list of discworld characters

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. Category:Discworld humanoid species. The Dark Side of the Sun. 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. His nephew has a similar exchange with Cropper in the pages of The Discworld Almanak. A considerable testament to his skills, considering that the horse had, in fact, died coming up to the starting line. He is known to have had a brother in berwald. She is descended from the High Priestess of Holy Wood, and while sleeping, she was repeatedly possessed by an unknown force, possibly the priestess. 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. Sto Lat still had a queen by the time of Going Postal, though she is not mentioned by name. Cohen does mention that he has been married before, however. In Men at Arms, he was mentioned as having a cruet set designed by "Bloody Stupid" Johnson (where, due to Johnson's ineptitude with geometry meant that they are used as storage silos), and in Feet of Clay, he was mentioned to have made his horse a city councillor. It is also implied that she has an excellent figure ("other features that are considered attractive in any time"). 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. He comes from the Counterweight Continent, home of Rincewind's friend Twoflower. Having apprenticed his nephew Urn as a philosopher, they frequently argue over the merits of natural philosophy, specifically Urn's development of steam power. In Going Postal, Adora begins a tentative relationship with Moist von Lipwig; by the time of Making Money they have become engaged. The wintersmith approaches him to take some sulfur, so that he would become a man. Hrun also has some fame, because Twoflower gets very excited at the prospect of meeting Hrun the Barbarian. 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. She tries to hide her buxom qualities, without success. This has likely changed since marrying a 'Miss Drapes' at the Fool's Guild Chapel of Fun by Reverend Brother "Whacko" Whopply, in a 'whitewash wedding'. He is killed by Vimes during the fire at the Unmentionables' headquarters. As Patrician, he used his power to enforce laws against creative exaggeration in writing. Featuring in Unseen Academicals, Stollop is a stunningly beautiful and utterly empty-headed girl who becomes a society sensation overnight when offered the possibility to become a supermodel. At the last, even their own soldiers were killing farmers, desperate to find any food. Promotion is also an unlikely prospect in the firm. She also has a fixation for the colour pink. These are the various bipedal sentient species and differently-animated races of Discworld. Victor's uncle left a legacy to pay for Victor's tuition at Unseen University, provided that Victor never scored below an 80 on an exam. Gaspode assists the newly-created Ankh-Morpork Times's investigation of a plot to incriminate Lord Vetinari as an informant (going by the name "Deep Bone") and a translator for Lord Vetinari's dog Wuffles, a key witness. The Duck Man is regarded as the intellectual of the group, and appears to be relatively sane. Walter is helped by Agnes Nitt into combining both aspects of his personality together so that he can become the director of music. 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. Pratchett has stated on Twitter that she is married to William de Worde, retaining her maiden name for professional purposes.[8]. Death's Domain. At the end of Thief of Time he shares an unspecified "perfect moment" with Susan Sto Helit (a.k.a. He lives at 13 Midden Lane, Pseudopolis. [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. It will arrive unpainted, requiring preparation, assembly and painting but when it's finished you'll be itching to collect the rest! 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. Because their code demands it, assassins have to tell their victim their name and who sent themVetinari answered "think of me as your future" and "the city" respectively (indicating that Vetinari already planned to become Patrician some day). A ruthless businessman with a piratical appearance, including an eyepatch and a cockatoo that, instead of saying "pieces of eight", said "twelve and a half percent" (that is, one eighth), he was a shameless con-artist and fraudster whose business style was described as playing "find the lady with entire banks". This could also imply that Hrun eventually split up with Liessa. For biographies of noted members of the Discworld's "ethnic minorities" (dwarfs, trolls, undead, etc. Mr Mavolio Bent is the Head Cashier and all but in charge of the Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork. 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. Andrew Rawnsley said that he "ran away from the circus to join a troupe of accountants."[6]. Lobsang inherited powers directly from his parent; she, indirectly from a foster grandparent (Death). Hrun's fate after this is unknown. Like her half-brother she is keen to get in some decent plumbing. Some character biographies are also listed in articles relating to the organisations they belong to. Tacticus conquered a large area of the Discworld, both around the city of Ankh-Morpork and well into the rimward continent of Klatch. Publisher in Ankh-Morpork. Also known as Mad or Psychoneurotic Lord Snapcase. 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. Harry prefers it when burglars break in, so that he does not have to feed the dogs. Considering that Mr Slant is a zombie and both Mr Morecombe and Honeyplace are vampires, they are old enough to have been around when many laws were first written up. There is also a man selling hot dogs, possibly a reference to Dibbler. Her unusual middle names are the result of a Lancre tradition that whatever the priest says at the naming ceremony is your name (thus, Lancre once had a king called My-God-He's-Heavy the First, as well as a current farmer named James What the Hell's That Cow Doing in Here Poorchick, usually called 'Moocow'). 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. Guards!. Ron's smell has become strong enough to not only melt earwax but to acquire a separate existence. 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. (12 November 2019) Contents 1 Untitled 2 Cosmopilite vs Cosmopolite 3 Adora Dearheart Mr Pin is the brains of the New Firm, a duo of interloping criminals in The Truth. 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. 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. The miniseries was produced by The Mob Film Company and Sky One and it combined both The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic. (2001). In Good Omens, after Crowley's Bentley bursts into flames over the M25 motorway a crowd gathers. A member noted for being completely legless. "[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. He is usually seen either carrying a tray or pushing a barrow (in [financially] better times). He only had a sword theatrically thrust under his armpit, but, according to the witches present, failed to notice this. He believed that he was destined to become the Cenobiarch and Eighth Prophet of Omnianism, as the Great God Om had told him. Daughter of Geicha the First, lord of the Wyrmberg, and leader of the dragonriders. Johnson is well remembered, but has long been deceased. Whenever anything physical is being sold, the claims made on his labels range from euphemisms to outright fabrications. 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. Walter is an odd-job man at the Ankh-Morpork Opera House. . Characters are listed alphabetically by name. 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. 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. 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. Votes: 1,021. 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. Rincewind, of course, remains immovably convinced that Twoflower's IQ is comparable to that of a pigeon. This move was not entirely in Lobsang's best interestsdue to internal politics, it was hoped they would "break" each other. Hrun is an archetypal fantasy barbarian: hulking and musclebound yet slow-witted, with very little dress sense, battle-prone, alcoholic and fond of virgins. His full name is mentioned in Making Money. The daughter of Cohen the Barbarian and a temple dancer. Official figurines, models & collectable figures from Terry Pratchett's Discworld! Of note is the fact that Harry King employs most of the gnolls in the city (a race that spends all their time picking up trash,) never forgets a debtor and needs to take two baths just to elevate himself to the rank of dirty. Her character also appears in Night Watch. 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. 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