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* Characters/DiscworldOneBookWonders [[note]]Eskarina Smith, Simon, 71-Hour Ahmed, Conina the Hairdresser, Coin the Sourcerer, Lobsang Ludd, Polly/Oliver Perks, The Amazing Maurice, Om, Glenda Sugarbean, Trev Likely, Juliet Stollop, Mr. Nutt, Pepe, Madame Sharn[[/note]]

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* Characters/DiscworldAnkhMorpork

* Characters/DiscworldSpecies: for details on the species of the Disc and the wider universe

* Characters/DiscworldWitches [[note]]Esmerelda "Granny" Weatherwax, Gytha "Nanny" Ogg, Magrat Garlick, Agnes Nitt, Verence of Lancre, Jason Ogg, Shawn Ogg[[/note]]
* Characters/DiscworldWizards [[note]]Rincewind, Galder Weatherwax, The Librarian, Mustrum Ridcully, Ponder Stibbons, The Bursar, The Dean, The Lecturer in Recent Runes, The Senior Wrangler, The Chair of Indefinite Studies, Professor John Hix[[/note]]
* Characters/DiscworldTiffanyAchingAndTheWeeFreeMen [[note]]Tiffany Aching, The Nac Mac Feegle, Rob Anybody, Daft Wullie, Big Yan, Granny Aching, Annagramma Hawking, Petulia Gristle, Roland, Wentworth[[/note]]

* Characters/DiscworldCityWatch [[note]]Commander Samuel Vimes, Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson, Sergeant Frederick Colon, Corporal Cecil Wormsborough St. John "Nobby" Nobbs, Captain Angua (Delphine Angua von Uberwald), Sergeant Cheery "Cheri" Littlebottom, Sergeant Detritus, Constable Reginald "Reg" Shoe, Lance-Constable Salacia "Sally" [...] von Humpeding, Constable Dorfl, Constable Visit, Constable Downspout, Inspector A.E. Pessimal, Constable Buggy Swires, Sybil Ramkin, Willikins, "Young" Sam Vimes, Captain Quirke[[/note]]

* Characters/DiscworldVillains [[note]]Ymper Trymon, Ipslore the Red, Leonel and Lady Felmet, Dios, Lupine Wonse, Lilith Weatherwax, Vorbis, The Elf Queen, Lord Hong, Salzella, Dragon King of Arms, Jonathan Teatime, The Magpyrs, Wolfgang, Dee, The New Firm, Lord de Worde, Carcer Dun, Grag Ardent[[/note]]

* Characters/DiscworldOthers [[note]]Havelock Vetinari, Lady Margolotta, Moist von Lipwig, The Auditors of Reality, Adora Belle Dearheart, William de Worde, Sacharissa Cripslock, Otto Chriek, Lu-Tze, Gaspode the Wonder Dog, The Canting Crew, Twoflower, The Luggage, Genghiz Cohen the Barbarian, Mr. Slant, Lord Ronald "Ronnie" Rust, C.M.O.T. (Cut Me Own Throat) Dibbler, Rhys Rhysson, Mr. Shine, Igor, Leonard of Quirm, Chrysophrase the troll, Mightily Oats, Hughnon Ridcully[[/note]]

* Characters/DiscworldOneBookWonders [[note]]Eskarina Smith, Simon, 71-Hour Ahmed, Conina the Hairdresser, Coin the Sourcerer, Lobsang Ludd, Jonathan Teatime, Polly/Oliver Perks, Carcer Dun, The Amazing Maurice, Om, Glenda Sugarbean, Trev Likely, Juliet Stollop, Mr. Nutt, Pepe, Madame Sharn[[/note]]

The Literature/{{Discworld}} has LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, so here they will be grouped roughly by "series" most of which have their own character pages. Characters that mainly appear in only one book will be grouped at One Book Wonders, in hopefully alphabetical order.

* Characters/DiscworldTiffanyAchingAndTheWeeFreeMen [[note]]Tiffany Aching, The Nac Mac Feegle, Rob Anybody, Daft Wullie, Granny Aching, Annagramma Hawking, Roland[[/note]]

* Characters/DiscworldVillains [[note]]Ymper Trymon, Ipslore the Red, Leonel and Lady Felmet, Dios, Lupine Wonse, Lilith Weatherwax, Vorbis, The Elf Queen, Lord Hong, Salzella, Dragon King of Arms, Jonathan Teatime, The Magpyrs, Wolfgang, Dee, The New Firm, Lord de Worde, Carcer Dun[[/note]]

* Characters/DiscworldVillains [[note]]Ymper Trymon, Ipslore the Red, Leonel and Lady Felmet, Dios, Lupine Wonse, Lilith Weatherwax, Vorbis, The Elf Queen, Lord Hong, Salzella, Dragon King of Arms, Carcer Dun[[/note]]

* Characters/DiscworldDeathAndCompany [[note]]Death, The Death of Rats, Susan Sto Helit, Albert, Mort, Ysabell[[/note]]

* Characters/DiscworldVillains [[note]]Ymper Trymon, Ipslore the Red, Leonel and Lady Felmet, Dios, [[spoiler: Lupine Wonse]], Lilith Weatherwax, Vorbis, The Elf Queen, Carcer Dun[[/note]]

* Characters/DiscworldDeathAndCompany [[note]]Death, The Death of Rats, Susan Sto Helit, Albert[[/note]]

* Characters/DiscworldWizards [[note]]Rincewind, The Librarian, Mustrum Ridcully, Ponder Stibbons, The Bursar, The Dean, The Lecturer in Recent Runes, The Senior Wrangler, The Chair of Indefinite Studies, Professor John Hix[[/note]]

* Characters/DiscworldVillains [[note]]Ymper Trymon, Ipslore the Red, Leonel and Lady Felmet, Dios, [[spoiler: Lupine Wonse]][[/note]]

* Characters/DiscworldOneBookWonders [[note]]Eskarina Smith, 71-Hour Ahmed, Conina the Hairdresser, Coin the Sourcerer, Lobsang Ludd, Jonathan Teatime, Polly/Oliver Perks, Carcer Dun, The Amazing Maurice, Om, Glenda Sugarbean, Trev Likely, Juliet Stollop, Mr. Nutt, Pepe, Madame Sharn[[/note]]

* Characters/DiscworldOneBookWonders [[note]]71-Hour Ahmed, Conina the Hairdresser, Coin the Sourcerer, Lobsang Ludd, Jonathan Teatime, Polly/Oliver Perks, Carcer Dun, The Amazing Maurice, Om, Glenda Sugarbean, Trev Likely, Juliet Stollop, Mr. Nutt, Pepe, Madame Sharn, Mr. Shine[[/note]]

* Characters/DiscworldOthers [[note]]Havelock Vetinari, Lady Margolotta, Moist von Lipwig, The Auditors of Reality, Adora Belle Dearheart, William de Worde, Sacharissa Cripslock, Otto Chriek, Lu-Tze, Gaspode the Wonder Dog, The Canting Crew, Twoflower, The Luggage, Genghiz Cohen the Barbarian, Mr. Slant, Lord Ronald "Ronnie" Rust, C.M.O.T. (Cut Me Own Throat) Dibbler, Rhys Rhysson, Igor, Leonard of Quirm, Chrysophrase the troll, Mightily Oats, Hughnon Ridcully[[/note]]

* Characters/DiscworldCityWatch [[note]]Commander Samuel Vimes, Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson, Sergeant Frederick Colon, Corporal Cecil Wormsborough St. John "Nobby" Nobbs, Captain Angua (Delphine Angua von Uberwald), Sergeant Cheery "Cheri" Littlebottom, Sergeant Detritus, Constable Reginald "Reg" Shoe, Lance-Constable Salacia "Sally" [...] von Humpeding, Constable Dorfl, Constable Visit, Constable Downspout, Inspector A.E. Pessimal, Constable Buggy Swires, Sybil Ramkin, Willikins, Captain Quirke[[/note]]

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!Havelock Vetinari
->''Do not let me detain you.''

Current Patrician of Ankh-Morpork. A thin, bearded man with a Spartan lifestyle ([[Film/ThreeHundred no, not like that]]), his uncanny knowledge of human nature and unparalleled talent for scheming has allowed him to make Ankh-Morpork the most influential city on the Disc through economic and cultural might rather than force of arms. So good at his job that the Assassins' Guild refuses to accept contracts on his life, because without his control Ankh-Morpork would collapse. Fortunately, [[MagnificentBastard he is never, ever not in control]], not even when he's arrested and locked in a dungeon cell. It's his dungeon cell, after all.

Succeeded "Mad Lord Snapcase" and "Homicidal Lord Winder". He is not named until ''Discworld/{{Sourcery}}'', but WordOfGod is that he had become Patrician before the events of ''Discworld/TheColourOfMagic''. Vetinari may not be entirely human, but this has yet to be proven.
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* TheAntiNihilist: Like Vimes, Vetinari is well aware of how awful a place the world really is and how foolish and petty people really are...and he's set out to ''use'' that awfulness to make the city a better place. Rather than confront injustice head-on, he prefers to change the world through subtle trickery and manipulation, or just terrify it into behaving when needed.
* AntiVillain / BigGood: Well, sort of... He's generally on the same side as the heroes but in a "MagnificentBastard pulling your strings to his own ends" way. In particular, Vetinari loves to get Vimes steaming mad, or Moist itchingly bored, and then set them loose on whatever thorn is currently in his side, removing the obstacle while maintaining plausible deniability.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Without any preparation, he ''instantly'' masters juggling skills in ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'' ("A few melons are ''nothing'' after Ankh-Morpork"). He can also solve the Times' Sudoku puzzles at a single glance and is the second-best crossword puzzler in the city.
** The [[AllThereInTheManual Assassins' Guild Diary]] reveals that this dates back to his school days, when he was the academy's grandmaster at Stealth Chess: an extremely [[ParanoiaFuel unpredictable, cutthroat]] game which he played ''blindfolded''.
* {{Badass}}: He rarely has any need to get his hands dirty, but ''when he does...''
* BerserkButton: He regards performing a mime act within the city walls as a capital offense. By [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity Patrician standards]], this is merely an endearing quirk and is treated as such by the populace. On a more serious note, questioning Vetinari's devotion to the city is one of the few ways to make him truly angry.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: Vetinari's BreakingLecture in ''Guards! Guards!'' ("There are always and only the evil people, but sometimes they are on different sides") is the current page quote. He doesn't believe "good" is really possible but "less bad" is worth the effort, even worth a few deaths (although he keeps these to a minimum).
* BluffTheEavesdropper: Vetinari sends all his semaphore communiqués using codes that are "fiendishly difficult" but not unbreakable. If a spy can't break them, great, they shouldn't be doing so. If they do, he'll [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow then know]] what information is being passed on
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Pratchett ''had'' [[WordOfGod to confirm]] that the first book's Patrician is, in fact, Vetinari because that Patrician displays none of his distinctive traits from later books. [[note]]A {{Revision}} stating that this was Mad Lord Snapcase or Homicidal Lord Winder (who would have fit the description far better) would have disrupted the established timeline for Vetinari's ascension.[[/note]]
* TheChessmaster: Averted, sort of. Vetinari's real genius is not in "planning for everything" (although he IS prepared for a great many things) but in staying just ahead of unfolding events and directing them to his benefit.
* TheComicallySerious: Every time he's in a scene with someone like Fred Colon, as Vetinari reacts with solemnity to every idiotic thing that comes out of the other person's mouth while subtly highlighting the absurdity.
%% * TheCynic
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: How he holds onto power despite Ankh-Morpork being impossible to plan for. With the Disc's TheoryOfNarrativeCausality, as long as Vetinari can identify what narrative genre is relevant, he can play its tropes to manipulate events. See WrongGenreSavvy below for what happens when he misidentifies the genre.
* DeadpanSnarker: People [[MundaneMadeAwesome live in fear]] of the mere possibility of Vetinari getting sarcastic at them.
* DissonantSerenity: He is unruffled even in the midst of disaster. It is a ''very'' rare day when someone manages to surprise a visible reaction out of him.
* EmbarrassingNickname: WordOfGod says "Vetinari" is a pun on "Medici" ('veterinary' as opposed to 'medical'), hence his insulting school nickname "Dog-botherer". Vetinari finds this offensive mostly in its lack of imagination.
* TheExtremistWasRight: Vetinari's original plan to stabilize Ankh-Morpork included legalizing the Thieves' Guild and winding down institutions such as the Watch and the Post Office. And it worked. Of course, once crime and the Guilds are under control, he can afford to wind other things up again...
* FascinatingEyebrow: Something he's very good at, and which his imitators aspire to be as good at.
* GeniusBruiser: He can solve crosswords in a matter of seconds and if pressed can solve physical confrontations even quicker.
* HiddenDepths: His relationship with Lady Margolotta (in ''Discworld/TheFifthElephant'' and subsequent books) came as a surprise as he'd previously had no private life at all. As seen in ''Discworld/NightWatch'', he's also a very competent fighter and a master of stealth. He failed his Stealth exam in Assassin school ''because the proctor marked him absent''. The treatise he's writing in ''Discworld/FeetOfClay'' and his monologue on evil in ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'' indicate that he's also given a great deal of thought to the moral implications of his actions.
* KnightInSourArmor: The result of his [[TheAntiNihilist anti-nihilist]] BlackAndGrayMorality worldview. He's sufficiently angry about the state of the world that he considers it his moral obligation to act.
* ManipulativeBastard: Especially in later books, where he rarely has to take any personal action to remove annoyances from his path: he just has to find someone capable of solving the problem and then find the levers to get them moving. He's a Magnificent Bastard as well becasue of the the subtlety and PolitenessJudo with which he does this, and the fact that his larger goal is always the welfare of the city. Any Ankh-Morpork citizen will be happy to tell you that he's an evil, vicious, manipulative tyrant... but they'll have great difficulty saying what exactly he's ''done'' that's so bad. And they all agree that any potential replacement would be far, far worse.
* MoralityPet: Wuffles, his elderly and much beloved terrier. Possibly [[ReplacementGoldfish replaced]] after his death by Mr. Fusspot (in ''Discworld/MakingMoney'').
* NeverGetsDrunk: Subverted. In ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'' he drinks an entire room full of football hooliga--er, team captains--under the table. He IS drunk as a skunk afterwards, but for someone with Vetinari's level of self-control this just means a few seconds slower at the crossword and unusually talkative. And he stubbed his toe.
* ObfuscatingDisability: Walks with a cane because of an injury sustained in an attempted assassination in ''Discworld/MenAtArms''. It's left open how much of this is an act to encourage people to underestimate his physical strength and how much is a genuine disability [[{{Badass}} he's tough enough to ignore when required]].
* PunnyName: By WordOfGod, a pun on "Medici".
* TheRival: The little old lady who sells dog food and can solve crosswords even faster than he can. She starts ''writing'' them later, and in ''Snuff'' produces one he couldn't solve[[note]]This may be a reference to the ''Times of London'' crossword puzzle, notorious as the crossword equivalent of the ''TabletopGame/TombOfHorrors''.[[/note]] He grudgingly admits that she has won.
* ScarsAreForever: The injury from ''Discworld/MenAtArms'' leaves him walking with a cane for the rest of the books (although note ObfuscatingDisability above).
* TheSocialExpert: Seen especially in ''Discworld/GoingPostal'' when he meets with the Board of the Grand Trunk company. He knows exactly who is in charge, and exactly how to play the members off one another to make them nervous.
* UnholyMatrimony: His endlessly ambiguous relationship with Lady Margolotta... [[AntiVillain for a very limited value of 'unholy', of course]].
* VetinariJobSecurity: TropeNamer, obviously: while no one actually ''likes'' him, everyone is reluctant to replace him because no one else would be capable of playing all the guilds and other groups off one another so successfully. One popular fan theory is that instead of grooming a protege to succeed him directly, Vetinari is instead promoting several characters to control various interests within the city -- Vimes, Carrot, and Moist Von Lipwig being at least three. To make matters even more devious, none of them realize it, a few think they're defying him, and he's setting them up so that each limits the power of the others.
* WrongGenreSavvy: After tediously cleaning up after several new technologies created by sinister forces (the dragon in ''Discworld/GuardsGuards'', the movies in ''Discworld/MovingPictures'', the living mall in ''Discworld/ReaperMan'', the Music With Rocks In in ''Discworld/SoulMusic'') and nearly losing his life to the Gonne in ''Discworld/MenAtArms'', Vetinari attempts to shut down the printing press in ''Discworld/TheTruth'', assuming that MedievalStasis in still in effect. Instead, the press is part of a major change in how things work on the Disc and a totally different genre applies. Vetinari catches on to this quickly and by the end of the book is already manipulating the new rules to his own purposes.
* XanatosGambit: Plays a continuous one with Lady Margolotta: makes his coded messages ''almost'' unbreakable knowing that she reads them. If she doesn't or can't break them, great, she shouldn't be doing either. If she does both, he'll know what she thinks is in them.
* XanatosSpeedChess: He claims to never have any real plans, instead steering emerging events to his advantage. Plans would just get in his way.


!Lady Margolotta

Lady Margolotta is a vampire, who appeared mainly in ''Discworld/TheFifthElephant'' and very recently ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'' but has made a few cameos in other books. She lives in Uberwald and shuffles the political factions (dwarves, werewolves, trolls, etc.) there in much the same way that Vetinari does in Ankh-Morpork... only Uberwald is less civilized and possibly less predictable. She plays chess (and occasionally Thud) with Vetinari by the clacks system (the Discworld's version of the telegraph) and has been known to read his secret messages. The Patrician is aware of this, and purposely makes his coded messages ''almost'' unbreakable, so he'll know what she thinks is in them. It is quite possible that [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow she knows that he does this]], having most likely taught him as much as he taught her (either way, it's going to lead to a GambitPileup sometime in the future). Lady Margolotta also annoyed the hell out of Commander Vimes by saving his life, because Vimes ''hates'' vampires.
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* AddictionDisplacement: Replacing blood with ''politics''. And cigarettes.
* AntiVillain: Like Vetinari, she escapes true villain status by happening to be on the hero's side. However, it's for entirely her own reasons rather than patriotism or morality, even the strange sort displayed by Vetinari.
* BaitTheDog: When introduced, she seems pretty harmless, especially given her taste in colorful sweaters with bats on them. Vimes describes her as looking like "someone's mother". But then you find out that she is (almost?) as skilled a manipulator as Vetinari himself.
%% * BlueBlood
* [[TheChessmaster The Chessmistress]]: Vetinari considers her a WorthyOpponent, and that's saying several somethings.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Averted. Although she spends most of ''The Fifth Elephant'' wearing a pink jumper, describing her as anything close to TheChick is bound to land you in a ''lot'' of trouble.
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: In ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'' the mild-looking Lady Margolotta is confused with her much more haughty-looking assistant.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking : Well, AntiVillain smoking anyway.
* InterspeciesRomance: The jury's still out on this one.
* KickTheDog: Oddly crossed with PetTheDog in [[spoiler: her treatment of Nutt]]
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Lady Margolotta, like several of the vampires in later books, has sworn off human blood, and considers animal blood a poor but necessary substitute, "like lemonade replaces vhisky, believe me."
* OverlyLongName: Margolotta Amaya Katerina Assumpta Crassina von Überwald, and thats just the short form...
* SugarAndIcePersonality: A cynical and very manipulative ruler using control (and cigarettes) as an addiction replacement, who nevertheless does seem to care about Nutt (among others) beyond their usefulness as political pawns.
* VampireVords: In ''Discworld/TheFifthElephant''. Not so much when she reappears in ''UA'', though. This may be a ShoutOut to the original Dracula novel: the count speaks in a thick Hungarian accent when Jonathan Harker visits him, yet by the time he visits London it has almost disappeared.
* TheVonTropeFamily: Margolotta (insert four pages worth of middle names/titles here) Von Uberwald.
* WomanInBlack: In ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'', though she wears pink around the house.
* XanatosGambit: See Vetinari's entry.


!Moist von Lipwig
->''Trust me.''

A con-artist turned government employee, noted for his masterful people skills and for being [[TheNondescript so average in appearance as to be nondescript.]] Having been saved from the hangman's noose by Lord Vetinari, Lipwig was [[BoxedCrook put to work]] revitalizing the Ankh-Morpork Post Office, and later the Royal Bank and the Royal Mint. Romantically involved with Adora Belle Dearheart, a fiercely independent, cynical, chain-smoking but beautiful golem-rights activist. Was essentially created as a way to have novels set in Ankh-Morpork without the Watch automatically [[SpotlightStealingSquad taking over the plot]].
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* AmazonChaser: Moist loves Adora ''because'' she's dangerous. He says she looks more beautiful when considering violence.
* BoxedCrook: Moist would rather live than be executed as a scam artist, but he's an adrenaline junkie, and he misses [[InHarmsWay the thrill of the hustle]] so much it almost drives him crazy. He finds ways to make up for it, such as by pulling crowd-pleasing stunts at the Post Office and just being near his fiancee.
* TheFace: Vetinari is using Moist as this for the Post Office staff. Stanley is thought of as weird [[EvenNerdsHaveStandards even by other pin collectors]] and Groat is... ''odd'', to put it charitably, although he IS capable of carrying out the daily Post Office operations with very little input from the Postmaster once he's given a push, but Moist knows how to sell an idea.
* GenreSavvy: He doesn't believe in Genre himself, but he knows it backward and forward, and uses it against other people. In his first meeting with Vetinari, Vetinari himself states that at any time, Moist can leave the room with no repercussions. Moist immediately files this away under "Highly suspicious." Moments afterward, it is shown that he is quite right to be suspicious of that door.
* [[spoiler: HappilyMarried]]: In ''Raising Steam'' [[spoiler: he and Adora Belle have upgraded their relationship. Though they both have jobs that can keep them away from each other through extended periods of time, they make the most of the time they have together.]]
* IndyPloy: He positively thrives on this trope.
--> ''This was where his soul lived: dancing on an avalanche, making the world up as he went along, reaching into people's ears and changing their minds.''
* InHarmsWay: He does his best work when his life is in danger. Additionally, his fiance seems to be a sufficient source of danger for him, so much so that when she goes out of town on business, he takes up a number of dangerous activites (such as free climbing large buildings and [[NoodleIncident Extreme Sneezing]]).
* LadyKillerInLove: With Adora Belle Dearheart. However, despite admitting to having conned women, Moist is not an ardent womaniser.
* LoveableRogue: He thinks of himself as this since he's charming and doesn't hurt anyone. [[DeconstructedTrope Until Mr. Pump gives him a mathematical breakdown of the damage he's caused through his scams]].
* ManipulativeBastard: For good causes these days, though. Questioned by himself:
--> "Am I really a bastard or am I just really good at thinking like one?"
* TheNondescript: Very handy trait, for a con artist. When he was a child, his mother frequently [[BroughtHomeTheWrongKid came home with the wrong kid]].
* NotSoDifferent: Despairs that this might be true of Reacher Gilt. GenreSavvy readers have noted a similarity to Vetinari and think he might be training up his replacement, albeit with Vimes and de Worde there to keep him in line.
* RefugeInAudacity: Possibly the Discworld's finest exponent. His way of dealing with not knowing what to do is "up the ante in the most ridiculous way possible".
* RunningGag: Stealing Drumknott's pencils.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Moist is an interesting study: He's probably second only to Lord Vetinari himself when it comes to cynicism and people-manipulation, but he utilizes this in the service of idealism. Even he doesn't quite understand how he keeps pulling it off.
* TheSocialExpert: "Everyone had their levers. For Groat, it was his position... Stanley, now... Stanley was easy." He can push Gilt's buttons in their media war but is wise enough not to do the same to Vetinari, especially after the broom incident. Taken to another level in ''Discworld/MakingMoney'' when he has to defuse potential mobs more than once.
* TechnicalPacifist: Of a different sort. He really never does lift a hand against anyone, and uses this to justify scamming people. His golem probation officer points out that the victims of his larger frauds were actually worse off than they would have been if he had simply mugged them. [[spoiler:When he actually kills someone in self-defense, he promptly vomits]].
%% * TooCleverByHalf
* UnfortunateName: As Topsy Lavish puts it, "Yes, I can't imagine you had any choice in the matter."
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: This becomes ''very'' important to him by the end of ''Discworld/GoingPostal'' and continues to be a concern in ''Making Money'': is he really a crook, and if so, what kind of crook is he? Can he make a legitimate distinction between himself and Reacher Gilt? [[spoiler:Vetinari certainly seems to think so. He witnessed Reacher Gilt's response to TheWindowOrTheDoor, has noted that Moist is more nervous when holding a sword than when being threatened with one, and describes him as "an honest soul with a fine criminal mind".]]
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!The Auditors of Reality
-->''To be an Individual is to live, and to live is to die.''

The beings responsible for making sure that the universe works the way its supposed to. They find life untidy and make numerous attempts to kill everyone on the Disc.
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* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of Order - and Bureaucracy. (Possibly "Taxes". Because there are two things certain in life, and Death is already accounted for, right?)
* ArchNemesis: To Death and Susan.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Though it mostly ends up boiling down to loathsome bureaucratic pettiness and a chronic lack of imagination. The Auditors are ''not'' presented sympathetically.
* CelestialBureaucracy: Complete with paperwork.
* DeathOfPersonality: Inverted. They exist as grey soul-less entities. For them, to develop a recognisable personality and individual self-awareness is death.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: The Auditors' fundamental problem is that they cannot understand basic things like imagination or individuality. [[spoiler: [[KryptoniteFactor Or chocolate]].]]
* EvilCounterpart: To Death. Both are AnthropomorphicPersonifications who exist to enforce some existential concept. But while Death feels compassion for humanity and the Disc, these bastards just want order. Absolute order.
* HiveMind: [[InsaneTrollLogic At least, they think they do.]]
* InsaneTrollLogic: Something is only alive if it has an independent existance. All living beings die in time. Any span of time is miniscule compared to the lifespan of the universe. Therefore, if an Auditor develops signs of an individual identity, it [[PuffOfLogic instantly vanishes]].
** The book that introduced them implied that this happens because you have to be an individual to get the insane troll logic of it - and since the Auditors disappear when they realize they have an identity, they never manage to get to the point of realizing that their logic is not perfectly sound before going puff.
** Everything about them screams InsaneTrollLogic. They have no emotions or physical needs, yet they hate life forms specifically because of how annoying it is to record everything they do. And don't even ask how creatures with a HiveMind can make jokes with each other...
* JerkassGods: Well, maybe not gods [[OurGodsAreGreater in the technical sense]], but...
* KillAllHumans: And non-human sentience. And non-sentient life. All life current and ''in potentia'', in fact. It's untidy. However, they were somewhat pleased by the evolution of humanity (inasmuch as anything "pleases" them) because humankind could be persuaded into shooting ''itself'' in the foot.
%% * KnightTemplar
* LightIsNotGood: Not ''light'' per-se, but given that their job is to keep the universe working, one would think they wouldn't hate its inhabitants as much as they do.
** One of them calls himself "[[ManInWhite Mr White]]".
* MeasuringTheMarigolds: They attempt to understand human conceptions of art by disassembling famous paintings ''molecule by molecule'', and sifting through them to find the parts that are "art" and "beauty".
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Functionally, though they're not above [[{{Hypocrite}} breaking their own rules]] to get what they want.
* OmnicidalManiac: If they could - and they're trying very hard - they'd exterminate every living thing above the level of microbes. Fortunately, their utter lack of imagination (and certain cosmic mechanisms) prevent them from doing so directly.
* PuffOfLogic: Thanks to a SlipperySlopeFallacy regarding time, any Auditor that comes close to thinking of itself as an individual will usually disappear in a Puff of InsaneTrollLogic.
%% * PureIsNotGood
* RealityWarper: They can effortlessly alter the world around them to achieve all kinds of things, like creating gold and causing thunderstorms. What they can't do is simply wipe away life - it's against the rules.
* SenseFreak: Every now and then, they'll step down from being lifeless concepts into living bodies, and whenever they do, they immediately discover that life is both far more untidy than they thought and more addictive than they ever could have foreseen. Their reactions to food and colours stand out. And ''then'' they discover the price one inevitably pays for living, [[AC:which is where I come in.]]
* SmugSnake: Their pettiness cements them as this.
* [[spoiler:WeaksauceWeakness: Several. Chocolate, for one. And dreams. Hell, even being human for very long functions as MindRape for them, and eventually causes a HeelFaceTurn, insanity and/or death. Between these, all seven hundred that take on human form in ''Discworld/ThiefOfTime'' die before the book ends.]]
* WorldOfSilence: Their ideal world is a variation of this. Though they'd probably find ''silence'' too noisy. Emptiness would be best of all.
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!Adora Belle Dearheart

The cynical, chain-smoking, and severe head of the Golem Trust. She is also Moist's fiance, and assisted him with the restoration of the post office by employing him Golems. Fiercely devoted to causes and doesn't take crap from anyone. Mostly because she can drive a stiletto heel through their shoes... and through [[GroinAttack other parts]].
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* BrokenBird: Does not account for all her behaviour, but she didn't deserve any of what was to done to her family.
* CombatStilettos: Very sharp ones at that.
* CutenessProximity: Golem proximity. ''Any'' golem proximity, including china parts.
* DefrostingIceQueen: To some extent. She can be pretty sharp around Moist himself, but that's how he likes 'em.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: ... And EmbarrassingMiddleName... and Embarrassing Last Name. Moist calls her "Spike."
* FluffyTheTerrible: Not that you would want to point that out. Ever.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Constantly smoking, though it's treated as more of a character quirk.
* [[spoiler: HappilyMarried: See the entry for Moist Von Lipwig]]
* [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerk With A Heart Of Golems]]: Ankh-Morpork is on the golem standard, you know, and she's decently nice deep down.
* NonIndicativeName[=/=]NamesToTrustImmediately: 'Adora Belle Dearheart' sounds like a sweetie. She's not, but she's still a good enough person.
* NoSenseOfHumour: Or so she claims. In reality, her humor is simply ''very'' dry and snarky.
* NotGoodWithPeople: The cranky variety. She prefers golems.
* {{Tsundere}}: Type A. Moist is a born risk-taker, and his fiancee's nature gives him the thrill he needs in life.


!William de Worde
->''The truth has got its boots on. And it's going to start kicking.''

A scribe who comes from a wealthy family, William is making his own way by sending newsletters to leaders of various other countries. He is pulled into the newest technological advancement of the Disc, movable type. With the assistance of a shed filled with Dwarves, the attractive daughter of an engraver, and a vampire/photographer, he begins the Disc's first newspaper, the Ankh-Morpork Times. Reappears in ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment'' doing on-the-site reporting in Borogravia. As of ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'', he seems set to become the Disc's first sports announcer.

Although he does not directly appear, mention should also be made of ''Making Money,'' in which Moist von Lipwig observes that [[CrowningMomentOfFunny William was a young man who "somehow managed to write as though his bum had been stuffed with tweed."]]
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* BadassBookworm: He's a professional scribe before throwing his lot in with the newspaper Dwarfs and his pursuit of the truth allowed him to gain the respect of Sam Vimes and Havelock Vetinari.
* BlueBlood: He's part of a fairly influential family.
* TheCameo: Though he's the main character of only one book (''The Truth''), The Times continues to be a major player in Ankh-Morpork so he does appear a lot in other books.
* IntrepidReporter: Considering he's running the first newspaper on the Disc...
* {{Jerkass}}: Towards the Watch, and sometimes in general - he's a snob at heart, and doesn't always recognize when he's acting like one.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A {{Jerkass}} by nature ''and'' by upbringing, he's constantly watching himself and forcing himself to be kinder to others (though he sometimes misses obvious cues that he's not as kind as he thinks), pretty much forcing himself to be a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* NotSoDifferent: At one point while he's ranting about his father's arrogant, selfish behavior, Otto cheerfully says "But you make up for it in other vays!" earning him a DeathGlare.
* UnclePennybags: Averted. William deliberately turns down a life of luxury living off his family fortune to avoid this trope.
* UpperClassTwit: He's trying so hard to avoid it that he sometimes falls into it by accident. He wasn't ''born'' into poverty, he chose it, and he can always opt out (unlike people who are actually poor) - it's when he forgets this fact that he acts like a jerk, usually.
* WellDoneSonGuy: When he was first introduced. He gets over it soon enough.

!Sacharissa Cripslock

The aforementioned engraver's daughter, who is William de Worde's partner at ''The Times.'' She does much of the journalist field work after William de Worde gets settled in at the newspaper, and as a reporter she receives a couple of cameos in newer Discworld books (''Going Postal'', ''Making Money''). As of ''Going Postal'', she appears to be married (presumably to William).
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Don't get her mad.
* BuxomIsBetter: She may not be the prettiest woman on the Disc, but she is noted as quite attractive... and what gets her the most attention, from several male characters, is the fact that she has large breasts.
* HotScoop
* IntrepidReporter: In the Moist von Lipwig novels.
* TheMaidenNameDebate: Part of the "appears to be married" is that she refers to herself by her maiden name while Moist von Lipwig notes the wedding ring on her finger.
* ProperLady: Tries to be this most of the time.

!Otto Chriek

The iconographer (photographer) at the ''Times.'' A native of Uberwald who moved to the Big Wahooni (Ankh-Morpork, that is), Otto is a card-carrying member of the Black Ribbon society (vampires who have sworn off human "b-vord"). He has the slightly crazed edge of a born killer who has found something else to divert his energy -- namely, taking iconographs. Unfortunately, as vampires are sensitive to bright light, he tends to be turned to dust by his own flash when he takes pictures... but fortunately, a drop of blood on his remains will restore him immediately. Otto has started wearing a small container of blood to make sure he auto-resurrects on the job. Made short appearances in ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'' and ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment''.
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* AddictionDisplacement: From blood onto photography.
* BackFromTheDead: [[RunningGag Over and over and over...]]
* BlindingCameraFlash: Exaggerated. Whenever he takes a flash photo, it results in (at best) him screaming in pain on the ground or (at worst) his demise until blood is poured on his ashes. In later books, he's found filters and other ways around this.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He looks and acts like a small, meek iconographer, but he is still a ''vampire'', with all the abilities that implies.
* DistractedByTheSexy: "Ze bosoms goink in-and-out and up-and-down like zat!" triggers his HammerHorror instincts.
* FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire: Much of it is for self-preservation, yes, but he's also a genuinely decent guy.
* FunnyForeigner: Deliberately goes for this vibe. It's better than the torches and pitchforks, after all.
* LooksLikeOrlok: Paul Kidby tends to portray him like this. William suspects he deliberately cultivates this image (see below).
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He acts in a stereotypical vampire fashion tailored specifically for his profession (i.e. a pocketed vest in black silk with tails) and speaking in VampireVords so that people see him as more amusing than threatening.
%% * OurVampiresAreDifferent
* SlasherSmile: That worryingly intense smile - normally reserved for vampires about to eat you - is instead used as a default (if slightly crazed) expression.
* UnskilledButStrong: At the end of ''Discworld/TheTruth'', when Otto faces down a gang of William's father's enforcers using "proper fisticuffs" (rather than vampiric means, which would probably have been messier), he is a hilariously inept fighter, but having a vampire's strength and stamina means he still wipes the floor with them.
* VampireVords: Exaggerated for effect, like most of his stereotypical-vampire traits.
* TheVonTropeFamily: Sometimes known as Otto von Chriek.
* WeNeedADistraction: At one point, William De Worde takes advantage of the aforementioned BlindingCameraFlash to get past some watchmen, noting that a vampire writhing and screaming in pain is ''always'' the center of attention.


!Lu-Tze

The not-exactly-holy, wrinkly, smiling little man who debuted in ''Discworld/SmallGods'', appears in ''Discworld/NightWatch'' and co-stars with his pupil in ''Discworld/ThiefOfTime''. He may also have shown up in ''Discworld/GoingPostal'' as a background cleaner in a temple, and anytime a sweeper is mentioned, it may be him. He follows the Way of Mrs. Cosmopolite and thinks that "Rule One" NeedsMoreLove. And if you annoy him too much, you will abruptly learn ''why'' he's ShroudedInMyth.
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* ActuallyIAmHim: He doesn't really tend to explain who he is, preferring to wait for the person talking to him to figure it out so he can [[OhCrap laugh at their expression]].
* AlmightyJanitor: Almost literally.
* BadassGrandpa: The first impresson he gives in ''Thief of Time'' is that he is this trope, hiding his physical skills behind his age and appearance, hence Rule One. Then Lobsang realizes that [[SubvertedTrope this is all untrue]], and that he just lets his reputation and peoples' expectations do all the work without even being capable of fighting... ''[[DoubleSubversion then]]'' it turns out that no, Lu-Tze actually ''is'' a martial arts master beyond compare, the only known practitioner of [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Déjà Fu]], and capable of beating up the living incarnation of Time.
* CombatPragmatist: Although his favorite weapons are stealth and trickery.
* CynicalMentor: Lampshaded in ''Discworld/ThiefOfTime'':
-->'''Lobsang Ludd:''' You said that it would be in Ankh-Morpork!\\
'''Lu-Tze:''' Yeah, but I have years of experience and cynicism! You're just talented!
* ForWantOfANail: His shtick - he prevents wars by selling nails and horseshoes in convenient spots, putting compost heaps in the right places, and making sure that single pieces of machinery are faulty. The senior History Monks' respect from him largely derives from the subtlety with which he can alter the timeline.
* HermitGuru
* IceCreamKoan: The Way of Mrs. Cosmopolite, composed of the mundane, common-sense sayings of an Ankh-Morpork landlady. As such, they are as exotic to Lu-Tze as Zen koans are to Westerners, but still work as a form of wisdom for him. A lot of it comes down to her sayings being coincidentally similar to the profound wisdom of the order's founder, but with a more practical bent that gives him an edge.
* MyGreatestFailure: The first time a glass clock was built, he failed to stop it from freezing time and shattering it into little tiny pieces, meaning the History Monks had to piece it all together again.
* NotSoStoic: He rarely lets his wrinkly smiling old man image drop, but Lobsang can get to him.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Another major part of his shtick, with the additional wrinkle that ''everyone knows he's doing this'', and just tries to guess ''how'' he's tricking them. Nobody ever figures out in time, though.
* OldMaster: Rule One: "Never act incautiously when confronted by a little bald wrinkly smiling man!"
** Rule Nineteen: "Remember never to forget Rule One!"
* ShroudedInMyth: Deliberately so.
* WeirdnessSearchAndRescue: Served as one for Vimes in ''Discworld/NightWatch''.


!Gaspode the Wonder Dog
->''Woof bloody woof.''

Gaspode was a fairly normal stray until ''Discworld/MovingPictures''. Then he suddenly [[IntellectualAnimal found himself thinking]]. He found this vastly irritating, and was vaguely relieved when he went back to normal after the Holy Wood incident was over. But then he slept near the University's trash heaps a few times too often and suddenly found that his little problem was back. Now he roams the city, using his talents in new and creative ways. He's extremely cynical and has pretty much every doggy skin disease known to dogkind and a few others as bonuses. The laconic description of Gaspode was provided by Vimes in ''The Fifth Elephant'': The Corporal Nobbs of the canine world. As far as he's concerned, the only real advantage to being a thinking, talking dog is that he can remember when the guilds throw out their kitchen trash. Often seen leading the beggar Foul Ole Ron by a leash.
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* CompellingVoice: Due to the WeirdnessCensor, people tend to think anything he says is their own thought. Hence, "Cor, I'm a bastard, aren't I?" "Give the cute little doggy some sausages," and "Sergeant Quirk... [[CrowningMomentOfFunny you got an itchy bottom]]. [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment Prickle, prickle, prickle]]." [[spoiler:Furthermore, being able to speak human automatically gives him this power over other dogs.]]
%% * DeadpanSnarker
* TheDragalong: Angua and Carrot have both gotten him mixed up in really big messes.
* GenreSavvy: Though Gaspode knows all about heroic wonder dogs, he never manages to pass for one himself.
%% * NonHumanSidekick
* TalkingAnimal: Thanks to eating stuff out of the University's garbage.
* UnSoundEffect: He doesn't actually bark, he ''says'' "woof".
* WeirdnessCensor: He abuses it shamelessly. Most people, when they hear him, immediately think "Dogs can't talk" and decide that what they heard must have been their own thoughts. ("Give the nice doggy some sausages.") In ''Discworld/MenAtArms'', he used it for some hilariously CoolAndUnusualPunishment.


!The Canting Crew

A group of beggars even other beggars look down on. They include:
* Altogether Andrews, who has nine personalities inhabiting his body (none of whom answer to "Andrews," but apparently ''altogether'' make up the individual of that name).
* Arnold Sideways, who has no legs and gets about on a little wheeled cart, but carries a boot on the end of a pole for the purpose of kicking people.
* Coffin Henry, who has a spectacular cough and an even more spectacular collection of skin diseases, and carries a sign saying ''For sum muny I wunt follo you home. Coff Coff.''
* The Duck Man, who is on the whole the sanest and most educated member of the Crew (as opposed to Altogether Andrews, who is ''in part'' the sanest and most educated), except that he's never seen without a duck on his head. And if you ask him why, he'll act like you're the odd one for seeing ducks where ducks aren't.
* Foul Ole Ron, whose speech is incomprehensible ("Millennium hand and shrimp!") and whose smell is so strong it's taken on a life of its own (and sometimes goes to parties without him and reads poetry - he's outclassed by it). In more recent appearances, he has been accompanied by Gaspode, acting in the capacity of "thinking-brain dog".

They appear in ''Discworld/SoulMusic'' (where Death, trying to get away from it all, spends some time in their company), ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'' (where they are among the recipients of the stand-in Hogfather's attempts at an equitable distribution of Hogswatch), and ''Discworld/TheTruth'' (where they are hired by ''The Times'' as newspaper vendors, and play a role in the newspaper's big scoop). Foul Ole Ron and Coffin Henry both appear, individually, in ''Discworld/WheresMyCow''.

* CrazySane: Implied to be the case for the Duck Man. He finds everyone's persistent fixation on ducks around him quite bewildering.
* {{Flanderization}}: Foul Ole Ron, actually. In ''Discworld/MenAtArms'', he's shown to be capable of passing a warning from Queen Molly of the Beggars' Guild onto Sam Vimes in the midst of all his muttering. In later books, he's utterly incapable of speaking a coherent sentence without Gaspode around to translate for him.
* HomelessPigeonPerson: The Duck Man appears to be an example of this trope. However, conversation will reveal that he is, or claims to be, completely unaware of the duck that gives him his name, despite the fact it's [[HeadPet on his head]].
* TalkativeLoon: All of them to some degree, but ''especially'' Foul Ole Ron.
* VoicesAreMental: Altogether Andrews' voice changes depending on who's speaking.


!Twoflower

->''Let's just say that if complete and utter chaos was lightning, he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards.' ''

The co-protagonist of the first two Discworld books and also of the later book ''Interesting Times''. Twoflower is the Discworld's first tourist. He's a naive and harmless little man from the Agatean Empire, who happens to be fabulously wealthy by the standards of all other cultures on the Disc. Rincewind spends quite a while following Twoflower around, trying to collect a few gold pieces for his trouble, translating for him (since Twoflower doesn't speak Morporkian), and trying not to let him get killed. Twoflower, though he tosses fistfuls of gold around like pebbles, definitely gets his money's worth when it comes to hiring Rincewind, because he is ''very'' good at getting into the worst sorts of trouble. He is badly dressed, rich and utterly un-streetwise, optimistically determined to talk to everyone and get iconographs (the Discworld equivalent of photos, painted by a tiny imp in a box) of everything... and as always, accompanied by his Luggage (which eventually becomes Rincewind's Luggage).
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* TheFool: He gets through all the chaos of the first couple of books cheerfully and obliviously unhurt.
%% * FunnyForeigner
* [[spoiler:TheGoodChancellor: He becomes Grand Vizier in Interesting Times; if he stays the way he is, it can only be assumed he's a good one.]]
** He ''does'' end up [[spoiler: betraying his liege]], but considering he did it to [[spoiler: ''save the Discworld'']]...
* HawaiianShirtedTourist: In the TV movie ''and'' the graphic novel.
* [[spoiler: HiddenDepths: We don't discover until ''Interesting Times'' that he has a family, by which time he's a widower with two daughters and an ''enormous'' grudge under his sunny exterior.]]
* TooDumbToLive: [[TheFool And yet, he does...]]
%% * WideEyedIdealist
%% * WrongGenreSavvy


!The Luggage

Be afraid. Be ''very'' afraid. Twoflower's Luggage is every traveler's dream: it's made of (ridiculously expensive) sapient pearwood, it looks like a wooden trunk on legs, and it follows him '''everywhere''' like a big wooden guard dog. The Luggage also is invitingly full of gold, has a near-bottomless capacity, and seems to be able to magically clean Twoflower's laundry. Thieves look at it with great interest... until they discover (usually much too late) that the Luggage has big teeth, it's impervious to magic, it's prone to violent psychosis, and it is quite happy to eat anyone or anything that gets in its way. Twoflower later bequeathes it to Rincewind, who views it as something of a mixed blessing.
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* AnimateInanimateObject: In the first book, it is often described as "opening its lid threateningly" or "it turned and faced them, despite the fact it had no face with which to face them with." Right near the end of ''Discworld/TheColourOfMagic'', it spits out Tethis, the sea troll, at Rincewind's feet, after which it "manages to project a smug expression." It can stare without eyes and has a very disconcerting tongue.
* Badass: Like you wouldn't ''believe''.
* ChestMonster: One with no brain, and a homicidal attitude towards anything that threatens its master.
* ClingyMacGuffin: Being made of sapient pear wood, and having a definite personality of its own, the Luggage straddles the line between this and TheCatCameBack [[spoiler:until it meets a mate.]]
* [[spoiler:{{Crossdresser}}]]: In ''Discworld/TheLastContinent'', [[spoiler:it gets dressed up in high heels.]]
%% * {{Determinator}}
* ExtremeOmnivore: The Luggage has eaten people (on many occasions), sharks, crocodiles, legendary grimoires, and even (on one occasion) a demon.
* HeroicComedicSociopath: Very, very much so.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: It has saved children from a burning tower and is quite courteous to ladies.
* NighInvulnerable: If being buried in Fourecks long and deep enough for opal deposits to form on top of it didn't even noticeably ''hurt'' it, it's very hard to imagine exactly what it would take to actually do so. Hell, in Discworld/TheColorOfMagic, it [[spoiler: gets hit with magic the sheer volume of which has not been seen ''since the Mage Wars,'', and it isn't even fazed.]]
* NonHumanSidekick


!Genghiz Cohen the Barbarian

Cohen the Barbarian is exactly what you'd get if ConanTheBarbarian was a skinny old man. He's a bazillion years old with all the hallmarks of age, including a bad back, bunions, no teeth (till he gets new ones made from troll teeth, i.e. diamonds), and a very long beard. Cohen is, however, not to be underestimated. In a profession with an extremely short life expectancy, Cohen is ''still'' looting temples, rescuing maidens, and pillaging villages... and he has gotten very, very good at it over the years. In ''Interesting Times'' and ''The Last Hero'', Cohen is seen at the head of the Silver Horde, a terrifying pack of barbarian warriors who are all as old as he is, but haven't let age stop them.
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* BadassGrandpa: The fact is that if you manage to live to that age in a profession like BarbarianHero, you're probably really good at staying alive.
* BookDumb: The only use he ever found for books is lavatory paper. He has a great deal of respect for book-learning, though, even going so far as to make a retired geography teacher part of his retinue.
%% * DirtyOldMan
* GenreSavvy: He calls it "The Code", and it's what ensures heroes win, villains lose (but escape for the sequel) and everyone winds up happy. He knows it inside out and backwards.
* HeroicComedicSociopath: Be very careful about saying things like "I'd rather die before..." and so forth in front of Cohen. He'll always take you at your word.
%% * RageAgainstTheHeavens
* RefugeInAudacity: The Silver Horde's plan to [[spoiler:steal ''the entire Agatean Empire'']] in ''Discworld/InterestingTimes'', and to [[spoiler:break into the city of the gods and blow them all up]] in ''Discworld/TheLastHero''.


!Mr. Slant

Ankh-Morpork's foremost AmoralAttorney. He's also a zombie. And one of the most badass lawyers you'll ever find.
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* AmoralAttorney: Pretty nearly defines it.
* BadassBookworm: The fact he wrote and memorized most if not all of Ankh-Morpork's laws makes his power pretty scary. Also, aside from [[PlayingWithFire fire]], he fears nothing.
* DeathGlare: Literally. He's dead.
* {{Determinator}}: All zombies are this. In his case, it's powered by the fact that he simply refuses to pass on until his descendants cough up the money to pay back his legal fees (he defended himself at the trial for his own execution and lost), and he will wait as long as he has to; forever, if need be.
* TheDragon: Slant has been the 'face' and executive officer in at least two plots to overthrow Vetinari, and was involved the one involving the death of Lord Winder in ''Night Watch''.
* TheDreaded: To all members of the legal professions in Ankh-Morpork.
* NervesOfSteel: Only fire has the ability to even partially unnerve him.

!Lord Ronald "Ronnie" Rust

Ankh-Morpork's leading aristocrat (Vetinari doesn't count, and as for the current Duke of Ankh...) Rust is a starched, snobbish and ridiculously pompous individual with an abiding and entirely mutual hatred towards Sam Vimes. Led Ankh-Morpork during the brief war with Klatch in ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'' where he displayed all the military genius you might expect. Apparently dated Sybil Ramkin in her youth.
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%% * BlueBlood
* BornLucky: Veterans of battles that he's led claim that arrows meant for him will ''always'' kill another one of his soldiers.
** It's suggested this is another aspect to his WeirdnessCensor, and that Rust is simply failing to notice he could ever get hit.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: His first appearance in ''Men at Arms'' notes that Rust is one of the nobles who managed to adapt to the changing times, whereas his latter appearances suggest he's anything but. There's also his much kinder, considerate treatment of d'Eath in the same book, but that may be because he's generally nicer to fellow members of the upper class.
* GeneralFailure: In ''Jingo'', where he all but single-handedly destroys the Ankh-Mopork war effort on his own.
** SpannerInTheWorks: While at the same time forcing his Klatchian counterpart's hand with his premature invasion, saving the city itself from an invasion that happened in an AlternateUniverse.
* TheNeidermeyer: As Captain of the Treacle Mine Road Watch House in ''Night Watch''. After he gave orders to open fire on civilians, [[spoiler: Vimes (as Keel) knocked him out and claimed to be removing him from command due to temporary insanity]].
* StiffUpperLip: A parody thereof.
%% * UpperClassTwit
* VerbalTic: "What?"
* WeirdnessCensor: Will not notice things that cannot possibly be happening, such as Vimes calling him an inbred streak of piss to his face.


!C.M.O.T. (Cut Me Own Throat/[[spoiler:[[OverlyLongName Claude Maximillian Overton Transpire]]]]) Dibbler
->''Twenty pence and that's cutting me own throat.''

A never quite succesful peddler of well, '''''anything''''' he thinks will make a profit, but mostly his only theoretically edible sausages-inna-bun. Has numerous counterparts in every nation on the Discworld, including Cut-Me-Own-Hand-Off Dhblah (Omnia), Disembowel-Meself-Honorably Dibhala (Agatean Empire), etc.
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* CatchPhrase: "And that's cutting me own throat". Most of his counterparts have similar {{Catch Phrase}}s.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: When we meet Mr. Dibbler in the earlier books he is a smarmy amoral vendor who will sell anything and use anyone. As the series continues he becomes the hapless "least successful businessman in Ankh Morporkh" whose ''only'' skill is selling his inedible sausages.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: No matter what he tries, it never quite succeeds in the long term. Only the sausages last. Perhaps because flies won't go near them.
* HonestJohnsDealership: The trope even used to be named after him!
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: His numerous counterparts.
* LethalChef: Or, as ''Nanny Ogg's Cookbook'' puts it: "No visit to Ankh-Morpork is complete without a taste of one of CMOT Dibbler's famous sausages-inna-bun. After that, it is often completed very, very quickly."
* LoopholeAbuse: [[AllThereInTheManual Supplemental material for the series]] reveals that he's the founder and sole member of the Guild of C.M.O.T. Dibblers. Presumably there was some financial or political benefit in applying for this status, immediately before Vetinari closed the loophole. Or it's possible even the Merchants didn't want him.
* [[spoiler:OverlyLongName]]: [[spoiler:"C.M.O.T." doesn't just stand for his CatchPhrase; his full name is Claude Maximillian Overton Transpire Dibbler.]]
* StableTimeLoop: In ''Discworld/NightWatch'' a time-travelling Vimes gives the young Dibbler his own CatchPhrase from the future. It does take him a while to get the hang of it - "buy this sausage or I'll cut my own throat!"

!Rhys Rhysson

The Low King of the Dwarves
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* AmbiguousGender: Like with all Dwarfs naturally, but it's implied that Rhys may be a woman. In ''Discworld/RaisingSteam'', this is confirmed [[spoiler: and she is also pregnant.]]
%% * ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!Igor
''It'th a pleathure to be commanded in a clear, firm, authoritative voithe, mithtreth.''.

Not so much one individual as an entire clan of individuals from Uberwald, who are a parody of the archetypal hunchbacked servants of monsters and mad scientists.
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* [[ChickMagnet Chick/Dude Magnet]]: It comes as a mild shock to every single non-Igor that the clan is entirely capable and indeed proficient at keeping up their numbers in the usual way. They don't ''always'' have to do whole the stitching, bolts and misshapen parts look, you know.
* CreepyGood: They are (usually) good guys, but tend to creep out a lot of people, due to their MixAndMatchMan prowess.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Female Igors (Igorinas) are described as these - being the Discworld equivalent of a [[MagicPlasticSurgery Magic Plastic Surgeon]] has it's advantages after all.
* DoorJudo: An Igor will always open the door right before a visitor knocks.
* FellOffTheBackOfATruck: Igors often have to scrounge materials for their master.
* HypercompetentSidekick: In spite of their namesake archetype, Igors are actually extremely efficient at accomplishing whatever task they are assigned. If anything happens to [[GoneHorriblyWrong Go Horribly Wrong]], it's usually the fault of their [[MadScientist less sensible masters]]. And one thing you can be absolutely sure of is this: any technique an Igor applies to others, he or she has practised many times, possibly on themselves.
* IfYouDieICallYourStuff: The price for accepting an Igor's medical assistance is to serve as an organ donor after death so that the Igors can use any intact organs to help someone else down the line. You're free to refuse, and if you do the Igors will quietly and politely never serve you or your family again. Igors do this with their own organs as well, with young Igors implanting organs from their ancestors into their bodies. If an Igor says he has his grandfather's eyes (or nose, or hands, or whatever), he means it literally.
* TheIgor: Of course.
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals[=/=]PlanetOfSteves: It's hard to tell Igors apart if you haven't memorized the visible scar patterns. The fact that they're all named Igor (Igorina for the girls) doesn't help. Despite this, Igors instinctively know which Igor you're talking about when you mention an Igor to them.
* TheMedic: Igors are ''very'' good at organ transplants.
* OptOut: Igors serve their masters loyally... right up until the angry mob arrives. (Hey, nobody put being burned at the stake in the contract, all right?)
* SpeechImpediment: All Igors lisp. It's tradition.
** What's interesting about this is that Igors are capable of speaking without a lisp. They just do it because it's expected of them.
* StealthHiBye: An Igor will always appear behind his master when called for, even if there's no possible way for them to do this without being noticed. Some masters have done extensive tests.
* AStormIsComing: Igors can tell this. Since so many of them work for mad scientists, it's a useful skill.
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!Leonard of Quirm

A somewhat old but talented painter, as well as a brilliant inventor (the Discworld's version of Leonardo da Vinci). Leonard invented the Discworld's first firearm in ''Men At Arms,'' but had no idea how dangerous it would prove to be. Because good-hearted Leonard keeps coming up with dangerous ideas, the Patrician keeps him in a solitary apartment and makes sure he has enough pencils, paper, and parts to keep him quietly occupied.
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: His ideas are brilliant, but he has a lot of them. So many they tend to crowd a bit. He could probably have escaped his "prison" a hundred times over if he ever set his mind to it, but he's never focused for very long (and he likes it in there, anyway).
** He could definitely break out; he designed it himself - for the purpose of keeping everyone other than Vetinari ''out''.
** At one point Vetinari muses that he would despair over the fate of the world if Leonard ever focused on something for more than half an hour.
* CloudCuckooLander: He is one of those people who are impossible to imprison, since he "lives in his own head". And his head is an interesting place.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: How he names his inventions; This-Is-What-It-Does Device. His genius stops at names.
* {{Expy}}: Of Leonardo da Vinci, with a little Alfred Nobel (a Swiss scientist and pacifist who patented over three hundred and fifty inventions, which included dynamite for mining purposes, and then saw a mistakenly published obituary that named him "the Merchant of Death". He posthumously dedicated his fortune to become the Nobel Prizes in order to ensure he wouldn't be remembered as a war-maker).
* GiverOfLameNames:
-->'''Leonard:''' Because it's ''submerged'' in a ''marine'' environment, I call it the Going-Under-The-Water-Safely Device.
* KeepingTheEnemyClose: He's not a villain as such, just unconsciously very dangerous: an amiable, gentle man who is brilliant enough to invent all sorts of devices (implied at one point to include something intensely explosive which he thinks could be useful in civil engineering "when the mountains get in the way," likely a reference to the inventor of dynamite) and naive enough to believe nobody would be silly or cruel enough to use them on ''other people.'' Lord Vetinari has him locked in a cell in the palace with a supply of art materials.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: He's fascinated endlessly in the most impossible detail by ''everything in the world''.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Invoked. His designs could revolutionize the entire disc, but because they're so dangerous, Vetinari keeps him under lock and key where they can't do any damage.
* WideEyedIdealist: He doesn't seem to notice the military applications of his inventions unless they are pointed out. And when he ''does'' notice them, he's usually of the belief that nobody would be crazy enough to actually use them that way.


! Chrysophrase the troll

Ankh-Morpork's most famous [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub "Legitimate Businessman"]]. Is mentioned several times but doesn't make a real appearance until ''Soul Music'', and later on, ''Thud!''. Known to take an interest in horse racing and has recently gotten out of the drug trade business.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: In ''Discworld/TheLightFantastic'', Rincewind encounters a troll named Krysoprase. ''The Discworld Companion'' states that this is Chrysophrase before he came to Ankh-Morpork, the name difference attributed to the Disc's [[SpellMyNameWithAnS only semi standardised spelling]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Got out of the Troll drug trade when the "look at the pretty colors" drugs started to be supplanted by ones more potent, but given to causing violent rage and/or killing the user. If nothing else, killing your customers is [[PragmaticVillainy bad for business.]]
* LoanShark: Offers this service. In ''Discworld/WyrdSisters'', we learn that the penalty for late payments is having your limbs torn off, so owing 'an arm and a leg' isn't a metaphor. In ''Discworld/SoulMusic'', when the Band With Rocks In flee the outdoor festival with money that Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler borrowed, Cliff says running to the Disc's Rim and throwing themselves off is their only way out - and even then, only ''maybe''.
* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: Chrysophrase helps Vimes prevent riots on Koom Valley Day by revealing a drug lab, because the drug manufactured there causes homicidal insanity, and later death. Chrysophrase wants stable business, which is difficult with dead customers.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Most trolls are not known for their intelligence, but Chrysophrase, even without the benefit of cold-enhanced thought processes, is smarter than most human criminals in the city. He intentionally uses HulkSpeak to throw people off their game even though he's fully capable of speaking normally.
* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Two of his henchmen attempt this on Vimes, but Chrysophrase later assures him that it was entirely their own idea and gives Vimes a box of gravel that [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial couldn't possible contain an]] ''[[YouHaveFailedMe entire]]'' [[YouHaveFailedMe troll]].
* ShoutOut: To Meyer Wolfscheim from ''TheGreatGatsby'', as both wear cufflinks made of teeth (respectively human and troll) - the joke being that troll teeth are made of diamond.

! Mightily Oats

An Omnian reverend who oversaw the christening of Emerelda Margaret [[EmbarrassingMiddleName Note Spelling]] of Lancre in Discworld/CarpeJugulum. He gets name dropped in several other books.

* AnAxeToGrind: It's named [[ICallItVera Forgiveness]].
* BadassPreacher: By the end of Carpe Jugulum.
* GoodShepherd: In the very best traditions of Brutha before him, Reverend Oats takes up a personal crusade to help the helpless and give aid to those in need.
* OverlyLongName: Well he's an Omnian, it pretty much comes with the territory for The Quite Reverend Mightily-Praiseworthy-Are-Ye-Who-Exalteth-Om Oats.
* TookALevelInBadass: Originally something of a milquetoast, when confronted with vampires and having to defend his faith against the challenges of [[NayTheist Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax]], he quickly grows into his position and takes several levels in badass, taking down a powerful master vampire by turning an ordinary wood cutting axe into [[HolyHandGrenade a holy symbol]].
** Mentions of his off-page deeds in later books show that he's become even more formidable. When he makes a surprise cameo appearance in the fourth ''Science of Discworld'' book, even Vetinari treats him with respect and considers his advice well worth listening to.

! Hughnon Ridcully

The High Priest of Blind Io, Chief of the gods, and Mustrum Ridcully's brother. He's the unofficial spokesman for Ankh-Morpork's religious community.

* BadassPreacher: He's a Ridcully, what do you expect?
* ExplainingTheSoap: Parodied when Mustrum asks him what the gods of the Disc have been up to, as a possible explanation for the poltergeist activity plaguing Ankh-Morpork. Hughnon's description of the antics of the gods sounds like a cross between Greek mythology and the soap opera recaps that used to be done by BBC announcers in TheSeventies, against still images from previous episodes (of course, when it comes to Greek gods and soap opera, there's a...surprising similarity). Mustrum brushes it off by saying "I've never been able to get interested in that stuff, myself."
* [[AWizardDidIt Science Did It]]: When Vetinari idly wonders aloud what makes it so that frozen ink isn't as dark as unfrozen, Hughnon waves it off with a vague "science, probably."
* SiblingRivalry: He and his brother have a semi-cordial relationship, but treat each other's professions with disdain. Mustrum considers being a priest "god-bothering" while Hughnon considers wizardry "[[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow tinkering with things man was not meant to understand]]".
* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: Vetinari's attempts to explain the Clacks to him causes him, true to the family tradition, to be sidetracked by an analogy about shrimp, leading him to assume Vetinari may have gone insane, talking about sending shrimp through the mail.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: In ''DiscWorld/TheLastHero'', Paul Kidby's painting of him is basically Mustrum with a better-trimmed beard and a bishop's hat. Possibly justified, as their mannerisms and attitudes are so clearly parallel that there's a good chance they really are identical twins.
* VetinariJobSecurity: A minor example. He's the unofficial spokesman for Ankh-Morpork's various religions because getting them to work together long enough to officially choose a spokesman is like herding cats, and Hughnon is by far the most level-headed, with the most forceful, practical personality. It's comparable to the reason Mustrum is in charge of the wizards.
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[[folder:Tiffany Aching and the Wee Free Men]]
!Tiffany Aching

A serious, lateral-thinking young witch in training, sensible and practical though prone to making mistakes due to her youth and inexperience. Matures both physically and [[CharacterDevelopment emotionally]] with each book she's in. Her greatest allies are the Nac Mac Feegle or Wee Free Men, a tribe of Pictsies (little blue barbarians who were kicked out of Faerie for being too disruptive[[note]]which when you consider that Faerie essentially is the Plane of Chaos ''means something''[[/note]]), and Granny Weatherwax.

* BadassBookworm: Tiffany gathers her most useful pieces of knowledge from books. Basic literacy and knowledge of the broader world can be important witchly responsibilities in poor rural areas where no one else has the brain cells to spare.
* BrainyBrunette: A very clear example of one. In her first book, ''Discworld/TheWeeFreeMen'', she's annoyed at her brown hair because in all the stories {{Brainy Brunette}}s are delegated to supporting roles while the [[EveryoneLovesBlondes blondes]] and [[FieryRedhead redheads]] get all the attention and all the fun. She comes to accept this side of herself eventually. [[spoiler: In the last Tiffany Aching book, ''Discworld/IShallWearMidnight'', pretty blonde girl Letitia surprises Tiffany by revealing that she wished ''she'' was a BrainyBrunette, because they're allowed to be witches, whereas the girls with blonde hair and rich fathers are only allowed to be "ladies."]]
* CuteWitch: At least, by the highly traditionalist standards of Discworld witches, which means cuteness is way secondary to practicality.
* FryingPanOfDoom: Solid iron and very effective against [[TheFairFolk elves]].
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: She wasn't meant to be a witch. ''She forced the world to give her the power to protect the Chalk'', which she regards as ''hers'' in a very visceral sense.
* LittleMissBadass: She took on the Queen of Faerie with a frying pan and survived. At the age of nine.
* LittleMissSnarker: Not constantly, but she has her moments. Boy, does she have her moments. And as she grows older, she graduates into full-fledged DeadpanSnarker.
* LittleProfessorDialog: "No, 'patronizing' is a big word. 'Zoology' is really quite short."
* ShipperOnDeck: Everbody in the Chalk seems to ship Tiffany/Roland, as neither fit in very well with the other children. [[spoiler:In the last book, Tiffany comes to the conclusion that they just aren't headed the same direction in life, and finds someone better suited to her personality and ambitions.]]
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Roland. [[spoiler:They don't.]]
%% * WiseBeyondTheirYears


!The Nac Mac Feegle

Also known as the "Wee Free Men," "the Little Men" or "Person or Persons Unknown, Believed to Be Armed," the Feegles are race of tiny, blue-skinned, heavily tattooed pitctsies (not "pixies") who were thrown out of Faerie for rebelling against the tyrannical rule of their Queen... or possibly for being drunk.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: All Feegles have blue skin, though the books are a little vague on whether their skin is naturally blue or has just been turned blue by tattoos and body dyes.
* BattleCry: Parodied. They have ''dozens'' of battle cries, and each Feegle shouts out his personal favorite whenever battle commenses. The one they all generally join in on, however is also the longest: ''"‘Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willnae be fooled again!"''
* BoisterousBruiser: Yes, a race of six-inch tall Boisterous Bruisers.
* FearlessFool: It'd be wrong to say they're not afraid of anything -- things like lawyers, books, angry witches and annoyed wives can make them quite nervous -- but physical danger doesn't intimidate them at all, and they'll happily attack anyone or anything a hundred times bigger than them.
* FieryRedhead: All Feegles have red hair, and most of them have big tempers.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Justified in that the Wee Free Men are parodies of TheSmurfs. Really, really ''tough'' Smurfs.
** GenderRarityValue: And the smur... umm, the Feegle clans never have more than 2 females at a time: the current Kelda, who gives birth to each generation, and one daughter who will grow up and marry the Big Man of another clan to become a Kelda in turn.
* ViolentGlaswegian: A universal Feegle trait.
* WomenAreWiser: It's generally agreed that the few female Feegles are the ones who get most of the brains.
* TheUnintelligible: Border on this trope when they're first introduced in ''Discworld/CarpeJugulum'' due to an exaggerated Scottish accentt. In the ''Tiffany Aching'' books, where they are among the main characters, the accent has been toned down that it's usually clear what they're talking about (although the books still have a "Feegle glossary" for some of the stranger dialect words).

!Rob Anybody

The irascible chieftain of an irascible people, and the most prominent Nac Mac Feegle in the books.

* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' try to dig up his Feegle mound. Do not even ''think'' of digging up his mound. He will start a ''war'' over it. And he will ''win.''
* BookDumb: As the Big Man of the Chalk clan, he is one of the smarter male Feegles, though this admittedly isn't saying much. Books are not only a mystery to him, but a scary one as well.
* HappilyMarried: As of ''Discworld/AHatFullOfSky''. Can perhaps be a bit of a HenpeckedHusband at times, but like [[Characters/DiscworldCityWatch Sam Vimes]] he doesn't seem to mind terribly much.
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Lawyers]]: Also (initially) literacy-phobic.

!Daft Wullie

Not a very bright Feegle at all, but still manages to be the second most prominent Feegle in the Tiffany Aching books, after Rob Anybody.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Definitely has traces of this at times; many of his words and actions make sense only to him.
* TheFool: While most Feegles are rather short on brains, Daft Wullie makes the rest look like geniuses in comparisation.
* MadLibsCatchPhrase:
-->"Daft Wullie?"
-->"Aye, Rob?"
-->"Ye ken I said I’d tell ye when [there wuz times you should’ve kept your big gob shut/ye wuz guilty o’ stupid and inna-pro-pre-ate behaviour]?"
-->"Aye, Rob?"
-->"That wuz one o' them times."
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: He's ''good'' at making those.

!Granny Aching

Tiffany's grandmother and possibly a powerful witch, even though she never used any overt magic (which to Granny Weatherwax just means that she was very good at her job indeed). [[PosthumousCharacter Dies before]] ''Discworld/TheWeeFreeMen''.

* CoolOldLady: She had the respect of everyone of the chalk. In fact, despite witches not being tolerated on the Chalk, people not only accept, but celebrate Tiffany, because she's ''Granny Aching's granddaughter.''
* [[HonoraryUncle Honorary Grandma]]: Everybody called her "Granny Aching," something which Granny Weatherwax sees as another sign that she may have been a witch -- as elderly witches usually do pick up an honorific like that, "a honorific, like Old Mother So-and-so, or Goodie Thingy, or Nanny Whatshername."
* TheObiWan: Effectively this to Tiffany.
* PosthumousCharacter: Having died two years before ''Discworld/TheWeeFreeMen,'' she only appears in flashbacks and visions.
* TheSilentBob: She seldom spoke much, but when she did, people ''listened.''

!Annagramma Hawking

An arrogant young witch and leader of a coven of other young witches before Tiffany showed up and didn't become its leader in the same way that Granny Weatherwax isn't the leader of the Ramtops witches.

* AlphaBitch: Oh so much. She really isn't a witch so much as a female wizard: witch magic is about guarding the boundaries, wizard magic is about power.
** LovableAlphaBitch: In a manner of speaking. Tiffany can more or less see through her snobby attitude to the confused young girl beneath it. Also, in the ''Discworld/{{Wintersmith}}'' [[spoiler:she instantly leaps to Tiffany's defense with a fireball.]]
* CatchPhrase: Uses the word "literally" a lot and incorrectly.
* CharacterDevelopment: From bossy, overbearing AlphaBitch with little clue as to what she's doing in ''Discworld/AHatFullOfSky'' and the early parts of Discworld/{{Wintersmith}} to a brave, competent and helpful young witch in the latter parts of ''Wintersmith'', taking a level in both [[TookALevelInBadass Badass]] and [[TookALevelInKindness Kindness]] as she goes along.
* DefrostingIceQueen: In, ironically, Discworld/{{Wintersmith}}.
* MeaningfulName: Annagramma approaches being a proper witch entirely backwards.
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:Snubs Tiffany's heritage, but her own is no better despite her lies to the contrary.]]
* {{Pride}}: Big time. [[spoiler:Lightens up a little after Tiffany and the other younger witches nudge her in the right direction.]]
* SmugSnake: At first. She grows out of it, though.

!Roland

Heir to the Baron who owns the Chalk, Roland was abducted by the Queen of the elves and rescued by Tiffany. He never really got over this, and was Tiffany's potential [[spoiler: but ultimately averted]] LoveInterest for a time.
* FakeUltimateHero: In the ''Wee Free Men''.
* HiddenDepths: Proves to be both smarter, more sensible and more competent than he seems at first glance.
* UpperClassTwit: At times. He's generally better in the later books, although the expectations placed on him by his social status can override his kindness and common sense.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Tiffany in the first three books. [[spoiler:They don't. In fact, Tiffany performs his marriage to Letitia by having them jump over a fire together.]]
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!Havelock Vetinari
->''Do not let me detain you.''

Current Patrician of Ankh-Morpork. A thin, bearded man with a Spartan lifestyle ([[Film/ThreeHundred no, not like that]]), his uncanny knowledge of human nature and unparalleled talent for scheming has allowed him to make Ankh-Morpork the most influential city on the Disc through economic and cultural might rather than force of arms. So good at his job that the Assassins' Guild refuses to accept contracts on his life, because without his control Ankh-Morpork would collapse. Fortunately, [[MagnificentBastard he is never, ever not in control]], not even when he's arrested and locked in a dungeon cell. It's his dungeon cell, after all.

Succeeded "Mad Lord Snapcase" and "Homicidal Lord Winder". He is not named until ''Discworld/{{Sourcery}}'', but WordOfGod is that he had become Patrician before the events of ''Discworld/TheColourOfMagic''. Vetinari may not be entirely human, but this has yet to be proven.

* TheAntiNihilist: Like Vimes, Vetinari is well aware of how awful a place the world really is and how foolish and petty people really are...and he's set out to ''use'' that awfulness to make the city a better place. Rather than confront injustice head-on, he prefers to change the world through subtle trickery and manipulation, or just terrify it into behaving when needed.
* AntiVillain / BigGood: Well, sort of... He's generally on the same side as the heroes but in a "MagnificentBastard pulling your strings to his own ends" way. In particular, Vetinari loves to get Vimes steaming mad, or Moist itchingly bored, and then set them loose on whatever thorn is currently in his side, removing the obstacle while maintaining plausible deniability.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Without any preparation, he ''instantly'' masters juggling skills in ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'' ("A few melons are ''nothing'' after Ankh-Morpork"). He can also solve the Times' Sudoku puzzles at a single glance and is the second-best crossword puzzler in the city.
** The [[AllThereInTheManual Assassins' Guild Diary]] reveals that this dates back to his school days, when he was the academy's grandmaster at Stealth Chess: an extremely [[ParanoiaFuel unpredictable, cutthroat]] game which he played ''blindfolded''.
* {{Badass}}: He rarely has any need to get his hands dirty, but ''when he does...''
* BerserkButton: He regards performing a mime act within the city walls as a capital offense. By [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity Patrician standards]], this is merely an endearing quirk and is treated as such by the populace. On a more serious note, questioning Vetinari's devotion to the city is one of the few ways to make him truly angry.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: Vetinari's BreakingLecture in ''Guards! Guards!'' ("There are always and only the evil people, but sometimes they are on different sides") is the current page quote. He doesn't believe "good" is really possible but "less bad" is worth the effort, even worth a few deaths (although he keeps these to a minimum).
* BluffTheEavesdropper: Vetinari sends all his semaphore communiqués using codes that are "fiendishly difficult" but not unbreakable. If a spy can't break them, great, they shouldn't be doing so. If they do, he'll [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow then know]] what information is being passed on
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Pratchett ''had'' [[WordOfGod to confirm]] that the first book's Patrician is, in fact, Vetinari because that Patrician displays none of his distinctive traits from later books. [[note]]A {{Revision}} stating that this was Mad Lord Snapcase or Homicidal Lord Winder (who would have fit the description far better) would have disrupted the established timeline for Vetinari's ascension.[[/note]]
* TheChessmaster: Averted, sort of. Vetinari's real genius is not in "planning for everything" (although he IS prepared for a great many things) but in staying just ahead of unfolding events and directing them to his benefit.
* TheComicallySerious: Every time he's in a scene with someone like Fred Colon, as Vetinari reacts with solemnity to every idiotic thing that comes out of the other person's mouth while subtly highlighting the absurdity.
%% * TheCynic
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: How he holds onto power despite Ankh-Morpork being impossible to plan for. With the Disc's TheoryOfNarrativeCausality, as long as Vetinari can identify what narrative genre is relevant, he can play its tropes to manipulate events. See WrongGenreSavvy below for what happens when he misidentifies the genre.
* DeadpanSnarker: People [[MundaneMadeAwesome live in fear]] of the mere possibility of Vetinari getting sarcastic at them.
* DissonantSerenity: He is unruffled even in the midst of disaster. It is a ''very'' rare day when someone manages to surprise a visible reaction out of him.
* EmbarrassingNickname: WordOfGod says "Vetinari" is a pun on "Medici" ('veterinary' as opposed to 'medical'), hence his insulting school nickname "Dog-botherer". Vetinari finds this offensive mostly in its lack of imagination.
* TheExtremistWasRight: Vetinari's original plan to stabilize Ankh-Morpork included legalizing the Thieves' Guild and winding down institutions such as the Watch and the Post Office. And it worked. Of course, once crime and the Guilds are under control, he can afford to wind other things up again...
* FascinatingEyebrow: Something he's very good at, and which his imitators aspire to be as good at.
* GeniusBruiser: He can solve crosswords in a matter of seconds and if pressed can solve physical confrontations even quicker.
* HiddenDepths: His relationship with Lady Margolotta (in ''Discworld/TheFifthElephant'' and subsequent books) came as a surprise as he'd previously had no private life at all. As seen in ''Discworld/NightWatch'', he's also a very competent fighter and a master of stealth. He failed his Stealth exam in Assassin school ''because the proctor marked him absent''. The treatise he's writing in ''Discworld/FeetOfClay'' and his monologue on evil in ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'' indicate that he's also given a great deal of thought to the moral implications of his actions.
* KnightInSourArmor: The result of his [[TheAntiNihilist anti-nihilist]] BlackAndGrayMorality worldview. He's sufficiently angry about the state of the world that he considers it his moral obligation to act.
* ManipulativeBastard: Especially in later books, where he rarely has to take any personal action to remove annoyances from his path: he just has to find someone capable of solving the problem and then find the levers to get them moving. He's a Magnificent Bastard as well becasue of the the subtlety and PolitenessJudo with which he does this, and the fact that his larger goal is always the welfare of the city. Any Ankh-Morpork citizen will be happy to tell you that he's an evil, vicious, manipulative tyrant... but they'll have great difficulty saying what exactly he's ''done'' that's so bad. And they all agree that any potential replacement would be far, far worse.
* MoralityPet: Wuffles, his elderly and much beloved terrier. Possibly [[ReplacementGoldfish replaced]] after his death by Mr. Fusspot (in ''Discworld/MakingMoney'').
* NeverGetsDrunk: Subverted. In ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'' he drinks an entire room full of football hooliga--er, team captains--under the table. He IS drunk as a skunk afterwards, but for someone with Vetinari's level of self-control this just means a few seconds slower at the crossword and unusually talkative. And he stubbed his toe.
* ObfuscatingDisability: Walks with a cane because of an injury sustained in an attempted assassination in ''Discworld/MenAtArms''. It's left open how much of this is an act to encourage people to underestimate his physical strength and how much is a genuine disability [[{{Badass}} he's tough enough to ignore when required]].
* PunnyName: By WordOfGod, a pun on "Medici".
* TheRival: The little old lady who sells dog food and can solve crosswords even faster than he can. She starts ''writing'' them later, and in ''Snuff'' produces one he couldn't solve[[note]]This may be a reference to the ''Times of London'' crossword puzzle, notorious as the crossword equivalent of the ''TabletopGame/TombOfHorrors''.[[/note]] He grudgingly admits that she has won.
* ScarsAreForever: The injury from ''Discworld/MenAtArms'' leaves him walking with a cane for the rest of the books (although note ObfuscatingDisability above).
* TheSocialExpert: Seen especially in ''Discworld/GoingPostal'' when he meets with the Board of the Grand Trunk company. He knows exactly who is in charge, and exactly how to play the members off one another to make them nervous.
* UnholyMatrimony: His endlessly ambiguous relationship with Lady Margolotta... [[AntiVillain for a very limited value of 'unholy', of course]].
* VetinariJobSecurity: TropeNamer, obviously: while no one actually ''likes'' him, everyone is reluctant to replace him because no one else would be capable of playing all the guilds and other groups off one another so successfully. One popular fan theory is that instead of grooming a protege to succeed him directly, Vetinari is instead promoting several characters to control various interests within the city -- Vimes, Carrot, and Moist Von Lipwig being at least three. To make matters even more devious, none of them realize it, a few think they're defying him, and he's setting them up so that each limits the power of the others.
* WrongGenreSavvy: After tediously cleaning up after several new technologies created by sinister forces (the dragon in ''Discworld/GuardsGuards'', the movies in ''Discworld/MovingPictures'', the living mall in ''Discworld/ReaperMan'', the Music With Rocks In in ''Discworld/SoulMusic'') and nearly losing his life to the Gonne in ''Discworld/MenAtArms'', Vetinari attempts to shut down the printing press in ''Discworld/TheTruth'', assuming that MedievalStasis in still in effect. Instead, the press is part of a major change in how things work on the Disc and a totally different genre applies. Vetinari catches on to this quickly and by the end of the book is already manipulating the new rules to his own purposes.
* XanatosGambit: Plays a continuous one with Lady Margolotta: makes his coded messages ''almost'' unbreakable knowing that she reads them. If she doesn't or can't break them, great, she shouldn't be doing either. If she does both, he'll know what she thinks is in them.
* XanatosSpeedChess: He claims to never have any real plans, instead steering emerging events to his advantage. Plans would just get in his way.


!Lady Margolotta

Lady Margolotta is a vampire, who appeared mainly in ''Discworld/TheFifthElephant'' and very recently ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'' but has made a few cameos in other books. She lives in Uberwald and shuffles the political factions (dwarves, werewolves, trolls, etc.) there in much the same way that Vetinari does in Ankh-Morpork... only Uberwald is less civilized and possibly less predictable. She plays chess (and occasionally Thud) with Vetinari by the clacks system (the Discworld's version of the telegraph) and has been known to read his secret messages. The Patrician is aware of this, and purposely makes his coded messages ''almost'' unbreakable, so he'll know what she thinks is in them. It is quite possible that [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow she knows that he does this]], having most likely taught him as much as he taught her (either way, it's going to lead to a GambitPileup sometime in the future). Lady Margolotta also annoyed the hell out of Commander Vimes by saving his life, because Vimes ''hates'' vampires.

* AddictionDisplacement: Replacing blood with ''politics''. And cigarettes.
* AntiVillain: Like Vetinari, she escapes true villain status by happening to be on the hero's side. However, it's for entirely her own reasons rather than patriotism or morality, even the strange sort displayed by Vetinari.
* BaitTheDog: When introduced, she seems pretty harmless, especially given her taste in colorful sweaters with bats on them. Vimes describes her as looking like "someone's mother". But then you find out that she is (almost?) as skilled a manipulator as Vetinari himself.
%% * BlueBlood
* [[TheChessmaster The Chessmistress]]: Vetinari considers her a WorthyOpponent, and that's saying several somethings.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Averted. Although she spends most of ''The Fifth Elephant'' wearing a pink jumper, describing her as anything close to TheChick is bound to land you in a ''lot'' of trouble.
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: In ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'' the mild-looking Lady Margolotta is confused with her much more haughty-looking assistant.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking : Well, AntiVillain smoking anyway.
* InterspeciesRomance: The jury's still out on this one.
* KickTheDog: Oddly crossed with PetTheDog in [[spoiler: her treatment of Nutt]]
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Lady Margolotta, like several of the vampires in later books, has sworn off human blood, and considers animal blood a poor but necessary substitute, "like lemonade replaces vhisky, believe me."
* OverlyLongName: Margolotta Amaya Katerina Assumpta Crassina von Überwald, and thats just the short form...
* SugarAndIcePersonality: A cynical and very manipulative ruler using control (and cigarettes) as an addiction replacement, who nevertheless does seem to care about Nutt (among others) beyond their usefulness as political pawns.
* VampireVords: In ''Discworld/TheFifthElephant''. Not so much when she reappears in ''UA'', though. This may be a ShoutOut to the original Dracula novel: the count speaks in a thick Hungarian accent when Jonathan Harker visits him, yet by the time he visits London it has almost disappeared.
* TheVonTropeFamily: Margolotta (insert four pages worth of middle names/titles here) Von Uberwald.
* WomanInBlack: In ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'', though she wears pink around the house.
* XanatosGambit: See Vetinari's entry.


!Moist von Lipwig
->''Trust me.''

A con-artist turned government employee, noted for his masterful people skills and for being [[TheNondescript so average in appearance as to be nondescript.]] Having been saved from the hangman's noose by Lord Vetinari, Lipwig was [[BoxedCrook put to work]] revitalizing the Ankh-Morpork Post Office, and later the Royal Bank and the Royal Mint. Romantically involved with Adora Belle Dearheart, a fiercely independent, cynical, chain-smoking but beautiful golem-rights activist. Was essentially created as a way to have novels set in Ankh-Morpork without the Watch automatically [[SpotlightStealingSquad taking over the plot]].

* AmazonChaser: Moist loves Adora ''because'' she's dangerous. He says she looks more beautiful when considering violence.
* BoxedCrook: Moist would rather live than be executed as a scam artist, but he's an adrenaline junkie, and he misses [[InHarmsWay the thrill of the hustle]] so much it almost drives him crazy. He finds ways to make up for it, such as by pulling crowd-pleasing stunts at the Post Office and just being near his fiancee.
* TheFace: Vetinari is using Moist as this for the Post Office staff. Stanley is thought of as weird [[EvenNerdsHaveStandards even by other pin collectors]] and Groat is... ''odd'', to put it charitably, although he IS capable of carrying out the daily Post Office operations with very little input from the Postmaster once he's given a push, but Moist knows how to sell an idea.
* GenreSavvy: He doesn't believe in Genre himself, but he knows it backward and forward, and uses it against other people. In his first meeting with Vetinari, Vetinari himself states that at any time, Moist can leave the room with no repercussions. Moist immediately files this away under "Highly suspicious." Moments afterward, it is shown that he is quite right to be suspicious of that door.
* [[spoiler: HappilyMarried]]: In ''Raising Steam'' [[spoiler: he and Adora Belle have upgraded their relationship. Though they both have jobs that can keep them away from each other through extended periods of time, they make the most of the time they have together.]]
* IndyPloy: He positively thrives on this trope.
--> ''This was where his soul lived: dancing on an avalanche, making the world up as he went along, reaching into people's ears and changing their minds.''
* InHarmsWay: He does his best work when his life is in danger. Additionally, his fiance seems to be a sufficient source of danger for him, so much so that when she goes out of town on business, he takes up a number of dangerous activites (such as free climbing large buildings and [[NoodleIncident Extreme Sneezing]]).
* LadyKillerInLove: With Adora Belle Dearheart. However, despite admitting to having conned women, Moist is not an ardent womaniser.
* LoveableRogue: He thinks of himself as this since he's charming and doesn't hurt anyone. [[DeconstructedTrope Until Mr. Pump gives him a mathematical breakdown of the damage he's caused through his scams]].
* ManipulativeBastard: For good causes these days, though. Questioned by himself:
--> "Am I really a bastard or am I just really good at thinking like one?"
* TheNondescript: Very handy trait, for a con artist. When he was a child, his mother frequently [[BroughtHomeTheWrongKid came home with the wrong kid]].
* NotSoDifferent: Despairs that this might be true of Reacher Gilt. GenreSavvy readers have noted a similarity to Vetinari and think he might be training up his replacement, albeit with Vimes and de Worde there to keep him in line.
* RefugeInAudacity: Possibly the Discworld's finest exponent. His way of dealing with not knowing what to do is "up the ante in the most ridiculous way possible".
* RunningGag: Stealing Drumknott's pencils.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Moist is an interesting study: He's probably second only to Lord Vetinari himself when it comes to cynicism and people-manipulation, but he utilizes this in the service of idealism. Even he doesn't quite understand how he keeps pulling it off.
* TheSocialExpert: "Everyone had their levers. For Groat, it was his position... Stanley, now... Stanley was easy." He can push Gilt's buttons in their media war but is wise enough not to do the same to Vetinari, especially after the broom incident. Taken to another level in ''Discworld/MakingMoney'' when he has to defuse potential mobs more than once.
* TechnicalPacifist: Of a different sort. He really never does lift a hand against anyone, and uses this to justify scamming people. His golem probation officer points out that the victims of his larger frauds were actually worse off than they would have been if he had simply mugged them. [[spoiler:When he actually kills someone in self-defense, he promptly vomits]].
%% * TooCleverByHalf
* UnfortunateName: As Topsy Lavish puts it, "Yes, I can't imagine you had any choice in the matter."
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: This becomes ''very'' important to him by the end of ''Discworld/GoingPostal'' and continues to be a concern in ''Making Money'': is he really a crook, and if so, what kind of crook is he? Can he make a legitimate distinction between himself and Reacher Gilt? [[spoiler:Vetinari certainly seems to think so. He witnessed Reacher Gilt's response to TheWindowOrTheDoor, has noted that Moist is more nervous when holding a sword than when being threatened with one, and describes him as "an honest soul with a fine criminal mind".]]

!The Auditors of Reality
-->''To be an Individual is to live, and to live is to die.''

The beings responsible for making sure that the universe works the way its supposed to. They find life untidy and make numerous attempts to kill everyone on the Disc.

* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of Order - and Bureaucracy. (Possibly "Taxes". Because there are two things certain in life, and Death is already accounted for, right?)
* ArchNemesis: To Death and Susan.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Though it mostly ends up boiling down to loathsome bureaucratic pettiness and a chronic lack of imagination. The Auditors are ''not'' presented sympathetically.
* CelestialBureaucracy: Complete with paperwork.
* DeathOfPersonality: Inverted. They exist as grey soul-less entities. For them, to develop a recognisable personality and individual self-awareness is death.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: The Auditors' fundamental problem is that they cannot understand basic things like imagination or individuality. [[spoiler: [[KryptoniteFactor Or chocolate]].]]
* EvilCounterpart: To Death. Both are AnthropomorphicPersonifications who exist to enforce some existential concept. But while Death feels compassion for humanity and the Disc, these bastards just want order. Absolute order.
* HiveMind: [[InsaneTrollLogic At least, they think they do.]]
* InsaneTrollLogic: Something is only alive if it has an independent existance. All living beings die in time. Any span of time is miniscule compared to the lifespan of the universe. Therefore, if an Auditor develops signs of an individual identity, it [[PuffOfLogic instantly vanishes]].
** The book that introduced them implied that this happens because you have to be an individual to get the insane troll logic of it - and since the Auditors disappear when they realize they have an identity, they never manage to get to the point of realizing that their logic is not perfectly sound before going puff.
** Everything about them screams InsaneTrollLogic. They have no emotions or physical needs, yet they hate life forms specifically because of how annoying it is to record everything they do. And don't even ask how creatures with a HiveMind can make jokes with each other...
* JerkassGods: Well, maybe not gods [[OurGodsAreGreater in the technical sense]], but...
* KillAllHumans: And non-human sentience. And non-sentient life. All life current and ''in potentia'', in fact. It's untidy. However, they were somewhat pleased by the evolution of humanity (inasmuch as anything "pleases" them) because humankind could be persuaded into shooting ''itself'' in the foot.
%% * KnightTemplar
* LightIsNotGood: Not ''light'' per-se, but given that their job is to keep the universe working, one would think they wouldn't hate its inhabitants as much as they do.
** One of them calls himself "[[ManInWhite Mr White]]".
* MeasuringTheMarigolds: They attempt to understand human conceptions of art by disassembling famous paintings ''molecule by molecule'', and sifting through them to find the parts that are "art" and "beauty".
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Functionally, though they're not above [[{{Hypocrite}} breaking their own rules]] to get what they want.
* OmnicidalManiac: If they could - and they're trying very hard - they'd exterminate every living thing above the level of microbes. Fortunately, their utter lack of imagination (and certain cosmic mechanisms) prevent them from doing so directly.
* PuffOfLogic: Thanks to a SlipperySlopeFallacy regarding time, any Auditor that comes close to thinking of itself as an individual will usually disappear in a Puff of InsaneTrollLogic.
%% * PureIsNotGood
* RealityWarper: They can effortlessly alter the world around them to achieve all kinds of things, like creating gold and causing thunderstorms. What they can't do is simply wipe away life - it's against the rules.
* SenseFreak: Every now and then, they'll step down from being lifeless concepts into living bodies, and whenever they do, they immediately discover that life is both far more untidy than they thought and more addictive than they ever could have foreseen. Their reactions to food and colours stand out. And ''then'' they discover the price one inevitably pays for living, [[AC:which is where I come in.]]
* SmugSnake: Their pettiness cements them as this.
* [[spoiler:WeaksauceWeakness: Several. Chocolate, for one. And dreams. Hell, even being human for very long functions as MindRape for them, and eventually causes a HeelFaceTurn, insanity and/or death. Between these, all seven hundred that take on human form in ''Discworld/ThiefOfTime'' die before the book ends.]]
* WorldOfSilence: Their ideal world is a variation of this. Though they'd probably find ''silence'' too noisy. Emptiness would be best of all.

!Adora Belle Dearheart

The cynical, chain-smoking, and severe head of the Golem Trust. She is also Moist's fiance, and assisted him with the restoration of the post office by employing him Golems. Fiercely devoted to causes and doesn't take crap from anyone. Mostly because she can drive a stiletto heel through their shoes... and through [[GroinAttack other parts]].

* BrokenBird: Does not account for all her behaviour, but she didn't deserve any of what was to done to her family.
* CombatStilettos: Very sharp ones at that.
* CutenessProximity: Golem proximity. ''Any'' golem proximity, including china parts.
* DefrostingIceQueen: To some extent. She can be pretty sharp around Moist himself, but that's how he likes 'em.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: ... And EmbarrassingMiddleName... and Embarrassing Last Name. Moist calls her "Spike."
* FluffyTheTerrible: Not that you would want to point that out. Ever.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Constantly smoking, though it's treated as more of a character quirk.
* [[spoiler: HappilyMarried: See the entry for Moist Von Lipwig]]
* [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerk With A Heart Of Golems]]: Ankh-Morpork is on the golem standard, you know, and she's decently nice deep down.
* NonIndicativeName[=/=]NamesToTrustImmediately: 'Adora Belle Dearheart' sounds like a sweetie. She's not, but she's still a good enough person.
* NoSenseOfHumour: Or so she claims. In reality, her humor is simply ''very'' dry and snarky.
* NotGoodWithPeople: The cranky variety. She prefers golems.
* {{Tsundere}}: Type A. Moist is a born risk-taker, and his fiancee's nature gives him the thrill he needs in life.


!William de Worde
->''The truth has got its boots on. And it's going to start kicking.''

A scribe who comes from a wealthy family, William is making his own way by sending newsletters to leaders of various other countries. He is pulled into the newest technological advancement of the Disc, movable type. With the assistance of a shed filled with Dwarves, the attractive daughter of an engraver, and a vampire/photographer, he begins the Disc's first newspaper, the Ankh-Morpork Times. Reappears in ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment'' doing on-the-site reporting in Borogravia. As of ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'', he seems set to become the Disc's first sports announcer.

Although he does not directly appear, mention should also be made of ''Making Money,'' in which Moist von Lipwig observes that [[CrowningMomentOfFunny William was a young man who "somehow managed to write as though his bum had been stuffed with tweed."]]

* BadassBookworm: He's a professional scribe before throwing his lot in with the newspaper Dwarfs and his pursuit of the truth allowed him to gain the respect of Sam Vimes and Havelock Vetinari.
* BlueBlood: He's part of a fairly influential family.
* TheCameo: Though he's the main character of only one book (''The Truth''), The Times continues to be a major player in Ankh-Morpork so he does appear a lot in other books.
* IntrepidReporter: Considering he's running the first newspaper on the Disc...
* {{Jerkass}}: Towards the Watch, and sometimes in general - he's a snob at heart, and doesn't always recognize when he's acting like one.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A {{Jerkass}} by nature ''and'' by upbringing, he's constantly watching himself and forcing himself to be kinder to others (though he sometimes misses obvious cues that he's not as kind as he thinks), pretty much forcing himself to be a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* NotSoDifferent: At one point while he's ranting about his father's arrogant, selfish behavior, Otto cheerfully says "But you make up for it in other vays!" earning him a DeathGlare.
* UnclePennybags: Averted. William deliberately turns down a life of luxury living off his family fortune to avoid this trope.
* UpperClassTwit: He's trying so hard to avoid it that he sometimes falls into it by accident. He wasn't ''born'' into poverty, he chose it, and he can always opt out (unlike people who are actually poor) - it's when he forgets this fact that he acts like a jerk, usually.
* WellDoneSonGuy: When he was first introduced. He gets over it soon enough.

!Sacharissa Cripslock

The aforementioned engraver's daughter, who is William de Worde's partner at ''The Times.'' She does much of the journalist field work after William de Worde gets settled in at the newspaper, and as a reporter she receives a couple of cameos in newer Discworld books (''Going Postal'', ''Making Money''). As of ''Going Postal'', she appears to be married (presumably to William).

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Don't get her mad.
* BuxomIsBetter: She may not be the prettiest woman on the Disc, but she is noted as quite attractive... and what gets her the most attention, from several male characters, is the fact that she has large breasts.
* HotScoop
* IntrepidReporter: In the Moist von Lipwig novels.
* TheMaidenNameDebate: Part of the "appears to be married" is that she refers to herself by her maiden name while Moist von Lipwig notes the wedding ring on her finger.
* ProperLady: Tries to be this most of the time.

!Otto Chriek

The iconographer (photographer) at the ''Times.'' A native of Uberwald who moved to the Big Wahooni (Ankh-Morpork, that is), Otto is a card-carrying member of the Black Ribbon society (vampires who have sworn off human "b-vord"). He has the slightly crazed edge of a born killer who has found something else to divert his energy -- namely, taking iconographs. Unfortunately, as vampires are sensitive to bright light, he tends to be turned to dust by his own flash when he takes pictures... but fortunately, a drop of blood on his remains will restore him immediately. Otto has started wearing a small container of blood to make sure he auto-resurrects on the job. Made short appearances in ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'' and ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment''.

* AddictionDisplacement: From blood onto photography.
* BackFromTheDead: [[RunningGag Over and over and over...]]
* BlindingCameraFlash: Exaggerated. Whenever he takes a flash photo, it results in (at best) him screaming in pain on the ground or (at worst) his demise until blood is poured on his ashes. In later books, he's found filters and other ways around this.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He looks and acts like a small, meek iconographer, but he is still a ''vampire'', with all the abilities that implies.
* DistractedByTheSexy: "Ze bosoms goink in-and-out and up-and-down like zat!" triggers his HammerHorror instincts.
* FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire: Much of it is for self-preservation, yes, but he's also a genuinely decent guy.
* FunnyForeigner: Deliberately goes for this vibe. It's better than the torches and pitchforks, after all.
* LooksLikeOrlok: Paul Kidby tends to portray him like this. William suspects he deliberately cultivates this image (see below).
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He acts in a stereotypical vampire fashion tailored specifically for his profession (i.e. a pocketed vest in black silk with tails) and speaking in VampireVords so that people see him as more amusing than threatening.
%% * OurVampiresAreDifferent
* SlasherSmile: That worryingly intense smile - normally reserved for vampires about to eat you - is instead used as a default (if slightly crazed) expression.
* UnskilledButStrong: At the end of ''Discworld/TheTruth'', when Otto faces down a gang of William's father's enforcers using "proper fisticuffs" (rather than vampiric means, which would probably have been messier), he is a hilariously inept fighter, but having a vampire's strength and stamina means he still wipes the floor with them.
* VampireVords: Exaggerated for effect, like most of his stereotypical-vampire traits.
* TheVonTropeFamily: Sometimes known as Otto von Chriek.
* WeNeedADistraction: At one point, William De Worde takes advantage of the aforementioned BlindingCameraFlash to get past some watchmen, noting that a vampire writhing and screaming in pain is ''always'' the center of attention.


!Lu-Tze

The not-exactly-holy, wrinkly, smiling little man who debuted in ''Discworld/SmallGods'', appears in ''Discworld/NightWatch'' and co-stars with his pupil in ''Discworld/ThiefOfTime''. He may also have shown up in ''Discworld/GoingPostal'' as a background cleaner in a temple, and anytime a sweeper is mentioned, it may be him. He follows the Way of Mrs. Cosmopolite and thinks that "Rule One" NeedsMoreLove. And if you annoy him too much, you will abruptly learn ''why'' he's ShroudedInMyth.

* ActuallyIAmHim: He doesn't really tend to explain who he is, preferring to wait for the person talking to him to figure it out so he can [[OhCrap laugh at their expression]].
* AlmightyJanitor: Almost literally.
* BadassGrandpa: The first impresson he gives in ''Thief of Time'' is that he is this trope, hiding his physical skills behind his age and appearance, hence Rule One. Then Lobsang realizes that [[SubvertedTrope this is all untrue]], and that he just lets his reputation and peoples' expectations do all the work without even being capable of fighting... ''[[DoubleSubversion then]]'' it turns out that no, Lu-Tze actually ''is'' a martial arts master beyond compare, the only known practitioner of [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Déjà Fu]], and capable of beating up the living incarnation of Time.
* CombatPragmatist: Although his favorite weapons are stealth and trickery.
* CynicalMentor: Lampshaded in ''Discworld/ThiefOfTime'':
-->'''Lobsang Ludd:''' You said that it would be in Ankh-Morpork!\\
'''Lu-Tze:''' Yeah, but I have years of experience and cynicism! You're just talented!
* ForWantOfANail: His shtick - he prevents wars by selling nails and horseshoes in convenient spots, putting compost heaps in the right places, and making sure that single pieces of machinery are faulty. The senior History Monks' respect from him largely derives from the subtlety with which he can alter the timeline.
* HermitGuru
* IceCreamKoan: The Way of Mrs. Cosmopolite, composed of the mundane, common-sense sayings of an Ankh-Morpork landlady. As such, they are as exotic to Lu-Tze as Zen koans are to Westerners, but still work as a form of wisdom for him. A lot of it comes down to her sayings being coincidentally similar to the profound wisdom of the order's founder, but with a more practical bent that gives him an edge.
* MyGreatestFailure: The first time a glass clock was built, he failed to stop it from freezing time and shattering it into little tiny pieces, meaning the History Monks had to piece it all together again.
* NotSoStoic: He rarely lets his wrinkly smiling old man image drop, but Lobsang can get to him.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Another major part of his shtick, with the additional wrinkle that ''everyone knows he's doing this'', and just tries to guess ''how'' he's tricking them. Nobody ever figures out in time, though.
* OldMaster: Rule One: "Never act incautiously when confronted by a little bald wrinkly smiling man!"
** Rule Nineteen: "Remember never to forget Rule One!"
* ShroudedInMyth: Deliberately so.
* WeirdnessSearchAndRescue: Served as one for Vimes in ''Discworld/NightWatch''.


!Gaspode the Wonder Dog
->''Woof bloody woof.''

Gaspode was a fairly normal stray until ''Discworld/MovingPictures''. Then he suddenly [[IntellectualAnimal found himself thinking]]. He found this vastly irritating, and was vaguely relieved when he went back to normal after the Holy Wood incident was over. But then he slept near the University's trash heaps a few times too often and suddenly found that his little problem was back. Now he roams the city, using his talents in new and creative ways. He's extremely cynical and has pretty much every doggy skin disease known to dogkind and a few others as bonuses. The laconic description of Gaspode was provided by Vimes in ''The Fifth Elephant'': The Corporal Nobbs of the canine world. As far as he's concerned, the only real advantage to being a thinking, talking dog is that he can remember when the guilds throw out their kitchen trash. Often seen leading the beggar Foul Ole Ron by a leash.

* CompellingVoice: Due to the WeirdnessCensor, people tend to think anything he says is their own thought. Hence, "Cor, I'm a bastard, aren't I?" "Give the cute little doggy some sausages," and "Sergeant Quirk... [[CrowningMomentOfFunny you got an itchy bottom]]. [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment Prickle, prickle, prickle]]." [[spoiler:Furthermore, being able to speak human automatically gives him this power over other dogs.]]
%% * DeadpanSnarker
* TheDragalong: Angua and Carrot have both gotten him mixed up in really big messes.
* GenreSavvy: Though Gaspode knows all about heroic wonder dogs, he never manages to pass for one himself.
%% * NonHumanSidekick
* TalkingAnimal: Thanks to eating stuff out of the University's garbage.
* UnSoundEffect: He doesn't actually bark, he ''says'' "woof".
* WeirdnessCensor: He abuses it shamelessly. Most people, when they hear him, immediately think "Dogs can't talk" and decide that what they heard must have been their own thoughts. ("Give the nice doggy some sausages.") In ''Discworld/MenAtArms'', he used it for some hilariously CoolAndUnusualPunishment.


!The Canting Crew

A group of beggars even other beggars look down on. They include:
* Altogether Andrews, who has nine personalities inhabiting his body (none of whom answer to "Andrews," but apparently ''altogether'' make up the individual of that name).
* Arnold Sideways, who has no legs and gets about on a little wheeled cart, but carries a boot on the end of a pole for the purpose of kicking people.
* Coffin Henry, who has a spectacular cough and an even more spectacular collection of skin diseases, and carries a sign saying ''For sum muny I wunt follo you home. Coff Coff.''
* The Duck Man, who is on the whole the sanest and most educated member of the Crew (as opposed to Altogether Andrews, who is ''in part'' the sanest and most educated), except that he's never seen without a duck on his head. And if you ask him why, he'll act like you're the odd one for seeing ducks where ducks aren't.
* Foul Ole Ron, whose speech is incomprehensible ("Millennium hand and shrimp!") and whose smell is so strong it's taken on a life of its own (and sometimes goes to parties without him and reads poetry - he's outclassed by it). In more recent appearances, he has been accompanied by Gaspode, acting in the capacity of "thinking-brain dog".

They appear in ''Discworld/SoulMusic'' (where Death, trying to get away from it all, spends some time in their company), ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'' (where they are among the recipients of the stand-in Hogfather's attempts at an equitable distribution of Hogswatch), and ''Discworld/TheTruth'' (where they are hired by ''The Times'' as newspaper vendors, and play a role in the newspaper's big scoop). Foul Ole Ron and Coffin Henry both appear, individually, in ''Discworld/WheresMyCow''.

* CrazySane: Implied to be the case for the Duck Man. He finds everyone's persistent fixation on ducks around him quite bewildering.
* {{Flanderization}}: Foul Ole Ron, actually. In ''Discworld/MenAtArms'', he's shown to be capable of passing a warning from Queen Molly of the Beggars' Guild onto Sam Vimes in the midst of all his muttering. In later books, he's utterly incapable of speaking a coherent sentence without Gaspode around to translate for him.
* HomelessPigeonPerson: The Duck Man appears to be an example of this trope. However, conversation will reveal that he is, or claims to be, completely unaware of the duck that gives him his name, despite the fact it's [[HeadPet on his head]].
* TalkativeLoon: All of them to some degree, but ''especially'' Foul Ole Ron.
* VoicesAreMental: Altogether Andrews' voice changes depending on who's speaking.


!Twoflower

->''Let's just say that if complete and utter chaos was lightning, he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards.' ''

The co-protagonist of the first two Discworld books and also of the later book ''Interesting Times''. Twoflower is the Discworld's first tourist. He's a naive and harmless little man from the Agatean Empire, who happens to be fabulously wealthy by the standards of all other cultures on the Disc. Rincewind spends quite a while following Twoflower around, trying to collect a few gold pieces for his trouble, translating for him (since Twoflower doesn't speak Morporkian), and trying not to let him get killed. Twoflower, though he tosses fistfuls of gold around like pebbles, definitely gets his money's worth when it comes to hiring Rincewind, because he is ''very'' good at getting into the worst sorts of trouble. He is badly dressed, rich and utterly un-streetwise, optimistically determined to talk to everyone and get iconographs (the Discworld equivalent of photos, painted by a tiny imp in a box) of everything... and as always, accompanied by his Luggage (which eventually becomes Rincewind's Luggage).

* TheFool: He gets through all the chaos of the first couple of books cheerfully and obliviously unhurt.
%% * FunnyForeigner
* [[spoiler:TheGoodChancellor: He becomes Grand Vizier in Interesting Times; if he stays the way he is, it can only be assumed he's a good one.]]
** He ''does'' end up [[spoiler: betraying his liege]], but considering he did it to [[spoiler: ''save the Discworld'']]...
* HawaiianShirtedTourist: In the TV movie ''and'' the graphic novel.
* [[spoiler: HiddenDepths: We don't discover until ''Interesting Times'' that he has a family, by which time he's a widower with two daughters and an ''enormous'' grudge under his sunny exterior.]]
* TooDumbToLive: [[TheFool And yet, he does...]]
%% * WideEyedIdealist
%% * WrongGenreSavvy


!The Luggage

Be afraid. Be ''very'' afraid. Twoflower's Luggage is every traveler's dream: it's made of (ridiculously expensive) sapient pearwood, it looks like a wooden trunk on legs, and it follows him '''everywhere''' like a big wooden guard dog. The Luggage also is invitingly full of gold, has a near-bottomless capacity, and seems to be able to magically clean Twoflower's laundry. Thieves look at it with great interest... until they discover (usually much too late) that the Luggage has big teeth, it's impervious to magic, it's prone to violent psychosis, and it is quite happy to eat anyone or anything that gets in its way. Twoflower later bequeathes it to Rincewind, who views it as something of a mixed blessing.

* AnimateInanimateObject: In the first book, it is often described as "opening its lid threateningly" or "it turned and faced them, despite the fact it had no face with which to face them with." Right near the end of ''Discworld/TheColourOfMagic'', it spits out Tethis, the sea troll, at Rincewind's feet, after which it "manages to project a smug expression." It can stare without eyes and has a very disconcerting tongue.
* Badass: Like you wouldn't ''believe''.
* ChestMonster: One with no brain, and a homicidal attitude towards anything that threatens its master.
* ClingyMacGuffin: Being made of sapient pear wood, and having a definite personality of its own, the Luggage straddles the line between this and TheCatCameBack [[spoiler:until it meets a mate.]]
* [[spoiler:{{Crossdresser}}]]: In ''Discworld/TheLastContinent'', [[spoiler:it gets dressed up in high heels.]]
%% * {{Determinator}}
* ExtremeOmnivore: The Luggage has eaten people (on many occasions), sharks, crocodiles, legendary grimoires, and even (on one occasion) a demon.
* HeroicComedicSociopath: Very, very much so.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: It has saved children from a burning tower and is quite courteous to ladies.
* NighInvulnerable: If being buried in Fourecks long and deep enough for opal deposits to form on top of it didn't even noticeably ''hurt'' it, it's very hard to imagine exactly what it would take to actually do so. Hell, in Discworld/TheColorOfMagic, it [[spoiler: gets hit with magic the sheer volume of which has not been seen ''since the Mage Wars,'', and it isn't even fazed.]]
* NonHumanSidekick


!Genghiz Cohen the Barbarian

Cohen the Barbarian is exactly what you'd get if ConanTheBarbarian was a skinny old man. He's a bazillion years old with all the hallmarks of age, including a bad back, bunions, no teeth (till he gets new ones made from troll teeth, i.e. diamonds), and a very long beard. Cohen is, however, not to be underestimated. In a profession with an extremely short life expectancy, Cohen is ''still'' looting temples, rescuing maidens, and pillaging villages... and he has gotten very, very good at it over the years. In ''Interesting Times'' and ''The Last Hero'', Cohen is seen at the head of the Silver Horde, a terrifying pack of barbarian warriors who are all as old as he is, but haven't let age stop them.

* BadassGrandpa: The fact is that if you manage to live to that age in a profession like BarbarianHero, you're probably really good at staying alive.
* BookDumb: The only use he ever found for books is lavatory paper. He has a great deal of respect for book-learning, though, even going so far as to make a retired geography teacher part of his retinue.
%% * DirtyOldMan
* GenreSavvy: He calls it "The Code", and it's what ensures heroes win, villains lose (but escape for the sequel) and everyone winds up happy. He knows it inside out and backwards.
* HeroicComedicSociopath: Be very careful about saying things like "I'd rather die before..." and so forth in front of Cohen. He'll always take you at your word.
%% * RageAgainstTheHeavens
* RefugeInAudacity: The Silver Horde's plan to [[spoiler:steal ''the entire Agatean Empire'']] in ''Discworld/InterestingTimes'', and to [[spoiler:break into the city of the gods and blow them all up]] in ''Discworld/TheLastHero''.


!Mr. Slant

Ankh-Morpork's foremost AmoralAttorney. He's also a zombie. And one of the most badass lawyers you'll ever find.

* AmoralAttorney: Pretty nearly defines it.
* BadassBookworm: The fact he wrote and memorized most if not all of Ankh-Morpork's laws makes his power pretty scary. Also, aside from [[PlayingWithFire fire]], he fears nothing.
* DeathGlare: Literally. He's dead.
* {{Determinator}}: All zombies are this. In his case, it's powered by the fact that he simply refuses to pass on until his descendants cough up the money to pay back his legal fees (he defended himself at the trial for his own execution and lost), and he will wait as long as he has to; forever, if need be.
* TheDragon: Slant has been the 'face' and executive officer in at least two plots to overthrow Vetinari, and was involved the one involving the death of Lord Winder in ''Night Watch''.
* TheDreaded: To all members of the legal professions in Ankh-Morpork.
* NervesOfSteel: Only fire has the ability to even partially unnerve him.

!Lord Ronald "Ronnie" Rust

Ankh-Morpork's leading aristocrat (Vetinari doesn't count, and as for the current Duke of Ankh...) Rust is a starched, snobbish and ridiculously pompous individual with an abiding and entirely mutual hatred towards Sam Vimes. Led Ankh-Morpork during the brief war with Klatch in ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'' where he displayed all the military genius you might expect. Apparently dated Sybil Ramkin in her youth.

%% * BlueBlood
* BornLucky: Veterans of battles that he's led claim that arrows meant for him will ''always'' kill another one of his soldiers.
** It's suggested this is another aspect to his WeirdnessCensor, and that Rust is simply failing to notice he could ever get hit.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: His first appearance in ''Men at Arms'' notes that Rust is one of the nobles who managed to adapt to the changing times, whereas his latter appearances suggest he's anything but. There's also his much kinder, considerate treatment of d'Eath in the same book, but that may be because he's generally nicer to fellow members of the upper class.
* GeneralFailure: In ''Jingo'', where he all but single-handedly destroys the Ankh-Mopork war effort on his own.
** SpannerInTheWorks: While at the same time forcing his Klatchian counterpart's hand with his premature invasion, saving the city itself from an invasion that happened in an AlternateUniverse.
* TheNeidermeyer: As Captain of the Treacle Mine Road Watch House in ''Night Watch''. After he gave orders to open fire on civilians, [[spoiler: Vimes (as Keel) knocked him out and claimed to be removing him from command due to temporary insanity]].
* StiffUpperLip: A parody thereof.
%% * UpperClassTwit
* VerbalTic: "What?"
* WeirdnessCensor: Will not notice things that cannot possibly be happening, such as Vimes calling him an inbred streak of piss to his face.


!C.M.O.T. (Cut Me Own Throat/[[spoiler:[[OverlyLongName Claude Maximillian Overton Transpire]]]]) Dibbler
->''Twenty pence and that's cutting me own throat.''

A never quite succesful peddler of well, '''''anything''''' he thinks will make a profit, but mostly his only theoretically edible sausages-inna-bun. Has numerous counterparts in every nation on the Discworld, including Cut-Me-Own-Hand-Off Dhblah (Omnia), Disembowel-Meself-Honorably Dibhala (Agatean Empire), etc.
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* CatchPhrase: "And that's cutting me own throat". Most of his counterparts have similar {{Catch Phrase}}s.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: When we meet Mr. Dibbler in the earlier books he is a smarmy amoral vendor who will sell anything and use anyone. As the series continues he becomes the hapless "least successful businessman in Ankh Morporkh" whose ''only'' skill is selling his inedible sausages.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: No matter what he tries, it never quite succeeds in the long term. Only the sausages last. Perhaps because flies won't go near them.
* HonestJohnsDealership: The trope even used to be named after him!
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: His numerous counterparts.
* LethalChef: Or, as ''Nanny Ogg's Cookbook'' puts it: "No visit to Ankh-Morpork is complete without a taste of one of CMOT Dibbler's famous sausages-inna-bun. After that, it is often completed very, very quickly."
* LoopholeAbuse: [[AllThereInTheManual Supplemental material for the series]] reveals that he's the founder and sole member of the Guild of C.M.O.T. Dibblers. Presumably there was some financial or political benefit in applying for this status, immediately before Vetinari closed the loophole. Or it's possible even the Merchants didn't want him.
* [[spoiler:OverlyLongName]]: [[spoiler:"C.M.O.T." doesn't just stand for his CatchPhrase; his full name is Claude Maximillian Overton Transpire Dibbler.]]
* StableTimeLoop: In ''Discworld/NightWatch'' a time-travelling Vimes gives the young Dibbler his own CatchPhrase from the future. It does take him a while to get the hang of it - "buy this sausage or I'll cut my own throat!"

!Rhys Rhysson

The Low King of the Dwarves
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* AmbiguousGender: Like with all Dwarfs naturally, but it's implied that Rhys may be a woman. In ''Discworld/RaisingSteam'', this is confirmed [[spoiler: and she is also pregnant.]]
%% * ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!Igor
''It'th a pleathure to be commanded in a clear, firm, authoritative voithe, mithtreth.''.

Not so much one individual as an entire clan of individuals from Uberwald, who are a parody of the archetypal hunchbacked servants of monsters and mad scientists.
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* [[ChickMagnet Chick/Dude Magnet]]: It comes as a mild shock to every single non-Igor that the clan is entirely capable and indeed proficient at keeping up their numbers in the usual way. They don't ''always'' have to do whole the stitching, bolts and misshapen parts look, you know.
* CreepyGood: They are (usually) good guys, but tend to creep out a lot of people, due to their MixAndMatchMan prowess.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Female Igors (Igorinas) are described as these - being the Discworld equivalent of a [[MagicPlasticSurgery Magic Plastic Surgeon]] has it's advantages after all.
* DoorJudo: An Igor will always open the door right before a visitor knocks.
* FellOffTheBackOfATruck: Igors often have to scrounge materials for their master.
* HypercompetentSidekick: In spite of their namesake archetype, Igors are actually extremely efficient at accomplishing whatever task they are assigned. If anything happens to [[GoneHorriblyWrong Go Horribly Wrong]], it's usually the fault of their [[MadScientist less sensible masters]]. And one thing you can be absolutely sure of is this: any technique an Igor applies to others, he or she has practised many times, possibly on themselves.
* IfYouDieICallYourStuff: The price for accepting an Igor's medical assistance is to serve as an organ donor after death so that the Igors can use any intact organs to help someone else down the line. You're free to refuse, and if you do the Igors will quietly and politely never serve you or your family again. Igors do this with their own organs as well, with young Igors implanting organs from their ancestors into their bodies. If an Igor says he has his grandfather's eyes (or nose, or hands, or whatever), he means it literally.
* TheIgor: Of course.
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals[=/=]PlanetOfSteves: It's hard to tell Igors apart if you haven't memorized the visible scar patterns. The fact that they're all named Igor (Igorina for the girls) doesn't help. Despite this, Igors instinctively know which Igor you're talking about when you mention an Igor to them.
* TheMedic: Igors are ''very'' good at organ transplants.
* OptOut: Igors serve their masters loyally... right up until the angry mob arrives. (Hey, nobody put being burned at the stake in the contract, all right?)
* SpeechImpediment: All Igors lisp. It's tradition.
** What's interesting about this is that Igors are capable of speaking without a lisp. They just do it because it's expected of them.
* StealthHiBye: An Igor will always appear behind his master when called for, even if there's no possible way for them to do this without being noticed. Some masters have done extensive tests.
* AStormIsComing: Igors can tell this. Since so many of them work for mad scientists, it's a useful skill.
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!Leonard of Quirm

A somewhat old but talented painter, as well as a brilliant inventor (the Discworld's version of Leonardo da Vinci). Leonard invented the Discworld's first firearm in ''Men At Arms,'' but had no idea how dangerous it would prove to be. Because good-hearted Leonard keeps coming up with dangerous ideas, the Patrician keeps him in a solitary apartment and makes sure he has enough pencils, paper, and parts to keep him quietly occupied.
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: His ideas are brilliant, but he has a lot of them. So many they tend to crowd a bit. He could probably have escaped his "prison" a hundred times over if he ever set his mind to it, but he's never focused for very long (and he likes it in there, anyway).
** He could definitely break out; he designed it himself - for the purpose of keeping everyone other than Vetinari ''out''.
** At one point Vetinari muses that he would despair over the fate of the world if Leonard ever focused on something for more than half an hour.
* CloudCuckooLander: He is one of those people who are impossible to imprison, since he "lives in his own head". And his head is an interesting place.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: How he names his inventions; This-Is-What-It-Does Device. His genius stops at names.
* {{Expy}}: Of Leonardo da Vinci, with a little Alfred Nobel (a Swiss scientist and pacifist who patented over three hundred and fifty inventions, which included dynamite for mining purposes, and then saw a mistakenly published obituary that named him "the Merchant of Death". He posthumously dedicated his fortune to become the Nobel Prizes in order to ensure he wouldn't be remembered as a war-maker).
* GiverOfLameNames:
-->'''Leonard:''' Because it's ''submerged'' in a ''marine'' environment, I call it the Going-Under-The-Water-Safely Device.
* KeepingTheEnemyClose: He's not a villain as such, just unconsciously very dangerous: an amiable, gentle man who is brilliant enough to invent all sorts of devices (implied at one point to include something intensely explosive which he thinks could be useful in civil engineering "when the mountains get in the way," likely a reference to the inventor of dynamite) and naive enough to believe nobody would be silly or cruel enough to use them on ''other people.'' Lord Vetinari has him locked in a cell in the palace with a supply of art materials.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: He's fascinated endlessly in the most impossible detail by ''everything in the world''.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Invoked. His designs could revolutionize the entire disc, but because they're so dangerous, Vetinari keeps him under lock and key where they can't do any damage.
* WideEyedIdealist: He doesn't seem to notice the military applications of his inventions unless they are pointed out. And when he ''does'' notice them, he's usually of the belief that nobody would be crazy enough to actually use them that way.


! Chrysophrase the troll

Ankh-Morpork's most famous [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub "Legitimate Businessman"]]. Is mentioned several times but doesn't make a real appearance until ''Soul Music'', and later on, ''Thud!''. Known to take an interest in horse racing and has recently gotten out of the drug trade business.
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* NighInvulnerable: If being buried in Fourecks long and deep enough for opal deposits to form on top of it didn't even noticeably ''hurt'' it, it's very hard to imagine exactly what it would take to actually do so.

* AmbiguousGender: Like with all Dwarfs naturally, but it's implied that Rhys may be a woman.

* MagnificentBastard / ManipulativeBastard: Especially in later books, where he rarely has to take any personal action to remove annoyances from his path: he just has to find someone capable of solving the problem and then find the levers to get them moving. What makes him a Magnificent Bastard is the subtlety and PolitenessJudo with which he does this, and the fact that his larger goal is always the welfare of the city. Any Ankh-Morpork citizen will be happy to tell you that he's an evil, vicious, manipulative tyrant... but they'll have great difficulty saying what exactly he's ''done'' that's so bad. And they all agree that any potential replacement would be far, far worse.