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[[AC: {{WMG}}s for Literature/{{Discworld}} / Discworld/TheLastHero. Warning: Potential unmarked spoilers.]]

* Except the Bard from ''Discworld/TheLastHero'' is from Borogravia (he worships Nuggan, at least).

[[WMG: The events of the story happened because Narrative Causality needed to reconcile two contradictory facts.]]
Basically, Twoflower is a Grand Vizier, and so bound by the narrative laws of Discworld to become an evil, betraying Grand Vizier that seeks to usurp his monarch. He is also a very nice person by nature, the sort that honestly would never think to actually do that. So, to reconcile that, narrative causality made things happen so that regardless of Twoflower being self-serving or nice, he would betray his monarch: namely, by telling the heads of state of Discworld that Cohen was on his way to do something that would destroy the world. Twoflower acts a bit like an Evil Vizier would, while at the same time still being, well, Twoflower.

The battle is fought, Cohen wins his empire, and Teach is accidentally killed in the unexpected explosion that killed Lord Hong. Life goes on for the rest of the Horde, at least until Caleb the Ripper chokes on a cucumber in his salad. Then they remember Teach's words, and decide that they need to do one last quest that will ensure that ''everyone'' remembers that they were real, what they had done, and how they had died...

[[AC: {{WMG}}s for {{Discworld}}/{{Discworld/TheLastHero}}. Warning: Potential unmarked spoilers.]]

Basically, Twoflower is a Grand Vizier, and so bound by the narrative laws of Discworld to become an evil, betraying Grand Vizier that seeks to usurp his monarch. He is also a very nice person by nature, the sort that honestly would never think to actually dp that. So, to reconcile that, narrative causality made things happen so that regardless of Twoflower being self-serving or nice, he would betray his monarch: namely, by telling the heads of state of Discworld that Cohen was on his way to do something that would destroy the world. Twoflower acts a bit like an Evil Vizier would, while at the same time still being, well, Twoflower.

Rincewind himself has reasoned that if he ever starts to ''rely'' on his fantastic luck to protect him, it'll immediately stop doing so. The Lady is known to depart if anyone has the nerve to say her name. Recent books have seen Rincewind having less cause to complain about things (DemotedToExtra in ''Unseen Academicals''; '''not''' forced to confront the giant squid in ''Science of Discworld III''). It's possible that the Lady's interest in Rincewind was actually dependent upon his ''not'' volunteering to have adventures, as forcing her pawns to take part in quests though contrived coincidences is inherent in her playing style. If he just sighs resignedly and gets on with it, he's acting more like ''Fate's'' pawn than hers, which is CompletelyMissingThePoint of their games.

Rincewind himself has reasoned that if he ever starts to ''rely'' on his fantastic luck to protect him, it'll immediately stop doing so. The Lady is known to depart if anyone has the nerve to say her name. Recent books have seen Rincewind having less cause to complain about things (DemotedToExtra in ''Unseen Academicals''; '''not''' forced to confront the giant squid in ''Science of Discworld III''). It's possible that the Lady's interest in Rincewind was actually dependent upon his ''not'' volunteering to do so, as forcing her pawns to take part in quests though contrived coincidences is inherent in her playing style: if he just sighs resignedly and gets on with it, he's acting more like ''Fate's'' pawn than hers, which is CompletelyMissingThePoint.