list of discworld characters
Christine is friendly and kind, but not particularly bright, and she can be unintentionally slighting. This failed and he found himself personal assistant to the Dragon King in Guards! He also gave free treatment to those who needed it, including those who had been tortured by the Cable Street Particulars. Swing moves and speaks in an erratic, jumpy fashion, in bursts and sputters, rather than a continuous flow of movement or sound. Mr Tulip is, along with Mr Pin, a member of the New Firm, a duo of interloping criminals in The Truth. With brains". Eric inherited most of his demonology books and paraphernalia (as well as a talking parrot) from his grandfather; his parents, apparently convinced that their son was destined to become a gifted demonologist, allowed him free rein over his grandfather's workshop. In a similar vein, she, against her own better judgement, allows herself to be swept off her feet by an unlikely romance with a savant orc, Mr. Nutt, and eventually goes on an adventure with him into Uberwald. This mainly involves figuring out which deaths needed to be attended to personally, an important aspect of all reality. 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. This state of affairs might not have continued long if the Luggage had not intervened. . His name is a reference to the real stable-owner Thomas Hobson, best known as the name behind the expression Hobson's choice. 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. 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. In the Cosgrove Hall animation of Soul Music, Mort is voiced by Neil Morrissey. His nephew has a similar exchange with Cropper in the pages of The Discworld Almanak. 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. 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. One of the rare Discworld short stories, "Troll Bridge", tells of Cohen setting out to slay a troll, only to end up reminiscing with it about the good old days when things were black and white and everyone respected the traditions. 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. Guards!. 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." 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). He probably thought sorry for me."). Having meant to have been a wonder dog, his being a diseased mongrel leads to said role being given to Laddie, a talented but thoroughly stupid pure-bred Ramtop hunting dog. This collection follows their antics and adventures. In Snuff, it is revealed that Harry King has since been given a Knighthood. 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. The management has her lip-synch on stage to the voice of Agnes Nitt, otherwise known as Perdita X. Nitt. His trousers and socks are confirmed as being highly explosive, as a result of the gunpowder-like solution they are treated with. 1. 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). The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. Hrun also has some fame, because Twoflower gets very excited at the prospect of meeting Hrun the Barbarian. Discworld MUD is a multiplayer, text-based, online game (a MUD, or text MMORPG) based on the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett. How many Dibblers? The books can be read in any order but for ease we have . He has a habitual cough, hence his name, the result of his continuous smoking habit, again, hence his name. Excessively seedy, momentously dirty, overpoweringly smelly and entirely incomprehensible, Foul Ole Ron is the best-known member of the crew. When he starts to hear about the strange murders being committed by the "Opera Ghost", his first concern is how expensive the murder might prove to be, though he does acknowledge the seriousness of the event as well. The Discworld Graphic Novels: The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic. Twoflower is the optimistic but naive tourist. However, following the events of Going Postal, in which the destruction of his collection coincided with the invention of the postage stamp, he redirected his obsession to stamp collecting and philately. A Holy Wood actress in Moving Pictures. Verence II is a very well-meaning king, who takes running a kingdom very seriously (he takes most things seriously, having learnt at a very early age that being a Fool was no laughing matter), but things seldom turn out the way he might want. This is in part a reference to Martin, the pessimist philosopher and sweeper in Voltaire's Candide. This favourite Discworld character is depicted in a detailed 30mm scale, high quality metal cast miniature. In Men at Arms, he made a brief venture at selling food for trolls and later dwarfs. 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. Actor David Bradley played Cohen in the 2008 The Colour of Magic miniseries. ), see the articles for those races. Student wizard turned actor, and protagonist of Moving Pictures. At the last, even their own soldiers were killing farmers, desperate to find any food. A character in Monstrous Regiment, Jackrum is an immensely fat, hard-bitten Borogravian sergeant major with decades of military experience. Period. In Lords and Ladies Verence and Magrat finally marry. 7. Explanation reveals that in Dimwell slang, "syrup of prunes" means wig. 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. 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. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page. After fusing with Jeremy, Lobsang inherited all of Time's powers (though due to his inexperience he needs "time" to recharge them initially) and eventually takes over her role. 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). Adora wears what she claims are "the pointiest heels in the world" which she uses to deal with unwelcome advances. In The Truth, the existence of a talking dog has become as well-known a rumour as the existence of a rightful King of Ankh-Morpork walking the streets of the city (both of which are true). A character called 'Clap-Me-In-Irons Daoibleagh' appears in the webcomic Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan. At the end of Thief of Time he shares an unspecified "perfect moment" with Susan Sto Helit (a.k.a. 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'. Reacher Gilt appears in the novel Going Postal. When Carlotta Von Uberwald came into his life, Lewton's life changed forever. In the TV adaptation of Going Postal, Groat is portrayed by Andrew Sachs. In the ethereal desert, Vorbis learns to his horror that what he thought was the voice of Om was in fact his own voice echoing inside of his own head, plunging him into despair. The first book opens with a dying wizard trying to pass his powers onto an eighth son of an eighth son being born. 'Well, the night is young,' said Albert, sitting back in the sacks. Roland's father eventually fell very ill, and his two scheming aunts used their new position as his guardians to rob his family blind. 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 might resemble Frank Spencer known from the BBC television comedy Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. He (and a number of other animals) gain sapience and the ability to speak as a result of the escaped Holy Wood Dream, and is compelled to travel to Holy Wood to break into the Discworld's newly-established film industry. He is ridiculously brave, often simply charging while the weapons just miss him, every time. (Gollancz, 1989) Eventually, Trev joins the newly formed footballing league, and Juliet embarks on a new life as a WAG and fashion model. Promotion is also an unlikely prospect in the firm. 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. Then, 'No, it ain't.' I'M SORRY? It was previously thought they might all be related, but the Discworld Companion explains that this is parallel evolution. 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. 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. Classic Edd Matt Bendee Ku Klux Klan Dr. Decapi Ringo Tom Tord Santa Claus Kim and Katya Paul Zombehs Ash Williams . The wintersmith approaches him to take some sulfur, so that he would become a man. 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. 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. Twoflower supplies them with a wedding present of a box of Agatean money, which he believes to be inconsequential but which Rincewind comments, out of earshot of Twoflower, would buy them a small kingdom. First introduced in The Wee Free Men, the first novel in the Tiffany Aching series. 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