The latest Tweets from Lego Ankh-Morpork (@LegoAnkhMorpork). Castle falconer at Lancre, Hodgesaargh is not his actual name, but some misunderstanding has been caused due to his birds' habit of attacking him when people speak to him (i.e. 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. Partway through Monstrous Regiment, Strappi disappears, stealing a lot of the Regiments's personal possessions. He is described as having "four eyes" by a beggar at the docks early in the events in The Colour of Magic, who "found himself looking up into a face with four eyes," implying he actually wears glasses, although Josh Kirby's dust jacket illustrations for The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic shows him with four eyes. He is quiet (if a tad sarcastic) and almost unshockable. They turned out to be very wrong. Distrust is generally encouraged among the D'regs, with Ahmed once telling Vimes that his mother would be greatly offended if he trusted her on the grounds that she would feel she did not bring him up right. He was killed in The Fifth Elephant, after having helped produce the replica of the Scone of Stone. A few years later, Lewton decided to pick himself up, forget about Ilsa and the rest of his past and start a new life. 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. A thirteen-year-old demonologist and title character in Eric. He often runs into danger, being certain that nothing bad will happen to him since he is not involved. Though it is never satisfactorily explained exactly what happened, in Jingo it is revealed that only his kidney and a few bones were found; in the game Discworld Noir his shop was used as a location for one of the murders. This page was last edited on 13 February 2023, at 15:11. The lack of a formal title, in fact, gives him fewer restrictions than his contemporaries. His most distinguishing feature, however, is his smilehis unique dentures are made out of troll teeth, which consist of pure diamond and were inspired when Twoflower showed him his own (more typical) set. However, Pratchett has denied any conscious reference in this case.[7]. The Djelibeybian priests thought she would be easy to control. Unfortunately for Mort, his feelings for a teenage princess of Sto Lat get in the way of his job and he starts off a chain reaction of events by impulsively preventing her assassination. Eventually he was apprenticed to Lu-Tze after his teachers were unable to teach him. Death is successful at taking coin and enhancing the group's earning power where he also becomes known as the Grateful Death. Of all the characters in Terry Pratchett's Discworld Magrat Garlick, Granny Weatherwax, and Nanny Ogg are some of the most beloved by fans. Reacher Gilt appears in the novel Going Postal. Pronounced "de Chuffley" (which, as Pratchett says, is not his fault). Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, and predecessor to Mad Lord Snapcase. 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. 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. 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. 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. On arriving at the Great Desert he tries to use his phrenological skills to determine Death's character, only to find that Death has no characteristics he can measure. A character named C!Mot is briefly mentioned in The Also People, a Doctor Who Virgin New Adventures novel by Ben Aaronovitch, running a T-shirt stall in the marketplace of Whynot. Discworld Novels 01 The Colour of Magic (Colin Smythe, 1983) 02 The Light Fantastic (Colin Smythe, 1986) 03 Equal Rites ( Gollancz, Colin Smythe, 1987) 04 Mort (Gollancz, Colin Smythe, 1987) 05 Sourcery (Gollancz, Colin Smythe, 1988) 06 Wyrd Sisters (Gollancz, 1988) 07 Pyramids (Gollancz, 1989) 08 Guards! After the time crash he goes out into the world to stop the second Glass Clock (under the pretext of being shown the Way of Mrs Cosmopilite), which was being constructed by his then unknown temporal double, Jeremy Clockson. Since Hrun is mentioned to have joined the Watch in Interesting Times, she and Hrun may have split up, or she herself is now part of the Watch, though the latter seems improbable. 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. In Interesting Times Cohen became Emperor of the Agatean Empire, having conquered it with his allies, the Silver Horde. 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. Most have double meanings, serving as both stereotypical utterances of a grouchy older working-class woman, and equally stereotypical pieces of oriental wisdom. At the outset of the Discworld series, B.S. Evil Harry Dread is the villainous counterpart to Cohen the Barbarian; an old fashioned heroic fantasy type annoyed with how the Discworld has changed (nowadays, modern heroes always block his escape tunnel before confronting him). When confronting the heads of the Borogravian army, Jackrum reveals (after asking the other two-thirds to depart the room) that almost a third of the commanders are women, whom he uncovered during his time in the army, something that became something of a hobby for the sergeant. 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. Lewton appears in the third Discworld computer game, Discworld Noir. 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. First introduced in The Wee Free Men, the first novel in the Tiffany Aching series. 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. 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. Guards!). Another example given in the text is "cup-and-plate"no definition is given, but "He's a bit cup-and-plate in the head" implies it means "not quite right.". He is played by Sean Astin (alongside David Jason as Rincewind) in the two-part television adaptation. He performed all around the world, before hanging up his clowning shoes to concentrate on writing. In Going Postal, Groat tells Moist von Liping about his hair that, "It's all mine, you know, not a prunes". He is the head of a consortium of financiers who had been embezzling from the clacks network since it was set up, and who, when it reached the point of collapse, bought the original owners out with their own money. She appears in Witches Abroad as an attractive young woman with brown skin and blonde hair. 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. 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. She chose her false name, Oliver, because it corresponded with the folksong "Sweet Polly Oliver", which is about a girl running off to join the army. His basic philosophy is that there is nothing that someone will pay to have removed that someone else will not pay to acquire. At the end of the book they are not present, and it is assumed that they have left for their marriage. All Votes Add Books To This List. The management has her lip-synch on stage to the voice of Agnes Nitt, otherwise known as Perdita X. Nitt. 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). Bel-Shamharoth Betty 'Shufti" Manickle Big Yan Bilious Bill Rincewind Bjorn Hammerhock Black Zenell Blind Hugh Blind Io Bloody Stupid Johnson Boddony Ransak Boggett Bouffant Bowell Bravd Brick Broadman Brutha Buckleby Buggy Swires Bundo Prong C Canting Crew Captain "Mayonnaise" Quirke Captain John Keel (The Watch) Captain Swing Captain Tilden "Hello, my name is HodgesARRRRRGH"). 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. He survives a direct elvish invasion of the Lancre castle, mainly due to one of his birds attacking the elf. This was intended to be a sort of retirement plan, but Cohen and his chums became bored and then abandoned the Empire in The Last Hero, in which Cohen decides to express his displeasure with the modern world by "returning fire to the gods, with interest". Andrew Rawnsley said that he "ran away from the circus to join a troupe of accountants."[6]. It is possible that Mr Pin and Mr Tulip are taken as analogues of the Marvel Comics characters, the Kingpin and the Rose, organised crime figures. That person coming down the street in Ankh-Morpork or sneaking up behind you in the dark woods isn't necessarily human. 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