History Heartwarming / TheTruth

* Harry King, waste management kingpin, is a devoted father who cares for his children. The only regret he has about handling shit is any suffering or hardship his kids have to endure because of it.

* Wuffles and Vetinari: a sinister despot and his beloved dog. Even though Wuffles is old and has the stinkiest of breath, Vetinari doesn’t even notice. It’s clear that he loves his doggy and his doggy loves him, as Wuffles refers to him as God.

** One that's split between this book and the later ''Discworld/{{Thud}}:'' this was Wuffles' last hurrah. In the later book it's revealed that Vetinari, that coldest of cold men, still visits his grave.

** One that's split between this book and the later ''Thud!:'' this was Wuffles' last hurrah. In the later book it's revealed that Vetinari, that coldest of cold men, still visits his grave.
* Drumknott's absolute refusal to consider the possibility that Vetinari might have attacked him is touching - despite Vetinari's fearsome reputation as a former assassin, his secretary knows him well enough to realise that the situation is not as it seems.

* William's main reason for not publicly exposing [[spoiler: his father]] as the mastermind of the evil scheme? He doesn't want everyone to know that [[spoiler: his mother married a traitor, or the bad press to affect his siblings]].

** And as seen in the final passage of the book, Mr. Tulip leads a new life as a woodworm munching his way through William's "-ing good wood" desk.

* Mr. Tulip's contented afterlife as a woodworm munching his way through a '-ing delicious' desk.

** Oddly, Tulip's baffled response of "Why not?" when past-haunted Pin starts moaning that they shouldn't have killed all those people has shades of this, too. It confirms that Tulip, no matter his crimes, is so very ObliviouslyEvil as to fall just shy of innocence.

* Otto finally getting the dramatic thunder he's been wanting the whole book.

* Goodmountain and William's friendship can be this at times. They even have a heart-to-heart despite William insisting they're not and will not be having one. On another note, Goodmountain and Boddony's engagement is sort of a case of DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything in regards to same-sex marriage (although, almost all dwarves publicly present as male, regardless of biological sex, so, who knows what either of them actually is/privately identifies as), and in 2000, while gay rights was something debated in some places, the idea of same-sex marriage, let alone the discussion of it, was much rarer. To have a straight, male protagonist offer sincere congratulations when told his (possibly) male friend would be marrying another (possible) male, and then, not have the couple in question die, be torn apart, turn evil, and/or suffer any more harm than the other good characters did is still incredibly heartwarming.

* Villainous one, but when Mr Tulip realises that Mr Pin is having a full-on VillainousBreakdown, he does his best to cheer him up by reminding him of the good times they've had. Granted, the good times are all about them killing people in creative ways, and this is exactly the wrong thing to remind Mr Pin of at the time, but he does make a sincere effort to help his friend.

** One that's split between this book and the later ''Night Watch:'' this was Wuffles' last hurrah. In the later book it's revealed that Vetinari, that coldest of cold men, still visits his grave.

* Wuffles and Vetinari. Just their scenes together. Even though Wuffles is old and has the stinkiest of breath, Vetinari doesn’t even notice. It’s clear that he loves his doggy and his doggy loves him, as Wuffles refers to him as God.

* Otto finally getting the dramatic thunder he's been wanting the whole book.

* Wuffles and Ventari. Just their scenes together. Even though Wuffles is old and has the stinkiest of breath, Ventari doesn’t even notice. It’s clear that he loves his doggy and his doggy loves him, as Wuffles refers to him as God.

Everyone choosing to stay at the press with William even though there might be legal trouble. The friendship and loyalty is heartwarming in itself.

Otto going to help William and then comforting William when he worries about being like his father. (Otto doesn’t do a good job, but it’s the thought that counts.)

Wuffles and Ventari. Just their scenes together. Even though Wuffles is old and has the stinkiest of breath, Ventari doesn’t even notice. It’s clear that he loves his doggy and his doggy loves him, as Wuffles refers to him as God.