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		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=User:Distressedpudding&amp;diff=31375</id>
		<title>User:Distressedpudding</title>
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		<updated>2020-12-19T08:28:06Z</updated>

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&lt;div&gt;She/Her/Hers. Thirtysomething librarian from [[Power Cable]]. Illustrator, copy-editor and infobox creator. Supporting character enthusiast.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I occasionally edit the Other Wiki as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rosymaplemothman Rosymaplemothman] and I sometimes turn up on r/discworld as [https://www.reddit.com/user/cranberrybogbody CranberryBogBody]. If you think you recognize me or my art under another name, you’re probably right.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Currently Rereading:&#039;&#039;&#039; {{M!!!}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Articles Illustrated:==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Juliet Stollop]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Andre|André]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Edits Made:==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Discworld Timeline]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Enrico Basilica]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Twyla Gaiter]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Carterhake Forest]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Walter Plinge]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Great Outdoors]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Andre|André]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
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		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Andr%C3%A9&amp;diff=31374</id>
		<title>André</title>
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		<updated>2020-12-19T08:27:51Z</updated>

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&lt;div&gt;{{Character Data&lt;br /&gt;
|title=André &lt;br /&gt;
|photo= Andre_portrait_resized.png | André by [[user:Distressedpudding|Distressedpudding]]&lt;br /&gt;
|name=André &lt;br /&gt;
|race=[[Human]]&lt;br /&gt;
|age=young&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|occupation=[[Opera House]] pianist/organist and member of the [[Cable Street Particulars]]&lt;br /&gt;
|appearance=fair-haired&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|residence=[[Ankh-Morpork]]&lt;br /&gt;
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|death=&lt;br /&gt;
|parents=&lt;br /&gt;
|relatives=&lt;br /&gt;
|children=&lt;br /&gt;
|marital status=&lt;br /&gt;
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|books= {{M!!!}}&lt;br /&gt;
|cameos=&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{spoilersfor|&#039;&#039;[[Book:Maskerade|Maskerade]]&#039;&#039;}}&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;André&#039;&#039;&#039; is a secret policeman looking for secret crimes, crimes that are not committed by the Guilds or the usual muggers. André&#039;s exact rank in the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch|Watch]] is unclear, but he does have a proper policeman&#039;s badge. He is also a member of the [[Musicians&#039; Guild]], allowing him to go undercover as a pianist at the [[Opera House]] during the scare of the Opera Ghost ({{M!!!}}), while Sgt. [[Detritus]] and Corporal [[Nobby Nobbs]] were acting as the badly-disguised, easily-distinguished undercover policemen mingling with the other opera patrons. So far, André is the first and only described member of the modern [[Cable Street Particulars]]. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Near the end of the Opera Ghost case, André seems to have temporarily mislaid his copper badge, and also he seems to be quite attracted to the new form of musicals, so it is unclear whether he continues to be a Watchman. However, [[Specials|this lack of clarity as to his precise status may be deliberate]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Annotation==&lt;br /&gt;
In the Andrew Lloyd Webber &#039;&#039;{{wp|The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|Phantom}}&#039;&#039; {{wp|The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|musical}}, Monsieur André and Monsieur Firmin are the new, in-over-their-heads owners of the Paris opera house. Ankh-Morpork&#039;s André is just a musician, but at the end of {{M!!!}} he is last seen in the company of the owner [[Seldom Bucket|Mr Bucket]] and new musical director [[Walter Plinge]]--perhaps suggesting a promotion is in the works for him as well?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
André also bears an interesting similarity to {{wp|The Persian|the Persian}} from the original &#039;&#039;Phantom of the Opera&#039;&#039;: a detective who helps the protagonists confront the Ghost. In the {{wp|The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film)|the 1925 film}}, the Persian equivalent is even a secret policeman himself...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[category:Discworld characters]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[category:Supporting characters]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[category:Human characters]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[de:André]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
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		<title>File:Andre portrait resized.png</title>
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		<updated>2020-12-19T08:24:40Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: André by distressedpudding&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;André by distressedpudding&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
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	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=User:Distressedpudding&amp;diff=31372</id>
		<title>User:Distressedpudding</title>
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		<updated>2020-12-19T06:17:22Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;She/Her/Hers. Thirtysomething librarian from [[Power Cable]]. Illustrator, copy-editor and infobox creator. Supporting character enthusiast.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I occasionally edit the Other Wiki as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rosymaplemothman Rosymaplemothman] and I sometimes turn up on r/discworld as [https://www.reddit.com/user/cranberrybogbody CranberryBogBody]. If you think you recognize me or my art under another name, you’re probably right.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Currently Rereading:&#039;&#039;&#039; {{M!!!}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Articles Illustrated:==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Juliet Stollop]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Edits Made:==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Discworld Timeline]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Enrico Basilica]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Twyla Gaiter]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Carterhake Forest]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Walter Plinge]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Great Outdoors]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Andre|André]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
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		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Juliet_Stollop&amp;diff=31371</id>
		<title>Juliet Stollop</title>
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		<updated>2020-12-19T06:16:09Z</updated>

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&lt;div&gt; {{Character Data&lt;br /&gt;
|title= Juliet Stollop&lt;br /&gt;
|photo= Juliet_Stollop.png | Juliet by [[user:Distressedpudding|Distressedpudding]]&lt;br /&gt;
|name= Juliet Stollop / Jools / Jewels&lt;br /&gt;
|age=~late teens&lt;br /&gt;
|race= Human&lt;br /&gt;
|occupation= [[Night Kitchen]] Cook/Model&lt;br /&gt;
|appearance= Incandescently beautiful, slim&lt;br /&gt;
|residence= [[Dolly Sisters]], [[Ankh-Morpork]]&lt;br /&gt;
|death= &lt;br /&gt;
|parents= Mr. Stollop (father)&lt;br /&gt;
|relatives= Billy (brother), [[Algernon Stollop|Algernon]] (brother), &#039;&#039;3rd brother&#039;&#039; (name unknown)&lt;br /&gt;
|children= &lt;br /&gt;
|marital status= &lt;br /&gt;
|books= {{UA}} &lt;br /&gt;
|cameos=&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Juliet Stollop&#039;&#039;&#039; is a [[Shatta|fashion model]] and [[Night Kitchen|cook]] who is a childhood friend and neighbour of [[Glenda Sugarbean]]. She is a &#039;&#039;[[Dolly Sisters]]&#039;&#039; football team supporter and has, since the events of {{UA}}, fallen in love with [[Trevor Likely]], a &#039;&#039;[[Dimwell]] Old Pals&#039;&#039; supporter.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
She is considered so beautiful that the UU wizards stop bickering when she pushes the dessert trolley into the room... and not because food has arrived. They suddenly drift off into their minds, feeling the urge to write poems. Her most casual of movements are filled with grace. She was even the unwitting subject of the painting &#039;&#039;[[Beauty Arising from the Pease Pudding Cart Attended by Cherubs Carrying Hot Dogs and Pies]]&#039;&#039; (the artist was inspired by her during a football match).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Juliet&#039;s apparent Achilles&#039; heel is her &amp;quot;sweet, empty head&amp;quot;. She&#039;s not the brightest girl, and her elocution leaves a lot to be desired. Glenda worried that if she got new ideas, &amp;quot;there was such a lot of room in there for them to bounce around and do damage&amp;quot;.  This initial impression is later called into question both by Juliet&#039;s occasional incisive comment, which Glenda finds particularly unnerving, and Juliet&#039;s creative thinking during the friends&#039; pursuit of [[Nutt]].  In fact, the more Glenda allows Juliet to make her own decisions, the more Juliet steps up to the challenge.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
She was discovered by [[Sharn|Madame Sharn]], putting on a false beard and modelling [[Micromail]] for Shatta. Introducing herself to some after-show guests as &#039;Jools&#039; (breaking the ice with a call of &amp;quot;Wotcher!&amp;quot;), this was transformed by gossip into her stage name, &#039;Jewels&#039;. She only modelled once during the book, but was so resplendent that everyone clamoured to find out more about her. It is implied that she will continue with her modelling career, although she had to sort everything out with Trev Likely first.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Annotation==&lt;br /&gt;
There are obvious parallels between Juliet and the character of Eliza in [[Wikipedia:Pygmalion (Play)|Pygmalion]], on which the musical &#039;&#039;My Fair Lady&#039;&#039; was based. Eliza is the subject of an attempt to pass off a flower girl as a duchess by, at first, simply teaching her to speak like one, and Juliet is the subject of an attempt (which was rather more successful) to pass off a short and slightly thin kitchen girl as a mystery dwarf by adding a beard.  Early on in {{UA}}, while on a horse-bus ride, Glenda comments to Juliet that it would be advantageous for her to learn how to speak more eloquently: &amp;quot;You don&#039;t have to sound like--&amp;quot; and the bus driver interrupts with, &amp;quot;my fare, lady?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Her name and nicknames also have double references. There is the obvious Juliet &amp;quot;star-crossed lovers&amp;quot; reference, but also, interestingly, the description of her rising into the air, shining gold, points to Jools also being a reference, in this case to the Jules Rimet Trophy for the World Cup (the figure appearing on the Roundworld cup is Nike, the Greek goddess of victory.)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
More obviously, Juliet is also the Discworld&#039;s first &amp;quot;WAG&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;WAG&amp;quot; is a term used in the British press to describe the ultra-glamorous, but usually dim &amp;amp; vacuous, &amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;W&#039;&#039;&#039;ives &#039;&#039;&#039;A&#039;&#039;&#039;nd &#039;&#039;&#039;G&#039;&#039;&#039;irlfriends&amp;quot; of celebrity footballers (eg Victoria Beckham). A fashion model (e.g. Juliet) dating a famous footballer (e.g. Trev) is a stereotypical WAG relationship. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Human characters]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Discworld characters|Stollop, Juliet]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[de:Juliet Stollop]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<updated>2020-12-19T06:11:48Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: Juliet Stollop by Distressedpudding&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Juliet Stollop by Distressedpudding&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
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	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=User:Distressedpudding&amp;diff=31368</id>
		<title>User:Distressedpudding</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=User:Distressedpudding&amp;diff=31368"/>
		<updated>2020-12-18T18:37:38Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;She/Her/Hers. Thirtysomething librarian from [[Power Cable]]. Copy-editor and infobox creator. Supporting character enthusiast.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I occasionally edit the Other Wiki as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rosymaplemothman Rosymaplemothman] and I sometimes turn up on r/discworld as [https://www.reddit.com/user/cranberrybogbody CranberryBogBody]. If you think you recognize me or my art under another name, you’re probably right.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Currently Rereading:&#039;&#039;&#039; {{M!!!}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Edits Made:==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Discworld Timeline]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Enrico Basilica]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Twyla Gaiter]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Carterhake Forest]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Walter Plinge]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Great Outdoors]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Andre|André]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
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		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Sandra_Battye&amp;diff=31367</id>
		<title>Sandra Battye</title>
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		<updated>2020-12-18T18:23:00Z</updated>

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|title= Sandra Battye&lt;br /&gt;
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|name= &lt;br /&gt;
|age= when first encountered, early twenties&lt;br /&gt;
|race= human&lt;br /&gt;
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|occupation= a real Seamstress and victim of frequent humorous misunderstandings&lt;br /&gt;
|appearance= five feet two of pure bantam defiance clutching a large wickerwork sewing basket&lt;br /&gt;
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|residence= Ankh-Morpork&lt;br /&gt;
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|death= &lt;br /&gt;
|parents= &lt;br /&gt;
|relatives= &lt;br /&gt;
|children= &lt;br /&gt;
|marital status= when first encountered, single. In the &amp;quot;present day&amp;quot; she is &amp;quot;Mrs&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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|books= {{NW}}&lt;br /&gt;
|cameos=&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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A real seamstress.(i.e., one who not only owns a needle but knows how to use it. She is also mushroom-literate.) She appears in {{NW}}, where her specialist skills bring in more money than is earnt by her flatmate [[Rosemary Palm]]. She &#039;&#039;much&#039;&#039; prefers to be described, occupationally speaking, as a &amp;quot;needlewoman&amp;quot;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But wherever there are men who are away from the regular society of women, who get.... you know... &#039;&#039;urges&#039;&#039; of the sort which only a woman possessed of a range of specifically female skills  can satisfy, Sandra Battye will not be short of a living. For men with the urge and the powerful longing, say for a shirt with all its buttons on, or socks with working heels and no holes in the toes, it can be just as confusing and unhelpful to look for a seamstress and, well, be directed to the wrong sort. As [[John Lawn|Dr. Mossy Lawn]] once remarked, some people who are looking for a massage really DO only want a massage. Or in this instance, a shirt with all the buttons in the right places. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In these instances, Sandra has a working understanding with the [[Seamstresses&#039; Guild|Seamstresses]] that they will send the victims of misunderstanding down the street to the &#039;&#039;correct&#039;&#039; sort of Seamstress, according to stated need and purpose. In fact, Sandra often ends up earning more money doing proper needlework, much to Rosie&#039;s chagrin.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thirty years on in the &amp;quot;present&amp;quot;, she and Rosie Palm are still friends, and leave an egg in the graveyard of Small Gods every 25th May, as some things have to be remembered while the lilac is in bloom.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sandra is still based on [[Treacle Mine Road]] and advertises simply for &#039;&#039;repairs and darning&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Another named Real Seamstress in the canon is Mrs [[Hotbed]].&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Discworld characters|Battye, Sandra]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Human characters|Battye, Sandra]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
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		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Rosemary_Palm&amp;diff=31366</id>
		<title>Rosemary Palm</title>
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		<updated>2020-12-18T18:21:05Z</updated>

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|title= Mrs Palm&lt;br /&gt;
|photo= Blank.jpg|&lt;br /&gt;
|name= Rosemary Palm&lt;br /&gt;
|age= &lt;br /&gt;
|race= Human&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|occupation= Housekeeper, so to speak; head of the [[Seamstresses&#039; Guild]]&lt;br /&gt;
|appearance= &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|residence= [[Ankh-Morpork]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|death= &lt;br /&gt;
|parents= &lt;br /&gt;
|relatives= &lt;br /&gt;
|children= &lt;br /&gt;
|marital status= &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|books= {{NW}}&lt;br /&gt;
|cameos= {{FOC}}, {{TLH}}, {{TT}}&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Once upon a time, in a city called [[Ankh-Morpork]], there lived a little girl named Rosemary Palm. She was much like other little girls in her neighbourhood; maybe a little prettier, a bit cleverer, more inclined to do it her own way, in fact not so much &#039;&#039;like&#039;&#039; as &#039;&#039;not like&#039;&#039;; different, really.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Opportunities for lower-class girls to improve their stations were scarce. Marriage was popular, but no guarantee of improvement. The scion of some great Ankh family might come and carry one off to his mansion, but while the general peripheries of marriage might be observed, the end product might not. Setting up some kind of shop required an investment. No, the obvious career for an ambitious young woman of limited means was as a Lady of Negotiable Affection : minimal investment and the ability to charge whatever the traffic would bear. The right traffic would bear some really impressive charges. &amp;quot;Rosie&amp;quot; had what it took to succeed in Ankh-Morpork and elsewhere : looks, brains and ambition.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Amid the general unrest at the end of [[Lord Winder]]&#039;s tyranny, Rosie and other [[Seamstresses&#039; Guild|Seamstresses]] were at the center of the street-level rebellion leading to the [[Glorious Revolution]] of Treacle Mine Road. Winder was as bad for her business as anyone&#039;s. She vetoed the fourth resolution of the Republic&#039;s motto, resulting in the familiar &amp;quot;&#039;&#039;Truth, Justice, Freedom and Reasonably-Priced Love&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;. During this episode she came to the attention of [[Havelock Vetinari]] and [[Lady Roberta Meserole]], some of their supporters among the political class. Their subsequent relationship is lost in the historical vacuum of the [[Snapcase]] tyranny, but when Vetinari finally became the [[Patrician]], he granted the Seamstresses&#039; request for a Guild of their own, and Rosemary Palm has tended to be among the Patrician&#039;s council ever since. She continues as President of the Seamstresses&#039; Guild. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
One doesn&#039;t call her &amp;quot;Rosie&amp;quot; anymore, unless by long acquaintance. Mrs. Rosemary Palm is one of Ankh-Morpork&#039;s success stories, known far and wide, wealthy, and the confidante of the powerful. (The honorific comes with with her position in the business; there is no Mr. Palm.) Her house in the &amp;quot;entertainment district&amp;quot; (formerly and rather more accurately known as &#039;The Whore Pits&#039;) is one of the city&#039;s great tourist attractions.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Annotation==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And a grubby one at that. In general English slang parlance, &#039;visiting Mrs Palm and her five daughters&#039; has long been a euphemism for a male trait that is also generally supposed to send one blind. Need we expound further? Or see the lyrics to Jackson Browne&#039;s song &amp;quot;Rosie&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics, George Bernard Shaw, (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) was known for plays and novels addressing prevailing social problems, but have a vein of comedy which makes their stark themes more palatable. One such play is called &#039;Mrs Warren&#039;s Profession&#039;.  The story centers on the relationship between Mrs Kitty Warren, owner of a chain of brothels across Europe, and her daughter, Vivie, an intelligent and pragmatic young woman. The play focuses on the characters&#039; relationships to each other as shaped by Mrs. Warren&#039;s choices, and the social hypocrisies relating to prostitution and the limited opportunities available for young women in Victorian England.  Her mother, Mrs. Warren has changed her name to hide her true identity and added &#039;Mrs&#039; to give the impression that she is married.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Discworld characters|Palm, Rosemary]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Serial characters|Palm, Rosemary]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[de:Rosemary Palm]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=User:Distressedpudding&amp;diff=31365</id>
		<title>User:Distressedpudding</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=User:Distressedpudding&amp;diff=31365"/>
		<updated>2020-12-18T18:18:51Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;She/Her/Hers. Thirtysomething (almost-) librarian from [[Power Cable]]. Copy-editor and infobox creator. Supporting character enthusiast.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I occasionally edit the Other Wiki as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rosymaplemothman Rosymaplemothman] and I sometimes turn up on r/discworld as [https://www.reddit.com/user/cranberrybogbody CranberryBogBody]. If you think you recognize me or my art under another name, you’re probably right.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Currently Rereading:&#039;&#039;&#039; {{M!!!}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Edits Made:==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Discworld Timeline]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Enrico Basilica]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Twyla Gaiter]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Carterhake Forest]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Walter Plinge]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Great Outdoors]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Andre|André]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Talk:Andr%C3%A9&amp;diff=31364</id>
		<title>Talk:André</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Talk:Andr%C3%A9&amp;diff=31364"/>
		<updated>2020-12-18T18:17:49Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: explanation of removed content; added headers to separate topics&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;==Is André  gay?==&lt;br /&gt;
Not that it matters (well, not that it matters for the wrong reasons, I hope these are the right ones), but a woman I know, who is a bit of a &amp;quot;fag-hag&amp;quot; by her own admission, gave me back the copy of {{M!!!}} that I&#039;d loaned her and said &amp;quot;I&#039;d bet you anything that André is gay.&amp;quot; and asked if it had ever occured to me on reading the book. It hadn&#039;t, but I know her gaydar is never wrong, and on re-reading it, there all manner of things that would make more sense if the character of André were homo rather than heterosexual. That he doesn&#039;t write off Agnes because she&#039;s a plain and unattractive woman, for instance, and that he actively appreciates being in her company; that he appreciates Christine&#039;s style and presence while being able to see further into her than a straight male could (ie, he isn&#039;t blinded by her looks), and that he is irresistibly drawn to the iredeemably high-camp world of musicals. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It would also add to the load of random casual cruelty that the world has chosen to dump on [[Agnes Nitt]]&#039;s head from a very great height, were she to become aware that the only man to take a deeper personal interest in her for some time, one who appreciates her for her intellect and Great Personality, turns out to be the sort of chap who on a night out might head for the [[Blue Cat Club]] rather than the [[Pink PussyCat Club]]... only to be expected, really, as Agnes also attracted a &#039;&#039;most&#039;&#039; unsuitable male in {{CJ}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As a policeman he&#039;d be an odd-man-out, and therefore natural for undercover work, as in a very real sense he would have been acting an undercover role all his life...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is just a thought, but reading André as a straight-acting gay does appear to make a lot of sense in the mad world of opera!!!--[[User:AgProv|AgProv]] 13:07, 27 November 2007 (CET)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Whether or not it is true it is only suspicion and definitely shouldn&#039;t be on the main page.--Confusion 22:33, 16 October 2011 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Which is, of course, exactly why it isn&#039;t...  valid speculation unsupported by canonical fact      (however logical and however plausible) goes to the talk page... it has its value and its worth, but is still only speculative. --[[User:AgProv|AgProv]] 02:13, 17 October 2011 (CEST)&lt;br /&gt;
::And then: he&#039;s a musician. Does he have to be gay to appreciate musical talent? I can remember the days before &amp;quot;music&amp;quot; videos when we may not have had any idea of the performer&#039;s appearance (sometimes confusing black and white artists). Nobody cared if Cass Elliot or Jennifer Warnes were sex-objects, we just listened. In opera, of course, no one ever cared if the big fat homely soprano matched the physical character of the libretto; it&#039;s about the voice.  --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 05:07, 15 March 2015 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==&amp;quot;Mr Vimes&amp;quot; vs &amp;quot;Commander Vimes&amp;quot;==&lt;br /&gt;
This article claimed that &amp;quot; André automatically refers to his commanding officer as &amp;quot;Mr Vimes&amp;quot; throughout the book,&amp;quot; but in my edition of {{M!!!}} (US HarperCollins eBook) he doesn&#039;t:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;“Commander Vimes said [...] we’d better look for other crimes” (p. 451)&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;“Commander Vimes says they’re the most obvious policemen anyone could think of.” (p. 451)&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Therefore, I&#039;ve removed the claim for lack of evidence.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Distressedpudding|Distressedpudding]] ([[User talk:Distressedpudding|talk]]) 18:17, 18 December 2020 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Andr%C3%A9&amp;diff=31363</id>
		<title>André</title>
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		<updated>2020-12-18T18:05:23Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: added infobox, added annotations, removed incorrect information (see Discussion) general copy-editing&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Character Data&lt;br /&gt;
|title=André &lt;br /&gt;
|photo=&lt;br /&gt;
|name=André &lt;br /&gt;
|race=[[Human]]&lt;br /&gt;
|age=young&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|occupation=[[Opera House]] pianist/organist and member of the [[Cable Street Particulars]]&lt;br /&gt;
|appearance=fair-haired&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|residence=[[Ankh-Morpork]]&lt;br /&gt;
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|death=&lt;br /&gt;
|parents=&lt;br /&gt;
|relatives=&lt;br /&gt;
|children=&lt;br /&gt;
|marital status=&lt;br /&gt;
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|books= {{M!!!}}&lt;br /&gt;
|cameos=&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{spoilersfor|&#039;&#039;[[Book:Maskerade|Maskerade]]&#039;&#039;}}&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;André&#039;&#039;&#039; is a secret policeman looking for secret crimes, crimes that are not committed by the Guilds or the usual muggers. André&#039;s exact rank in the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch|Watch]] is unclear, but he does have a proper policeman&#039;s badge. He is also a member of the [[Musicians&#039; Guild]], allowing him to go undercover as a pianist at the [[Opera House]] during the scare of the Opera Ghost ({{M!!!}}), while Sgt. [[Detritus]] and Corporal [[Nobby Nobbs]] were acting as the badly-disguised, easily-distinguished undercover policemen mingling with the other opera patrons. So far, André is the first and only described member of the modern [[Cable Street Particulars]]. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Near the end of the Opera Ghost case, André seems to have temporarily mislaid his copper badge, and also he seems to be quite attracted to the new form of musicals, so it is unclear whether he continues to be a Watchman. However, [[Specials|this lack of clarity as to his precise status may be deliberate]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Annotation==&lt;br /&gt;
In the Andrew Lloyd Webber &#039;&#039;{{wp|The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|Phantom}}&#039;&#039; {{wp|The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|musical}}, Monsieur André and Monsieur Firmin are the new, in-over-their-heads owners of the Paris opera house. Ankh-Morpork&#039;s André is just a musician, but at the end of {{M!!!}} he is last seen in the company of the owner [[Seldom Bucket|Mr Bucket]] and new musical director [[Walter Plinge]]--perhaps suggesting a promotion is in the works for him as well?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
André also bears an interesting similarity to {{wp|The Persian|the Persian}} from the original &#039;&#039;Phantom of the Opera&#039;&#039;: a detective who helps the protagonists confront the Ghost. In the {{wp|The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film)|the 1925 film}}, the Persian equivalent is even a secret policeman himself...&lt;br /&gt;
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[[category:Discworld characters]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[category:Supporting characters]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[category:Human characters]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[de:André]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Trespassers%27_Society&amp;diff=31362</id>
		<title>Trespassers&#039; Society</title>
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		<updated>2020-12-18T17:28:30Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;This was formerly called the Ankh-Morpork [[Explorers]]&#039; Society, until forcefully reminded by a post-imperially minded [[Patrician]]  ([[Vetinari]]), that the name was a misnomer, as most of the places &amp;quot;explored&amp;quot; by Ankh-Morpork&#039;s finest and in many cases subsequently claimed for the Empire already had people living in them, from whose point of view the explorers could justifiably be called trespassers.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Any aboriginal person or other aggrieved person who wishes to set the record straight by discovering where these people come from, and claiming their society headquarters for Ghat or Tezuma or Scythia, on the grounds that the people already living there don&#039;t count, can find them at 24b [[Esoteric Street]]. Interestingly enough, several gentleman&#039;s clubs of the [[Fidgett&#039;s]] ilk may be found in the area, which makes any attempt to go around The Disc in eighty days far easier.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The current Society president is Abraham Dandy. Location currently un-known, but a flimsy raft made of balsa wood has been suggested as a part of a plan.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Members may have included [[Llamedos Jones]] and research wizard [[Osric Penicillium]]. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As mentioned in the book {{UA}} with further information from {{CAM}}. Archive documents about border controls when entering [[Quirm]] are quoted in [[Book:Mrs Bradshaw&#039;s Handbook|Mrs Bradshaw&#039;s Handbook]]. Here, this organisation has the alternative name of the &#039;&#039;Guild of Trespassers&#039;&#039;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Groups]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=User:Distressedpudding&amp;diff=31361</id>
		<title>User:Distressedpudding</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=User:Distressedpudding&amp;diff=31361"/>
		<updated>2020-12-18T16:57:41Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;She/Her/Hers. Thirtysomething (almost-) librarian from [[Power Cable]]. Copy-editor and infobox creator. Supporting character enthusiast.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I occasionally edit the Other Wiki as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rosymaplemothman Rosymaplemothman] and I sometimes turn up on r/discworld as [https://www.reddit.com/user/cranberrybogbody CranberryBogBody]. If you think you recognize me or my art under another name, you’re probably right.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Currently Rereading:&#039;&#039;&#039; {{M!!!}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Edits Made:==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Discworld Timeline]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Enrico Basilica]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Twyla Gaiter]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Carterhake Forest]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Walter Plinge]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Great Outdoors]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Great_Outdoors&amp;diff=31360</id>
		<title>Great Outdoors</title>
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		<updated>2020-12-18T16:56:20Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: There&amp;#039;s no confirmation that One-Man-Bucket&amp;#039;s origins are actually here--rephrased to clarify ambiguity.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;First introduced as a concept in {{CDA}}, the Great Outdoors fleshes out a hitherto great big void on the old Discworld Mapp running from the [[Rammerock Mountains]] and [[NoThingfjord]] rimward out to the sea widdershins of [[Kythia]]. It covers some two thousand miles of open space, and is described as a patchwork haven of many disparate refugee groups fleeing from trouble or persecution elsewhere on the Disc; possibly a place to bring your tired and huddling masses who are yearning to breathe free, sundry wretched refuse of assorted teeming shores, and those who are generally homeless and tempest-tost. Or who have simply had it up to &#039;&#039;here&#039;&#039; with the storied pomp of ancient lands and all the grief it&#039;s capable of causing. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The religious, ethnic and linguistic groupings are many and varied, ranging from [[Omnia|The Very, Very, Very Plain Omnians]] of the [[Slaked Plains]] to refugees from [[Borogravia]] who fled over the border to excape [[Nuggan]]ism and conscription into the endless wars. They settled along the line of the New Kneck River, which apparently does not move much, a point in its favour. Dwarfs and humans from [[NoThingfjord]] fled here and set up the nearest thing to a capital city, New Nothing, to escape interminable and compulsory Sagas. Presumably someone lived there before these [[Trespassers&#039; Society|trespassers]], too--perhaps this, rather than [[Howondaland]], is where [[One-Man-Bucket|One-Man-Bucket&#039;s]] family actually came from?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There is no government as known elsewhere and no common currency: a complex trading and barter system takes its place. The people are described as linked by a common deep paranoia, mistrust of authority and slowness to accept strangers. Hmm.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Annotation==&lt;br /&gt;
Idiosyncratic religious groups. Refugees fleeing persecution. Economic migrants. A hardy self-reliant people with a paranoid streak and a distrust of excessive government. Hmm. What was it that was said many years ago about no part of the Discworld resembling any part of North America, by express command...  somewhere in here there &#039;&#039;must&#039;&#039; be a settlement called [[Power Cable]]...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: Discworld geography]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Specials&amp;diff=31358</id>
		<title>Specials</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Specials&amp;diff=31358"/>
		<updated>2020-12-18T16:49:32Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: Andre isn&amp;#039;t the musical director--that&amp;#039;s Walter&amp;#039;s new job.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;The auxiliary police, who provide a back-up to the regular Watch at times of great need. A typical  time of great need, is described in  &#039;&#039;[[Book:Men at Arms|Men at Arms]]&#039;&#039;, where  a young Watchman named Carrot calls up the citizenry to save Ankh-Morpork from itself.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Specials include [[Andy Hancock]], a very enthusiastic [[Clacks|clacksman]], and government inspector [[A.E. Pessimal]], a man born to bureaucracy and not so much named as initialed. He discovered the Watchman&#039;s life was for him when the pent-up aggression of years suddenly released itself in a berserk attack on an astonished troll. The president of the [[Thieves&#039; Guild]], [[Mr Boggis]], is also a very  unlikely Special, as are his bodyguards Vinny &amp;quot;No Ears&amp;quot; Ludd (Ludd is a common surname given to foundlings taken in by the [[Thieves&#039; Guild|Guild]]) and Harry &amp;quot;Can&#039;t remember his own nickname&amp;quot; Jones. As this adds extra professional muscle to the muster, Vimes is prepared to be accepting. The ranks of Specials  still include the [[Librarian]] (of [[Unseen University]]), whom Nobby called &amp;quot;Special Ape Services&amp;quot; ({{wp|Special_Air_Service|SAS?}}) in {{G!G!}}.&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; Vimes&#039;s butler [[Willikins]], a man of hidden depths as well as of fish-hooks sewn into his lapels and sharpened coins hidden in the brim of his cap, is also a Special. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Not everyone is taken on as a Special: the [[Dean]] of Unseen University was thanked very much for his interest and sent home. Carrot was undoubtedly aware of Vimes&#039; suspicion of magic as a police tool, as well as understanding that the Dean&#039;s default position of zapping everything with a blast from the good ol&#039; staff might prove counter-productive.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{NDC}} also hints that there is a different, unadvertised, invitation-only, category of Special: the new, reformed [[Cable Street Particulars]] would appear to be brought together on an ad-hoc, as-needed, basis, composed of people with other full-time jobs in the City, but whose particular professional skills and aptitudes are ideal for solving a different sort of crime, the sort whose prosecution  requires intellect and the slow, patient, acquisition and sifting of available information, so as to build up a picture of those crimes which aren&#039;t easily seen and which take care not to advertise themselves.  It is possible that the [[André|pianist and organist]] at the [[Opera House]] is such a special, combining police work with his full-time passion for popular music.  (Oddly enough, [[Roundworld]] has such a fictional detective, the cerebral and musicologically inclined {{wp|Inspector_Morse_%28TV_series%29|Inspector Morse}}, who plies his trade, happily for a TV company looking for overseas sales, in and around the photogenic old English city of Oxford.)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; As for the [[Librarian]], who has many resources at his fingertips, it could be said that this is a &amp;quot;special branch&amp;quot; for him to swing from.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Discworld concepts]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Groups]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Walter_Plinge&amp;diff=31357</id>
		<title>Walter Plinge</title>
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		<updated>2020-12-18T16:46:36Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: copy-edit&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Character Data&lt;br /&gt;
|title=Walter Plinge&lt;br /&gt;
|photo=&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Walter Plinge&lt;br /&gt;
|race=[[Human]]&lt;br /&gt;
|age=&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|occupation=odd-job man at the [[Opera House]], later musical director&lt;br /&gt;
|appearance=Pale with spiky black hair. Perpetually slouching, with a walk that looks more like a horizontal collapse. Wears a beret and a long coat that&#039;s slightly too small for him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|residence= Ankh-Morpork [[Opera House]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|death=&lt;br /&gt;
|parents= [[Mrs. Plinge]]&lt;br /&gt;
|relatives=&lt;br /&gt;
|children=&lt;br /&gt;
|marital status=single&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|books={{M!!!}}&lt;br /&gt;
|cameos=&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
Knock-kneed buffoon and general dogsbody at the [[Ankh-Morpork]] [[Opera House]], &#039;&#039;&#039;Walter&#039;&#039;&#039; wears a beret and has absorbed opera until it subsumes his soul. For he harbours a secret, does Walter, underneath the beret that was made for him by his mum, [[Mrs. Plinge]]. All becomes clear in {{M!!!}}, but if you don&#039;t mind the plot being spoilt then read on...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Walter is only composed of elbows and knees when he&#039;s being himself. When he slips on a faceless mask he becomes the &#039;&#039;second&#039;&#039; [[Opera Ghost]]. Not the evil one who kills for money, but the one who sings like an angel and composes a whole series of a new style of musical entertainment, based more-than-loosely on the hit musicals of [[Roundworld]]&#039;s Andrew Lloyd Webber.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
He is one of the few characters in the [[Discworld]] novels to come away from an encounter with [[Granny Weatherwax]] without being permanently damaged - indeed, he comes away &#039;&#039;[[headology|headologised]]&#039;&#039; with a far brighter future: no longer the errand-running figure of fun whose mother worries about him but the new Director of Music at the Opera due to the death of Mr. [[Salzella]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Like the other people in the Opera house Walter has a certain degree of Opera-connected madness, but unlike everyone else Walter is actually connected to Opera (the house and music). The connection is so strong and deep that Granny described the connection has two entities being fused together when she reached out in to the Opera with her mind and brushed Walter&#039;s mind. Because of this both of Walter&#039;s personalities have a deep love of the Opera house and everything related to opera. So much so that the Ghost&#039;s lair is filled with old and discarded props and costumes that he spends time repairing. The lair is also beneath the stage which allows the music to filter down and &amp;quot;fill the soul&amp;quot;. Walter&#039;s connection with Opera can also cause him pain as when the Opera was stopped before it finished Walter was physically and mentally hurt by it knowing that the show had to be finished. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Annotation==&lt;br /&gt;
Walter&#039;s name comes from a pseudonym used in British theatres. When an actor is playing a role he&#039;d rather not be remembered for, or playing a second role in a plot twist they don&#039;t want to spoil, he&#039;ll be credited as {{wp|Walter Plinge|Walter Plinge}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It may be superfluous to mention this, but the character and appearance of Walter Plinge owes a lot to the character of Frank Spencer, in long-running BBC sitcom &#039;&#039;Some Mothers do Have &#039;Em.&#039;&#039; (The mother in question might have been a despairing Mrs Plinge.) Spencer is a gormless bungling child-man, who gets himself into strange and inventive situations requiring the full armoury of pratfalls and physical humour to get himself out of them, usually with much destruction happening all around him, from which he escapes unscathed. He generally affected a shapeless trenchcoat and beret, and was played by one Michael Crawford, who incidentally went on to international stardom in a musical called &#039;&#039;The Phantom of the Opera&#039;&#039;. Crawford went from shambling cloddishness to physical grace and presence in one very smooth transition, almost as if donning a mask effected the transformation...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It is also said by his mother  that the young stagehands at the Opera will play cruel tricks on Walter, like hiding his broom. This evokes the film &#039;&#039;The Last Picture Show&#039;&#039;, which follows a group of young American school friends through graduation from high school into adulthood in a tiny Mid-Western town where tumbleweed really does blow down the main street. One of the group, who will never see adulthood and is fated to be an eternal child, is what used to be known as a &amp;quot;retard&amp;quot;, a simple boy who will actually go out with a broom and seek to sweep the street. Generally speaking, his peer group are protective of him, but he is the butt of unthinking cruelty on occasion... &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Walter&#039;s desire to keep on cleaning the toilets even after his promotion to music director is reminiscent of Stanley Spadowski, another ungainly man-child janitor whose unlikely talent is discovered under silly circumstances in the 1989 film &#039;&#039;UHF&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Discworld characters|Plinge, Walter]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:human characters|Plinge, Walter]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Salzella&amp;diff=31356</id>
		<title>Salzella</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Salzella&amp;diff=31356"/>
		<updated>2020-12-18T16:46:00Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: copy-editing&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Character Data&lt;br /&gt;
|title= Salzella&lt;br /&gt;
|photo= Salzella.jpg|Mr. Salzella, as drawn by [[User:Knmatt|Matt Smith]]&lt;br /&gt;
|name= Mr. Salzella&lt;br /&gt;
|age= middle-aged&lt;br /&gt;
|race= Human&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|occupation= Opera Director&lt;br /&gt;
|appearance= &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|residence= [[Ankh-Morpork]]&lt;br /&gt;
|death= As a result of headology&lt;br /&gt;
|books= {{M!!!}}&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Mr. Salzella&#039;&#039;&#039; was the musical director of the [[Ankh-Morpork]] [[Opera House]] during the events of {{M!!!}}. He was retained by Mr. [[Seldom Bucket]] when he left his flourishing dairy business (was he driven out by [[Ronald Soak]]?) and took ownership of the Opera House. Along with [[Undershaft|Dr Undershaft]] the chorus master, Mr Salzella oversaw much of the artistic endeavour of the ´[[Opera]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As well as a very talented director, he was also an embezzler on a grand scale. He secreted huge amounts of the Opera House&#039;s money in a stash deep in the cellars. He got away with this for a long time due to being director, and endlessly explaining to Mr Bucket that opera is expensive. It took a witch with [[Granny Weatherwax]]&#039;s mind to be able to read the figures and discover what was really going on.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Salzella took the legend of the Opera Ghost and used it to his advantage. He took on the persona, hid behind the mask and the cape, and used the very real sword ruthlessly when he had to. Amongst his victims were [[Pounder|Mr Pounder]] and the aforesaid Dr Undershaft, who both came upon him when he was fulfilling his nefarious purposes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Throughout the book there are instances when Salzella is surprised by the actions and correspondence of the opera ghost, but this is cleared up by Granny Weatherwax towards the end of the book, when the &#039;&#039;other&#039;&#039; life of one [[Walter Plinge]] is exposed.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Salzella is eventually found out and proves to be just as &amp;quot;infected&amp;quot; with operatic romanticism as everyone else in the building. Due to the Discworld&#039;s literal adherence to the laws of [[Narrativium|narrative causality]], this is not an entirely mental issue: he loses to Granny in a duel in which he had a real sword and she just had her pin-sharp mind, and is then killed in an extremely operatic duel with the &amp;quot;real&amp;quot; Ghost and spends two pages on a final monologue before keeling over. He only has a sword theatrically thrust under his armpit, but according to the witches present, fails to notice this.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Annotation==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A [[Roundworld]] reference to {{wp|Salieri|Antonio Salieri}} whose surname means &amp;quot;seller of salt&amp;quot; (lit. Sal-s(z)ella). Salieri was an Italian classical composer, conductor and teacher born in the Republic of Venice, but who spent his adult life and career as a faithful subject of the Habsburg Monarchy. He was a pivotal figure in the development of late 18th century opera. He was one of the most important and sought after teachers of his generation and his influence was felt in every aspect of Vienna&#039;s musical life. Schubert, Beethoven, and Liszt were among the most famous of his pupils.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Salieri&#039;s music slowly disappeared from the repertoire between 1800 and 1868, and was rarely heard after that period until the revival of his fame in the late 20th century. This revival was due to his dramatic and highly fictionalized depiction in the play and film Amadeus (1979, 1984) by Peter Shaffer in which he resents {{wp|Mozart|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart}}&#039;s fame and talent. In reality he was his friend and supporter.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Discworld characters|Salzella,Mr.]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Human characters|Salzella,Mr.]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=User:Distressedpudding&amp;diff=31355</id>
		<title>User:Distressedpudding</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=User:Distressedpudding&amp;diff=31355"/>
		<updated>2020-12-18T16:44:20Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;She/Her/Hers. Thirtysomething (almost-) librarian. Copy-editor and infobox creator. Supporting character enthusiast.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I occasionally edit the Other Wiki as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rosymaplemothman Rosymaplemothman] and I sometimes turn up on r/discworld as [https://www.reddit.com/user/cranberrybogbody CranberryBogBody]. If you think you recognize me or my art under another name, you’re probably right.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Currently Rereading:&#039;&#039;&#039; {{M!!!}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Edits Made:==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Discworld Timeline]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Enrico Basilica]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Twyla Gaiter]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Carterhake Forest]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Walter Plinge]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Seldom_Bucket&amp;diff=31354</id>
		<title>Seldom Bucket</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Seldom_Bucket&amp;diff=31354"/>
		<updated>2020-12-18T16:42:29Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: corrected opera staff titles&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Mr Seldom Bucket&#039;&#039;&#039; is the former cheese-producer and dairyman who now owns the Ankh-Morpork [[Opera House]]. Previously renowned for his [[Lancre Blue]], he is now regarded as the unfortunate soul who took on not one but &#039;&#039;two&#039;&#039; [[Opera Ghost|Opera Ghosts]] during the events of {{M!!!}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Bucket is a business owner above all else.  While he is in fact a fan of both opera and cheese, he sees each of these primarily a means to an end, that end being money.  In the dairy business, he wasn&#039;t bothered by selling the batch of strawberry yoghurt which was inadvertently and inconveniently polluted by the severed finger of an employee.  Similarly, Bucket was pleased to cash in on the spate of grisly murders, rumors of which caused the public to flock to buy opera tickets.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Bucket believes that he can determine a person&#039;s character by looking him (always him - women seem to flummox him completely) in the eye and shaking his hand.  This despite all evidence - he did not recognize the disingenuous salesmanship of the previous owners, he didn&#039;t figure out the subterfuge of his most trusted employees... Those who perpetrate opera may be poor actors, but even they managed to fool Seldom Bucket. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
At the end of the book, Bucket has lost his chorus master [[Undershaft|Dr Undershaft]], his musical director [[Salzella]], and almost his nerve. [[Walter Plinge]] comes to the rescue in the most unlikely fashion. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Has no relation to [[One-Man-Bucket]], who was named according to a [[Howandaland|Howandaland]] tribal custom.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Discworld characters|Bucket, Seldom]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Human characters|Bucket, Seldom]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[de:Emil Eimer]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=User:Distressedpudding&amp;diff=31353</id>
		<title>User:Distressedpudding</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=User:Distressedpudding&amp;diff=31353"/>
		<updated>2020-12-18T16:32:55Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;She/Her/Hers. Thirtysomething (almost-) librarian. Copy-editor and infobox creator. Supporting character enthusiast.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I occasionally edit the Other Wiki as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rosymaplemothman Rosymaplemothman] and I sometimes turn up on r/discworld as [https://www.reddit.com/user/cranberrybogbody CranberryBogBody]. If you think you recognize me or my art under another name, you’re probably right.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Edits Made:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Discworld Timeline]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Enrico Basilica]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Twyla Gaiter]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Carterhake Forest]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Walter Plinge]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Walter_Plinge&amp;diff=31352</id>
		<title>Walter Plinge</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Walter_Plinge&amp;diff=31352"/>
		<updated>2020-12-18T16:32:05Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: added infobox and annotation&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{Character Data&lt;br /&gt;
|title=Walter Plinge&lt;br /&gt;
|photo=&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Walter Plinge&lt;br /&gt;
|race=[[Human]]&lt;br /&gt;
|age=&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|occupation=odd-job man at the [[Opera House]], later Director of Music&lt;br /&gt;
|appearance=Pale with spiky black hair. Perpetually slouching, with a walk that looks more like a horizontal collapse. Wears a beret and a long coat that&#039;s slightly too small for him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|residence= Ankh-Morpork [[Opera House]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|death=&lt;br /&gt;
|parents= [[Mrs. Plinge]]&lt;br /&gt;
|relatives=&lt;br /&gt;
|children=&lt;br /&gt;
|marital status=single&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|books={{M!!!}}&lt;br /&gt;
|cameos=&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
Knock-kneed buffoon and general dogsbody at the [[Ankh-Morpork]] [[Opera House]], &#039;&#039;&#039;Walter&#039;&#039;&#039; wears a beret and has absorbed opera until it subsumes his soul. For he harbours a secret, does Walter, underneath the beret that was made for him by his mum, [[Mrs. Plinge]]. All becomes clear in {{M!!!}}, but if you don&#039;t mind the plot being spoilt then read on...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Walter is only composed of elbows and knees when he&#039;s being himself. When he slips on a faceless mask he becomes the &#039;&#039;second&#039;&#039; [[Opera Ghost]]. Not the evil one who kills for money, but the one who sings like an angel and composes a whole series of a new style of musical entertainment, based more-than-loosely on the hit musicals of [[Roundworld]]&#039;s Andrew Lloyd Webber.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
He is one of the few characters in the [[Discworld]] novels to come away from an encounter with [[Granny Weatherwax]] without being permanently damaged - indeed, he comes away &#039;&#039;[[headology|headologised]]&#039;&#039; with a far brighter future: no longer the errand-running figure of fun whose mother worries about him but the new Director of Music at the Opera due to the death of Mr. [[Salzella]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Like the other people in the Opera house Walter has a certain degree of Opera-connected madness, but unlike everyone else Walter is actually connected to Opera (the house and music). The connection is so strong and deep that Granny described the connection has two entities being fused together when she reached out in to the Opera with her mind and brushed Walter&#039;s mind. Because of this both of Walter&#039;s personalities have a deep love of the Opera house and everything related to opera. So much so that the Ghost&#039;s lair is filled with old and discarded props and costumes that he spends time repairing. The lair is also beneath the stage which allows the music to filter down and &amp;quot;fill the soul&amp;quot;. Walter&#039;s connection with Opera can also cause him pain as when the Opera was stopped before it finished Walter was physically and mentally hurt by it knowing that the show had to be finished. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Annotation==&lt;br /&gt;
Walter&#039;s name comes from a pseudonym used in British theatres. When an actor is playing a role he&#039;d rather not be remembered for, or playing a second role in a plot twist they don&#039;t want to spoil, he&#039;ll be credited as {{wp|Walter Plinge|Walter Plinge}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It may be superfluous to mention this, but the character and appearance of Walter Plinge owes a lot to the character of Frank Spencer, in long-running BBC sitcom &#039;&#039;Some Mothers do Have &#039;Em.&#039;&#039; (The mother in question might have been a despairing Mrs Plinge.) Spencer is a gormless bungling child-man, who gets himself into strange and inventive situations requiring the full armoury of pratfalls and physical humour to get himself out of them, usually with much destruction happening all around him, from which he escapes unscathed. He generally affected a shapeless trenchcoat and beret, and was played by one Michael Crawford, who incidentally went on to international stardom in a musical called &#039;&#039;The Phantom of the Opera&#039;&#039;. Crawford went from shambling cloddishness to physical grace and presence in one very smooth transition, almost as if donning a mask effected the transformation...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It is also said by his mother  that the young stagehands at the Opera will play cruel tricks on Walter, like hiding his broom. This evokes the film &#039;&#039;The Last Picture Show&#039;&#039;, which follows a group of young American school friends through graduation from high school into adulthood in a tiny Mid-Western town where tumbleweed really does blow down the main street. One of the group, who will never see adulthood and is fated to be an eternal child, is what used to be known as a &amp;quot;retard&amp;quot;, a simple boy who will actually go out with a broom and seek to sweep the street. Generally speaking, his peer group are protective of him, but he is the butt of unthinking cruelty on occasion... &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Walter&#039;s desire to keep on cleaning the toilets even after his promotion to music director is reminiscent of Stanley Spadowski, another ungainly man-child janitor whose unlikely talent is discovered under silly circumstances in the 1989 film &#039;&#039;UHF&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Discworld characters|Plinge, Walter]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:human characters|Plinge, Walter]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=User:Distressedpudding&amp;diff=31351</id>
		<title>User:Distressedpudding</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=User:Distressedpudding&amp;diff=31351"/>
		<updated>2020-12-17T22:42:46Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;She/Her/Hers. Thirtysomething (almost-) librarian. Supporting character enthusiast.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I occasionally edit the Other Wiki as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rosymaplemothman Rosymaplemothman] and I sometimes turn up on r/discworld as [https://www.reddit.com/user/cranberrybogbody CranberryBogBody]. If you think you recognize me or my art under another name, you’re probably right.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Annotations:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Carterhake Forest]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Minor Edits:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Discworld Timeline]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Enrico Basilica]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Twyla Gaiter]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Carterhake_Forest&amp;diff=31350</id>
		<title>Carterhake Forest</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Carterhake_Forest&amp;diff=31350"/>
		<updated>2020-12-17T22:42:02Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: Added annotation for Carterhaugh/Tam Lin&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Carterhake Forest, by inference, is, or perhaps given the encroachment of [[New Ankh]] &#039;&#039;was&#039;&#039;, a heavily wooded area within sight of the city walls of [[Ankh-Morpork]]. Its most famous denizen, celebrated in legend and folksong, was urban bandit [[Wat Snood]]. The tale is relatred in {{TGD}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Annotation ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The name may be intended to reflect the name of {{wp|Savernake Forest|Savernake Forest}} in Roundworld, where the new-age travellers spent the night before the {{wp|Battle of the Beanfield|Battle of the Beanfield}}, and to where the survivors may have retreated in its aftermath.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There is also a distinct similarity to the Scottish forest of {{wp|Carterhaugh|Carterhaugh}}, where the ballad {{wp|Tam Lin|Tam Lin}} is set.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: locations]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Ptraci&amp;diff=31348</id>
		<title>Ptraci</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Ptraci&amp;diff=31348"/>
		<updated>2020-12-17T20:41:46Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: &amp;quot;Character Origin&amp;quot; section lacks context; image text is mostly illegible and in French w/o translation. Removed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{Character Data&lt;br /&gt;
|title= Queen Ptraci&lt;br /&gt;
|photo= &lt;br /&gt;
|name= Ptraci&lt;br /&gt;
|age= &lt;br /&gt;
|race= [[:Category:Human characters|Human]]&lt;br /&gt;
|occupation= Former handmaiden, now Queen of Djelibeybi&lt;br /&gt;
|appearance= &lt;br /&gt;
|residence= [[Djelibeybi]]&lt;br /&gt;
|death= &lt;br /&gt;
|parents= Father [[Pteppicymon XXVII]] &lt;br /&gt;
|relatives= Half-brother [[Teppic]]&lt;br /&gt;
|children= &lt;br /&gt;
|marital status= &lt;br /&gt;
|books= {{P}} &lt;br /&gt;
|cameos= &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ptraci was one of the handmaidens of [[Pteppicymon_XXVII|King Pteppicymon XXVII]] of [[Djelibeybi]]. When he died (after unfortunately believing he was a seagull and attempting to emulate their flights) she refused to &amp;quot;voluntarily&amp;quot; take the poison that would allow her to become his handmaiden after death too, so [[Dios]] ordered her put to death.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The new king [[Pteppicymon XXVIII]] - better known as [[Teppic|Pteppic]] (who had trained at the [[Assassins&#039; Guild]] in [[Ankh-Morpork]]) rescued her and fled Djelibeybi to [[Ephebe]], following a trans-dimensional disaster that wiped the entire valley of the Djel from time and space and encapsulated it in its own dimension. Using the greatest mathematician on the Disc (a camel named [[You Bastard]]), they managed to return to Djelibeybi and restore it to reality. On the journey they discover their relative lives have been pretty much a no-score-draw: the trained assassin has inhumed a total number  of people somewhere between nought and ten, while the trained handmaiden has congressed a total number of people somewhere between nought and ten. Teppic realises she is just as much a misfit in her profession as he is, and the relationship warms.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Following a realisation that they shared an ancestral dream featuring cows and trombones (or possibly [[wimblehorn|wimblehorns]]), it turned out that Ptraci was Pteppic&#039;s half-sister; and was his successor when he abdicated. As a former handmaiden (Grade 3), the Djelibeybian priests thought she would be easy to control. They turned out to be very wrong. Like her half-brother she is keen to get in some decent plumbing. It appears that the children of the Djel are about to be dragged into the new century whether they - or their priests - like it or not.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Annotation==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Roundworld]] link: in England, &amp;quot;Tracy&amp;quot; is a name often used in jest to mean a thick and/or slutty girl, particularly when used in combination with &amp;quot;Sharon&amp;quot;. The phrase &amp;quot;Sharon and Tracy&amp;quot; has long had pejorative connotations when aimed at a pair of girls out in the evening with enough dress between them for one. One of the hideous &amp;quot;Fat Slags&amp;quot; in long-running adult comic Viz is called Tracy. (Her friend is a Sandra). In the long-running British TV Sitcom &amp;quot;Birds of a Feather&amp;quot; a pair of &amp;quot;Essex girl&amp;quot; sisters, Tracey Stubbs (played by Linda Robson) Sharon Theodopolopodous (played by Pauline Quirke) are the leading characters.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Discworld characters]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:human characters]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[de:Ptraci]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Tilden&amp;diff=31346</id>
		<title>Tilden</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Tilden&amp;diff=31346"/>
		<updated>2020-12-17T20:22:51Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: Fixed categorization error&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Captain at the [[Treacle Mine Road Watch House]] who in one trouser leg of time recruited [[John Keel]] as his new Sergeant and in another leg allowed [[Sam Vimes]] to recruit himself as Sergeant-at-Arms in one of the strangest job interviews in the multiverse.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Captain Tilden is an ex-military man (Lord Venturi&#039;s Medium Dragoons) and is around seventy years old, having been given the job as a kind of pension after he retired from the regiment. He has never quite left the army behind; a large engraved silver inkstand with a gilt regiment crest on it is a high esteemed memento for him. His features include a mustache, a brass ear and a wooden leg - he seems to be a commander that hasn&#039;t led his men only from behind.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It is clear that Tilden has always done his best to be conscientious and honourable - he is uncomfortable and unhappy with the orders coming from The Palace and from [[Cable Street Particulars|Cable Street]], but he has never disobeyed an order. As a result of this and his age, he considers to retire from his post as captain. When he hears news of the [[Dolly Sisters Massacre]] (which involved his old regiment) and reports that the Watch Houses may be attacked by &#039;revolutionary elements&#039; he is badly shaken and gives the dangerous order &#039;Do what you feel necessary&#039; to Keel/Vimes.&lt;br /&gt;
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During the events surrounding the [[Glorious Revolution]] and the foundation of the [[People&#039;s Republic of Treacle Mine Road]], a runner comes in the night with an envelope for the captain. The next morning, he and his silver inkwell are gone, and no sign of the mysterious envelope can be found. Later it is revealed that he was given the push.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Discworld characters|Tilden]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Human characters|Tilden]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Watchmen]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[de:Tilden]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Template_talk:Character_Data&amp;diff=31345</id>
		<title>Template talk:Character Data</title>
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		<updated>2020-12-17T20:10:52Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: Noting problem with template&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;240px wide &#039;photo&#039; seems better. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 20:58, 6 January 2013 (GMT)&lt;br /&gt;
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The labels in this infobox are showing up even when left blank (e.g. the &amp;quot;Death&amp;quot; line is blank, but still visible on [[Juliet Stollop]], where no Death line is needed at all). Deleting the unwanted labels within the article doesn&#039;t seem to work. Does anybody with more Mediawiki knowledge than me want to try cleaning up the template? --[[User:Distressedpudding|Distressedpudding]] ([[User talk:Distressedpudding|talk]]) 20:10, 17 December 2020 (UTC)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Juliet_Stollop&amp;diff=31344</id>
		<title>Juliet Stollop</title>
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&lt;div&gt; {{Character Data&lt;br /&gt;
|title= Juliet Stollop&lt;br /&gt;
|photo= Blank.jpg|&lt;br /&gt;
|name= Juliet Stollop / Jools / Jewels&lt;br /&gt;
|age=~late teens&lt;br /&gt;
|race= Human&lt;br /&gt;
|occupation= [[Night Kitchen]] Cook/Model&lt;br /&gt;
|appearance= Incandescently beautiful, slim&lt;br /&gt;
|residence= [[Dolly Sisters]], [[Ankh-Morpork]]&lt;br /&gt;
|death= &lt;br /&gt;
|parents= Mr. Stollop (father)&lt;br /&gt;
|relatives= Billy (brother), [[Algernon Stollop|Algernon]] (brother), &#039;&#039;3rd brother&#039;&#039; (name unknown)&lt;br /&gt;
|children= &lt;br /&gt;
|marital status= &lt;br /&gt;
|books= {{UA}} &lt;br /&gt;
|cameos=&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Juliet Stollop&#039;&#039;&#039; is a [[Shatta|fashion model]] and [[Night Kitchen|cook]] who is a childhood friend and neighbour of [[Glenda Sugarbean]]. She is a &#039;&#039;[[Dolly Sisters]]&#039;&#039; football team supporter and has, since the events of {{UA}}, fallen in love with [[Trevor Likely]], a &#039;&#039;[[Dimwell]] Old Pals&#039;&#039; supporter.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
She is considered so beautiful that the UU wizards stop bickering when she pushes the dessert trolley into the room... and not because food has arrived. They suddenly drift off into their minds, feeling the urge to write poems. Her most casual of movements are filled with grace. She was even the unwitting subject of the painting &#039;&#039;[[Beauty Arising from the Pease Pudding Cart Attended by Cherubs Carrying Hot Dogs and Pies]]&#039;&#039; (the artist was inspired by her during a football match).&lt;br /&gt;
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Juliet&#039;s apparent Achilles&#039; heel is her &amp;quot;sweet, empty head&amp;quot;. She&#039;s not the brightest girl, and her elocution leaves a lot to be desired. Glenda worried that if she got new ideas, &amp;quot;there was such a lot of room in there for them to bounce around and do damage&amp;quot;.  This initial impression is later called into question both by Juliet&#039;s occasional incisive comment, which Glenda finds particularly unnerving, and Juliet&#039;s creative thinking during the friends&#039; pursuit of [[Nutt]].  In fact, the more Glenda allows Juliet to make her own decisions, the more Juliet steps up to the challenge.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
She was discovered by [[Sharn|Madame Sharn]], putting on a false beard and modelling [[Micromail]] for Shatta. Introducing herself to some after-show guests as &#039;Jools&#039; (breaking the ice with a call of &amp;quot;Wotcher!&amp;quot;), this was transformed by gossip into her stage name, &#039;Jewels&#039;. She only modelled once during the book, but was so resplendent that everyone clamoured to find out more about her. It is implied that she will continue with her modelling career, although she had to sort everything out with Trev Likely first.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Annotation==&lt;br /&gt;
There are obvious parallels between Juliet and the character of Eliza in [[Wikipedia:Pygmalion (Play)|Pygmalion]], on which the musical &#039;&#039;My Fair Lady&#039;&#039; was based. Eliza is the subject of an attempt to pass off a flower girl as a duchess by, at first, simply teaching her to speak like one, and Juliet is the subject of an attempt (which was rather more successful) to pass off a short and slightly thin kitchen girl as a mystery dwarf by adding a beard.  Early on in {{UA}}, while on a horse-bus ride, Glenda comments to Juliet that it would be advantageous for her to learn how to speak more eloquently: &amp;quot;You don&#039;t have to sound like--&amp;quot; and the bus driver interrupts with, &amp;quot;my fare, lady?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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Her name and nicknames also have double references. There is the obvious Juliet &amp;quot;star-crossed lovers&amp;quot; reference, but also, interestingly, the description of her rising into the air, shining gold, points to Jools also being a reference, in this case to the Jules Rimet Trophy for the World Cup (the figure appearing on the Roundworld cup is Nike, the Greek goddess of victory.)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
More obviously, Juliet is also the Discworld&#039;s first &amp;quot;WAG&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;WAG&amp;quot; is a term used in the British press to describe the ultra-glamorous, but usually dim &amp;amp; vacuous, &amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;W&#039;&#039;&#039;ives &#039;&#039;&#039;A&#039;&#039;&#039;nd &#039;&#039;&#039;G&#039;&#039;&#039;irlfriends&amp;quot; of celebrity footballers (eg Victoria Beckham). A fashion model (e.g. Juliet) dating a famous footballer (e.g. Trev) is a stereotypical WAG relationship. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Human characters]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Discworld characters|Stollop, Juliet]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[de:Juliet Stollop]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=User:Distressedpudding&amp;diff=31343</id>
		<title>User:Distressedpudding</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=User:Distressedpudding&amp;diff=31343"/>
		<updated>2020-12-17T04:54:04Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;She/Her/Hers. Thirtysomething (almost-) librarian. Supporting character enthusiast.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I occasionally edit the Other Wiki as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rosymaplemothman Rosymaplemothman] and I sometimes turn up on r/discworld as [https://www.reddit.com/user/cranberrybogbody CranberryBogBody]. If you think you recognize me or my art under another name, you’re probably right.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Minor Edits:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Discworld Timeline]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Enrico Basilica]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Twyla Gaiter]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Twyla_Gaiter&amp;diff=31342</id>
		<title>Twyla Gaiter</title>
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		<updated>2020-12-17T04:52:28Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: Twyla is 5, not 7 (p. 81, US HarperTorch paperback)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Twyla Gaiter is [[Susan Sto Helit]]&#039;s charge as Nanny/Governess in {{H}}. She is five in years but thirty-five in cynicism. She is sister to [[Gawain Gaiter]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
She belongs to the category of children who see Death as a skeleton, something most adults avoid doing. However, she also sees the monsters her first governess used to scare her with. Susan has discovered that if she cannot persuade Twyla that monsters do not exist, because they patently do, then she can at least make her also believe in the power of the poker to deal with them. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Twyla is not squeamish about the idea of monsters being beaten to death, indeed is prepared to wait around to see it happen. She does not go so far as her brother Gawain in deliberately stepping on the cracks between paving stones in order to get the tear you to bits bears into trouble. She is correct in believing that the nursery poker only kills monsters.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When Twyla told Susan that other children in the park said that the Hogfather did not exist, Susan asked her, “Does it matter if you get the presents anyway?” Twyla’s answer, from somewhere under the blankets, was &#039;&#039;‘es&#039;&#039;. In this respect she is the same as [[Banjo Lilywhite]], another five year old, and in the big scheme of things they seem to be proved right. Twyla concedes that she is consistently urged by Susan not to lithp in order to sound ingratiatingly cute. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Discworld characters|Gaiter,Twyla]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[de:Twyla Gamasche]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=User:Distressedpudding&amp;diff=31340</id>
		<title>User:Distressedpudding</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=User:Distressedpudding&amp;diff=31340"/>
		<updated>2020-12-16T21:59:52Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;She/Her/Hers. Thirtysomething (almost-) librarian. Supporting character enthusiast.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I occasionally edit the Other Wiki as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rosymaplemothman Rosymaplemothman] and I sometimes turn up on r/discworld as [https://www.reddit.com/user/cranberrybogbody CranberryBogBody]. If you think you recognize me or my art under another name, you’re probably right.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Minor Edits:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Discworld Timeline]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Enrico Basilica]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Enrico_Basilica&amp;diff=31339</id>
		<title>Enrico Basilica</title>
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		<updated>2020-12-16T21:59:08Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Character Data&lt;br /&gt;
|title= Enrico Basilica&lt;br /&gt;
|photo=Blank.jpg| &lt;br /&gt;
|name= Henry Slugg/ Enrico Basilica&lt;br /&gt;
|race= Human&lt;br /&gt;
|age=&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|occupation= Opera singer (tenor)&lt;br /&gt;
|appearance= Well-built. Has a friendly, bearded, small face and a squeaky speaking voice.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|residence= Ankh-Morpork(by birth), Brindisi (by repute)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|death=&lt;br /&gt;
|parents=&lt;br /&gt;
|relatives=&lt;br /&gt;
|children= [[Henry Lawsy]]&lt;br /&gt;
|marital status= Now (presumably) married to [[Mrs Lawsy]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
|books= {{M!!!}}&lt;br /&gt;
|cameos=&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Senor Enrico Basilica&#039;&#039;&#039; started off life as plain old &#039;&#039;&#039;Henry Slugg&#039;&#039;&#039; in [[Ankh-Morpork]], but soon realised that he wouldn&#039;t get far in his chosen life of Opera-singing with a name like that. A shame, because he had a magnificent talent. He went off to [[Brindisi]], learnt the language, changed his name to Enrico (a fair exchange for Henry) Basilica, and began touring the truly grand [[Opera House|Opera Houses]] of the Disc.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
He is an &#039;&#039;enormous&#039;&#039; man whose greatest wish in life is that he wouldn&#039;t be given Brindisian dishes everywhere at banquets in his honour as pasta doesn&#039;t do it for him. What he truly desires is good old Ankh-Morporkian food such as [[Slumpie]] and [[Distressed Pudding]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
He has a run-in with the [[Witches]] [[Nanny Ogg]] and [[Granny Weatherwax]] during the events of {{M!!!}}, during which he is finally fed &#039;&#039;real&#039;&#039; food, and reunites with his old love, Mrs Lawsy. It wouldn&#039;t happen in real life, but &#039;&#039;this is opera!&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Annotation==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
His physical description - and that of his tenor voice - seems to match that of [[wikipedia:Luciano_Pavarotti|Luciano Pavarotti]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Discworld characters|Basilica, Enrico]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Human characters|Basilica, Enrico]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Discworld culture]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[de:Henry Faul]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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	<entry>
		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=User:Distressedpudding&amp;diff=31338</id>
		<title>User:Distressedpudding</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=User:Distressedpudding&amp;diff=31338"/>
		<updated>2020-12-16T21:36:03Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: Created page with &amp;quot;She/Her/Hers. Thirtysomething (almost-) librarian. Supporting character enthusiast.  I occasionally edit the Other Wiki as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rosymaplemothman...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;She/Her/Hers. Thirtysomething (almost-) librarian. Supporting character enthusiast.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I occasionally edit the Other Wiki as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rosymaplemothman Rosymaplemothman] and I sometimes turn up on r/discworld as [https://www.reddit.com/user/cranberrybogbody CranberryBogBody]. If you think you recognize me or my art under another name, you’re probably right.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Minor Edits:&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Discworld Timeline]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Discworld_Timeline&amp;diff=31337</id>
		<title>Discworld Timeline</title>
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		<updated>2020-12-16T21:31:38Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Distressedpudding: Jocasta Wiggs appears in Night Watch, not Thud!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Based on the [http://www.lspace.org/books/timeline/dw-timeline-intro.html LSpace Timeline]. The [[University Calendar]] years should be used. See [[Talk:Discworld Timeline|&#039;&#039;discussion&#039;&#039;]].&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Discworld Timeline]]&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[Approximately -58000 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Um]] is destroyed in the first war with the [[Ice Giants]]. Or alternatively by a volcano. Accounts vary. &lt;br /&gt;
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|[[-2564 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Founding of [[Ankh-Morpork]]&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Alberto Malich]] the Wise founds [[Unseen University]]&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[14 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Alberto Malich]] performs the [[Rite of AshkEnte]] backwards, enters [[Death]]&#039;s Domain and becomes his valet.&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1196 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|The [[Diet of Bugs]]&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1512 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Sir [[Gyles de Munforte]] founds the [[Assassins&#039; Guild|School for Gentleman Assassins]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1547 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|The [[Brotherhood of Infernal Zoth, the Undying Renderer]] wiped out by a suspiciously localised earthquake.  Site purchased by the [[Fools&#039; Guild]].&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1561 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|King [[Veltrick I]] of Ankh founds the [[City Watch]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1576 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Assassins&#039; Guild|Assassins&#039; School]] becomes a Royal Guild&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1688 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|The [[Ankh-Morpork Civil War]] ends the [[Monarchy]]&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1878 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Cohen the Barbarian]] born&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1885 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|(approximate date) &#039;&#039;&#039;{{SG}}&#039;&#039;&#039;: [[Brutha]] begins reform of [[Omnia]]nism&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1888 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Century of the Three Lice ends&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1889 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Century of the Fruitbat begins&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1912 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|(approximate date)  [[Esmerelda Weatherwax]] born&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1914 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|The [[Dean]] born (age 72 in {{SM}})&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1915 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Mustrum Ridcully]] born&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1933 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|(approximate date) [[Ridcully]] visits [[Lancre]].  [[Esme Weatherwax]] meets the [[Queen of the Elves]].&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1943 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Ridcully]] leaves [[Unseen University]]&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1946 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Homicidal Lord [[Winder]] becomes Patrician&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1957 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&#039;&#039;&#039;{{NW}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (main part). [[Glorious Revolution]], Mad Lord [[Snapcase]] becomes Patrician, both 25 May. Doctor [[Follett]] is Master of the [[Assassins&#039; Guild]].&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1964 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&#039;&#039;&#039;{{TCOM}}, {{TLF}}&#039;&#039;&#039;. Destruction of the [[Broken Drum]]. Death of Archchancellor [[Galder Weatherwax]]. The [[Librarian]] becomes an orangutan. Follet has been succeeded as Master of the [[Assassins&#039; Guild]] by [[Zlorf Flannelfoot]].&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1966 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&#039;&#039;&#039;{{ER}}&#039;&#039;&#039;. [[Cutangle]] is Archchancellor.&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1967 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&#039;&#039;&#039;{{M}}&#039;&#039;&#039;. [[Mort]] becomes Duke of Sto Helit&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1968 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&#039;&#039;&#039;{{WS}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (prologue). [[Verence I]] of [[Lancre]] murdered. [[Havelock Vetinari]] graduates from the [[Assassins&#039; Guild]] School.&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1969 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&#039;&#039;&#039;{{WS}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (first part), &#039;&#039;&#039;{{TB}}&#039;&#039;&#039;. Lancre enters 15-year timeslip. [[Carrot Ironfoundersson]] born. &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1970 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Susan Sto Helit]] born to [[Mort]] and [[Ysabell]]&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1974 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&#039;&#039;&#039;{{S}}.&#039;&#039;&#039; Death of Archchancellor-elect [[Virrid Wayzygoose]]. [[Lord Vetinari]] is [[Patrician]]&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1984 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&#039;&#039;&#039;{{WS}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (last part). Lancre emerges from timeslip; [[Verence II]] becomes king.&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1985 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&#039;&#039;&#039;{{G!G!}}, {{MP}}, {{RM}}, {{WA}}&#039;&#039;&#039;. [[Mustrum Ridcully]] becomes Archchancellor. [[Hughnon Ridcully]] becomes High Priest.&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1986 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&#039;&#039;&#039;{{LL}}, {{MAA}}, {{SM}}, {{IT}}&#039;&#039;&#039;. [[Sam Vimes]] becomes Commander of the unified [[City Watch]]. [[Lord Downey]] succeeds Dr [[Cruces]] as Master of Assassins. [[Cohen]] and the [[Silver Horde]] conquer the [[Agatean Empire]].&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1987 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;[[Maskerade]]&#039;&#039;, {{FOC}}, {{H}}.&#039;&#039;&#039; It is possible that around this time, the Assassins&#039; Guild School started to legitimately accept female pupils. (Jocasta Wiggs is around fifteen-sixteen when encountered in {{NW}})&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1988 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&#039;&#039;&#039;{{J}}, {{TLC}}&#039;&#039;&#039;. [[Leshp]] War. Sir [[Samuel Vimes]] becomes Duke of Ankh.  The end of the Century of the Fruitbat. &lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1989 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Beginning of the Century of the Anchovy.  &#039;&#039;&#039;{{CJ}}, {{T5E}}.&#039;&#039;&#039; The [[Clacks]] commence operation. &lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1990 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&#039;&#039;&#039;{{TT}}, {{TOT}}, {{NW}}&#039;&#039;&#039; (beginning and end). [[Ankh-Morpork Times]] founded. [[Young Sam Vimes]] born. &lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1991 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&#039;&#039;&#039;{{MR}}, {{GP}}, {{T!}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.  [[Post Office]] re-opens.&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1992 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&#039;&#039;&#039;{{MM}}&#039;&#039;&#039;.  Paper currency introduced, backed by the Golem Standard.&lt;br /&gt;
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|[[1996 UC]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&#039;&#039;&#039;{{SN}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; And perhaps simultaneously a century later as well. Or not. Complain to the [[History Monks]], or the builders of the {{P}}.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Distressedpudding</name></author>
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