A doctor in Ankh-Morpork. Following his successful delivery of Young Sam, Samuel Vimes gave him a large area of land in the Goosegate area of the city. 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. When Death feels in need of a break, Mort takes over The Duty. He is generally referred to just as "Sweeper". William also appears in Monstrous Regiment, as a war correspondent in Borogravia along with Otto von Chriek, and is mentioned in Thud!, Making Money, Unseen Academicals, and Snuff. In the animated adaptation of the novel, Imp was voiced by Andy Hockley, and his final fate is changed to working as a gardener at Susan's school; their interactions are rewritten throughout the adaptation to imply a developing romantic relationship. Mort is included in Wayne Barlowe's Barlowe's Guide to Fantasy. Mr Hong never appears in any of the books, having (apparently) died before the start of any of the stories, but appears to form an important part of Ankh-Morpork's collective memory. He has a remarkable talent for mathematics and technology, suggesting to William de Worde several ways of improving the clacks system, despite never having encountered it before and the system being an 'Abomination Unto Nuggan'. Other characters in this series include Adora Belle Dearheart, Lipwig's acerbic, chain-smoking love interest; Gladys, a golem who develops a strange crush on Lipwig; Stanley Howler, an obsessive young man who was raised by peas and becomes the Discworld's first stamp collector; and the very old Junior Postman Groat, who never got promoted to At the end of the book, Polly has left the army, but rejoins as a sergeant when Borogravia is invaded again. Christine's father told her that a "dear little pixie" would help her career, and she thinks that Agnes might be that pixie. A significant character in Monstrous Regiment, he is Polly Perks' platoon commander. All Votes Add Books To This List. From her father, she inherited sinews as strong as a mooring line, muscles as solid as a plank, and reflexes like a snake on a hot tin roof (from relevant pieces of description in Sourcery). She is descended from the High Priestess of Holy Wood, and while sleeping, she was repeatedly possessed by an unknown force, possibly the priestess. Student wizard turned actor, and protagonist of Moving Pictures. Andrew Rawnsley said that he "ran away from the circus to join a troupe of accountants."[6]. This in itself is an ontological paradox (which was of course evened out by the history monks). Mr Pin and Mr Tulip are very similar in many respects to Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar, a violent duo in Neverwhere, written by Neil Gaiman. 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. 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. He has also theorised on the physical underpinnings of monarchy, explaining royal succession by use of a particle known as a Kingon (or possibly Queon), musing about the possibility of a communications system based upon the systematic torture of a monarch (although at this point, he had been "thrown out of the bar"). 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. Her character also appears in Night Watch. Hrun is an archetypal fantasy barbarian: hulking and musclebound yet slow-witted, with very little dress sense, battle-prone, alcoholic and fond of virgins. 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. When Brutha, Eighth Prophet and Prophet of Prophets, dies after a hundred years in power, he encounters a catatonic Vorbis in the ethereal desert; taking pity on him, he guides him through the desert to face judgement. (2001). Meanwhile, Nobby considers letting her down gently because she did not know her way around a kitchen. 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. As far as standardization was concerned, Quimby instituted the Ankh-Morpork Bureau of Measurements, in which is kept the standardized Blunt Stick (originally a Sharp one was on display as well, but very few things were found worse than a poke in the eye with it), the recipe for the Pie that It May be As Nice As, Two Short Planks and the stone used in the original Moss-Gathering Trials. His one recorded act (The Colour of Magic) was to direct the Assassins' Guild to 'inhume' the tourist Twoflower at the request of the Grand Vizier of the Agatean Empire, contrary to the orders of the Emperor; the attempt failed. [2] Somebody apparently wants him dead, as the price on his head at The Assassins' Guild is $132,000. Guards! Liessa agrees to resort to banishing her brothers. List of Discworld characters A Ankh-Morpork City Watch D Death (Discworld) H Hex (Discworld) R Rincewind S Susan Sto Helit V Lord Vetinari Sam Vimes Moist von Lipwig Jingo Men At Arms Night Watch Snuff Thud! 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. He was introduced to the discworld series in the book Making Money. Also known as Mad or Psychoneurotic Lord Snapcase. 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." Mr Tulip is, along with Mr Pin, a member of the New Firm, a duo of interloping criminals in The Truth. He meets Rincewind in Bel Shamharoth's lair, and aids his escape. He was looking for a job that was romantic, but did not involve hard work, which Holy Wood provided. 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 Unseen Academicals, he reveals that he cannot understand the fuss that is being made about football, both old and new. In addition to the standard loincloth, Nijel wears woolen long underwearhis mother insisted. When he is 12 years old, Roland is kidnapped by the Queen, and does not age during his captivity since time hardly passes while in Fairyland. This favourite Discworld character is depicted in a detailed 30mm scale, high quality metal cast miniature. He has also been hoarding food, and rescuing much of the castle's silverware and paintings. She was completely innocent about sex, and was completely unaware that her job could be considered "acting like a floozy"; in the end, Angua and Sally explain the facts of, well, everything. 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. He is a devout follower of The Way of Mrs.Cosmopilite, a way of life of his own devising which he created after lodging with Marietta Cosmopilite in Ankh-Morpork, some of which is explained in more detail in Lu-Tze's Yearbook of Enlightenment. Eric was last seen escaping from Hell with Rincewind, and it is unknown what happened to him afterwards. This page was last edited on 13 February 2023, at 15:11. 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. 1. Hrun owns a magic talking sword, Kring, which he stole following a battle, and lived to greatly regret it due to the sword's talkativeness. Lu-Tze theorised that time's hold on him was "loose", for example, Lobsang could demonstrate a negative reaction timemoving towards something before it starts moving, though this theory eventually proved to be wrong. 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. The Discworld He is possibly inspired in part by John Major who was born the son of a music hall performer, but left to join a bank, eventually becoming Prime Minister of the UK 1990-1997. Tawneee is, in fact, merely her stage name; her real name is Betty. In the TV adaption of Going Postal, Gilt is portrayed by David Suchet. 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. In the TV adaptation of Going Postal, Stanley is played by Ian Bonar. A bard from the decidedly Cymric country of Llamedos. 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. 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. 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. Head of the Guild of "Seamstresses" (actually prostitutes). 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. 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. Queen Ptraci I of Djelibeybi. She is correct about the inhuman monsters and the dwarfs (although she is never told about the first one and the second is "only by coincidence"). 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. The first tourist ever on the Discworld, he wrote "What I Did on My Holidays" after his return to the Empire. He appears in Going Postal, although the stable had previously appeared in The Truth. Classic Edd Matt Bendee Ku Klux Klan Dr. Decapi Ringo Tom Tord Santa Claus Kim and Katya Paul Zombehs Ash Williams . He is a habitual speaker of Dimwell Arrhythmic Rhyming Slang, the only known rhyming slang in the universe that does not actually rhyme. He also has a superstition that those who die while holding a potato will be reincarnated. These are the various bipedal sentient species and differently-animated races of Discworld. 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 Miss Dearheart can see through most of Lipwig's conman tricks, amazing him; he names her "Spike" out of fondness. She is a beneficiary of the sad fact that star quality is a far rarer commodity than talent. Hodgesaargh is based on a real-life keeper of birds of prey named Dave Hodges, who lives in Northamptonshire. The Compleat Ankh-Morpork City Guide. Carcer's full name was shown in a preview of Night Watch to be Carcer Dun, but this was never revealed in the completed book. 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). 7. For biographies of noted members of the Discworld's "ethnic minorities" (dwarfs, trolls, undead, etc. He has a shock of bright red hair, and walks as if he is made entirely of knees. She also has a fixation for the colour pink. However, he introduces the concept of insurance to Ankh-Morpork (in particular to the landlord of the Broken Drum, which would prove fortunate as the city and tavern were both consumed by flame (albeit not entirely by accident)the policy allowed the Broken Drum to be rebuilt as the Mended Drum.). The main character in Monstrous Regiment. Indeed, he once said he was best at 'selling ideas.' 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 assists newly-recruited werewolf Watchwoman Angua in the Night Watch's investigation of a plot involving a 'gonne', the Discworld's only firearm, and avoids run-ins with the Dogs' Guild, a pack of feral dogs led by Big Fido. 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. Ysabell first appeared in The Light Fantastic, where she met Rincewind, and was surprised to learn that he was not actually dead. 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). He maintained his monopoly by killing anyone attempting to set up another network, including Robert Dearheart's son, John, and employing the banshee Mr. Gryle to do so. 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. Like her half-brother she is keen to get in some decent plumbing. This force used Ginger to attempt to awaken the Holy Wood guardian, which would have put a stop to the Holy Wood magic and prevented the Things from the Dungeon Dimensions from breaking through to the Discworld. As he said, "Def'nitely give the ol' Rule One a fillip.". The wintersmith approaches him to take some sulfur, so that he would become a man. By the end of the book, Polly is a seasoned soldier, and it turns out, not the important one in the unit. 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. Harry prefers it when burglars break in, so that he does not have to feed the dogs. Moist, for his part, regards the interviews with her as a guaranteed thrill requiring him to think quickly on his feet. His name originates from his catchphrase ' and at that price, I'm cutting me own throat.' His name is an allusion to the Chinese legendary figure Lao-Tze, the sage to whom the Tao Te Ching is attributed. 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 . The Dark Side of the Sun. Rate. Susan Death), who is also a human who inherited qualities from an anthropomorphic personification. Captain Swing is the head of the Unmentionables in the Ankh-Morpork of the past in Night Watch. Hrun accepts and succeeds in carrying out her orders, but refuses to definitely kill her siblings. In Lords and Ladies Verence and Magrat finally marry. 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. 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. In Raising Steam, swayed by the new steam engine by Dick Simnel (who becomes romantically involved with Harry King's favorite niece, Emily King), Harry provides the capital to build the "Ankh-Morpork and Sto Plains Hygienic Railway", and at the end of the book is given a peerage. It is not known if this is the result of Quimby's rule, or simply a natural trait that reached its peak in him. 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. Under his management, the clacks network became more profitable, but less reliable. According to Moist von Lipwig he is roughly the same age as Moist, who is 26 in Going Postal. Mrs Palm was considered almost a witch by Granny. The management has her lip-synch on stage to the voice of Agnes Nitt, otherwise known as Perdita X. Nitt. Eventually, Trev joins the newly formed footballing league, and Juliet embarks on a new life as a WAG and fashion model. Reacher Gilt appears in the novel Going Postal. He embezzles money and murders the people who find out, blaming the murders on the Opera Ghost. A past Patrician of Ankh-Morpork referred to in The Light Fantastic, Olaf Quimby was noted for his interest in honest and accurate descriptions as well as proper standards for everything, particularly metaphor. In it, Henry goes "Cough, gack, ptui". Diggers. He spent countless days drinking and drinking. The pigs galloped on. The Director of Music at the Ankh-Morpork Opera House in Maskerade, most notable for an absolute hatred of opera. His nephew has a similar exchange with Cropper in the pages of The Discworld Almanak. 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. After the rather unsuccessful attempt, he and his friends escaped on the backs of horses belonging to the Valkyries and rode into the sky, seeking to explore the outside of space. This mainly involves figuring out which deaths needed to be attended to personally, an important aspect of all reality. C K (Caimh) McDonnell is a former stand-up comedian and TV writer. Verence was voiced by Andrew Branch in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Wyrd Sisters, and by Les Dennis in the Cosgrove Hall animation. 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. 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?" With the help of Ninereeds he rescues Rincewind and escapes the Wyrmberg. For biographies of noted members of the Discworld's "ethnic minorities" (dwarfs, trolls, undead, etc. He appears to be an homage to the famous cynic, Diogenes, who was similarly disliked by his contemporaries for focusing on the 'wrong questions'. The Duck Man speculates that Andrews was once a mild-mannered person of a psychic disposition who was mentally overwhelmed by the other souls. He was deposed as a result of the Glorious Revolution of the Twenty-Fifth of May, during which he was very nearly assassinated by the future Lord Vetinari, but died out of sheer terror instead when Vetinari, dressed all in black, walked up to him in a room full of people, none of them noticing anything. Before he can accept the "proposal", Rincewind and Twoflower riding upon Twoflower's conjured dragon Ninereeds, snatch up Hrun in a rescue attempt and fly away with him. List of Discworld characters Introduction 71-Hour Ahmed Adora Belle Dearheart Bloody Stupid Johnson Brutha Canting Crew Foul Ole Ron Coffin Henry Altogether Andrews The Duck Man Arnold Sideways Carcer Christine Cohen the Barbarian Conina Corporal Strappi Adora has returned to running the Clacks service running it as her father did. 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. This contains sausages-in-buns, meat pies, and probably some merchandise connected with whatever the latest Morporkian fad is, but only when other ideas have proven to be unsuccessful. 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'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. 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. Reforming the Church along tolerant, humanist lines, he reigns for a hundred years before dying. 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. 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. 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. In Jingo his name is given as Gen. A. Tacticus. 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. She appears in The Colour of Magic. 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. As the new owners did not really understand the clacks the way the previous management had, they worked it until it broke. A Borogravian girl of 16 who joined the army under the name Oliver Perks to rescue her brother Paul and save her family's inn. Roland fought back as far as he could, in the process learning a great deal about surviving sieges and the art of insurgency. In Unseen Academicals, he once said he was best at 'selling ideas. head. 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