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Fandom

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==External links==

*[http://www.lspace.org The L-Space Web] - ''Everything'' about Discworld (including this Wiki.)

'''Newsgroups'''

* [news://alt.fan.pratchett alt.fan.pratchett] - opens [[alt.fan.pratchett]] in your default mail client
** [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.fan.pratchett alt.fan.pratchett] on [[Wikipedia:Google_(search_engine)|Google Groups]]
* [news://alt.fan.pratchett.announce alt.fan.pratchett.announce]
** [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.fan.pratchett.announce alt.fan.pratchett.announce] on Google Groups
* [news://alt.book.pratchett alt.books.pratchett]
** [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.books.pratchett alt.books.pratchett] on Google Groups
* [news://de.alt.fan.pratchett de.alt.fan.pratchett] - German fan newsgroup
** [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/de.alt.fan.pratchett de.alt.fan.pratchett] on Google Groups

'''Publishers' Websites'''

* [http://www.terrypratchett.co.uk/ Terry Pratchett] - Bibliography, forums and features from Verlagsgruppe Random House / Doubleday / etc.
* [http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/ Terry Pratchett Books] - A very active forum with members from around the world. Main page also includes current news and information about the books and Terry Pratchett. (HarperCollins)

'''Blogs and Discussion'''

* [http://www.affordable-prawns.co.uk/planet Planet afp] - A collection of afpers' weblogs.
* [http://www.electric-escape.net/pratchett Terry Pratchett Quotes] - A collection of quotations from Pratchett's novels and stories.
* [http://www.discworldmonthly.co.uk Discworld Monthly] - A free monthly newsletter about the Discworld.
* [http://goodomenslexicon.org/index.php The Good Omens Lexicon] - a fan site dedicated to this one book, and worth visiting
* [https://clacksheader.wordpress.com Clacks Header] - A collection of articles, eulogies, fanfiction and other bits and pieces gathered from various sources.

'''National Sites'''

* [http://www.Ankh-Morpork.de Ankh-Morpork.de] - The German Terry Pratchett Fan Club
* [http://www.discworld.cz www.discworld.cz] - The biggest Czech web page about Discworld
* [http://www.dwcon.org/ DWCon] UK ''[[Discworld]]'' Convention (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
* [http://www.ausdwcon.org Nullus Anxietas] - The Australian ''[[Discworld]]'' Convention (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015)
* [http://www.discworld-convention.de Dicscworld-Convention.de] - The German ''[[Discworld]]'' Convention (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019)
* [http://www.dutchdwcon.nl/ Cabbagecon] - Dutch Discworld Convention
* [http://www.nadwcon.org/ NADWCON] - The official site for the first North American Discworld Convention (2009)
* [http://www.vademecum-dm.com/index.php Vade Mecum] - a very good French-language site for Francophone fans of Terry Pratchett
* [http://dreamers.com/mundodisco/ La Concha de Gran'A'Tuin] - A Pratchett fan site in Spanish
* [http://pratchett.org pratchett.org] - a very good Russian-language site for CIS fans of Sir Terry
* [http://www.idwcon.org The Irish Discworld Convention]
* [http://www.pratchett.pl/ Pratchett.pl] - a rather comprehensive Polish site that has been hiding from us for some time. Includes a [http://www.pratchett.pl/pratchettopedia.html Pratchettopedia]

'''Peripherals'''

*[http://www.paulkidby.com Paul Kidby's homepage] - Discworld art and news.
*[[Discworld MUD]] - A text {{wp|Massively multiplayer online game|MMO}} game started in 1991, based heavily on Pratchett's work. [http://discworld.atuin.net Link to website]
*[http://www.nocturnalsoldier.org/Tealin/xhp/disc/index.html Discworld & Pratchett Paraphernalia], a wealth of illustrations by Tealin.
*[[Micro Art Studios]][http://www.shop.microartstudio.com/ - A Polish miniature manufacturer] - A company making miniatures for RPGs and collecting with a discworld range.
*An archive of [http://web.archive.org/web/20081212000857/http://www.cheerycomic.co.uk/ ''Cheerycomic''] via the Wayback Machine - a good resource for Dwarves and the Watch.

'''Forums'''

* [http://z6.invisionfree.com/Dungeon_Dimensions Dungeon Dimensions] - A forum dedicated to Discworld. Not very active but a nice community feel.
* [http://z3.invisionfree.com/DWExtended Discworld Extended] - A new forum for Discworld chat, fan fiction, games and roleplay.
* [http://forum.discworldemporium.com/ Discworld Emporium Forum] - Set up by [[Bernard Pearson]], a discussion point for all things Pratchett.

'''Wikis'''

* [http://pterryfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Discworld_Fanon_Wiki Pratchett Fanon Wiki] - A repository for all things Pratchett fanon. Feel free to use this for inspiration.
*[http://thelongearth.wikia.com/wiki/The_long_Earth_Wiki The Long Earth Wiki] - A great source for information on the Long Earth Series.
*[http://discworld.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Discworld Wiki] - The other Discworld Wikia.
*[http://www.thediscworld.de DiscWiki] - the German-language Discworld wiki.

'''Podcasts'''

* [https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/ Radio Morpork] - a Discworld podcast. Hosts Colm and Steve read each Discworld book in order, and create rankings.
* [http://pratchatpodcast.com Pratchat] - a monthly Terry Pratchett book club podcast. Hosts Elizabeth and Ben read and discuss a Pratchett book each episode with a special guest.

'''Teaching Guides'''
*[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazing-Maurice-Educated-Rodents-Respond/dp/1407160567/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=the+amazing+maurice&qid=1555667818&s=gateway&sr=8-6 ''The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Read & Respond)''], by Eileen Jones, Scholastic, 1st September 2016.
*[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Summary-Long-Earth-Terry-Pratchett/dp/1388253062/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=summary+of+the+long+earth+whizbooks&qid=1555665148&s=books&sr=1-1-fkmrnull ''Summary of The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett''], WhizBooks, 25th July 2018.
*[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Omens-Terry-Pratchett-Gaiman-Analysis/dp/2808018886/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=good+omens+bright+books&qid=1555667687&s=books&sr=1-1-fkmrnull ''Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman'']], Bright Summaries, 8th April 2019.

'''Criticism, biography, commentary'''

*[http://www.sfsite.com/~silverag/literature.html ''Terry Pratchett Guilty of Literature'']. The Science Fiction Foundation, 2000, edited by Andrew M. Butler, Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn.
*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/So-You-Think-Know-Discworld/dp/0340917326/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1447877151&sr=8-1&keywords=so+you+think+you+know+discworld|''So You Think You Know Discworld''] Hodder Children's Books, 2006, by Clive Gifford. Unofficial quiz book unlike the [[Book:The Unseen University Challenge|other]] [[Book:The Wyrdest Link|two]] by Dave Langford which were endorsed by Terry.
*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Unofficial-Companion-Novels-Terry-Pratchett/dp/1846450012/ref=pd_sim_sbs_14_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=0GX5ZYSDJRTYKXE5AD0J&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL320_SR210%2C320_| ''An Unofficial Companion to the Novels of Terry Pratchett''] Greenwood World Publishing, 2007, Andrew M. Butler.
*[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Terry-Pratchett-Writers-Uncovered-Parker/dp/0431906432| ''Terry Pratchett (Writers Uncovered)''] Heinemann Library, 2007, Vic Parker.
*[http://www.sfsite.com/08a/tm277.htm ''The Turtle Moves'']. Benbella Books, 2008, by American commentator on all things Pratchett, {{wp|Lawrence Watt-Evans|Lawrence Watt-Evans}}
*[http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-The-Wee-Free-Discworld/dp/B004JZWRNA| ''Secrets of The Wee Free Men and Discworld: The Myths and Legends of Terry Pratchett's Multiverse''] by Carrie Pyykkonen and Linda Washington, 2008, St. Martin's Griffin.
*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Terry-Pratchett-Fantasy-Craig-Cabell/dp/1843585073 ''Terry Pratchett-The Spirit of Fantasy''] by Craig Cabell, John Blake Publishing, 2011. (£17.99 UK). An entertaining and well-written book about Terry, part unauthorised biography, part literary criticism. Rumour has it this book has landed in remaindered bins at less than a fiver, a fate something as good as this does not deserve. (But see Amazon "customer reviews" for some violent disagreement.)
*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1137360151/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=569136327&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=188296831X&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=16YXG38P39GVGC20J7QT| ''Philosophy and Terry Pratchett''] edited by Jacob Held and James South, 2014, Palgrave Macmillan.
*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Discworld-Disciplines-Approaches-Pratchett-Explorations/dp/0786474645/ref=pd_sim_14_17?ie=UTF8&refRID=02SPB017V1KBZGX8AM5B| ''Discworld and the Disciplines: Critical Approaches to the Terry Pratchett Works''] by Anne Hiebert Alton and William C. Spruiell, 2014, McFarland & Co Inc.
*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Memory-Tribute-Sir-Terry-Pratchett/dp/1517603609/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453316609&sr=8-1&keywords=in+memory|''In Memory: A Tribute To Sir Terry Pratchett''] by Sorin Suciu (editor), 2015, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
*[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Discworld-Philosophy-Popular-Culture/dp/081269919X/ref=sr_1_79?ie=UTF8&qid=1472727783&sr=8-79&keywords=discworld/ ''Discworld and Philosophy''] by Nicolas Michaud (editor), 2016, Cricket Books.
*[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Terry-Pratchetts-Narrative-Worlds-Approaches/dp/3319672975 ''Terry Pratchett's Narrative Worlds: From Giant Turtles to Small Gods''] by Marion Rana (editor), 11th January 2018, Palgrave Macmillan.

==See also:==
*[[Fan fiction]]
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Discworld?from=Main.Discworld TV tropes] - a really neat and entertaining site discussing the recurring "tropes", ie literary shortcuts, stereotypes and literary conventions present in TV, literature and art. A lot of space is given over to Pratchett's work, detailing how the tropes, those conventions, hooks and short-cuts present in the universal consciousness of all creative writers, work in the Discworld.

Now introducing:
*[[Fan-Art]]
*[[Fan Films]]

[[Category:Fandom|Fandom]]

Fandom

2019-07-09T09:47:43Z

Death:

==External links==

*[http://www.lspace.org The L-Space Web] - ''Everything'' about Discworld (including this Wiki.)

'''Newsgroups'''

* [news://alt.fan.pratchett alt.fan.pratchett] - opens [[alt.fan.pratchett]] in your default mail client
** [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.fan.pratchett alt.fan.pratchett] on [[Wikipedia:Google_(search_engine)|Google Groups]]
* [news://alt.fan.pratchett.announce alt.fan.pratchett.announce]
** [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.fan.pratchett.announce alt.fan.pratchett.announce] on Google Groups
* [news://alt.book.pratchett alt.books.pratchett]
** [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.books.pratchett alt.books.pratchett] on Google Groups
* [news://de.alt.fan.pratchett de.alt.fan.pratchett] - German fan newsgroup
** [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/de.alt.fan.pratchett de.alt.fan.pratchett] on Google Groups

'''Publishers' Websites'''

* [http://www.terrypratchett.co.uk/ Terry Pratchett] - Bibliography, forums and features from Verlagsgruppe Random House / Doubleday / etc.
* [http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/ Terry Pratchett Books] - A very active forum with members from around the world. Main page also includes current news and information about the books and Terry Pratchett. (HarperCollins)

'''Blogs and Discussion'''

* [http://www.affordable-prawns.co.uk/planet Planet afp] - A collection of afpers' weblogs.
* [http://www.electric-escape.net/pratchett Terry Pratchett Quotes] - A collection of quotations from Pratchett's novels and stories.
* [http://www.discworldmonthly.co.uk Discworld Monthly] - A free monthly newsletter about the Discworld.
* [http://goodomenslexicon.org/index.php The Good Omens Lexicon] - a fan site dedicated to this one book, and worth visiting
* [https://clacksheader.wordpress.com Clacks Header] - A collection of articles, eulogies, fanfiction and other bits and pieces gathered from various sources.

'''National Sites'''

* [http://www.Ankh-Morpork.de Ankh-Morpork.de] - The German Terry Pratchett Fan Club
* [http://www.discworld.cz www.discworld.cz] - The biggest Czech web page about Discworld
* [http://www.dwcon.org/ DWCon] UK ''[[Discworld]]'' Convention (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
* [http://www.ausdwcon.org Nullus Anxietas] - The Australian ''[[Discworld]]'' Convention (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015)
* [http://www.discworld-convention.de Dicscworld-Convention.de] - The German ''[[Discworld]]'' Convention (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019)
* [http://www.dutchdwcon.nl/ Cabbagecon] - Dutch Discworld Convention
* [http://www.nadwcon.org/ NADWCON] - The official site for the first North American Discworld Convention (2009)
* [http://www.vademecum-dm.com/index.php Vade Mecum] - a very good French-language site for Francophone fans of Terry Pratchett
* [http://dreamers.com/mundodisco/ La Concha de Gran'A'Tuin] - A Pratchett fan site in Spanish
* [http://pratchett.org pratchett.org] - a very good Russian-language site for CIS fans of Sir Terry
* [http://www.idwcon.org The Irish Discworld Convention]
* [http://www.pratchett.pl/ Pratchett.pl] - a rather comprehensive Polish site that has been hiding from us for some time. Includes a [http://www.pratchett.pl/pratchettopedia.html Pratchettopedia]

'''Peripherals'''

*[http://www.paulkidby.com Paul Kidby's homepage] - Discworld art and news.
*[[Discworld MUD]] - A text {{wp|Massively multiplayer online game|MMO}} game started in 1991, based heavily on Pratchett's work. [http://discworld.atuin.net Link to website]
*[http://www.nocturnalsoldier.org/Tealin/xhp/disc/index.html Discworld & Pratchett Paraphernalia], a wealth of illustrations by Tealin.
*[[Micro Art Studios]][http://www.shop.microartstudio.com/ - A Polish miniature manufacturer] - A company making miniatures for RPGs and collecting with a discworld range.
*An archive of [http://web.archive.org/web/20081212000857/http://www.cheerycomic.co.uk/ ''Cheerycomic''] via the Wayback Machine - a good resource for Dwarves and the Watch.

'''Forums'''

* [http://z6.invisionfree.com/Dungeon_Dimensions Dungeon Dimensions] - A forum dedicated to Discworld. Not very active but a nice community feel.
* [http://z3.invisionfree.com/DWExtended Discworld Extended] - A new forum for Discworld chat, fan fiction, games and roleplay.
* [http://forum.discworldemporium.com/ Discworld Emporium Forum] - Set up by [[Bernard Pearson]], a discussion point for all things Pratchett.

'''Wikis'''

* [http://pterryfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Discworld_Fanon_Wiki Pratchett Fanon Wiki] - A repository for all things Pratchett fanon. Feel free to use this for inspiration.
*[http://thelongearth.wikia.com/wiki/The_long_Earth_Wiki The Long Earth Wiki] - A great source for information on the Long Earth Series.
*[http://discworld.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Discworld Wiki] - The other Discworld Wikia.
*[http://www.thediscworld.de] - the German-language Discworld wiki.

'''Podcasts'''

* [https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/ Radio Morpork] - a Discworld podcast. Hosts Colm and Steve read each Discworld book in order, and create rankings.
* [http://pratchatpodcast.com Pratchat] - a monthly Terry Pratchett book club podcast. Hosts Elizabeth and Ben read and discuss a Pratchett book each episode with a special guest.

'''Teaching Guides'''
*[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazing-Maurice-Educated-Rodents-Respond/dp/1407160567/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=the+amazing+maurice&qid=1555667818&s=gateway&sr=8-6 ''The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Read & Respond)''], by Eileen Jones, Scholastic, 1st September 2016.
*[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Summary-Long-Earth-Terry-Pratchett/dp/1388253062/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=summary+of+the+long+earth+whizbooks&qid=1555665148&s=books&sr=1-1-fkmrnull ''Summary of The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett''], WhizBooks, 25th July 2018.
*[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Omens-Terry-Pratchett-Gaiman-Analysis/dp/2808018886/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=good+omens+bright+books&qid=1555667687&s=books&sr=1-1-fkmrnull ''Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman'']], Bright Summaries, 8th April 2019.

'''Criticism, biography, commentary'''

*[http://www.sfsite.com/~silverag/literature.html ''Terry Pratchett Guilty of Literature'']. The Science Fiction Foundation, 2000, edited by Andrew M. Butler, Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn.
*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/So-You-Think-Know-Discworld/dp/0340917326/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1447877151&sr=8-1&keywords=so+you+think+you+know+discworld|''So You Think You Know Discworld''] Hodder Children's Books, 2006, by Clive Gifford. Unofficial quiz book unlike the [[Book:The Unseen University Challenge|other]] [[Book:The Wyrdest Link|two]] by Dave Langford which were endorsed by Terry.
*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Unofficial-Companion-Novels-Terry-Pratchett/dp/1846450012/ref=pd_sim_sbs_14_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=0GX5ZYSDJRTYKXE5AD0J&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL320_SR210%2C320_| ''An Unofficial Companion to the Novels of Terry Pratchett''] Greenwood World Publishing, 2007, Andrew M. Butler.
*[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Terry-Pratchett-Writers-Uncovered-Parker/dp/0431906432| ''Terry Pratchett (Writers Uncovered)''] Heinemann Library, 2007, Vic Parker.
*[http://www.sfsite.com/08a/tm277.htm ''The Turtle Moves'']. Benbella Books, 2008, by American commentator on all things Pratchett, {{wp|Lawrence Watt-Evans|Lawrence Watt-Evans}}
*[http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-The-Wee-Free-Discworld/dp/B004JZWRNA| ''Secrets of The Wee Free Men and Discworld: The Myths and Legends of Terry Pratchett's Multiverse''] by Carrie Pyykkonen and Linda Washington, 2008, St. Martin's Griffin.
*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Terry-Pratchett-Fantasy-Craig-Cabell/dp/1843585073 ''Terry Pratchett-The Spirit of Fantasy''] by Craig Cabell, John Blake Publishing, 2011. (£17.99 UK). An entertaining and well-written book about Terry, part unauthorised biography, part literary criticism. Rumour has it this book has landed in remaindered bins at less than a fiver, a fate something as good as this does not deserve. (But see Amazon "customer reviews" for some violent disagreement.)
*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1137360151/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=569136327&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=188296831X&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=16YXG38P39GVGC20J7QT| ''Philosophy and Terry Pratchett''] edited by Jacob Held and James South, 2014, Palgrave Macmillan.
*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Discworld-Disciplines-Approaches-Pratchett-Explorations/dp/0786474645/ref=pd_sim_14_17?ie=UTF8&refRID=02SPB017V1KBZGX8AM5B| ''Discworld and the Disciplines: Critical Approaches to the Terry Pratchett Works''] by Anne Hiebert Alton and William C. Spruiell, 2014, McFarland & Co Inc.
*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Memory-Tribute-Sir-Terry-Pratchett/dp/1517603609/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453316609&sr=8-1&keywords=in+memory|''In Memory: A Tribute To Sir Terry Pratchett''] by Sorin Suciu (editor), 2015, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
*[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Discworld-Philosophy-Popular-Culture/dp/081269919X/ref=sr_1_79?ie=UTF8&qid=1472727783&sr=8-79&keywords=discworld/ ''Discworld and Philosophy''] by Nicolas Michaud (editor), 2016, Cricket Books.
*[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Terry-Pratchetts-Narrative-Worlds-Approaches/dp/3319672975 ''Terry Pratchett's Narrative Worlds: From Giant Turtles to Small Gods''] by Marion Rana (editor), 11th January 2018, Palgrave Macmillan.

==See also:==
*[[Fan fiction]]
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Discworld?from=Main.Discworld TV tropes] - a really neat and entertaining site discussing the recurring "tropes", ie literary shortcuts, stereotypes and literary conventions present in TV, literature and art. A lot of space is given over to Pratchett's work, detailing how the tropes, those conventions, hooks and short-cuts present in the universal consciousness of all creative writers, work in the Discworld.

Now introducing:
*[[Fan-Art]]
*[[Fan Films]]

[[Category:Fandom|Fandom]]

Old Man Trouble

2019-07-09T09:45:21Z

Death:

If you know what's good for you, you definitely ''don't mind him'' (says [[Susan Sto Helit]]). In {{TOT}}, Susan notes that she's met Old Man Trouble, and later warns [[Lobsang Ludd]] not to run into him (since Lobsang doesn't have neither rhythm, music, nor the girl).

Comes round your door if you ain't got rhythm and you ain't got music. It's best if you don't mind him. Mentioned in {{SM}} and {{H}} as one of [[The gods|the gods]] who, having lost his purpose, has truly gone insane. Also mentioned as being in [[Biers]] (a bar in [[Ankh-Morpork]]) in {{FOC}}.

He wears a long mac and a wide brimmed hat that shadows his face so that all that can be seen of him is his two dreadful glowing eyes. In the [[Book: The Discworld Companion|The Discworld Companion]] he is described as the [[anthropomorphic personification]] of Murphy's Law, the general intractability of the universe and the darkness in the cellar.

In {{H}}, [[Lord Downey]] notes (to the [[Auditors of Reality]]) that he's unlikely to attract the attention of Old Man Trouble, since he can carry a tune quite well.

==Annotation==
A reference to the George and Ira Gershwin tune ''{{wp|I_Got_Rhythm|I Got Rhythm}}'':

I got rhythm
 I got music
 I got my girl
 Who could ask for anything more

I got good times
 No more bad times
 I got my girl
 Who could ask for anything more
 '''Old man trouble (old man trouble)'''
 '''I don't mind him (I don't mind him)'''
 '''You won't find him'''
 '''"Round my door"'''

I got starlight (I got starlight)
 I got sweet dreams (I got sweet dreams)
 I got my girl
 Who could ask for
 Who could ask for more

''He wears a long mac and a wide brimmed hat that shadows his face so that all that can be seen of him is his too dreadful glowing eyes.'' In those parts of Roundworld where the Vikings once were, this is the classical manifestation of the great god Odin/Wotan/Weyland among men, and nothing good ''ever'' came of a chance meeting with a stranger on the road answering this description. --[[User:AgProv|AgProv]] 10:15, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

According to Mikko Kuusiriti in Discword Monthly, Old Man Trouble is thought to be the devil, but a more down to earth version (think of George Spiggott [Peter Cook] in Bedazzled) He is a sadist who takes a pride in things going wrong. A number of things going wrong used to mean a visit from Old Man Trouble.

[[Category:Supernatural entities]]
[[de:Des Alten Mannes Schwierigkeiten]]

Dimity Hubbub

2018-08-06T06:54:39Z

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'''Dimity Hubbub''' is a clumsy [[Witches|witch]] apprentice. Her first appearance is in {{HFOS}} when she accidentally sets her hat on fire. She often attends [[Annagramma Hawkin]]'s ''séances'' in the woods. Annagramma is not best pleased when she stands on the Circlet of Infinity with the genuine seed-pearls on it. Dimity is seen in {{W}} mixing up ingredients for a toothache cure with a mortar and pestle. This promptly catches fire and explodes, and she reconsiders the wisdom of anyone putting it in their mouth.

{{stub}}
[[Category:Witches|Hubbub, Dimity]]
[[Category:Discworld characters|Hubbub, Dimity]]
[[Category:Human characters|Hubbub, Dimity]]
[[Category:Tiffany Series characters|Hubbub, Dimity]]
[[de:Dimity Tumult]]

Geoffrey Swivel

2018-08-03T09:13:38Z

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{{Character Data
|title= Geoffrey
|photo=Blank.jpg|
|name= Geoffrey Swivel
|age= not given; about 16
|race= Human
|occupation= Witch, sort of...and Lancrastian Ambassador
|appearance=
|residence= originally [[The Shires]], then [[Lancre]]
|death=
|parents= Lord Harold and Lady Swivel
|relatives= b. Harry, b. Hugh
|children=
|marital status= single
|books= {{TSC}}
|cameos=
}}

Given a little more time, there might have been more connection established between [[Eskarina Smith]], the [[Wizard]] born into the wrong sex, and '''Geoffrey Swivel''', a [[Witch]] born in the wrong sex and place.

Geoffrey becomes not-quite-a-Witch, capable of most of the same functions but relying on a sort of [[headology]] based on persuasion rather than [[Boffo]] and fear. He has a rather eldritch [[Mephistopheles|goat]] as a companion and protector rather than Esk's staff. (The concept of a {{wp|Familiar spirit|familiar}} hasn't been featured previously in the Discworld chronicles, unless you count [[Greebo]]'s occasional assistance.)

==Origin==
Geoffrey's father, Lord [[Harold Swivel]], has managed to revive a family fortune almost dissipated by his father and establish himself in a large country estate in [[The Shires]]. He has no respect for education but employs a [[Wiggall|tutor]] for his three sons at his wife's behest. Geoffrey, the youngest, is the only one to take an interest and reads prodigiously. When his father dismisses the tutor, he turns to [[McTavish]], an old family retainer in the stables, for education in practical and natural areas.

==Career==
Geoffrey's fondness for animals, starting with Mephistopheles and nurtured by McTavish, finally clashes with his father's values in a fox-hunting episode and he decides to leave home. He has read about Witches and seen them on broomsticks in the sky and decides that this is his calling. [[Narrative Causality]] draws him to [[Lancre]] and [[Granny Weatherwax]]'s cottage. Tiffany passes on Granny Weatherwax's broom to him, after the Dwarfs completely replace everything. He shows quite a facility for broomstick riding, even being able to break the sound barrier, which, on the Discworld, crowds lightspeed as well.

He arrives just in time to face a massive attack by the [[Elves]] on two fronts and he and Mephistopheles acquit themselves well. He has shown himself capable in the practical elements of Witchcraft and is able to relieve [[Tiffany Aching]] of the second steading in [[Bad Ass]] which has been imposed on her. He impresses King [[Verence II|Verence]] and Queen Magrat enough that they appoint him Royal Ambassador to the [[Sto Plains]] and he is empowered to return home and kick a little sand in his father's face. (Mephistopheles takes the opportunity to plant a kick in the other end.)

== ==
There is no mention of a relationship to [[Tuppence Swivel]]. If the very literary Tuppence were part of the family he would be considered a black sheep by Harold.

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Dean

2018-07-23T11:48:48Z

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The '''Dean''' was a senior [[wizard]] at the [[Unseen University]] who was a member of the [[Faculty]]. He first appeared in {{MP}}. Shortly before the events of {{UA}}, he moves away to become Archchancellor of [[Brazeneck College]] in [[Pseudopolis]]. From this point onwards he is instead known as '''Archchancellor Henry'''.

Another wizard who holds the post of Dean appeared in {{S}}. He is clearly stated to be a separate character to the Dean who appears in subsequent books. In {{IT}}, the Dean tells Ridcully "''I don't know anything about that [unpleasantness with the Sourcerer]. I wasn't Dean at the time''." Similarly, it is not known if another wizard replaced him as Dean after he left.

Not to be confused with Dean [[B. Smoth]], his counterpart at Bugarup University. Dean Smoth, who appears in {{TLC}}, was ''much'' too helpful to be mistaken for UU's Dean.

==At the Unseen University==
The "Dean of Pentacles" to give him his full title, is an incredibly obese man ("all of twenty stone" [280 pounds] in {{IT}}), who has the dubious distinction of having been granted the nickname "Two Chairs" by Ridcully (owing to the fact that he is so large that he uses two chairs to sit in). He is generally to be found in his study reading a grimoire or in the great hall eating. His job at UU as he, and everyone else, describes it is to sit around, sleep and eat incredibly big dinners. He also attends some of the functions that are held by guilds or clubs around the city on behalf of the University and partakes of other people's big dinners. All of this makes the fact, disclosed in {{TLC}}, that he got a [[University Brown|Brown]] for Rowing at UU in his younger days all the less believable.

Seldom knowingly nice or kind, the Dean is an old-school wizard who believes that power should be used, and likes nothing better than throwing fireballs. The Dean enjoys himself immensely when he gets to use high-powered destructive spells, and is thus considered by Captain [[Carrot Ironfoundersson]] as too mentally unstable to be allowed to join the [[Specials]] at a time of crisis, when fireballs may have been useful, he was politely thanked for his interest and sent home. When he is allowed to fight, he progresses in a series of spinning leaps, shouting "Hut hut hut!" and "Yo!" a lot. He has even been known to tie a rag around his forehead and shout "Bonsai!" - appropriately, as it helps him in his art of ''Bush-I-do''. In the wake of {{SM}}, he's been known to don a leather robe at times of crisis, with the phrase "Born To Rune" in studs on the back.

He is like a lightning conductor to any raw magic around, and Ridcully often just observes him whenever there is a clear occult event, as whatever is happening to people will be happening to the Dean at least twice as much. One of the best examples of this susceptibility to whatever occult or semi-magical occurrence is happening, as well as any fads or trends occurs in {{SM}}. Who else but the Dean would paint his room black, create a quiff that could take out an eye, or seriously contemplate riding a cargo-cult motorbike when everyone else is only mildly rebelling?

He once spent seventeen years writing a treatise entitled ''The Use of the syllable "ENK" in Levitation Spells in the Early Confused Period.'' His family is quite wealthy; as a lad, he'd hung up pillowcases for the Hogfather to fill rather than stockings. He was born in Pseudopolis, near which his father owned a lot of cabbage fields, seven months before [[Mustrum Ridcully]]. As a student, he studied in the evenings rather than join his classmates on forays into the city's taverns. In ''The Science of Discworld II: The Globe'', Rincewind mentions that the Dean's UU office features, among the usual wizardly decor, a skull that sings comic songs.

==At Brazeneck College==
By the time of {{UA}} it is revealed he had migrated to [[Brazeneck College]] and become its Archchancellor, to the rage of Ridcully and minor annoyance of the rest of the UU staff. He attempted to bring Ponder Stibbons over to Brazeneck as well, but failed, and poached a member of Ponder's department, [[Adrian Turnipseed]], instead. "Archchancellor Henry" challenged his fellow Archchancellor to a [[football]] match between wizarding universities over the ownership of the [[Archchancellor's Hat]]... but when a [[Pex|seventy-foot tall chicken]] broke out of Brazeneck and rampaged around the city of [[Pseudopolis]], the match had to be rescheduled until the university is rebuilt.

More recently, the ex-Dean returned to UU to accompany Rincewind in investigating Roundworld's latest difficulties in {{SOD4}}. The hostility between the rival Archchancellors seems to have cooled by this point, and they interact with the measured politeness of extreme caution.

His replacement as Dean at Unseen University has not yet been announced.

==Notes==
* In {{MP}}, the [[Archchancellor]] says "The Dean looks like a man who's swallered a bed!" To which the [[Bursar]] Replies "'',,,the body of the Dean is supremely appropriate to the purpose of sitting around all day and eating big heavy meals''."

*In {{UA}}, upon being reminded of the Dean's departure, Ridcully comments, "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless dean!" - a slight alteration from the lament of Shakespeare's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_lear King Lear].

* In {{TLC}}, the Dean refers to "''the memo saying I've been appointed as Dean! That was years ago''!"

* The Dean's violent tendencies aren't entirely confined to magic-slinging: he suffered a black eye, and dealt out a bloody nose in exchange, when he got into a fistfight with the Senior Wrangler (''The Science of Discworld''), defending his opinion that intelligence in Roundworld would first appear on land.

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Clem Doins

2018-07-23T11:41:45Z

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A local character in the village of [[Twoshirts]], who, until the [[Nac Mac Feegle]] needed it, used to boast the longest beard in [[the Chalk]]. That was up until the morning he woke up clean-shaven, his beard having been stolen in the night.

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Abiding Swindell

2018-07-23T11:39:25Z

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'''Abiding Swindell''' is the ferret-keeper in the village of [[Twoshirts]] and is possibly the man who is to ferrets what [[Hodgesaargh]] is to birds of prey. The [[Nac Mac Feegle]] once had occasion to steal his clothes and noted, with uncommon fastidiousness, that the ferrets must have found it so comfortable living inside his trousers that they didn't bother getting out to go to the toilet.

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[[de:Immerfort Schwindel]]

Nosy Hinds

2018-07-23T11:38:50Z

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Another local character in the village of [[Twoshirts]], who, until the [[Nac Mac Feegle]] needed them, used to boast boots that could make their own way home from the village pub as they'd been doing it for so long. That was up until the morning he woke up bereft of boots and bemoaning his loss.

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[[de:Nasig Hinds]]

Weavall

2018-07-23T11:38:10Z

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[[Image:Old1.jpg|240px|thumb|right|Mr Weavall, as drawn by Matt Smith]]
Mr Weavall was an old old old man who was seemingly beyond help. [[Tiffany Aching]] used to visit him when she was learning [[Witches|witchcraft]] from Miss [[Level]] (both of her...). Amongst the things she hated were clipping his toenails for him (they used to ricochet around the room), and having him grab her arm and ask her to check in the box under his chair, to see if his money was still there. It was.

At least, it was until she was invaded by the [[Hiver]]. Under this malign influence she stole the money and used it to buy whatever she wanted.

Once the Hiver had been defeated she went - heavy of heart - to confess, whereupon she was astonished (and ashamed) to find that the [[Nac Mac Feegle]] had replaced it with gold from an ancient king's burial site, making Mr Weavall probably the richest man in the entire country.

Galvanised into action, and out of the semi-stupor he lived in, wherein he believed his children Toby and Mary to be alive and well, he came to his senses, was briefly saddened by the fact that his children weren't alive, but then in a deuced hurry to be off down the lane, walking sticks flailing, to the house of old [[Widow Tussy]], whom he immediately proposed to.

Presumably dead by now, but equally presumably he loved every minute of the twilight of his life.

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[[de:Weball]]

Travelling Teachers

2018-07-23T10:56:35Z

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Bands of the teachers wandered from village to village with small carts pulled by donkeys. They delivered short lessons on many subjects. Children were usually pleased to see them. They set up brightly coloured little booths and tents in a field just outside the village, and would hang about outside until they had a full bench. They had to be driven out by nightfall in case they stole chickens. 
They are reported in {{WFM}}.

Mostly men, they wore once-bright robes, and strange black square hats. They kept apart from the other travellers, and survived on what food they could earn from giving lessons e.g.

“'''Jograffy''' – For today only: all major land masses and oceans. '''PLUS''' everything you need to know about glassiers! 
One penny or All Major Vegetables Accepted!”

If the student in question was [[Tiffany Aching]], and she was in question mode, the price per fact could be negotiable in advance, probably based on the carrots and egg that could be seen in her hand.

The teachers are another of the peripatetic professionals found in places like Lancre, but also on the Chalk apparently, who sold things people didn’t need every day. Others include:

*[[Travelling Librarians]] in {{W}}
*[[Travelling Accountants]] in {{MM}}
and possibly
*[[The_Dysk_(theatre)|Vitoller's Strolling Players]] in {{WS}}

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[[de:Reisende Lehrer]]

Oswald

2018-07-23T10:53:07Z

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{{Disambig}}

"'''Oswald'''" might refer to:

[[Oswald (ghost)|'''Oswald''']], the ''ondageist'' from {{HFOS}}

[[Oswald (Moving Pictures)|'''Oswald''']], aka "Osbert", aka "Osric", the guardian of the cthinema in {{MP}}

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Oswald (ghost)

2018-07-23T10:50:26Z

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An ''ondageist'' is a sort of [[Ghosts|ghost]] with characteristics opposite to the better-known ''poltergeist''. It is obsessively-compulsively neat to the point of annoyance, cleaning, picking up and putting things away even if you hoped, say, to finish that cup of tea. '''Oswald''' is one of these who haunts the home of Miss [[Level]], [[Tiffany Aching]]'s mentor in {{HFOS}}.

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Shamble

2018-07-23T09:39:12Z

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''For the [[Ankh-Morpork]] district, see'' The [[Shambles]].

A '''shamble''' (also called a '''shambles''') is a handmade device used by [[Witches magic|witches]] to detect or amplify magic. It can even be used for protection or to send a spell. The device itself is not magical. Shambles are like spectacles, they help you see, but don't see for you. A conversant witch can assemble a shamble in a matter of seconds using stuff like strings, twigs, leaves, feathers, beads, coloured paper, an egg or even a beetle. The whole thing looks like a "cat's cradle", or some sort of nest made of rubbish. The ingredients are not really important, although the centre should contain a live ingredient (e.g. an egg or a beetle. On one desperate occasion, a [[Pictsies|Nac Mac Feegle]] has been employed as the living part of a shamble).

The magic lies in its assembly and use, which is to catch the moment. "The way you tie the knots," said [[Level|Miss Level]], who was a Research Witch, "the way the string runs - the freshness of the egg, perhaps, and the moisture in the air - the tension of the twigs and the kind of things that you just happen to have in your pocket at that moment - even the way the wind is blowing. All these things make a kind of... of picture of the here-and-now when you move them right."

The most effective shamble is the shamble assembled when the witch really needs one, as [[Tiffany Aching]] discovered, who could never make one before. If Granny Weatherwax is to be believed, she never made one at all. Couldn't get the hang of them. They got in the way.

Some witches assemble extra shambles or even buy some just to hang around for decoration; these shambles are generally not very useful, but some of these still seem to react to strong magic. When the ambient magic is really too strong, the shamble explodes.

According to the Wizards a shamble is just a crude way to ensure thaumic cusping in phase-space, but what do they know? In fact, though it sounds like a rationalisation for the random assemblage at the bottom of many handbags, plus a lot of copper coinage, a shamble seems to be a practical tool compared to the very rare and expensive [[thaumometer]] favoured by the Faculty.

Shambles are first mentioned in {{WFM}}, but mostly in {{HFOS}}.

[[Hex]], the organic/inorganic/magical super-computer in [[Unseen University]]'s [[High Energy Magic Building]] tended by Ponder Stibbons and a group of like-minded, spotty, if-only-we-had-anoraks undergraduates can be considered something of a 'Super-Shamble'. Its initial components were a mouse-wheel and an ant-colony (the sum in this case is far greater than the parts).

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Toad

2018-07-23T09:17:51Z

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The toad appears in {{WFM}}, typically in [[Perspicacia_Tick|Miss Tick's]] hat. He has, if not cold-blooded, a cool view of the world. As the companion of a witch he is not familiar, he says, just slightly presumptuous. When Miss Tick goes away to get help, she tells him to stay so that [[Tiffany Aching]] is not left alone.

He is quite well informed on magical subjects, probably because he is a magical creature. He knows he was turned into a toad, but left thinking he was human, and doesn't know why. Never trust a woman with a star on her wand! Sometimes at night he is troubled by the thought that he might have been a toad who got on her nerves.

He travels with Tiffany on her rescue mission into Fairyland in the pocket of her apron, a source of objective if barely helpful advice. "I'm stuck in a wood of evil dreams and I'm all alone and I think its getting darker," said Tiffany. "What should I do?" The toad opened a bleary eye and said: "Leave."

In line with the general theme of awakening from dreams, in the act of saving the [[Pictsies|Feegles]] from the one enemy they are really afraid of, the toad remembers how he came to be transformed. The Queen of [[Fairyland]] has summoned up lawyers, who know about writing down names, the most terrifying kind of magic. The toad counters these with Latatian phrases, and it comes back to him that he too was once a lawyer.

A Feegle asks, "How come you're a lawyer ''and'' a toad?" He recounts that he made legal history by suing a [[Fairy-Godmothering|Fairy Godmother]] on behalf of a client who felt one of her three wishes had not really been fulfilled. The Fairy Godmother made legal history by turning the client into a small hand mirror, and him amphibian.

In the Feegles he has found a vocation, and he stays on with them.

We learn from the Official Court Transcript helpfully provided by the author in [[Book:The_Illustrated_Wee_Free_Men|The_Illustrated_Wee_Free_Men]] that the godmother was Fairy Nettle, and the future handmirror was Princess Sandy of the Kingdom of Fallen Rock. The lawyer who appeared for Princess Sandy was Mr James Natter, commonly known perhaps as Natter, Jack.

The Transcript mentions that Mr Natter had become a toad, but does not say anything about Princess Sandy. If she was indeed turned into a handmirror, how does this square with the fact she was due to be a fairy-tale princess, "all foretold, m'lord"?

The fact that negotiations broke down in this rather dramatic fashion may perhaps be attributed to inexperience on the part of the judge, who was presiding for the first time in the Magical Narrative Division.

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Big Man

2018-07-23T08:35:51Z

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The '''Big Man''' is the chief of each of the [[Nac Mac Feegle|Feegles']] clans. The most famous is [[Rob Anybody]], chieftain of the [[Chalk Hill Clan]]. He is the bravest and - possibly - the brightest (saving, of course, any [[Gonnagle]] around), and it is to him that the other Feegles look for a PLN(1) to help them overcome any enemy/obstacle. Most of his plans involve charging and fighting, which is all right by them!

There is an irony inherent in the title, being as the biggest Big Man is still only six inches high. Any human stupid enough to point this out may well find out just what it feels like to have their knees broken and a feegle standing on their chest saying "An' who's the biggest noo, ye scunner?"

(1)...er, PLAN. [[Jeannie]] can make him read and write but she can't make him read and write well.

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Twoshirts

2018-07-23T08:33:56Z

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'''Twoshirts''' is a village on the fringes of [[the Chalk]]. It appears to serve as point of departure for its citizens going into the wider [[Disc]], and a point of entry for coaches, goods and services coming in from outside. It is a stop on the new Ankh-Morpork and Sto Plains Hygienic Railway. Home to noted ferret-fancier [[Abiding Swindell]], [[Nosy Hinds]] and [[Clem Doins]], among others.

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William the Gonnagle

2018-07-19T08:23:43Z

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'''Chalk Hill's''' elderly [[gonnagle]] (aged 96 in {{WFM}}), William is a skilled battle poet and musician. He has white hair and talks in a slow, careful voice with Rs like a tidal wave. He is the old [[Kelda]]'s brother, and after her death, expresses a desire to return to his own clan high in the (presumably Ramtop) mountains.

The character's name is a pun on that of Scottish poet {{wp|William McGonagall|William McGonagall}}, widely celebrated as the worst poet in the English language.

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Fion

2018-07-18T10:43:43Z

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A girl among the Downland-clan [[Pictsies|Feegle]], the sister of [[Rob Anybody]]. As the only girl born to a mother of hundreds of boys she is most likely to become [[Kelda]] of another clan.

In {{WFM}}, she took a dislike to [[Tiffany Aching|Tiffany]] because of her becoming temporary Kelda, having plans to follow her mother as Kelda herself.
At the end of {{WFM}} Fion leaves to take up the Keldaship of the [[Copperhead Clan]].

In {{HFOS}} Kelda [[Jeannie]], formerly of [[Long Lake Clan]] has taken responsibility for the [[Chalk Hill Clan]] and married the [[Big Man]] there, [[Rob Anybody]].

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[[de:Fion]]

The Clan

2018-07-16T10:48:31Z

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'''The Clan''' were a group of changed [[Rats]] who acquired human level intelligence through rooting through, and eating anything found on, the magical dumping grounds outside the [[Unseen University]].

The clan had a plan. Their fortune had been foretold in a great book: nay, ''the'' book. ''[[Mr Bunnsy Has An Adventure]]'' showed them utopia: rats living in harmony with humans.

They had the fortune (or misfortune?) of meeting [[Maurice]] after he too had acquired a [[Gaspode|Gaspodic]] level of thought process. With him they embarked on a series of misadventures, utilising the skills of [[Keith the Piper]] they became the type of plague of rats experienced on [[Roundworld]] in Hamelin. Keith was the Piper and once he'd "got rid" of the rats and been paid, the local townsfolk from towns all across the [[Sto Plains]] would have been astonished to know that they all met up round the nearest bend and counted up and divvied out the money.

The Clan nearly came to grief in [[Bad Blintz]], but through ingenuity and bravery they realised their dreams of utopia: now they truly do live in harmony with humans.

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Kite

2018-07-16T06:14:12Z

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{{spoilersfor|''[[Book:The Last Hero|The Last Hero]]''}}

'''The Kite''' is one of the few fortunate inventions by [[Leonard of Quirm]] that got a succinct rather than descriptive name. It also has the distinction as Leonard's only successful flying machine. It is constructed by teams of artificer apprentices on a flotilla on the way to the Edge of the [[Discworld (world)|Disc]]. The Kite is made of very well-varnished wood that does not catch fire, and sufficiently air-tight to go into the void space. Its main components are:
*part shaped like a giant eagle, with wings that can be winched inward and folded up; the crew's cabin is contained in this part.
*the dragon pods associated with this part.
*part shaped like a giant salmon in the grasp of the aforementioned giant eagle, containing more dragon pods.

The Kite is powered by, yes, [[swamp dragons]], the very explosive animal. Leonard has managed to feed them a diet that gave them very hot flames without even a tiny burp.

As each module is used up, the dragons inside are released and allowed to flutter/glide/drift unhurt back down to the Disc. It is understood that Lady [[Sybil Ramkin]] insisted on this as her price for providing the dragons in the first place.

==Annotation==

A Discworld take on the Space Shuttle and its fuel tank and rockets, together with some of Leonardo Da Vinci's prototype flying machines.

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Swine Town

2018-07-10T11:26:19Z

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A previously unregarded bucolic backwater near [[Sto Lat]], previously known only for the quality of its pork (which apparently gives [[Lu-Tze]] terrible wind), which becomes a strategic location on [[The Sto Plains Line]] with the next stop at [[Colyford]], as a railway depot manufacturing locomotives and rolling stock which can be fed directly onto the line linking [[Ankh-Morpork]] with three important destinations. Its manufacturing plant is now branching out into other related metalworking industries, such as making tin cans for foodstuffs. These are exported by rail to other centres of food-canning industry.

==Annotation==
Compare [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swindon Swindon], which, until the railway was built connecting London to the (then) second port city of Bristol, was a very minor agricultural village. The Bristol line, the Great Western Railway, was built with the intention of bringing fresh perishable produce swiftly to the markets of the capital, whose river was so foul the local fish was utterly inedible. Swindon (whose name ''means'' Swine Hill, or Swine Town) became an oasis of heavy industry in Wiltshire, an otherwise entirely agricultural economy. Until privatisation, it remained a key strategic location in the British rail network, its factories building locomotives and directly feeding them into the system. Today, Britain incredibly imports railway locos and carriages from Europe and - believe this - transfers them to their destination by road. It is possible we've lost the plot somewhere.

Sir Terry Pratchett lives in Wiltshire. Admittedly at the other end of the county from Swindon (Broadechalk, Salisbury) but still near enough for the research to be local and handy.

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Crystal Slam

2018-07-09T06:48:12Z

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One of the most dangerous [[Troll drugs|drugs]] available to [[trolls]], '''crystal slam''' is first mentioned in {{SN}}. It looks like stone dust, but appears to have little red and blue flecks in it when held to the light. Its manufacture is very difficult, partly because of the unmistakable smell and sparks produced when boiling it. There is a large clue in {{SN}} that the manufacture of this lethal drug may be expedited by using crushed and powdered [[Unggue|unggue]] pots stolen from the [[goblins]] - another reason for persecuting and enslaving them.

As [[Sam Vimes]] explains, the first time a troll tries to use it, it makes him think he can walk through walls - and he invariably does. After a few more times, he drops dead. As a result, [[Mr Shine|Diamond King of Trolls]] has banned it in [[Uberwald]] and all other troll cities (including, of course, [[Ankh-Morpork]]). Attempting to manufacture or sell it is a hanging offence, and evidence of manufacture will be rewarded with a very large bounty.

It was extremely unfortunate then that crystal slam together with a number of other troll drugs (including [[Slab]], Slice, Slap, and Slunkie) were what [[Gravid Rust]] was smuggling (along with tobacco) into [[Ankh-Morpork]].

It has a certain resemblance to the [[Roundworld]] drug Crystal Meth.

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Dustworthy Swithin

2018-07-05T13:50:19Z

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Captain of the [[Cockbill Boars]], a [[Foot-the-ball]] team of [[Ankh-Morpork]]. Has a chat with Lord [[Vetinari]] which he ''undoubtedly'' regretted in the morning. During this conversation, Vetinari demonstrates a more-surpising-than-normal knowledge of that which one imagines he oughtn't, to whit, the interminable and internecine wranglings of the teams that indulge in the illegal sport of Foot-the-ball.

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Pounder

2018-06-11T08:23:48Z

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{{Character Data
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|photo= Mr pounder.jpg|Mr Pounder, as drawn by [[User:Knmatt|Matt Smith]]
|name= Mr Pounder
|age= unknown
|race= Human

|occupation= Opera House Ratcatcher
|appearance= rodent-like little man

|residence= [[Ankh-Morpork]]
|death= hung by [[The Opera Ghost]]
|parents=unknown
|relatives=unknown
|children=unknown
|marital status=unknown

|books= {{M!!!}}
|cameos=none
}}

Formerly the [[Ratcatchers' Guild|Rat-Catcher]] at the [[Opera House]].

In the course of his job, which led him into the deeper and darker recesses of the Opera House, he discovered hidden treasure, and then made serious mistakes:

(i) He talked about it. Admittedly only to [[Mrs. Plinge]], but who else was listening?

and

(ii) He was moved to whistle, out of pleasure at his sudden good fortune. On stage. This provoked a sudden attack of scenery, which at the time may or may not have been deliberate, and the [[Rats|rat]]-catcher was soon saying a semi-professional "hello" to the [[Death of Rats]]. While initially honoured by this and taking it as a supreme professional accolade, Pounder then uncomfortably realised reincarnation believed in '''''him'''''. A whole new life, or succession, of rodent lives beckoned to him...

(iii) During the great denoument scene at the end of the Opera, when [[Salzella]] is unmasked as the Evil Ghost and is gloating about his cleverness, it is revealed that Pounder made the mistake, once having found the stolen cash, of attempting to blackmail Salzella into giving him a share in return for silence. Salzella then showed Pounder that there are ''other'' means of attaining a sure silence...

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St. Ungulant

2018-06-06T09:50:00Z

Death:

'''St. Ungulant''' is an {{wp|Anchorite|anchorite}}, best described as a hermit and one-way prophet: one-way in that whereas many prophets retreat to the desert, receive revelations and then come home and talk about them, Anchorites retreat to the desert, receive revelations and then stay in the desert thinking about them. He worships the [[Small Gods|small gods]], who give him the illusion of fantastic food and drink and other (slightly unmentionable) pleasures in return for his belief.

St. Ungulant is not actually a saint, but someone pointed out the obvious one day, since his full name is Sevrian Thaddeus Ungulant. He resides in the desert on a wheel nailed to the top of a pole. While he enjoys the most incredible (and they really are incredible) kinds of food and vintages, St. Ungulant does crave the odd lizard or the occasional drink of water from a cactus, just for variety in his diet... He is somewhat aware that he is mad, but takes it as something to be enjoyed. His invisible friend, [[Angus]], keeps him company. Angus might be another small god, but (possibly because St. Ungulant believes in him more than the other small gods), Angus does seem to have enough of a physical presence to knock out a lion with a rock.

He is also the namesake of St Ungulant's Fire, which is feared by sailors as the foreboding of dreadful storms.

==Annotation==

On [[Roundworld]], the {{wp|Stylites|Stylites}} were a form of monk/religious hermit who practiced in Syria and other parts of the Roman Empire (then reduced to the Eastern Mediterranean) and who were frequently compared to saints even before their deaths. They lived a spartan life upon their towers or poles. The most famous was St Simon.

Despite the impression created by St. Ungulant, the Stylites were not hermits but popular characters whose religious teachings attracted much attention from the local people. They were fed and had their waste removed by the help of followers. It should also be noted that their towers were rarely tall and one expensive one was simply using a few cast-off pieces of a column that were stacked on top of each other.

One final note, the Stylite sensation (if senses are the right word) saw little practice in the Latin world. A Goth who tried to become one in Italy had his wooden tower cut down from under him, for example.

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Martial Arts

2014-11-13T07:09:26Z

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Mentioned in {{LL}}, this is a book about fighting or "ma''rti''al arts". Unfortunately, what King [[Verence II]] '''really''' wanted was a book about "ma''rit''al arts" (such as [[130 Days of Pseudopolis]] or [[The Shuttered Palace]], perhaps?).

Cynically speaking, "marital" often turns "martial" after about 7 years anyway...

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Additives

2014-05-24T18:51:51Z

Death:

A now sadly deceased [[Rats|Rat]] who in his passing added a whole extra dimension to the life of [[The Amazing Maurice]]. Mourned by the Clan, and Maurice's guilty secret.

The rats in {{TAM}} are sentient, and capable of talking. This is due to eating magical refuse from the dump behind [[Unseen University]]. They named themselves from the labels on the rubbish, before learning what the words meant. Additives was eaten by [[Maurice]], and since eating something containing magical refuse has the same effect as the garbage itself, Maurice can now talk. Unfortunately for him, he can remember Additives begging not to be eaten. This is what keeps Maurice so vigilant in asking potential morsels to 'say anything at all other than squeak' before he eats them.

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Darktan

2014-05-24T18:50:30Z

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'''Darktan''' was head of the Trap Disposal Squad in [[Maurice]]'s multi-species band of extortionists. He was the closest thing the [[Rats|rats]] have to a military leader and ran the squad like a special ops team. He is also one of the only rats to wear any kind of clothes in the form of tool belts he kept his trap disposal equipment in.

He was once a very down-to-disc, one-problem-at-a-time kind of rat. However, after a near-death experience in the jaws of an old trap he starts to think of things as part of a grand scheme. This incident also led to a considerable increase in his prestige, as the one who faced down the Bone Rat. He now wears the scars of that trap round his entire body, which only lends him a greater mystique, especially to impressionable young rats like [[Nourishing]].

Became the ''de facto'' leader after the death of [[Hamnpork]], and was instrumental in the peace accord signed by the rats and the townsfolk of [[Bad Blintz]] which led to the new life that the rats enjoyed in the tourist trap it became.

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Regina Rust

2014-02-17T17:54:41Z

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Eldest and possibly only daughter of [[Rust|Lord Rust]].

By the events of [[Snuff]] she is a grown woman, described by [[Havelock Vetinari| Lord Vetinari]] as "a hot-headed, ferocious woman, very difficult and very smart".

With the disgrace and exile of her brother [[Gravid Rust|Gravid]] to [[Fourecks]], after he had been found to have been using [[goblins]] as slaves and smuggling lethal [[troll]] drugs into [[Ankh-Morpork]], Regina is set to inherit her fathers position and title upon his death.

Given that Lord Rust is now ill and infirm it seems likely she will soon become Lady Rust and have control of the Rust family and power. Lord Vetinari complained to [[Samuel Vimes| Commander Vimes]] about this, stating that he would have preferred to have dealt with her brother Gravid, who is lazy idiot rather than his forceful and astute sister. Once rather feels he protests too much, and might relish the challenge. But it is unlikely Regina will make life easy for Sam Vimes or Vetinari, as it is to be expected she will hold them responsible for her brother’s exile and slight to her family and try to exact revenge.

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Mrs Upshot

2014-02-17T17:45:40Z

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'''Work in progress'''

Mother of [[Feeney Upshot]] and a resident of [[The Shires]].

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Ten Gallons

2014-02-17T17:38:24Z

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Master of the oxen shed on the [[Wonderful Fanny]].

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Stratford

2014-02-17T17:37:38Z

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{{Character Data
|title= Stratford
|photo= Stratford.png|Stratford, as drawn by [[User:TMOH|TMOH]]
|name= Stratford (first name unknown)
|age= early twenties
|race= Human
|death= killed by [[Willikins]]

|occupation= murderer in the employ of [[Gravid Rust]]
|appearance= Looks like everyone else: average height, mousy hair, no scars that show.

|residence= [[The Shires]]

|books= {{SN}}
}}

'''Mr Stratford''' (first name unknown) was a homicidal maniac and all-round nut job in the employ of [[Gravid Rust]], who murdered at least sixteen people and an unknown number of goblins, including the goblin woman whose murder set off the events of ''[[Snuff]]''. He was young, with mousy hair and no scars that show--as generic-looking as [[Moist von Lipwig]], in fact, except when he got angry enough for the beast inside to show through. Good with a slingshot, but more often seen wielding a machete or a nasty-looking assortment of small knives. He didn't like water, and wouldn't get on a boat if he could help it.

He came to the attention of [[Samuel Vimes|Commander Vimes]] during the latter's investigation of the murder on [[Hangman's Hill]]. He tried to outwit Vimes aboard the ''[[Wonderful Fanny]]'' by disguising himself as the river rat "Eddie Brassbound", but found himself outmaneuvered instead and, after a fight in the wheelhouse, left to go down with the ship.

But Stratford was not an easy man to kill, and he resurfaced on the ''[[Roberta E. Biscuit]]''. Where he tried to kill [[Young Sam Vimes]], but found his father instead who had not been drunk as Stratford first thought having seen him ingest many drinks named after him that night. Only then did he meet [[Willikins]] who had been disguised as a bartender who made Vimes the "virgin" Same Vimes. He was duly arrested and put on a Watch transport bound for [[Ankh-Morpork]] Before he could be conveyed into the hands of [[Daniel Trooper|One-Drop Trooper]], however, the wagon had a nasty collision with a mail coach and Stratford escaped in the confusion. He met [[Willikins]] on the road shortly after and was quickly subdued. Permanently.

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Stump

2014-02-17T17:31:13Z

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'''Stump''' is the resident hermit at [[Crundells]]. He has a grubby brown robe and a bad sense of humour. He is of uncertain age (and teeth), and has an incredibly long beard, that trails, comet-like, behind him. When he stops, by some unknown source of momentum, his beard continues, piling up on his head. His hand is mostly fingernails.

His name is Stump, although, as the man himself reveals at every possible injunction, he is not often stumped. He has been following herming and its various accompaniments- piety, sobriety, celibacy and the pursuit of true wisdom- for the past [[57]] years. The herming business runs in the family on the male side, with the skulls of various family members kept on a shelf in the grotto. While dispensing the knowledge that all paths lead to the grave and that celibacy should be widely practiced, the profession does have a week's holiday every year, on the basis that one cannot live on snails and herbs of the riverbank alone. It seems, however, that this time is sufficient for his social life, as he has a wife and a son.

Of course, the position of hermit was a noble one in the old ancestral homes- they were like sapient garden gnomes, giving the place a romantic air. They are not allowed to bathe- explaining Stump's whiffiness of the nose- but they did get a salary of two pounds of potatoes, three pints of beer, three
loaves of bread and one pound of pork dripping per week, as well as the aforementioned snails and herbs.

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Silver (Crundells)

2014-02-17T17:21:59Z

Death:

''For other uses of the word '''silver''' see [[Silver|here]]''

Mr and Mrs '''Silver''' are the butler and head housekeeper at [[Crundells]], the Ramkin country house in [[The Shires]].

==Annotation==
Mrs Silver has an air about her suggestive of the sinister Mrs Danvers, housekeeper at Manderly and bane of the life of the ill-used Mrs deWinter in Daphne duMaurier's ''Rebecca'', a classic novel of the sinister big country house.

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Mrs Sillitoe

2014-02-17T17:17:59Z

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The daughter of Commandant [[Fournier]] and the wife of [[Gastric Sillitoe]], '''Mrs Sillitoe''' was held hostage by [[Stratford]], under the assumed name of Eddie Brassbound, to ensure that her husband would safely captain the ''[[Wonderful Fanny]]'' all the way to [[Quirm]].

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Gastric Sillitoe

2014-02-17T17:17:06Z

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'''Gastric Sillitoe''', the captain of the ''[[Wonderful Fanny]]'', is married to [[Mrs Sillitoe]]. As a family, they often transport goods down along the [[Quire]]. His boat is commandeered by [[Stratford]] and his mercenaries while transporting captive goblins to Quirm. He and his family are rescued by [[Samuel Vimes]] and [[Feeney Upshot]].

He employs [[Ten Gallons]] in the engine room of the paddle boat.

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Jiminy

2014-02-17T17:15:51Z

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Jiminy is the landlord of the [[Goblin's Head]], the principle pub in [[The Shires]]. He is a stout believer in equality, being a republican, and is married with a daughter, who works as a maid in [[Crundells]]. He once was a policeman in the [[Pseudopolis]] City Watch, and still keeps his truncheon in case of any rowdy customers. Because coppering never fully leaves you, he still keeps a close attention to things going on, and is able to "assist" [[Sam Vimes]] throughout the events of [[Snuff]].

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Ted Flutter

2014-02-17T17:11:14Z

Death:

{{Character Data
|title= Ted Flutter
|photo= Flutter.png|Flutter, as drawn by [[User:TMOH|TMOH]]
|name= Ted Flutter
|age=
|race= Human
|death=

|occupation= turkey farmer and lackey of [[Gravid Rust]]
|appearance=

|residence= formerly a small farmhouse near [[Hangnails]]; currently, a cell in [[Pseudopolis Yard]]

|books= {{SN}}
}}

'''Ted Flutter''' is a former lackey of [[Gravid Rust]] whose testimony was critical in capturing [[Stratford]] and exposing the younger Rust's smuggling activity and enslavement of the goblins. He is a simple-minded man who fears everyone to some degree or another. Though he has quite a long criminal record--[[Feeney Upshot]]'s father arrested him on two dozen separate occasions--it isn't a very impressive one; Flutter is the kind of man who gets dragged along to be the lookout or to carry off the bones.

When he wasn't getting into trouble with the law, Flutter hung wallpaper and ran a turkey farm at his home a quarter-mile outside of Hangnails, though he wasn't particularly good at it and didn't take care of his birds. His work for Lord Rust consisted mostly of rolling barrels around, and he had quite a lot of illicit tobacco stored in his turkey sheds.

He was paid three dollars to help [[Stratford]] spread some blood around on [[Hangman's Hill]] but ended up witnessing the murder of a goblin woman instead and was subsequently forced to help hide her body. When [[Commander Vimes]] and Upshot confronted him about the incident, Flutter turned King's Evidence and revealed everything he knew about Stratford and Rust.

He was presumably convicted of being an accessory to the murder of the goblin girl, but in exchange for his cooperation he was allowed to serve out his sentence in a safe and comfortable cell in [[Pseudopolis Yard]] rather than taking his chances in the [[Tanty]].

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Praise and Salvation False

2014-02-17T14:15:16Z

Death:

'''Praise and Salvation False''' is a complicated chicken farmer encountered during the events of {{SN}}. It is left uncertain what exactly a complicated chicken ''is'', but we find that one of False's hens laid a square egg, which is, at least, thoroughly confusing. It seems that he has weak lungs and (bizarrely) a wooden toe, although the manner of the injury is probably better kept unexplained.

It is a character trait of people with a False name to try and explain the etymological derivation at every possible situation, even when faced with a watery death. In this case, the oft-trotted out explanation is that the family originated with the [[Klatch|Klatchian]] ''Thalassa'', which was eventually mispronounced as the surname we know now. It seems that several [[Feeney Upshot|residents of the Shire]] have foreign ancestry.

During the course of {{SN}}, he stowed away on the [[Wonderful Fanny]], in order to get to [[Quirm]] to set up a chicken houses for his business. However, when the barge was overtaken by [[Stratford]] and his crew he hid in a corner under some tarpaulin, on the basis that he had a bad knowledge pf fighting (chickens don't get aggressive) and no weapons. It must be said, however, that, in [[Sam Vimes]]' eyes, the contents of his toolbox- mallets, sledgehammers, saws, a crowbar and a large circular awl- came under the heading of 'weapons of mass destruction'.

==Annotation==
Square eggs have actually been commercially sold in Japan. Apparently the trick is to get the egg the instant it leaves the chicken, while the shell is still soft and malleable (Have you ever wondered how something that big comes out of a chicken without causing her too much discomfort? Hence the slightly teardrop shape of the egg.) While the shell is still warm and plastic, it is put into a glass mould and gently pressed into cuboid shape... the shell then hardens into its final square form, from which it may only be broken, not reshaped.

[[http://www.amazon.com/Egg-Cuber-Square-Press/dp/B002C8ZDQE|How to make a square hard-boiled egg in your own kitchen...]]

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Gravid Rust

2014-02-17T14:14:54Z

Death:

The obnoxious and unpleasant son of [[Ronald Rust]] and heir to the Rust land and title. He is first encountered as the Rust son who was arrested by [[Sam Vimes]] and brought before the [[Patrician]] for shooting a servant for allegedly setting his boots out the wrong way round.

In {{FOC}} he (or his father) was later the chief suspect in paying for an assassin to kill Vimes as revenge. The assassin failed, discovering too late the lengths Vimes had gone to make the Ramkin house a lethal death-trap for unwanted intruders, and was forced to hand over the payment to Sir Samuel while suspended above the dragon pens.

In {{SN}} Vimes encounters him again, as a prime mover behind even greater crimes. Gravid Rust is capable of a certain greasy charm, and uses this to persuade people who should know better to join him in a series of escalating crimes and offences. Gravid was responsible for having [[goblins]] forcibly taken from [[Hangman's Hill]] and shipped for use as slave labour on his tobacco plantation in [[Howondaland]]. He also used the same shipments of tobacco to smuggle a number of troll drugs into Ankh-Morpork along with the tobacco. These included the deadly [[Crystal Slam]] and others including Slab, Slice, Slap, and Slunkie.

Three years later Gravid attempted to move a second shipment of goblins to Howondaland, also employing the ruthless killer [[Stratford]] to tidy away witnesses and lose ends. Here Gravid overreached himself, and by [[Vetinari|a lucky accident of chance]] [[Samuel Vimes]] was on holiday in the region to uncover this crime.

While most of Gravid's lackeys and smugglers were caught, and the corrupt magistrates removed, Vetinari was forced to point out to the enraged Vimes that slavery of goblins was not then a crime (goblins having being classed as vermin) and Gravid could not be brought to trial for his actions. While Diamond King of Trolls was demanding that Gravid be sent to him for trial (and near certain execution) for his role in shipping lethal troll drugs, the Patrician knew it would not be politically feasible to hand over the son of a prominent aristocrat for trolls to kill, regardless of his crimes. Instead Vetinari told Vimes that he would have to be content with Gravid being disinherited by his father, losing his position and title, and exiled to [[Fourecks]] for the foreseeable future. While this would be seen as a terrible fate for most aristocrats Vimes saw it as 'a nice holiday in the sun' for someone who had trafficked in misery and suffering for profit.

In the end, they say all sins are forgiven. Perhaps not all...

Vetinari is later seen ordering one of his [[Dark Clerk|dark clerks]] in Forecks to poison Gravid and make it appear like a natural accident. Vetinari must act in the dark and outside of the Law without sanction, luxuries he envies Vimes, to ensure that there is Justice for the goblins.

==Annotations==

The term '[[Wikipedia:Gravid|Gravid]]' in Roundworld refers to when animals (fish or reptiles) carry their eggs inside of them. On the Discworld, the term also applies to [[swamp dragons]], so probably has a different meaning. Then again, dragons are more or less reptiles and we don´t ''know'' that they don´t carry their eggs inside themselves.

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Tears of the Mushroom

2014-02-16T09:39:32Z

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'''Tears of the Mushroom''' is a [[Goblin]] girl who appears in {{SN}}. Unusually for a goblin, she looks at the world not in the meek, downward facing fashion inherent in most goblins but with the keen, interested gaze of a human. She is the star pupil of Miss [[Felicity Beedle]], mostly because she grasps things with remarkable speed. In a way, she is handsome, if not exactly pretty. She often wears a wraparound apron.
She speaks as if she is taking words out of a rack and tidily putting them back as soon as they are said. She is very good with the harp, and is one of the reasons why goblins came back into the public eye.

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Feeney Upshot

2014-02-10T14:11:19Z

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{{Character Data
|title= Chief Constable
|photo=
|name=Feeney Upshot
|race=Human
|age=approx 17

|occupation= Chief Constable of the Shires Watch
|appearance=

|residence= Village near [[Ramkin Hall]] in [[the Shires]]

|death=
|parents=[[Mrs Upshot]]
|relatives=
|children=
|marital status=Single

|books=[[Snuff]]
|cameos=
}}

Feeney Upshot is the sole watchmen of the Shires in the beginning of [[Snuff]]. His first appearance in the book is when he shows up to arrest [[Sam Vimes]] in connection of the suspected murder of [[Jethro Jefferson]] the blacksmith. Feeney is an awkward young man estimated to be about 17 years of age by Sam Vimes. He wears no formal uniform, has no helmet, and carries no warrant card. Both his father and grandfather were Constables in the Watch and he was given the inherited position and its truncheon inscribed with "LAW."

Feeney's grandfather was sailor who brought back his grandmother Ming Chang from [[Bhangbhangduc]]. He learned a number of things from her including her native cuisine, for which she became locally famous, and martial arts. He taught Sam Vimes the move "He Up Down Very Sorry" by example. His grandfather helped him nurture his ability to "read people like books" by taking him around the area, introducing him to people, and telling him their stories. Because of this, he is able to make a very educated guess as to whether you are telling the truth or not and to have some insight into your character.

When he isn't acting in his official capacity as Chief Constable, he uses the lock up for his pigs, which explains its pervasive smell even through the disinfectant used to make it ready for Sam Vimes.

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Stinky

2014-02-10T14:10:31Z

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{{Character Data

|name=Stinky
|race=[[Goblin]]
|age= unknown

|occupation=Watchmen, Clacks Operator, Petty Thief
|appearance= Small and slightly hobbled from a badly set broken leg

|books=[[Snuff]]

}}

Stinky is first found on the property of [[Feeney Upshot]] after the arrest of [[Sam Vimes]] in connection with the suspected murder of [[Jethro Jefferson]]. His name comes from his absolute stink. [[Sam Vimes]] noted that it wasn't so much a smell as a sensation of your dental enamel evaporating. Stinky was the first to ask the venerable watchmen for "JUST-ICE!"

He becomes the first of the [[Goblins]] to become an officer in the Shire. He also becomes an operator of the newly erected [[Clacks]] tower although he does not know how to read, as he is a quick learner.

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Brian Roberts

2014-02-03T07:49:15Z

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'''''For Brian from {{GO}} see [[Brian ("Good Omens")]], for Brian from {{HFOS}} see [[Brian ("A Hat Full of Sky")]]'''''

'''Sergeant Brian Roberts''' is a very unhappy guard with multiple loyalties. Not only has he been ordered, by a newly-arrived duchess who doesn't know how things work around here, to imprison a witch, he has the too-clever-for-his-own-good junior guard [[Preston]] to deal with, as well as the new [[Roland|Baron]] and his [[Letitia Keepsake|wife]]. ''And'' her [[Deirdre Parsley|mother]].

==Annotation==

Note the resemblance to the plot of {{WS}} at this point in {{ISWM}}, as well as to the "Swamp Castle" scenes in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"...

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Preston

2014-02-03T07:23:56Z

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{{Character Data
|title=Preston
|photo=
|name=Preston
|race= Human
|age= 17
|occupation= Formerly Lance Private of the castle guard, future doctor
|appearance= Smart and clean
|residence=[[The Chalk]]
|death=
|parents=
|relatives=
|children=
|marital status=
|books= {{ISWM}}
|cameos=
}}

'''Preston''' is a young castle guard (under the new Baron [[Roland]]) who is perhaps too clever for his own good. So clever, in fact, that he will play dumb in situations where large words would be unappreciated and unhelpful.

When Preston was a young boy, his grandmother used to lay out the dead. It was Preston's job to provide his grandmother with the necessary supplies for preparing the body, such as cloths, warm water, a dish of salt, and two coins for the ferryman. He was forbidden, however, from the actual work with the corpse, on account of his lacking a certificate in "doctrine." (Pills and potions and sawing off limbs and similar.)

Preston is a born healer, if not a doctor. A doctor requires letters put at the end of the name, and those letters are ''very'' expensive. The lack of formal training did not stop him from performing surgery on his mum's dog (made him right as rain when he pushed all the bits back in after being run over by a wagon) and on his granny's chickens (curing them of fowl crop, which even a talented [[Petulia|pig witch]] can't do.)

[[Tiffany Aching]] finds him fascinating and intelligent, with a rare understanding of the world. Preston shares with Tiffany a delight in language and an imaginative take on vocabulary. He quietly and unobtrusively courts Tiffany, mainly by taking care of her when she is too busy to think of mundane things like sleeping and eating and being there for her when she needs it most.

After Preston assists in her defeating the [[Cunning Man|evil]] which is walking the world, Tiffany wrests a promise out of Roland that he will sponsor Preston's further education at medical school in [[Ankh-Morpork]]. Preston is now presumably a medical student working under Doctor [[John Lawn]].

Tiffany is grateful to and admiring of Preston, even somewhat fond of him. She thinks of him as a "young man of considerable resourcefulness" until Preston points out that he's a year older than she is. By the end of {{ISWM}} a mutual romantic interest between him and Tiffany is indicated.

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Eunice Proust

2014-02-02T10:45:33Z

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{{Character Data
|title= Mrs. Proust
|photo=
|name= Mrs. Proust
|age=
|race= [[Humans|Human]]
|occupation= [[Witches|Witch]], shop owner of [[Boffo Novelty and Joke Shop|Boffo Joke Shop]]
|appearance= Extremely ugly, hooked nose, copious warts
|residence= [[Ankh-Morpork]]
|death=
|parents=
|relatives=
|children= sons: [[Derek Proust]] and [[Jack Proust]]
|marital status=
|books= {{ISWM}}
|cameos=
}}
'''Mrs Proust''' is the Ankh-Morpork witch and the mother of [[Derek Proust|Derek]] and [[Jack Proust]]. The stones from which her powers originated are the stones within the slime under Ankh-Morpork from which previous cities were constructed. (This is similar to the flint within the chalk that gives Tiffany her powers.)

Growing up, Mrs Proust was the daughter of the city's most talented hangman and ran errands for the warders of the Tanty. She is the owner of the [[Boffo Novelty and Joke Shop|Boffo Joke Shop]], where many of the mountain witches get their supplies, and where Derek and Jack work. She is vastly ugly, with a hooked nose and many warts and blemishes. She bases the masks she creates at the shop on her own face. It is revealed that she met her husband at a dance with terrible lighting. They were married for twenty-five years until he died.

Mrs Proust is somewhat more blatant with her use of power than [[Tiffany Aching|Tiffany]] or the mountain witches, including enchanting a window so that it throws stones back at people who throw stones at it. This shows she is a very talented witch and one with different beliefs from witches such as [[Granny Weatherwax]]. Mrs Proust first appeared in {{ISWM}} when Tiffany visited Boffo to get her broom fixed by the identical dwarfs who work there.

Mrs Proust also provides discreet medical services for Watchmen who are too embarrassed to go to [[Igor]] and don't want their mother to know. She also has an Arrangement with Captain [[Angua von Überwald]] with regard to treating her hardpad. No money is paid, nor do serviceable second-hand clothes or surplus foodstuffs change hands, as they would in [[Lancre]] or elsewhere. No: Mrs Proust is a ''city'' witch. Hers is a city barter: performing discreet personal favours in the Watch buys favours, if for eg she is banged up in a cell with [[Tiffany Aching]], accused of criminal damage and importing Feegles into the city. Commander Vimes turns a blind eye.

There is a street in Ankh called [[Prouts]]. A connection with the wider Proust family cannot be ruled out; witchcraft runs in families, names are matrilineal, and witches have a habit of making an impression.

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Derek Proust

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The anxious, shy, humourless, somewhat anally-retentive member of the [[Boffo|Proust]] family, a quiet despair to [[Mrs Proust|his mother]], with no discernible sense of humour whatsoever.

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Molly Petty

2014-02-02T10:21:31Z

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'''Molly Petty''' is the mother of [[Amber Petty]], and wife of [[Seth Petty]].

A mousy woman who is as skinny as a broom, Molly lives in fear of her abusive husband, who makes sure she "walked into a door" regularly. She still refuses to leave him - [[Tiffany Aching]]'s [[Joe Aching|father]] surmised that she must feel it's "better to have one husband than none". Mrs Petty is also not very house proud: The front yard a quarter acre of nettles and the house was a mess. She's also a bad cook. Tiffany scared her half to death by getting the [[Nac Mac Feegle]] to clean the whole place.

Mr Petty's work regularly leaves her home alone for long periods of time. Tiffany's mother admits she should have spent time talking to Molly, explaining that there are certain social limitations which are imposed by the act of getting married... left to her own devices, Molly tended to, *ahem*, ''host'' travellers passing through the village. The "encounters" with these pedlars and travelling salesmen left a certain amount of doubt as to the exact parentage of Amber.

On night after the [[Scouring Fair]], her husband beat her daughter so savagely that the girl lost her baby. Amber was taken away while Mr Petty fled, leaving Molly all alone. Mr Petty returned the next night, and tried to hang himself in remorse for what he had done. Saved from death by Tiffany, his wife took him back, much to Tiffany's annoyance.

She was last seen with Amber and a bashful Mr Petty, at the [[Roland|new Baron]]'s wedding.

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Seth Petty

2014-02-02T10:21:03Z

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'''Seth Petty''' (usually addressed as '''Mister Petty''') is the father of [[Amber Petty]]. He is described by [[Tiffany Aching]]'s [[Joe Aching|father]] as being good at those jobs requiring brawn and endurance but relatively little brain. Seth is, in fact, exactly the sort of man who would wholly justify [[Moist von Lipwig]]'s description of the out-of-town drovers' pub in Ankh-Morpork, the [[Butcher's Eagle]].

By occupation (and perhaps default) he is a drover, responsible for leading flocks and herds of the [[The Chalk|Chalk]]'s sheep and cattle to [[Ankh-Morpork]], where the usual processing in the [[Shambles]] leads to the butchers' shops being adequately stocked. His work as what can only be described as a pedestrian cowboy keeps him away for long periods of time, during which Amber's mother has tended to... ''host'' travellers passing through the village. This leaves Seth with a certain amount of doubt as to the exact parentage of Amber. If he knew either way, perhaps he would not be so filled with rage - Men with limited cognitive power can only get so introspective before the doubt expresses itself through the fist and boot.

Mr Aching says Seth used to be a nice boy - It was just that his father would "lay into (him) just for looking at him in a funny way". It seems he taught his son a lasting lesson: He would grow up into a large, strong man, and use this strength to regularly beat his wife.

When Amber becomes visibly pregnant by her tailor boyfriend - a man despised by Seth as being in a lady's profession - too much ale and introspection at the [[Scouring Fair]] finds its way out via his fists. In the family barn, he beats her so badly that she loses the baby, his future grandson. This is too much for the town to bear, the informal orchestra convenes to play the [[rough music]] for him. [[Tiffany Aching]] saves him from it; she administers a witch's judgement all of her own, then tells him to leave and never return. Even when cornered he tries to fight, but is finally convinced to leave (quickly) by a sample of his daughter's pain.

Despite the warnings, he comes back. Filled with remorse, Mr Petty returns to the barn where his grandson died, making a bouquet of nettles and ''lighting a candle'' (in a very flammable building) for the baby. He then attempts to hang himself from the rafters. The [[Nac Mac Feegle]] cut him down.

[[Mrs Petty]] takes him back, much to Tiffany's dismay, but Amber is taken to stay with the Feegles in the mound. The locals promise to keep a close eye on the Pettys. He is last seen at [[Roland]] and [[Letitia Keepsake|Letitia]]'s wedding, looking clean but sheepish by his wife's side.

==Annotations==
*Mr Petty is described to be three times Tiffany's weight.

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