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A former bursar of Unseen University, appeared in Sourcery.

In appearance, long, thin, venal, amoral and somewhat pompous, he was sucked into the excitement during the time of the Sourcerer, and in marked contrast to most wizards at this time, unsuccessfully attempted to do something about it. When he realised the activities of the Sourcerer were not so much providing a pathway for the things from the Dungeon Dimensions as a full eight-lane autobahn complete with service stations and diners, he attempted to end the rule of Coin by brute force, grabbing his staff and trying to wrest control of it. Unfortunately, the soul of Ipslore the Red that animated the staff had other ideas, and reduced Spelter to ash and memory. But the main thing is: he tried... Spelter's vain attempt to save humanity at least allowed Rincewind to slip up unnoticed with the legendary half-brick in a sock, with results that saved the Disc.

Spelter's demise also paved the way for the accession of a new Bursar, who may well have been the Dr Dinwiddie we have come to love as the butt of Ridcully's attentions, and as a man who single-handedly keeps the Disc's pharmaceutical industry in business (or at least that part of it which is on constant overtime producing dried frog pills).