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On his first appearance in the series he is already an old man, but still tough enough to handle anything the world can throw at him; his opponents often underestimate him because of his age, realizing too late that a man who does for a living what Cohen does and nevertheless survives to such an age must be very good at it indeed. He was sadistic, and extremely fond of torture, much like his predecessor. This allowed Mort to stay in the world of the living. William de Worde described him as someone with "no discernible personality." 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. He was born as a clown (Charlie Benito), but his first time performing was severely affected by the audience laughing at him. Ironically, Jackrum turns out to be a woman as well, having joined the army in her youth along with her lover, who died in battle, leaving the young Jackrum pregnant, something that she covered up by taking her considerable accumulated leave. The main character in Monstrous Regiment. In The Fifth Elephant, Gaspode is employed by Captain Carrot to track down Angua after she flees back to her native berwald, where he explores his lupine nature. Ofttimes beset by other barbarians, and even more often tearing across the Disc-scape as an aside. 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. 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. He claims that, when he dies, he wants a bell left on his gravestone so he can have the pleasure of not getting up when people ring. Under his management, the clacks network became more profitable, but less reliable. Official figurines, models & collectable figures from Terry Pratchett's Discworld! The first king to leave the kingdom, he was trained at the Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild. Also known as Mad or Psychoneurotic Lord Snapcase. He is also one of the three founders of Morecombe, Slant, and Honeyplace, Ankh Morpork's leading legal practice. Also notable is his method of dealing with unpleasant occurrences. Guards! In 2004 BBC Radio 4 adapted Mort, with the title character voiced by Carl Prekopp and Ysabell being voiced by Clare Corbett. 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. Snippets of Tacticus' advice turns up in various Discworld chronicles, and it can be gathered that he was a very realistic, down-to-earth general. Dr. Liessa abandons Rincewind and Twoflower to their fate and catches Hrun on her dragon, and the two share a passionate kiss. She appears in The Colour of Magic. Most have double meanings, serving as both stereotypical utterances of a grouchy older working-class woman, and equally stereotypical pieces of oriental wisdom. Hex has its origins in a device that briefly appeared in Soul Music, created by Ponder Stibbons[5] and some student Wizards in the High Energy Magic building. Upon nearing the Wyrmberg of the Dragonriders, he is captured by the curvaceous Liessa Dragonbidder and her dragon riders. 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. She possesses the ability to think in headlines, and has gained valuable experience as an editor, allowing her to, e.g., reduce an article's length in half merely by crossing out all the adjectives. 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. Lobsang inherited powers directly from his parent; she, indirectly from a foster grandparent (Death). Guards!). He also appears in the Discworld computer game. He also wears a sign saying "For sum muny I wont follo yu hom". Liessa is never seen or mentioned after this. Her establishment is used as a place to stay by Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg in Maskerade (on the recommendation of 'Nev' Ogg, though Granny Weatherwax had stayed there previously with Eskarina Smith in Equal Rites) and by Carrot on first settling in Ankh-Morpork (in Guards! The Discworld They subsequently meet their end after a freak accident sends their carriage plunging into a ravine, as revealed in Soul Music. According to Moist von Lipwig he is roughly the same age as Moist, who is 26 in Going Postal. Mort is described as being very tall and skinny, with muscles like knots in string. 1. Andrew Rawnsley said that he "ran away from the circus to join a troupe of accountants."[6]. In addition to social philosophy, Ly is also a proponent of natural philosophy. Sometimes spelt 'Coughin' Henry'. From then on, he renounced his clowning heritage, and went to work at the bank. 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 was previously the Fool to King Verence I, as his father and grandfather were before him. Quimby's reign ended when he was killed by a disgruntled poet during an experiment to test the truth of the saying "The pen is mightier than the sword". Sergeant Jackrum suspects all along that Corporal Strappi is not what he seems, and is right, because at the end of Monstrous Regiment, Corporal Strappi actually turns out to be a political through and through, promoted to the rank of Captain. They can, however, toy with this rule; Samuel Vimes passed one of their many cultural "tests" by refusing to eat the sheep-eye soup traditionally offered foreigners to see if they'd go for it. In fact, he uses the same trick (that no-one notices a sweeper) in the monastery as he does when out in the world, and has learnt as much about the nature of time as some of the higher monks simply by tidying up the classrooms. In his memory, it was amended to read: "The pen is mightier than the sword only if the sword is very small and the pen is very sharp". He is usually seen either carrying a tray or pushing a barrow (in [financially] better times). It was previously thought they might all be related, but the Discworld Companion explains that this is parallel evolution. It is possible that he is the ancestor of Rincewind as his name means "rinser of winds". Carcer is captured by Vimes at the end of Night Watch, likely to be sentenced to death. Brutha is a faithful and dutiful lad, word perfect on Omnian religious texts on account of his eidetic memory but unable to read or write. Nanny Ogg then tells everyone that the Fool is Tomjon's older half-brother. The ruined fortress city of Tacticum, located in the Klatchian desert, is encountered in Jingo. In Unseen Academicals, he reveals that he cannot understand the fuss that is being made about football, both old and new. He also gave Tiffany a box of watercolors, one of which was turquoise, allegedly very expensive on the Discworld. When a 9-year-old Tiffany finds him there in The Wee Free Men, a year has passed on the Disc since his disappearance, and so he would have been 13 in the "real" world. The background of Mr Pin is much more vague than his partner, Mr Tulip. 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. 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. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and his Discworld books have become truly iconic. THE NIGHT IS OLD. An archetypal fantasy barbarian woman (as well as an affectionate parody of the late Anne McCaffery's Dragonriders of Pern series), she has red chestnut hair, is curvaceous and wears almost nothing except for a chainmail harness. Death joins the crew in Soul Music where he takes the name, Mr Scrub. He fled the show, and he happened upon a group of travelling accountants, and discovered his talent for numbers. Ly is arguably the greatest philosopher on the Disc, although he is usually the one arguing for this. Literally; a cart ran over his legs several years ago and he now gets around on a wheelbarrow, usually pushed by the Duck Man. By the end of the book, Polly is a seasoned soldier, and it turns out, not the important one in the unit. Appears in The Truth, Going Postal and Making Money. He is the undisputed head of any legal action in the city and is one of the major members of the civil council. He simply mentally edits them out. Because she helps lay the fires, the palace cook nicknamed her "Embers" (she is, of course, the Discworld version of Cinderella, although the full nickname "Emberella" is referred to as sounding "like something you'd put up in the rain"). People send him small sums so that he will not turn up at their parties and ask them to look at his interesting collection of skin diseases. He only had a sword theatrically thrust under his armpit, but, according to the witches present, failed to notice this. A few years later, Lewton decided to pick himself up, forget about Ilsa and the rest of his past and start a new life. Was voiced by Alice Hart in the BBC Radio Four adaptation of Mort. When Mort first encountered Ysabell, he was given the impression of "too many chocolates". 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] The Discworld is the fictional setting of Terry Pratchett's most iconic fantasy novel series. He is apparently unaware of the fact that he has a duck on his head, and has little memory of his life previous to joining the Canting Crew, referring to it only as "when I was someone else". A group of misfit cops rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe. 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. At the end of Thief of Time he shares an unspecified "perfect moment" with Susan Sto Helit (a.k.a. Hex is a computer unlike any other the Disc has ever seen, which is not particularly exceptional because previously, all other "computers" on the Disc had consisted of druidic stone circles. His architecture and other inventions remain. 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 was killed in The Fifth Elephant, after having helped produce the replica of the Scone of Stone. This collection follows their antics and adventures. Characters are listed alphabetically by name. Tiffany was nonplussed, and claimed she needed no apology or recompense so long as he ruled justly when he became Baron. Before the couple can embark onto anything intimate however, Hrun is snatched away by Rincewind and Twoflower riding Twoflower's dragon Ninereeds. We are a fully-featured and well-established MUD with . Head of the Guild of "Seamstresses" (actually prostitutes). He probably thought sorry for me."). 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. Death, perplexed at the concept of a soul having a strong but completely vague belief, allows him to reincarnate as a woodworm. The Ankh-Morpork official Hangman and executioner, possibly its Chief Executioner, although others have not been specifically mentioned. She was last seen in an amorous relationship with Nijel the Destroyer. When Death feels in need of a break, Mort takes over The Duty. A bard from the decidedly Cymric country of Llamedos. He was the finest military mind on the continent of Klatch. He finds out about his "brother" (who is actually him, just having led a different life and born a second after him) and after touching him, they combine, and it is revealed that he is the son of Wen the Eternally Surprised and the personification of Time. Jackrum has, over the years, been the sergeant in command of (or under) a number of young soldiers who then rose up to the Army's high command, and thus wields considerable influence. Earlier in the aforementioned book it is stated by Cohen that Harry began with "two lads and his Shed Of Doom". 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). 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.). He appears to be an homage to the famous cynic, Diogenes, who was similarly disliked by his contemporaries for focusing on the 'wrong questions'. However, Mr Slant has also been involved in more sinister affairs. His name is a reference to the real stable-owner Thomas Hobson, best known as the name behind the expression Hobson's choice. 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). 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. In the TV adaptation of Going Postal, Miss Cripslock is portrayed by Tamsin Greig. However, he rarely got any cases. 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. [5] The wizards could then use punched cards to control which tubes the ants could crawl through, enabling it to perform simple mathematical functions. Books published by his company include The Joye of Snacks by A Lancre Witch and the Ankh-Morpork Almanack. 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 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. For example, the section of his autobiography entitled "What to Do When One Army Occupies a Well-Fortified Fortress on Superior Ground and the Other Does Not" begins with the sentence "Endeavour to be the one inside. He survives a direct elvish invasion of the Lancre castle, mainly due to one of his birds attacking the elf. Mort starts off at the bottom, learning to accept his position while mucking out the stables, and trying to ignore Ysabell, Death's adopted daughter. After lying about being a family pet, he quickly abandons one given to him as reward for his foiling a plot against Lord Vetinari after they attempt to wash him and give him a collar. An Ankh-Morpork nobleman, he first appears in Men At Arms, in which he is one of the nobles who does not take seriously d'Eath's proposal of restoring the Ankh-Morpork monarchy by installing Captain Carrot as King. Category:Discworld humanoid species. Like Ron, he appears as a verse in Where's My Cow?, when Sam adapts the Book's basic structure to fit city life. 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. As Vimes arrives in the countryside, despite the silence and tranquillity, he senses crime. Dr Lawn's preferred method of dealing with the nursing staff is to throw a handful of chocolates in one direction and run in the other as fast as possible. She has a prominent role in The Light Fantastic and a small cameo in Eric. He often runs into danger, being certain that nothing bad will happen to him since he is not involved. It is now believed that they are enjoying a relationship, as she was seen walking with him. 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). Victor is also notable for being actively lazy; he kept himself fit because it was less effort to do things with decent muscles, and put a lot of work into avoiding work (as his University career illustrates). score: 876 , and 9 people voted. 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