent figure ("other features that are considered attractive in any time"). Verence was voiced by Andrew Branch in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Wyrd Sisters, and by Les Dennis in the Cosgrove Hall animation. 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 is generally regarded as one of the most consistently sane of the group, as at least five of his personalities are capable of holding a sensible conversation with other people. Liessa abandons Rincewind and Twoflower to their fate and catches Hrun on her dragon, and the two share a passionate kiss. Some character biographies are also listed in articles relating to the organisations they belong to. He took pride in being pathologically careful about everything, running Ankh-Morpork as a police state, with his dreaded Cable Street Particulars, under the command of Captain Swing, causing dissidents to disappear. Ofttimes beset by other barbarians, and even more often tearing across the Disc-scape as an aside. Blouse is promoted to the rank of Major by the end of the book. He was born as a clown (Charlie Benito), but his first time performing was severely affected by the audience laughing at him. 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 current whereabouts are unknown. Rate. His name originates from his catchphrase ' and at that price, I'm cutting me own throat.' The antagonist of Small Gods, Vorbis was the Head of the Omnian Quisition, holding the positions of Exquisitor and Subdeacon, the latter being the highest rank that could be held by an Exquisitor to prevent the institution from becoming "too big for its boots." 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. Reforming the Church along tolerant, humanist lines, he reigns for a hundred years before dying. However, unlike Susan, who is mostly human, Lobsang is "mostly not" humanhe has the mindset and "infuriating smile" of a God, and thinks in 18 dimensionshe claims that even seeing in only 4 is hard, making it difficult to maintain corporeal form. He comes from the Counterweight Continent, home of Rincewind's friend Twoflower. He comes to a rather sticky end when he is impaled by the desk spike of William de Worde in the offices of The Ankh-Morpork Times after being trapped in a cellar with molten lead raining from the ceiling as the building burned, killing Mr Tulip to use his body as a raft and to steal his potato (which he believed granted its possessor a path to reincarnation). Discworld Standalones Younger Readers The Long Earth Short Stories Dramatisations Younger Readers Featuring trainee witches, educated rodents, a charismatic tosher and a race of tiny people from another world called Nomes, these books were written with younger readers in mind but can be read by anyone with a love of the fantastical. 'Well, the night is young,' said Albert, sitting back in the sacks. Liessa's kingdom is not likely to have survived, for by the later books, the barbarian way of life has all but vanished from the Discworld. He simply mentally edits them out. His final thought in the novel is, 'This is ing good wood!". Head of the Guild of "Seamstresses" (actually prostitutes). 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. Unfortunately, Mr Pin also steals his potato shortly before killing him, but Mr Tulip manages to retain the memory of a potato in the afterlife. 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). He survives a direct elvish invasion of the Lancre castle, mainly due to one of his birds attacking the elf. 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. Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre, Discworld Assassins' Guild Yearbook and Diary 2000. Under his management, the clacks network became more profitable, but less reliable. Cohen does not know how old he is exactly. Gaspode, however, does manage to become agent to both Victor Tugelbend and Laddie, successfully renegotiating their contracts with a ten per cent commission. He lives in a barrel inside the wall of the palace of the Tyrant in Ephebe, crafting bespoke philosophies, axioms or aphorisms for scraps. She was last seen in an amorous relationship with Nijel the Destroyer. It appears that he remains at the bank though, in an attempt to honour his clown heritage, he returns to work wearing a red nose. Lobsang (born Newgate Ludd) was raised by the Ankh-Morpork Thieves' Guild, but was discovered by Soto of the History Monks when Lobsang performed the Stance of the Coyote (the effect is not fully explained, though it is presumably a reference to Wile E. Coyote's ability to pause in mid-air for comic effect) in order to save his own life after falling from a rooftop, which would have killed him. It is also mentioned that he never went to Ankh-Morpork in his lifetime. 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. He also deliberately changes the course of history because he did not like the way things "should" go, replacing a horrific war with a century of peace. As he said, "Def'nitely give the ol' Rule One a fillip.". 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. 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. Moist von Lipwig refers to a rumour that there is a horse in Ankh-Morpork with a longitudinal seam from head to tail. C K (Caimh) McDonnell is a former stand-up comedian and TV writer. Examples include the Johnson Exploding Pagoda and a chiming sundial that tends to explode every other day around noon. Death's Domain. Pteppic's half-sister and successor. 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. Hrun also has some fame, because Twoflower gets very excited at the prospect of meeting Hrun the Barbarian. Was voiced by Alice Hart in the BBC Radio Four adaptation of Mort. His cough is described as sounding 'almost solid'. 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. 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. Votes: 1,021. However, he rarely got any cases. 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). 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. She also acquired from Cohen suitable heroic instincts (that is, strong urges to fight, kill, and steal) and an ability to use anything as a deadly weapon. 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. His wig is believed to be sentient, and is certainly self-mobile, having escaped from a locked cupboard in the hospital. His "sonkies" (condoms), as they are generally known, sell for a penny a packet. A considerable testament to his skills, considering that the horse had, in fact, died coming up to the starting line. Her name is a play on the saying "a date with Rosie Palms," a slang term for masturbation. Nijel the Destroyer, son of Harebut the Provision Merchant, is a would-be barbarian hero, appearing in Sourcery. This could also imply that Hrun eventually split up with Liessa. This failed and he found himself personal assistant to the Dragon King in Guards! Guards!. 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. He also appears in Discworld 2, along with many of the other Dibblers, including D'Blah and Point-Me-Own-Bone Dibjla (who is exclusive to the game). With brains". They had discussed this with Death and had turned down his offer to extend the duration of their existence on the grounds that it would not be the same as actually lengthening their lives. His full name is mentioned in Making Money. Mr Tulip is, along with Mr Pin, a member of the New Firm, a duo of interloping criminals in The Truth. He probably thought sorry for me."). Classic Edd Matt Bendee Ku Klux Klan Dr. Decapi Ringo Tom Tord Santa Claus Kim and Katya Paul Zombehs Ash Williams . Highly skilled at achieving results, when he treated the racehorse Dire Fortune, it did not fall over until the last furlong. In self-imposed exile from his background of wealthy nobility, especially his father Lord de Worde, William works hard (and with varying degrees of success) to cast off the influence of his father, Lord de Worde, an arrogant speciesist,[11] In desperation, Liessa summons her own dragon to pursue them (still naked, as Pratchett makes a point of). In this form it was simply a complex network of glass tubes, containing "ants as carriers of information". Lewton is the Disc's first and only private investigator and a former member of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, having been banished from it for taking a bribe. In general Mr Pin makes the plans and decides where they are going to go and what they are going to do, but he is open to suggestions from his partner. In Raising Steam, he develops a childlike interest in the newly-emergent railway, wishing to spend more time aboard Iron Girder, the Discworld's first steam locomotive. Initially a rather dull-witted individual, he gained something of a conscience upon being rescued from the Queen of the Elves by Tiffany. Fortunately his liking for pins can be used to calm him down from his, as called in the books, 'Little Moments'. 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. 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. Guards! 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. Stars: Jane Horrocks, June Whitfield, Annette Crosbie, Eleanor Bron. Appeared in The Colour of Magic. [2] Somebody apparently wants him dead, as the price on his head at The Assassins' Guild is $132,000. 5. He would not 'buy posh foreign dogs when he can buy the crossbreeds'. Commander Sam Vimes had a particular unexplained grudge against him. 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