History Characters / DiscworldOneBookWonders

* KnifeNut: As an assassin, he is naturally covered in them and very good with them. [[SteppingStoneSword He mostly just uses them as climbing aids, however.]]

Wizards on Discworld have always born the eighth son of an eighth son. Esk was born the eighth ''[[ProphecyTwist child]]'' of an eighth son, but inherited the magical staff and powers of Drum Billet, a wizard from Unseen University. This caused quite a bit of confusion as to whether she was a Witch or Wizard (both have very different rules and powers - or to be more accurate, very different ways of using power), and under the tutelage of Granny Weatherwax, she journeys to Unseen University to seek her destiny.

* TimeMaster: [[spoiler: She developed these powers on her LongBusTrip before her appearance in ''I Shall Wear Midnight'']].

The son of the renegade wizard Ipslore the Red, Coin is in fact Ipslore's eighth son--and since Ipslore was the eighth son of an eighth son, this made Coin a sourcerer. Unlike wizards, who draw on the magic around them, Coin generates his own power, making him an obscenely powerful magic-user. Raised by his father's spirit bound to his staff, Coin takes over Unseen University to elevate wizards to their rightful place in the world (as seen by Ipslore), setting up the plot of ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}''

* CharacterDevelopment: Starts off as innocent and unquestioning in the doctrines of his faith, but after talking to his god (he's the only one who can), studying other philosophies, and examining his religion's scriptures, he decides that his religion is not as accurate or as holy as he was once led to believe. [[spoiler: This allows him to challenge Om and his commandments at the end of ''Small Gods'']].

* IncorruptiblePurePureness: He's initially described as a 'big dumb ox', but then TookALevelInBadass and revolutionizes his religion into a more tolerant and less smite-happy one. [[spoiler: He even attempts to redeem Vorbis' soul when he dies - and the tone of the scene, while ambiguous, suggests he'll probably eventually succeed.]]

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His stout build, outward simplicity and HiddenDepths are similar to ''the'' Dumb Ox, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas Saint Thomas Aquinas]].

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: After the climax of the book, it's up to him to decide how to reform Omnianism. Many members of the Church did terrible things out of a desire to conform: while punishment would be just, Brutha says he'll reform the Church 'the hard way' - not just preaching mercy, but ''showing'' it. The subsequent century under a good man of simple faith changes the followers of Om entirely.

* AbdicateTheThrone: Immediately looks to do this at the end of the book, and is quite relieved to find out that [[spoiler: Ptraci is his half-sister]] and thus a viable alternative.

* DeadpanSnarker: Usually when he's feeling particularly put upon or around Ptraci. [[BelligerentSexualTension The two are not mutually exclusive]], until [[spoiler: they find out that she's his half-sister - she's still somewhat interested in pursuing it, and it's hinted that the feelings don't go away, but the thoroughly Morporkified Teppic firmly steps on it]].

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: A dominant characteristic - he refuses to kill what he believes to be a helpless victim at the end of the Guild exam (it turns out to be a dummy, and his attempt to fail with flair ends up as a trick shot), he rescues Ptraci at risk to his own life (because Dios is mad enough in his own way to have him thrown to the crocodiles for rescuing someone the King had condemned), and he risks his own life to get back to Djelibeybi and save the kingdom.

* ServileSnarker: Somewhat to [[spoiler: Ptraci]] after he abdicates the throne. It doesn't really change much of their dynamic.

* GoodIsNotNice: He's a [[spoiler: chief policeman of Al-Khali]], but he's very manipulative and pragmatic - which, in the latter case, often means not bothering to follow the same ThouShaltNotKill rule as Vimes (though as he points out, Vimes' beat is a single city, where he has plenty of back-up and a more or less functioning justice system to work with, while Ahmed is all alone in the vast desert with only sword and camel for company).

A foundling raised in the Guild of Thieves until a chance meeting with a history monk resulted in him being wiped from the Guild's collective memory and taken to be trained in the mountains in abilities he was only barely aware he had. However, Lobsang is apparently "a smart boy" and there's no teaching a smart boy. Compared to other characters in ''Literature/ThiefOfTime'' (and Pratchett characters in general), Lobsang is rather a blank slate. Of course then you discover that [[spoiler: he's actually half of a whole person who is also the son of the personification of time and ends up ''becoming'' Time itself in the end]], and suddenly he doesn't seem quite so standardised any more.

* BirdsOfAFeather: He and Susan [[spoiler: are hinted to have a RelationshipUpgrade at the end of the book]], due to this trope.

* CompositeCharacter: Literally, InUniverse, after the SplitAtBirth matter is resolved ([[spoiler: he remains mostly Lobsang, albeit with more depth, on the grounds that Lobsang had much happier memories than Jeremy did]]).

* NotSoDifferentRemark: He is described InUniverse as, in a number of ways, being a ''lot'' like Susan Sto-Helit, what with their both being too clever by half, being prone to arrogance before growing out of it (both of which Susan had grown out of by this point), and [[spoiler: being half-human, and trying to keep as much of their humanity as they can.]]

* SplitAtBirth: [[spoiler:Him and Jeremy Clockson, a socially inept and supersane (which is just as bad as being crazy) individual, are the same person, born twice because their/his/whatever mother freaked out a little bit during childbirth, and when Time herself freaks out ''strange'' things tend to happen. It comes out to the same thing in the end, and after they merge, the result is more Lobsang with more depth than a true composite - this being explained InUniverse as being because Jeremy had a pretty miserable life.]]

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* [[spoiler: AmbiguousGender:]] It's left unclear after TheReveal what Jackrum actually [[spoiler: identifies as, even after confirmation that she gave birth to a son, William, and refers to herself as his mother. On the one hand, this could be simply revealing her gender, or it could just be a statement of fact, the female pronouns fitting a society that has a firm gender binary. The narration encourages the ambigity, being very careful not to use any pronouns in Jackrum's dialogue or dialogue tags, and while Polly later refers to Jackrum as 'him', that could just be her keeping the secret.]]
* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler: When she sadly points out that she couldn't go and live with her son, who she left with her grandmother to raise, as it would horrify her son to have some "fat ol' biddy banging on his back door and gobbing baccy juice all over the place and telling him she's his mum", Polly suggests that Jackrum just keep the lie she's lived going by instead claiming to be his father instead, as that kind of appearance and behavior is acceptable in a man.]]

* [[spoiler: BrawnHilda:]] Self-described as being "never an oil painting", and from the kind of place where men and women alike favoured partners with the ability to do things like lift a pig under each arm, and [[spoiler: the day after her boyfriend William went off to war, she was doing just that before she decided to join him.]]

* ExactWords: "On my oath, I'm not a violent man!" is one of Jackrum's favourite sayings, despite deploying extreme violence against his enemies during the book. It comes off as HypocriticalHumour, but [[spoiler: as Jackrum is actually a woman, this is technically a true statement.]] Polly lampshades it towards the end.

* HonorBeforeReason: Oddly enough, for someone who's otherwise completely without scruples, there are certain very specific lines he won't willingly cross. The main one is anything to do with spying, actual or perceived, right down to a severe reluctance to camouflage himself (concealing oneself as a sentry is a different matter) and even when he does join everyone else in being disguised as a tree, the narration notes that he even seems to have buffed up his buttons. This is also why he dislikes skirmishers - pre-modern snipers.
* [[spoiler: LadyLooksLikeADude:]] Thanks to being a natural [[spoiler: BrawnHilda]] and so [[StoutStrength obese]] that no one would necessarily notice barring very close examination.

** However, it's also worth noting that he's not shy of exploiting said modern methods if necessary - when blackmailing the High Command, he references William de Worde (who the squad met) and the clacks in terms of how quickly that material can be sent far and wide, and on bequeathing Polly his little black book of blackmail, includes William's business card.

* SergeantRock: To a great many officers who ended up as members of the Borogravian High Command, largely thanks to Jackrum's mentorship - which, in the process, means that Jackrum also has a ''lot'' of dirt on them.
* StealthMentor: He mentors all of the recruits to one degree or another, and Polly notices that he modulates his approach based on who he's dealing with - the more fragile Wazzer and [[TheMedic Igorina]] get a gentler, fatherly approach, while the tougher ones (Polly included) get pushed to see if they'll push back. In Polly's specific case, it becomes clear over the course of the book that Jackrum has [[spoiler: correctly]] identified his natural successor.

* [[spoiler: SweetPollyOliver]]: [[spoiler: Surely you didn't think Polly was the first? Jackrum was so sick of the treatment she got on the family pig farm that, when her boyfriend William went off to join the army, she decided to run away and join it with him. When he got killed, she stayed on for not having anywhere else to go.]]

* AccidentalMurder: How he learned to speak - he ate one of the Clan, not that any of them knows it. It's haunted him ever since, even though there's no reasonable way he can be held responsible (he was, after all, just an ordinary cat), and he's always extremely particular about making sure what he's about to eat can't talk - and even more particular about reminding people that he does this, to the occasional annoyance of the Clan. [[spoiler: When he finally makes an anguished confession, Peaches and Dangerous Beans are basically, "so what?"/"oh, ''that'' explains what happened", pointing out that he was nothing more than an ordinary cat and can't be held responsible]].

* BalancingDeathsBooks: [[spoiler: When he and Dangerous Beans were killed by Spider, he gave up one of his nine lives so that Death would spare Dangerous Beans.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: One of the snarkiest in the series - CatsAreSnarkers, after all.

* HiddenHeartOfGold: Demonstrated when [[spoiler: saving Dangerous Beans by BalancingDeathsBooks with one of his nine lives]]. He doesn't like to let it show - after all, he ''does'' have a reputation to maintain.
* LetsGetDangerous: [[spoiler: Spider]] uses his PsychicPowers to try and tear Maurice's mind apart, in much the same way that the Queen of the Elves did to Magrat in ''Literature/LordsAndLadies''. In much the same way, this was a ''very'' bad idea. For one thing, [[spoiler: Spider]] is ultimately [[spoiler: a collective of rats]]. For another, Maurice, is, ultimately, a cat. And cats are ''predators.''

* TallPoppySyndrome: Suffered from this early on, but ultimately subverts it once Pepe points it out (he refers to it as 'the crab bucket') and she starts to recognize it all around her.

* TheUnfettered: A major part of her CharacterDevelopment is realizing that all the unwritten rules of social behavior... are more "suggestions", and if you ignore them with enough confidence, people have ''no'' idea how to respond. This leads to her multiple Crowners, including when she [[spoiler: ''tells off'' Margolotta '''AND''' stares her down. Successfully! ''Cause she ignored the fact that she was "supposed" to be terrified.'']] Even Vetinari finds this hilariously awesome.

* BenevolentBoss: He's noted as being a decent boss - while he doesn't do much in the way of actual work, but he's kind to his subordinates, who, truthfully, probably need kindness more than supervision.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He's very protective of Nutt, even going out of his way to teach him elocution at the start of the book. Glenda is initially baffled by this, since Nutt is [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness very well-spoken]] and Trev has the vocabulary and diction of a working class ex-street kid, then realises that Trev's actually doing it to protect Nutt from those who might react badly to a posh accent and long words - something shown to be a warranted fear.

* RefusedTheCall: Repeatedly, as he promised his mum he wouldn't play after his father died playing football. [[spoiler: Eventually, he gives into the inevitable, by becoming a player]].

* SmarterThanYouLook: Overlapping with TooDumbToFool - while she looks, and comes across as being, completely brainless, she's surprisingly perceptive and a reasonably capable cook.

* SuperSoldier: As [[spoiler: an orc]], he was created to be one. He pushes his talents in other directions, though.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: When he finally gets upset enough to intervene... [[spoiler: he [[EyeScream deals with]] Andy. Permanently.]]
* GoodIsNotSoft: At the end of the book, when everything is said and done, except for Andy still being free and waiting to get his revenge on Nutt... Pepe jumps him in an alleyway, [[spoiler: ambiguously blinds him (theories ranging from "cut over both ''eyelids'' to "cut out an eye"), and then tricks him into rubbing ''raw lemon'' into the wounds.]] ''Dear [[EyeScream God.]]''

* KnifeNut: He doesn't usually use weapons, but he's a dab hand with blades when needs be [[spoiler: as Andy finds out to his cost at the end of the book]].
* RealMenWearPink: Yes, he's a mincing, campy, highly talented fashion designer and model-spotter. But he's also ruthless, viciously skilled with a knife, and wickedly cunning, as proven when he [[spoiler: ambushes and mutilates Andy at the end of the book.]]

* BigBeautifulWoman: By dwarf standards, assuming that she's actually female - though, dwarf gender identity being what it is, it's really impossible to know for sure.

* CardCarryingVillainy: It's part of the Code when you're a dread lord.

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A young and very liberal dwarven grag, Bashful was of some help to Sam Vimes during all that Koom Valley business.

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[[folder:Om]]

Om is the god of Omnia, a state somewhere in Discworld's hot desert regions. He starred in ''Literature/SmallGods'', and was an example of what happens to gods when people stop believing in them (even if they're still practicing the official religion). In his official form, Om is a great big mighty golden thing with horns, but he spends most of the story as a powerless, petulant, sarcastic tortoise with a lot of natural enemies (including eagles, other small gods, and his own In... uh, '''''Ex'''''quisition), because his religion has grown so bureaucratic that he's down to his very last believer. Said believer is an initiate named Brutha, who has faith like stone and roughly the brains of one, too (which is to say, [[GeniusDitz engraved stone]]-it's actually more challenging for him to forget things).

* BreakTheHaughty: Most of the events of ''Literature/SmallGods'', which [[spoiler: transforms Om from a smite-happy God to a leashed, somewhat forgiving God]]. While the end of the story leaves in doubt how long it'll last, his eventual return in the last ''Science of the Discworld'' book shows that it stuck, more or less.
* [[BroughtDownToNormal Brought Down To Tortoise]]: When he loses all but one of his believers.
* CrystalDragonJesus: Draws upon Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - mostly Christianity, since the events of ''Literature/SmallGods'' create a similar split to that between the Old and New Testaments.
* DeadpanSnarker: It's just something about being a tortoise. They're naturally deadpan.
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: Comments on it, both in terms of how gods work in general, and his specific situation.
-->You're more afraid of him than you are of me, now. Abraxas says here: 'Around the Godde there forms a Shelle of prayers and Ceremonies and Buildings and Priestes and Authority, until at Last the Godde Dies. Ande this maye notte be noticed.'
--> -- '''Om, when Brutha refuses his command(ment) to kill Vorbis'''
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: More recent books imply that Om's faith has begun eclipsing the other gods' specifically because he does not manifest or provide any concrete proof of his existence, so he may actually be the most powerful god on the disc by now. (Ironically, actually utilizing any of that power would be his undoing.)
** As revealed in ''Literature/SmallGods'', though, [[spoiler:the reason he didn't do it before the Brutha schism is because [[TheGodsMustBeLazy he was just that idle]].]]
** When he ''does'' make a physical appearance in the fourth ''Science of Discworld'' book as a literal DeusExMachina, his presence is less than overwhelming, demonstrating better than ever why he does better as a silent and unseen god.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: The Books of Om are more than a little embellished. He's remembered as having imparted commandments unto St. Ossory. All Om remembers is appearing as a pillar of fire and saying "hey, look what I can do!" And that's nothing about the parts of His words being made up by vampires for a lark.
* LossOfIdentity: The minute he became a tortoise. He spent two horrible years thinking tortoise-y thoughts until he got close enough to Brutha to regain a bit of godhood.
* PhysicalGod: Unfortunately, most of said godhood didn't make the transition to corporeality.
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[[folder:Brutha]]

Originally a simple novice (both 'a novice who is no more than a novice' and 'a novice who is not too quick'), Brutha was [[TheChosenOne The (unwitting) Chosen One]] of Om by the sheer virtue of being the god's one and only true believer... that is, he ''really'' believes that Om exists, and doesn't just perform rituals and recite prayers to score points. After a series of misadventures with the god ([[ItMakesSenseInContext who had been turned into a tortoise]]), he became the Eighth Prophet of Omnianism.
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* BigSisterInstinct: She joins the army to try to find her mentally disabled brother Paul, who has been drafted.

* KnightInSourArmor: Not as clear an example as Vimes or Granny, but she's got the beginnings of this. (Of course, war will make a cynic out of almost anyone -- everybody in her regiment has means of coping, and this is hers.)

** Though the end of the book implies that she's becoming something of a sequel to Jackrum (she may not be quite as ''physically'' badass just yet, but on the other hand she's picked up on or two tricks about fighting a modern war...).
* TheSmartGuy: She's probably the most intelligent, and certainly the most introspective, of the recruits.

* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:When she sadly points out that she couldn't go and live with her son, who she left with her grandmother to raise, as it would horrify her son to have some "fat ol biddy banging on his back door and gobbing baccy juice all over the place and telling him she's his mum", Polly suggests that Jackrum just keep the lie she's lived going by instead claiming to be his father instead, as that kind of appearance and behavior is acceptable in a man.]]

* TheDreaded: Nobody in Borogravia or Zlobenia wants to go up against Jackrum.

* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Jackrum may be one of the saner people in the Borogravian army, but is still fiercely dedicated to his insane country and its stupid wars, even though it hasn't a snowball's chance in Hell of winning.

* OldSoldier: Has grandchildren and is still probably the most feared hand-to-hand combatant in the region.

* AntiHero: He's a cat after all.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: The Books of Om are more than a little embellished. He's remembered as having imparted commandments unto St. Ossory. All Om remembers is appearing as a pillar of fire and saying "hey, look what I can do!" And that's nothing about the parts of His words being made up by vampyres for a lark.

** The night kitchen, anyway, which is considered somewhat lower in rank, probably equivalent to what the Night Watch was to the Day Watch before the end of ''Men at Arms'', and has far fewer staff, with its main function being to fulfil any wizardly desire for late night snacks. Plus, she ''is'' the latest in what's apparently a long line of master chefs. ''Vetinari'' considers a Sugarbean's baked goods to be worthy of note, so just being one is probably enough to scoot you to the head of the line in a kitchen.

* TallPoppySyndrome: Suffered from this early on, but ultimately subverts it once Pepe points it out (he refers to it as 'the crab bucket') and she starts to recognise it all around her.

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* CategoryTraitor: As a sort-of religious figure, he offends the more traditional grags because he exposes his face, carries no axe, and speaks multiple languages, including trollish.

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* PowersThatBe: Of a variant. He's not a god, but one of the Old High Ones.

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* AmbiguousGender: Calls herself Madam Sharn, wears comparatively feminine gear and uses female pronouns... but, like all female dwarves, she's got a huge bushy beard, and she acts in a lot of fairly masculine ways. It's simply impossible to tell for certain whether she's simply a female with a [[GirlsWithMoustaches biologically masculine appearance trait]] and a personality somewhere between TheLadette and the TomboyWithAGirlyStreak, or a somewhat haphazard male-to-female {{transgender}}. The author leaves it to the readers' imagination; the closest the text comes to an actual explanation is a "queen" pun.

* NotSoDifferent: He is described InUniverse as, in a number of ways, being a ''lot'' like Susan Sto-Helit, what with their both being too clever by half, being prone to arrogance before growing out of it (both of which Susan had grown out of by this point), and [[spoiler: being half-human, and trying to keep as much of their humanity as they can.]]

* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: A genuinely anguished one once he's free of his father's influence, when he laments to the Librarian that he still can't help warping reality for his own convenience. This leads the Librarian to advise him, "Ook"[[note]]Roughly, "So create a world where you won't."[[/note]].

* InTheBlood: Son of [[spoiler:Time]]. It shows.

* BigNameFan: He's not a player, but he's still well-known by the other fans. This is referred to as as being "a Face" in the story.

Pteppicymon XXVII, slightly squeamish newly graduated assassin and the unwilling Pharaoh of the ancient kingdom of Djelibeybi in ''{{Literature/Pyramids}}''.

[[folder:71-Hour Ahmed]]

[[ProudWarriorRaceGuy D'reg]] and police chief of Al-Khali. Something of a {{Foil}} to Vimes. Featured in ''Literature/{{Jingo}}''.

* BadassNormal: No powers, just a good shot, an intelligent mind, and Assassins' Guild training.
* {{BFS}}: He carries a large curved sword on his back. It's big enough that Ahmed is practically its concealed owner.
* CombatPragmatist: Ahmed, as noted below, will do whatever he needs to do in order to dispense justice.
* CoveredWithScars: He has "the most crowded face Vimes had ever seen".
* CowboyCop: Much like Vimes, he trusts nobody and doesn't follow all the rules and orders exactly. Unlike Vimes, he's not quite willing to arrest the Prince. He's willing to help, though...
* DeadpanSnarker: Frequently, once he drops the act, to the point where every other word is a piece of sardonic commentary.
* FaceOfAThug: Something that aids [[ObfuscatingStupidity his efforts to get people to underestimate him,]] with it being noted that he has a face covered in scars and a beard that looks like he was trying to eat a hedgehog. Needless to say, he's much, much less thuggish than than he pretends to be.
* FunnyForeigner: As a form of ObfuscatingStupidity. While actually a very intelligent foreigner, he plays up Klatchian stereotypes (i.e. offering various people camels in exchange for their wives) when in Ankh-Morpork, and Morporkian mannerisms while in Klatch, because "everyone knows foreigners are a bit stupid."
* TheGadfly: He enjoys winding up Vimes, and, indeed, most people around him with his FunnyForeigner act (but especially Vimes).
* GoodIsNotNice: He's a [[spoiler: chief policeman of Al-Khali]], but he's very manipulative and pragmatic - which, in the latter case, often means not bothering to follow the same ThouShaltNotKill rule as Vimes (though as he points out, Vimes' beat is a single city, where he has plenty of back-up and a more or less functioning justice system to work with, while Ahmed is all alone in the vast desert with only sword and camel for company).
* MajoredInWesternHypocrisy: He went to the Assassins' Guild school, basically a posh British-style boarding school "with all the knobs turned UpToEleven, especially the one marked 'violence'", which takes a lot of international students. As he dryly observes, after seven years at a school for young gentlemen, life among the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy D'regs]] held no fears for him. Vimes is surprised despite himself when Ahmed mentions it. The thickly-accented Morporkian that Ahmed spoke when first introduced turns out to be just part of his act.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: If you know the story behind it, his name is. Klatchian tribes are supposed to give anyone three days (72 hours) of hospitality ''no matter what'', so the question becomes (as Vimes asks): [[WhamLine What happened in that last hour?]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: The reason for his FunnyForeigner act.
* PragmaticHero: Like Vimes, he's zealously dedicated to the pursuit of justice. Unlike him, however, he doesn't follow ThouShaltNotKill rule and is willing to break SacredHospitality. See also ShadowArchetype below.
* SacredHospitality: Averted. It's a very important clue to his odd nickname, and a very good reason why you should be extremely careful around this guy.
* ShadowArchetype: Just like Vimes, he's struggling to bring justice to a lawless region. But since he has only a sword and a camel, and a couple of million square miles to cover, he can't afford Vimes' scruples, something that even Vimes grudgingly acknowledges.
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[[folder:Lobsang Ludd]]

A foundling raised in the Guild of Thieves until a chance meeting with a history monk resulted in him being wiped from the Guild's collective memory and taken to be trained in the mountains in abilities he was only barely aware he had. However, Lobsang is apparently "a smart boy" and there's no teaching a smart boy. Compared to other characters in ''Literature/ThiefOfTime'' (and Pratchett characters in general), Lobsang is rather a blank slate. Of course then you discover that [[spoiler: he's actually half of a whole person who is also the son of the personification of time and ends up ''becoming'' Time itself in the end]], and suddenly he doesn't seem quite so standardised any more.
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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: At the end of ''Literature/ThiefOfTime'', [[spoiler:he becomes Time's AnthropomorphicPersonification]].
* BirdsOfAFeather: He and Susan [[spoiler: are hinted to have a RelationshipUpgrade at the end of the book]], due to this trope.
* BlankSlate: Suffers from "dull protagonist" syndrome [[spoiler:until his [[AGodAmI upgrade]]]]. As the spoilered section in his summary explains, this is intentional.
* CompositeCharacter: Literally, InUniverse, after the SplitAtBirth matter is resolved ([[spoiler: he remains mostly Lobsang, albeit with more depth, on the grounds that Lobsang had much happier memories than Jeremy did]]).
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Technically he just wants to [[spoiler:stay ''partly'' normal, he could "just know" absolutely ''anything'' he wanted to know at any given instant because he is Time itself personified and sees all potential possibilities, but he claims he has to do things "the right way round" to stay partly human.]]
* InTheBlood: Son of [[spoiler:Time]]. It shows.
* NotSoDifferent: He is described InUniverse as, in a number of ways, being a ''lot'' like Susan Sto-Helit, what with their both being too clever by half, being prone to arrogance before growing out of it (both of which Susan had grown out of by this point), and [[spoiler: being half-human, and trying to keep as much of their humanity as they can.]]
* ThievesGuild: Was in the Guild of Thieves before he got up and taken to the monastery.
* SplitAtBirth: [[spoiler:Him and Jeremy Clockson, a socially inept and supersane (which is just as bad as being crazy) individual, are the same person, born twice because their/his/whatever mother freaked out a little bit during childbirth, and when Time herself freaks out ''strange'' things tend to happen. It comes out to the same thing in the end, and after they merge, the result is more Lobsang with more depth than a true composite - this being explained InUniverse as being because Jeremy had a pretty miserable life.]]

[[folder:Polly/Oliver Perks]]

A young girl in the war-torn country of [[Literature/MonstrousRegiment Borogravia]], Polly Perks eventually goes against the religious abominations against women fighting and wearing men's clothing to try and find her brother, who had marched into battle a year before. Polly, as Oliver Perks, quickly grasps the basics of being a soldier, even in a motley squad consisting of two unusually close 'friends', an Igor, a troll, a vampire, a religious fanatic, a wet-behind-the-ears commander, and a legendary and mysteriously long-tenured sergeant. [[AndZoidberg Oh, and Shufti too.]]

The son of the renegade wizard Ipslore the Red, Coin is in fact Ipslore's 8th son- and since Ipslore was the 8th son of an 8th son, this made him a sourcerer. Unlike wizards, who draw on the magic around them, Coin generates his own power, making him an obscenely powerful magic user. Raised by his father's spirit bound to his staff, Coin takes over Unseen University to elevate wizards to their rightful place in the world (as seen by Ipslore), setting the plot of ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}''

* ApocalypseMaiden: As an all-powerful Sourcerer with abilities that can potentially end the world, this is a given.

* GooGooGodlike: Manifested his powers during infancy; by the time he was ten years old, Coin was the most powerful force on the entire Disc.

** DefusingTheTykebomb: ... but starts to change after encountering Rincewind, being intrigued by the way that Rincewind (who's no threat to him in any way, shape, or form) challenged him not with any great magical spells or artefacts, but with half a brick in a sock.
* WizardDuel: His way of introducing himself to the Wizards of Unseen University. It doesn't end well for his opponent. Rincewind challenging him to one of these with half a brick in a sock actually contributes towards DefusingTheTykebomb, as Rincewind is no threat to him whatsoever.

* CerebusRetcon: He's portrayed as an {{Adorkable}}, [[TheKlutz clumsy]], SicklyNeuroticGeek in his initial appearance in ''Literature/EqualRites''. As it turns out [[spoiler:he's actually suffering from neuropathy due to the early stages of ALS]].

* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler: He's described in ''Literature/IShallWearMidnight'' as being so infirm and sick that he can barely walk or feed himself, yet is so incredibly brilliant that other wizards flock to his lectures of space and time and magic, making him the Disc's analogue of Creator/StephenHawking.]]

* FakeAmerican: In the audiobook version, Stephen Briggs reads Maurice's lines in a faux-American accent, giving him a casual "used car salesman" voice.
* TalkingAnimal: Thanks to eating a talking rat.

* TallPoppySyndrome: Suffered from this early on, but ultimately subverts it.

Technically employed downstairs at Unseen University, but prefers to spend his time at football or kicking his tin can around, which he has miraculous control over. Son of legendary footballer Dave Likely.

* BenevolentBoss: He's noted as being a decent boss - while he doesn't do much in the way of actual work, but he's kind to his subordinates, who don't need that much in the way of supervision.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He's very protective of Nutt, even going out of his way to teach him elocution at the start of the book - Glenda is initially baffled by this, since Nutt is [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness very well-spoken]] and Trev has the vocabulary and diction of a working class ex-street kid, then realises that Trev's actually doing it to protect Nutt from those who might react badly to a posh accent and long words.

* SmarterThanYouLook: He's a good deal more intelligent than he seems, especially in terms of street smarts.

* DumbIsGood: Short on brains, but very sweet-natured.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Pretty much his trademark; he reads books, he learns, he thinks and then he ''does,'' and most often he succeeds brilliantly.

* ExpospeakGag: All the time.
* FantasticRacism: Nobody is really very well-disposed to the poor guy. [[spoiler:It sucks to be an orc.]]

* SpockSpeak: Since he was given a very extensive education in a lot of advanced literature, he tends to speak in this manner by default. It tends to alienate the much more straightforward and, well, lower class individuals he lives with, so he often has to repeat himself in a more "dumbed down" fashion.
* SuperSoldier: As an orc, he was created to be one. He pushes his talents in other directions, though.

An incredibly {{camp}}y dwarven fashion designer, and Madame Sharn's partner. Behind the camp, he's a self-described bastard and old bugger. He is not above responding to evil with knives in dark alleys where better people would stop at just words.

* GoodIsNotSoft: [[spoiler: At the end of the book, when everything is said and done, except for Andy still being free and waiting to get his revenge on Nutt... Pepe jumps him in an alleyway, ambiguously blinds him (theories ranging from "cut over both ''eyelids'' to "cut out an eye"), and then tricks him into rubbing ''raw lemon'' into the wounds.]] ''Dear [[EyeScream God.]]''

* MajoredInWesternHypocrisy: He went to the Assassins' Guild school, basically a posh British-style boarding school, which takes a lot of international students. Vimes is surprised despite himself when Ahmed mentions it. The thickly-accented Morporkian that Ahmed spoke when first introduced turns out to be just part of his act.

* ShadowArchetype: Just like Vimes, he's struggling to bring justice to a lawless region. But since he has only a sword and a camel, and hundreds of square miles to cover, he can't afford Vimes' scruples.

* AbusiveParents: Isplore the Red. Despite being dead and existing only within Coin's inherited staff, he's still very capable of magically torturing Coin whenever he shows signs of reluctance.

* CreepyChild: He doesn't mean to be, but a combination of unimaginable power and TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour (as demanded by Ipslore) does make him seem deeply unsettling to those around him.

* RealityWarper: Unfortunately, this spells bad things for the Disc. Luckily, it means that he's his own ResetButton.

* WizardDuel: His way of introducing himself to the Wizards of Unseen University. It doesn't end well for his opponent.
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Once he's free of his father's influence, he laments to the Librarian that he still can't help warping reality for his own convenience. This leads the Librarian to advise him, "Ook"[[note]]Roughly, "So create a world where you won't."[[/note]].

* BreakTheHaughty: Most of the events of ''Literature/SmallGods'', which [[spoiler: transforms Om from a smite-happy God to a leashed, somewhat forgiving God.]]

* GodsNeedPrayerBadly

* BookDumb: Not learned or intellectual, but he has a good amount of street smarts.

* RefusedTheCall: Repeatedly, as he promised his mum he wouldn't play after his father died playing football.

* TurnOutLikeHisFather: Apparently, his mother was afraid he would, as she forbade him from playing football.
** "Turn out" in this case meaning "killed whilst playing football"

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: [[spoiler: At the end of the book, when everything is said and done, except for Andy still being free and waiting to get his revenge on Nutt... Pepe jumps him in an alleyway, ambiguously blinds him (theories ranging from "cut over both ''eyelids'' to "cut out an eye"), and then tricks him into rubbing ''raw lemon'' into the wounds.]] ''Dear [[EyeScream God.]]''

[[folder:Bashful Bashfulson]]

[[folder: Azrael]]

[[folder:Glenda Sugarbean]]

The head of Unseen University's Night Kitchen, a practical and down-to-earth young woman who bakes [[SupremeChef the best pies in the world]]. Also has repressed anger issues and a habit of unleashing it on ''anyone'' who earns her wrath, up to and including Lord Vetinari.