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Magical mayhem destroying the city? The Patrician gone missing (turned into a lizard.) It was not a good day to be a watchman.

* WMG/TheLastContinent

** I ''absolutely love'' this theory. It makes a lot of sense after reading ''NightWatch'' too, considering how Vetinari assassinated Lord Winder [[spoiler: after deciding to fight for the Revolutionary cause, if I remember correctly.]] If ''that'' was personal to him and young Havelock Vetinari didn't even ''know'' the members of the old night watch, imagine how far he would go for someone who touched his ''family.''

So, either Havelock had an older brother who became Lord Vetinari upon their father's death, or his ''father'' had a male sibling who outlived him, only to die childless and pass the title on to his nephew. Either way, it's possible that this prior Lord Vetinari died ''because'' of Snapcase -- perhaps purged or assassinated, or perhaps killed during a war Snapcase's policies helped provoke -- and Havelock ousted his predecessor in retaliation for that.

She'll hyphenate the "Note Spelling" when she grows up, making it sound posh without violating Lancre's naming tradition. Following the matrilineal customs of her mother and godmothers, she'll pass the name on to her children, making it the hereditary surname of Lancre's royal bloodline. Within a few generations, everyone will have forgotten the original error behind the name, and ''Twurp's Peerage'' will claim that "Note" came from Queen Esmerelda I's father (remembered, not as a former jester, but as a ''minstrel'' trained by a different department within the Fools' Guild) and "Spelling", from her witch mother.

Gaspode must be the descendant of a dog that performed in the ancient Holy Wood city's clicks, as heredity is why he was among those attracted to the site in ''Moving Pictures''. The fact he's the ''only'' dog who was specifically drawn to the region, as opposed to being brought there by Dibbler's agents, suggests his bloodline must trace back to an animal who'd been something of a star in his own right, not just a four-legged extra. As Gaspode's a small terrier mix, it's unlikely that he'd be descended from an Expy of Lassie or Rin Tin Tin. As Benji is one of the few small or mixed-breed dogs to have attained "wonder dog" status in Hollywood, starring in his own films rather than being a human's sidekick, he's the logical RealLife canine for Gaspode's movie-star ancestor to resemble ... the moreso in that several of Benji's film roles are about him getting lost and surviving on his own, Gaspode-style.

Gaspode must be the descendant of a dog that performed in the ancient Holy Wood city's clicks, as heredity is why he was among those attracted to the site in ''Moving Pictures''. The fact he's the ''only'' dog who was specifically drawn to the region, as opposed to being brought there by Dibbler's agents, suggests his bloodline must trace back to an animal who'd been something of a star in his own right, not just a four-legged extra. As Gaspode's a small terrier mix, it's unlikely that he'd be descended from an Expy of Lassie or Rin Tin Tin; as Benji is one of the few small terrier-type dogs to have attained "wonder dog" status in Hollywood, starring in his own films rather than being a human's sidekick, he's the logical RealLife canine for Gaspode's movie-star ancestor to resemble ... the moreso in that several of Benji's film roles are about him getting lost and surviving on his own, Gaspode-style.

Gaspode must be the descendant of a dog that performed in the ancient Holy Wood city's clicks, as heredity is why he was among those attracted to the site in ''Moving Pictures''. The fact he's the ''only'' dog who was specifically drawn to the region, as opposed to being brought there by Dibbler's agents, suggests his bloodline must trace back to an animal who'd been something of a star in his own right, not just a four-legged extra. As Gaspode's a small terrier mix, it's unlikely that he'd be descended from an Expy of Lassie or Rin Tin Tin; as Benji is one of the few small terrier-type dogs to have attained "wonder dog" status in Hollywood, starring in his own films rather than being a human's sidekick, he's the logical RealLife canine for Gaspode's movie-star ancestor to resemble ... the moreso, in that half of Benji's movie roles are about him getting lost and surviving on the streets.

Gaspode must be the descendant of a dog that performed in the ancient Holy Wood city's clicks, as heredity is why he was among those attracted to the site in ''Moving Pictures''. The fact he's the ''only'' dog who was specifically drawn to the region, as opposed to being brought there by Dibbler's agents, suggests his bloodline must trace back to an animal who'd been something of a star in his own right, not just a four-legged extra. As Gaspode's a small terrier mix, it's unlikely that he'd be descended from an Expy of Lassie or Rin Tin Tin; as Benji is one of the few small terrier-type dogs to have attained "wonder dog" status in Hollywood, starring in his own films rather than being a human's sidekick, he's the logical RealLife canine for Gaspode's movie-star ancestor to resemble.

** The existence of Hell in ''Eric'' would appear to support this. Note that one of the characters encountered there, Lavaeolus, retained his own identity and memories many centuries after his death.

[[WMG: Gnolls and goblins are different cultures of the same species.]]
Both races are on the small-and-wiry side, tend to live hand-to-mouth the fringes of more-sophisticated societies, and are obsessed with collecting things that most other species find unspeakably disgusting.