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Adora Belle Dearheart is the object of Moist von Lipwig's affections, which she returns grudgingly during most of Going Postal, with the exception of the end. As is obvious by her nickname given by Moist, "Spike", she isn't that adorable, nor is she a 'dearheart'. Yes, Moist would like to fall in love with her. The nickname given by her late brother John Dearheart is more honest and straightforward: "Killer".

She works for the Golem Trust, and often makes sure that their well-being is being taken care of, as well as their rights.

Oh - and she smokes like a chimney. Her whereabouts can be determined by asking the tobacconists, or simply finding a huge cloud of cigarette smoke and heading toward the middle of it. Efforts to dissuade her from smoking are generally futile. The only Discworld resident as yet known to have succeeded in stopping her from smoking is the Librarian, who does not put up with that kind of thing around books.

She has no fear (people who know they are in the right always have no fear), and will speak frankly and candidly to the Patrician himself. Vetinari appears to appreciate this character trait, to the point where he will affably bait her just to provoke a response. (in much the same way that a man might use a long stick, poked through the cage bars, to gently prod a tiger so as to be able to assess the results from a position of safety).

She has even resisted arrest from, and attempted to do violence to, Sergeant Detritus of the Watch. It is uncertain as to whether lack of fear, or sheer incandescent rage, was dominant at the time, but it earnt her a broken heel (of her boot) and a twisted ankle.