| 1 | * The death of Twoflower's wife. It is the only time Rincewind has ever seen Twoflower look anything other than happy, contented and trusting. Later, of course, he [[spoiler:challenges the villainous Lord Hong to a duel to the death as payback]] -- which is also highly out of character for Twoflower. And as we all know, OOCIsSeriousBusiness. |
| 2 | -->'''Rincewind''': I was, er, I was sorry to hear that your wife, er— |
| 3 | -->'''Twoflower''': Things happen in war. [[spoiler:I have two dutiful daughters]]. |
| 4 | -->Rincewind opened his mouth to say something but Twoflower's bright, brittle smile froze the words in his throat. |
| 5 | ** The fact that Twoflower's wife was basically caught in a crossfire just makes it even more heartbreaking. |
| 6 | ** Twoflower's daughters try to turn him away from revenge by pointing out that the Lord responsible for their mother's demise [[ButForMeItWasTuesday has no idea about it]], but it makes it even ''worse'' for Twoflower. Because his wife is only a ''statistic'' to the Lord. The love of his life was a mere pawn a nobleman just discarded away in the trash, as he never bothered to think a mere common woman might have a value of her own. And Twoflower just can't accept this. |
| 7 | * Cohen the Barbarian asks about his comrades in the middle of a fight. He learns that most of them are dead, and a HeroicBSOD sets in as he realizes he and the Silver Horde are the last of their kind in a world that has moved on from barbarian fantasy into urban civilization. |
| 8 | ** There's a CallBack to the ''Color of Magic'', which featured Hrun the Barbarian. He was last seen taking control of the Wyrmberg, a stronghold with dragon riders. It's mentioned that he's now become a member of the Watch, so that he gets a pension. Noone knows what happened to him, but him having to move with the times is a sobering thought for the Horde, who are twice his age. |
| 9 | * The Luggage got a wife and kids in this story, but when Rincewind leaves the Empire he has to bid them farewell and follow his master. |
| 10 | * Having spent virtually all his life as TheAce in whatever he sought to do and essentially controlling the Empire by proxy, Lord Hong's ultimate goal is to [[spoiler: rise to power in Ankh Morpork and play chess with [[MagnificentBastard the Patrician]]. He even spent months having spies travel to the city, carefully ordering specific pieces of clothing until he had a complete set of clothing that fit the description of a Morpork noble. Amidst his detachment from virtually everything else, Hong literally trembling with anticipation as he periodically tries on the clothes is... heartbreaking. For all the evil he's done, he practically becomes a tragic villain when you realize that he's been TheAce ever since he could walk and talk, but it doesn't matter when the populace of the Empire will grovel at the feet of anyone with a horse. He wants nothing more than to rise to power in a city where ''he has to earn his respect by his own merits'']]. |
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