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Verence I

2014-07-08T19:04:13Z

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Murdered by [[Leonal Felmet|Duke Felmet]], his [[Ghosts|ghost]] haunted [[Lancre Castle]] until his presumed son [[Tomjon]] returned to claim the throne.

He was said to be a womanizer, and people assume [[Verence II]] is a result of a nightly adventure with the Fool's mother. Unfortunately for him, it isn't, but that doesn't really matter as the people of [[Lancre]] don't really care who their king is, as long as he does his job and doesn't bother people too much. He apparently has quite the body, likes big dogs, and lived life fully, one bit at a time. See {{WS}} for details.
He enjoyed exercising his ''droit de seigneur'', and, although a lot of the characters seem to be under the impression that it is actually a large, shaggy dog, it actually translates as 'Lord's Right'. What this actually allows is (thankfully) lost in the mists of time.

==Annotation==
He can be seen as similar to the ghost of Hamlet's father in the Shakespeare play, {{wp|Hamlet|Hamlet}}.

[[Category:Undead characters|Verence I]]
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[[Category:Supporting characters]]
[[de:Verence I von Lancre]]

Ich Bin Ein Rattarsedschwein

2014-07-08T07:09:32Z

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A song to sing while [[quaffing]]. It explains why beermugs in [[Überwald]] have lids on. The song itself is from the classic opera ''The Student Horse'', one of those [[Opera|operas]] where the action is largely set in bierkellers and the songs, performed in gruff manly tenors in [[Überwald]]ean or [[Borogravia|neighbouring tongues]], celebrate the virtues of:

* Brotherly love expressed between men in natural manly settings such as the local bierkeller;
* The virtues of beer as a natural lubricant for expressions of true manly friendship and cameraderie;
* The joys of [[quaffing]]. (This is why one of Überwald's gifts to Discworld culture is the invention of a hinged lid for a beer container, that may be secured during bouts of sustained quaffing by pressing a thumb down on the top. In fact, Überwaldean beer containers are made of stone, rendering them less likely to shatter if clashed during ''eine hertzlige Quaff'').

This sort of light opera also relies on use of the vernacular in music, ie of formerly despised folk and peasant rhythms once thought too plebian for for the professional stage.

[[Nanny Ogg]] was bought a quaffing beermug that played this tune by [[Shirl Ogg]]. It was kept - not amongst the tat in her living room, but locked in a glass-fronted cabinet as a treasure beyond all others, and had earned Shirl's portrait a permanent place on the mantelpiece - a sure sign of high favour in the Ogg household.

==Annotation==
The translation is literally "''I am a rat-arsed swine''". "Rat-arsed" is colloquial English for "Rascally Drunk".

''The Student Horse'' is based on ''The Student Prince'', an operetta with very similar subject matter.

[[de:Ich Bin Ein Rattarsedschwein]]
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Keli

2014-06-20T16:33:43Z

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{{Character Data
|title= Princess Keli
|photo=
|name= Princess Keli
|age= over 40
|race= Human

|occupation= Princess
|appearance=

|residence= [[Sto Lat]]

|death=
|parents= [[King Olerve the Bastard]] (d)
|relatives= [[Duke of Sto Helit]] (d)
|children=
|marital status=

|books= {{M}}
|cameos={{SM}}, {{GP}}, {{RS}}.
}}

'''Princess Keli''' appears mainly in the book ''[[Book:Mort|Mort]]''. She is about sixteen years old when she becomes the Queen of [[Sto Lat]] after her father, the King, is killed by her uncle.

[[Mort]], who is [[Death|Death's]] apprentice, falls in love with her when he first sees her. That is why he spares her life a short time later on his first solo mission. Instead of taking Keli's soul, Mort takes the assassin's soul to the realm of the dead.

This deed has grave consequences. Even though Keli is alive, nobody seems to notice her. The reality in which Keli is dead is slowly taking over again. And Mort is fighting against time, with the help of [[Ysabell]] and the young wizard [[Igneous Cutwell|Cutwell]].

In the end, Death, impressed by their stubborness, changes reality for them; Keli remains Queen of Sto Lat. Or, to be more specific, ''Her Supreme Majesty, Queen Kelirehenna I, Lord of Sto Lat, Protector of the Eight Protectorates and Empress of the Long Thin Debated Piece Hubwards of Sto Kerrig''.

Although people of the [[Sto Plains]] like to think of themselves as having the most civilized history, Keli's distant ancestor had in fact been a barbarian raider who led a tribe and conquered the area now known as Sto Lat.

Queen Keli is also referenced in {{SM}} and {{GP}}, but makes no personal appearance.

It is interesting to note that while Keli was 16 years old when she first became queen in {{M}}, twenty four years later in {{GP}} the mayor of Sto Lat, [[Joe Camels]], refers to the queen as a 'nice girl' when she should be about 40. Perhaps she has just aged well. Or possibly this is some after affect of her life ending and then restarting, and she has remained ageless for a long time...

She is still alive and going strong at the time of {{RS}}, where she attends the ceremonial opening of the railway to the Sto states and takes a ride on the train.

==Annotation==
Ref. Mayor Camels referring to her as a "nice girl". He might have some of the laid-back egalitarianism of Scouser John Lennon, who wrote in a Beatles song
''Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl, but she doesn't have a lot to say...'' (''Her Majesty'' on LP '''''Abbey Road''''')
Or else the down-to-earth streak of the Australian politician who innocently placed a guiding hand on the lower Royal back and afterwards referred to her as ''a hell of a nice girl''.

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[[de:Keli]]

The Mended Drum

2014-06-07T08:03:35Z

Fantasytree: Some entertaining typos

[[Image:Dunelm.jpg|200px|left]] [[Filigree Street]] at [[Short Street]], Ankh-Morpork.

Well-known disreputable tavern. Heroes of the Discworld frequent it when they are in [[Ankh-Morpork]], and bar brawl casualties are quite high. However, if a ''tourist'' wants to meet [[Barbarian heroes|heroes]] and see them in bar fights, The Drum is the place to go. Originally The Broken Drum, this tavern has been renamed The Mended Drum after a change of ownership and a reconstruction due to a fire chronicled in {{COM}}.

The interior does not differ much from the interiors of an uncountable number of other taverns which are less well known. But one does not enter the Drum for posh decoration. To enter the Drum one first has to pass one of the troll bouncers. And believe me, they really know how to bounce. In fact, they used to be called ''Splatters''. After entering the pub one has to walk down some stairs into a dimly lit room filled with cheap furniture. The furniture is cheap, because it usually needs to be replaced after the nightly bar fight. The floor is covered with sawdust to soak up all kinds of liquids sprayed on the floor. And the guests, well, let's not talk about the guests. But in spite of all this, on some nights this is actually the place to be. And if the barkeeper is in a really good mood, he might even put out some bowls with peanuts. But ''only'' if he's sure the [[Librarian]] isn't going to come in.

It is said that, nowadays, a child can safely walk into The Drum, purchase a glass of milk, and not be bothered by the rest of the clientele. The worst that the child may come to face is a ding alongside the ear when his mother hears his expanded vocabulary.

Like 80% of pubs on [[Roundworld]], the Drum has tried to re-invent itself many times so as to get a larger share of the drinking person's liquid assets. Sometimes this has been unavoidable - as when the first mentioned licencee [[Broadman]] was sold an insurance policy by [[Twoflower]], interpreted it in that cheerfully entrepreneurial Ankh-Morporkian fashion, and in seeking to capitalise on the policy, succeeded in setting fire not just to the Drum (and himself), but half the city.

Other tenants of the Drum, notably [[Hibiscus Dunelm]] (shown, as drawn by [[User:Knmatt|Matt Smith]]), have tried to re-invent the establishment as a venue for unlicensed music and entertainment, but the entertainment provided to the patrons was along the lines of "Oh look! A moving target!", as [[the Band With Rocks In]] discovered.

Still others have tried to provide games of skill, knowledge and dexterity, but the [[Quizzing Device]] was hastily removed after [[Carrot Ironfoundersson|Captain Carrot]] saw its potential. This was replaced with [[Barbarian Invaders]], but nobody else could get a look in because of the [[Librarian]].

While it is true to note that in today's Mended Drum, the pub brawls are as often as not extensively and meticulously choreographed for the visual spectacle they offer to visiting tourists (with an Igor standing by to re-attach any mislaid bodily parts - just be sure ''everything'' is tattooed with your name, lads, as Igor can't be expected to guess), it can still be a dangerous place where [[Suicide]] is an option. Objecting to a muscled horned-helmet-wearing and axe-toting hero who has moved in on your girlfriend while you're getting the drinks in, for instance, is a form of committing suicide, as [[Moist von Lipwig]] correctly surmised. However, if she then threatens to drill through his foot by application of principles of simple leverage via the fulcrum provided by a "Lucrezia" kitten heel, this is considered to be a creatively acceptable way of disarming the situation).

Other mentioned pubs in [[Ankh-Morpork]] are [[Biers]], [[The Bucket]] and [[The Troll's Head]]. The Drum is famed not for its beer (which tastes like battery acid) but for its clientèle. It is said that if you sit the Mended Drum long enough sooner or later every major hero on the disk will come by and steal your horse. This is certainly true. In the course of the tales, the following notable heroes have frequented the drum:

* [[Rincewind]] - {{COM}}, {{S}}
* [[Twoflower]] - {{COM}}
* [[Death]] - {{SM}}
* [[Alberto Malich]] - {{M}}
* [[The Band With Rocks In]] - {{SM}}
* [[Librarian|The Librarian]] - {{G!G!}}, {{S}}, {{WS}}
* [[Susan Sto Helit]] - {{SM}}
* [[Moist von Lipwig]] - {{GP}}
* [[Herrena the Henna-Haired Harridan]] - {{E}}
* [[Red Scharron]] - {{E}}
* [[Diome, Witch of the Night]] - {{E}}
* [[Carrot Ironfoundersson]] - {{G!G!}}
* [[Nobby Nobbs]] - {{G!G!}}, {{FOC}}
* [[Fred Colon]] - {{G!G!}}, {{FOC}}
* [[Samuel Vimes]] - {{G!G!}}
* [[Hwel|Hwel the play-write]] - {{WS}}
* [[Tomjon]] - {{WS}}
* [[Adora Belle Dearheart]] - {{GP}}
* [[Detritus]] - {{G!G!}}
* [[Mustrum Ridcully]] - {{MP}}
* [[Vincent the Invulnerable]]

==Annotation==

It is well known that a Broken Drum cannot be beaten...

When [[Moist von Lipwig]] and [[Adora Belle Dearheart]] visit the Drum to observe training is in progress for a staged pub fight, the description of the moves and choreography involved could come straight out of the sort of old-time Saturday afternoon wrestling show, "live from the Town Hall, Batley, Yorkshire" (as hosted by Kent Walton) or other prestige venue in the North. For as everyone knows, professional wrestling is elaborately scripted for the spectacle rather than the sport. This is more the old-fashioned spit and sawdust arena of British pro wrestling, rather than the hyper-athletic glitz of the WWE.

This also echoes the long-term drift of the Discworld, from the {{COM}} days where Heroes were free to roam, and savage tribal [[Gnolls]] infested the remote places ready to beat up a wagon train, the Disc has shrunk, with [[Clacks]] lines and coach roads bisecting the continent. The world no longer has a place for old-fashioned free-spirited barbarian heroes, as we see in {{TLH}}, and the last remnants of defeated Gnoll-dom are trickling into the big cities to perform the lowest and most menial tasks (such as collecting rubbish for [[Harry King]]).

The inescapable analogy for the Discworld is with the tail-end of the nineteenth century and the last subjugation of the American West. The end came with unbelievable speed: as late as 1870, the Sioux still roamed free: but by the 1890's, they were all in reservations and the last Indian hold-outs, the south-western Apache tribes, also surrendered. All Indians entered the subjugation of the reservation system, or filtered into towns to be given the dregs, work and housing-wise. (reference the fate of the [[Gnolls]]). North America also discovered it had no place for living heroes, except in institutions like Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, where cowboys and Western heroes performed choreographed routines for their supper. This institution is reminiscent of the way the barbarian heroes now earn their living staging mock bar fights in the Drum. A pub which twenty-odd years ago was the staging-post for barbarian expeditions into the hinterland (in best Dungeons and Dragons fantasy tradition) now hosts the last remnants of the barbarian hero tradition, pretending to beat seven bells out of each other for money.

[[category:Locations|Mended Drum,The]]
[[Category:Ankh-Morpork Businesses|Mended Drum, The]]

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Attention Surplus Disorder

2014-05-29T16:24:54Z

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As everything has its opposite and they tend to manifest on the [[Discworld]], this is a strange and fairly rare disease first identified by the [[Guild of Barber-Surgeons]] which afflicts school pupils.

Attention Surplus Syndrome, to give it its official name, is particularly loathed by members of the [[Teachers' Guild]], as it makes their job a lot harder. Nobody likes a child who pays attention too hard, who listens very carefully, whose eyes follow your every move, and who listens very carefully to everything you say. It has been noted that this is like talking to a great big bottomless ear.

ASS sufferers also forget nothing they are taught, and tend to offer corrections in a very audible voice in front of the whole class. If called to the front for ritual humiliation on those occasions where a sacrificial example has to be made, these are the ones who call their teacher's bluff by demonstrating they have assimilated everything they have just heard. The diagnostic guide advises "There is no cure. Expel at the earliest possible opportunity". The diagnostic manual is called ''[[Household Medicine, Hair-Care and Simple Surgery]]'', and is published by Goatberger and Cropper, at $AM2.00 per copy. It is possible the Doctors' Guild has accepted that this is baby and not bath-water, and copies may be found in the Medical School at the [[Lady Sybil Free Hospital]].

It is possible that [[Pteppic]] was suffering from a mild version of ASS when he called Mr [[Mericet]]'s bluff on that memorable day (related in {{P}}) when he faultlessly listed all the things a diligent [[Assassins' Guild|Assassin]] has to guard against when preparing for an active assignment. This reduced Mericet to momentary silence. Then, being a long-time classroom monster who must have encountered this before, he employed a descriptive term teacher-Assassins use for ASS in their specific educational context.

Mericet's word for the syndrome is ''[[over-confidence]]''.

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Ptaclusp IIa

2014-05-25T16:00:52Z

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{{Character Data
|title= IIa
|photo=
|name= Ptaclusp IIa
|age=
|race= [[Humans|Human]]
|occupation= Quantum accountant
|appearance=
|residence= [[Djelibeybi]]
|death=
|parents= [[Ptaclusp]]
|relatives= [[Ptaclusp IIb]], twin brother
|children=
|marital status=
|books= {{P}}
|cameos=
}}

'''Ptaclusp IIa''' (Two-Ay) is one of the twin sons of [[Ptaclusp]] the pyramid builder. He is an accountant, and the kind of accountant who will charge you for the amount of breath expended in saying "Good morning". During the building of [[Ptaclusp's Folly]], he invents both algebra and calculus as well as quantum accountancy to deal with the wages bill.

During the latter events of {{P}}, he becomes "dimensionally maladjusted" and flat as a shadow, but returns to normal with everything else. In fact, Queen [[Ptraci]] asks him to "have a look at" the royal finances, which he is looking forward to with relish. His other hobbies consist mostly of arguing with his brother.

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Ptaclusp

2014-05-25T15:47:39Z

Fantasytree: None of the Pyramids pages seem to have had much attention.

{{Character Data
|title= Ptaclusp
|photo=
|name= Ptaclusp
|age=
|race= [[Humans|Human]]
|occupation= Architect
|appearance=
|residence= Djelibeybi
|death=
|parents=
|relatives=
|children= Twin sons [[Ptaclusp IIa]] and [[Ptaclusp IIb]]
|marital status= A Mrs Ptaclusp was mentioned
|books= {{P}}
|cameos=
}}

Ptaclusp is an architect and Pyramid builder, father and owner of the Ptaclusp family business, Ptaclusp Associates, Necropolitan Builders to the Dynasties. They operate in the valley of [[Djelibeybi]] and glory in their status as architects to the rich, famous and dead. When he started out he inherited the family business from his father with Mrs Ptaclusp doing the books, he later had two sons whom he paid to be educated before they joined the family business.

Prior to the reign of [[Ptraci]], the family's main projects were [[pyramid|pyramids]]. They were not often paid for these immensely expensive edifices, but continued to build them as a matter of pride, tradition, reputation and self-preservation, though much of the actual money came from much smaller monuments.

He had the bright idea (during the building of [[Ptaclusp's Folly]]) of using the many time loops onsite to increase the workforce and finish on contract. Unfortunately this resulted in his having to pay forty thousand workers while actually employing only two thousand workers.

Since pyramids have fallen out of favour in recent years, the family seem to be pursuing a bright new future in 'engineering' and have been contracted by the Queen to build many bridges over the [[Djel]].

The family consists of Ptaclusp the father and his two sons [[Ptaclusp IIa]] (an accountant) and [[Ptaclusp IIb]] (an engineer).

[[Category:Discworld characters|Ptaclusp]]
[[Category:Human characters|Ptaclusp]]
[[de:Ptaclusp]]

Talk:Oswald (Moving Pictures)

2014-05-18T12:40:55Z

Fantasytree:

This annotation made no sense to me, so I removed it - rather then deleting it completely though, i'll just put it in here for safe keeping.

And, of course, in passing to what the Bonzo Dog Doodah Band referred to as ''A wonderful performer and always here... J.Arthur Rank on Gong!"''

[[User:JaffaCakeLover|JaffaCakeLover]] 13:50, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Ah. Elucidation.

Apologies, I didn't fill in all the necessary blanks...
At the beginning and end of every film released by the British Rank Organisation's studios, the studio icon (like MGM's roaring lion or paramount's mountain and stars)was a giant, muscular, man in a loin-cloth artistically striking a large Chinese gong with a very big hammer. (parodied by Pratchett in the climactic scenes of {{MP}}, where the troll Detritus strikes the gong with the hammer to awaken "Oswald").

J.Arthur Rank was the mogul who founded and ran the studio, a Britsh answer to Goldwyn and Meyer.

The Bonzo Dog Doodah Band were a group of skilled musical parodists, led by Neil Innes and Vivian Stanshall, who had a career mercilessly sending up musical styles and conventions. They worked with the Beatles in the film "Magical Mystery Tour", and Neil Innes was widely regarded as the seventh member of the Monty Python team - providing original music and occassional sketches.

One of their more subtly funny numbers was the "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bxv_HLwT7U|The Intro and the Outro]", a merciless send-up of the musical convention that says the lead singer, at some point during the gig, has to namecheck and thank all the members of the band on stage with him. This is taken to absurdist levels - ''looking very relaxed, Adolf Hitler on vibes'', and ''digging General de Gaulle on accordion''

The track ends on the line ''A wonderful performer and always here... J.Arthur Rank on Gong!"''

(apropos of nothing, "Rank" is also a word used to signify "outstandingly awful", as many Rank films were, and in Cockney rhyming slang, a "J.Arthur (Rank)" is an act of self-abuse...)

hoping this helps!--[[User:AgProv|AgProv]] 23:37, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Apologies, I didn't fill in all the necessary blanks...

===The other Oswald===
It would appear that there is no page for the other character of this name, Miss Level's ghostly housekeeper from A Hat Full of Sky.

Book:I Shall Wear Midnight

2014-05-17T18:06:18Z

Fantasytree: Link to the poem didn't work; I found another one.

{{Book Data
|title=I Shall Wear Midnight
|cover=
[[File:ISWM.jpg|240px|Cover art by Paul Kidby]]
|date=Sep 2, 2010
|publisher=Doubleday
|isbn=0385611072
|pages=
|rrp=
|series= Tiffany Series
|characters=[[Tiffany Aching]], the [[Pictsies]]
|annotations=Yes
|notes=The fourth Tiffany Aching book
}}

''I Shall Wear Midnight'' is the fourth Tiffany Aching novel, published September 2, 2010.

The title is loosely based upon the poem "''When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple''" by {{wp|Jenny_Joseph|Jenny Joseph}}. This is the title that most people would recognise, however it is interesting that the correct title for her poem is "''Warning''".1 Despite a superficial similarity, there is no evidence to link the two works. The most senior and junior witches look set to have interesting times together!

The title is also a capsule of the thought process of the character [[Tiffany Aching|Tiffany]] in regards to her wearing colorful clothing despite being a [[Witches|witch]]. It is also a callback to the end of {{HFOS}}, regarding the cloak that the [[hiver]] bought while possessing her.

If the aging tradition of the Tiffany books continued (every book leaps 2 years: in {{WFM}} Tiffany is 9, in {{HFOS}}, 11, and in {{W}}, 12 and 13) then Tiffany should be 15 in this book; however it established by the character [[Preston]] that she is 16.

1''You can see it [http://www.barbados.org/poetry/wheniam.htm here]''

==Synopsis==
A man with no eyes. No eyes at all. Two tunnels in his head ...It's not easy being a witch, and it's certainly not all whizzing about on broomsticks, but Tiffany Aching - teen witch - is doing her best. Until something evil wakes up, something that stirs up all the old stories about nasty old witches, so that just wearing a pointy hat suddenly seems a very bad idea. Worse still, this evil ghost from the past is hunting down one witch in particular. He's hunting for Tiffany. And he's found her…. A fabulous Discworld title filled with witches and magic and told in the inimitable Terry Pratchett style, "I Shall Wear Midnight" is the fourth Discworld title to feature Tiffany and her tiny, fightin', boozin' pictsie friends, the Nac Mac Feegle (aka The Wee Free Men).

==Main Characters==
*[[Tiffany Aching]]
*The [[Cunning Man]]
*[[Jeannie]]
*[[Letitia Keepsake]]
*[[Pictsies|Nac Mac Feegle]]
*[[Deirdre Parsley]], lately Lady Keepsake / The Duchess
*[[Amber Petty]]
*[[Preston]]
*[[Roland]]
*[[Eskarina Smith]]

==Minor Characters & Cameos==
*[[Joe Aching]]
*[[Wentworth Aching]]
*[[Sally Cambric]]
*[[Death]]
*[[Magrat Garlick]]
*[[Happenstance|Mrs Happenstance]]
*[[Nanny Ogg]]
*[[Seth Petty]]
*[[Molly Petty]]
*[[Mrs Proust]]
*[[Granny Weatherwax]]
*Members of the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]]
**[[Wee Mad Arthur]]
**[[Haddock]]
**[[Carrot Ironfoundersson]]
**[[Nobby Nobbs]]
**Captain [[Angua von Überwald]]
**[[Sam Vimes]]

==Locations==
*[[Ankh-Morpork]]
**[[Unreal Estate]]
*[[The Chalk]]
**[[Home Farm]]
*[[Keepsake Hall]]

{{series|series=Discworld|before=Unseen Academicals|after= Snuff}}
{{series|series=Tiffany|before=Wintersmith|after=}}

[[Category:Discworld Series|I Shall Wear Midnight]]
[[Category:Tiffany Series|I Shall Wear Midnight]]
[[Category:Children's books|I Shall Wear Midnight]]
[[de:Buch:Das Mitternachtskleid]]

Grace Speaker

2014-05-10T10:43:15Z

Fantasytree: People appear to be linking pages to the Nothingfjord Blue swamp dragon rather than the place...is the T capitalised in the canon?

She should be slightly worried that [[Vetinari]] knows where she lives and what she does for a living. Grace runs a pet-food shop on [[Pelicool Steps]] and in her spare time appears to have an inexhaustible passion for all kinds of general knowledge trivia. As one of only five people in Ankh-Morpork who could confidently and correctly answer the question "What is, or are, [[Pysdxes]]?" (the others are Vetinari, [[Rufus Drumknott|Drumknott]], "Puzzler" of the [[Ankh-Morpork Times|Times]] and the Curator of Ephebian Antiquities at the [[Royal Art Museum]]), Vetinari is concerned that somebody with a mind like that might not ''just'' be content to run a pet-food shop. Therefore she is under observation...

As an aside in {{UA}}, we learn that there is a possibility that Grace Speaker and "Puzzler" of the [[Ankh-Morpork Times|Times]] are now one and the same person. At least, [[Vetinari]] appears to have deduced so.

In {{UA}}, she briefly employed [[Rudolph Scattering]], but he left after three days because the way the kittens stared at him gave him nightmares. The world can be very cruel to some people...Vetinari's mild obsession with her intellectual ability extends very clearly into {{UA}} as well. Are we being set up for something here?

In {{SN}}, we learn that she is still vexing Vetinari with [[snarkenfaugister|impenetrably fiendish and obscure crossword clues]] and that she is in fact a native of [[NoThingfjord]].
In {{RS}}, the word is ''lagniappe''1: not too taxing, at least for anyone familiar with [[Genua]], but it seems to provoke a change of puzzle-setters at the Times. Can one accuse a graduate of the College of Assassins of poor sportsmanship?

1 ''Literally a small bonus, a little extra to make the deal, but taking on the suggestion of a bribe.''

[[Category:Discworld characters|Speaker, Grace]]
[[de:Grazia Sprecher]]

Snarkenfaugister

2014-05-10T10:40:59Z

Fantasytree:

A ''snarkenfaugister'' is an artisan who lovingly hand-crafts all those small, unremarkable, but necessary, little artefacts that are necessary for the full enjoyment of a busy modern life in [[NoThingfjord]]. He might specialize on very small clothes-pegs for internal use, or half-sized cocktail sticks for people who do not normally take long drinks. The term may be considered of historical and academic interest today, as the last known snarkenfaugister died twenty-seven years ago in a freak pencil-sharpener accident. However, the term is of great use to a [[Grace Speaker|crossword compiler]] who also runs a pet-shop on [[Pelicool Steps]], and who is much-vexatious to Havelock [[Vetinari]] for the diabolical crosswords she produces for the [[Ankh-Morpork Times]].

[[Category: Discworld concepts]]

Elenor of Tsort

2014-05-08T16:17:36Z

Fantasytree:

{{Character Data
|title= Elenor of Tsort
|photo=
|name= Elenor of Tsort
|age=
|race= [[Humans|Human]]
|occupation=
|appearance= She had a squint. Originally beautiful, grew plump and faded with age.
|residence= Apparently born in [[Elharib]]
|death=
|parents=
|relatives=
|children= Seven, of indeterminable parentage
|marital status= Married
|books= {{E}}
|cameos= {{P}}
}}
Elenor of [[Tsort]] (or was it of [[Crinix]]? or of [[Elharib]]?) was the cause of the [[Tsortean Wars]]. She was kidnapped by (or from) the Ephebians, and, more specifically, by King Mausoleum. The reason for the uncertainty is that the tale has been told so often the details have been lost in the ever-popular mists of time; the explanation by [[Copolymer]] in {{P}} doesn't help very much either. Or she could just have been a very popular girl.

Although she was undoubtedly beautiful to start with, by the time the war was concluded she was plump, good-looking in a slightly faded way, with a black dress, a squint, and the beginnings of a moustache. It seemed she grew quite fond of her captors (whoever they were) and had had seven children with them, and so enjoyed life much better there then she did back home. But it's the principle of the thing, after all.

Her rescue (?) was aided by [[Lavaeolus]], [[Rincewind]], [[Eric]] and [[the Luggage]], thanks to a [[Book:Eric|disturbance with some demons]]. The final battle involved some Tsortean Horses, and a Tsortean hero whose heels where his only vulnerability.

==Annotation==

An extremely clear-cut reference to [[wikipedia:Helen_of_Troy|Helen of Sparta]] (''not'' Helen of Troy), who was stolen from King Menelaus of Sparta by Paris, which caused the Trojan Wars, in which a Trojan Horse was used, and there was a [[wikipedia:Achilles|Trojan hero]] whose heels were his only vulnerability.

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[[de:Elenor von Tsort]]

Crinix

2014-05-08T16:04:36Z

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Mentioned in {{P}}, Crinix is an island in a bay, presumably in or near [[Tsort]]. Along with [[Papylos]], it is mentioned by [[Copolymer]] as one of the islands which the father of [[Elenor of Tsort]] (or maybe of [[Elharib]]?) may have owned.

[[Category: Discworld geography]]

Cheesewright

2014-05-07T20:16:18Z

Fantasytree: The Hangnails mistake was mine I'm afraid, but at least I'm not making pages about boat hire and Utah.

Cheesewright is an unsuccessful student assassin of Viper House mentioned in {{P}}. He is first introduced when [[Chidder]] slams his head repeatedly against the wall for making fun of [[Arthur Ludorum]] saying his bedtime prayers and is described as having red hair and a face that is one large freckle.

Despite Chidder's prediction that he will pass, Arthur implies that he fails to pass the Assassin's Exam... and you only really get one chance at that. Chidder appreciates the tragedy of this: Cheesewright owed him fourpence.

He is only mentioned a few times, but appears to have radical ideas about girls who paint their toenails.

[[Category:Discworld characters]]
[[Category:Human characters]]
[[de:Garn Käseweiß]]

The Shires

2014-05-04T14:54:25Z

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At the turnwise end of the [[Sto Plains]], below the [[Carrack Mountains]] and just outside the influence of the surrounding City-States of [[Ankh-Morpork]], [[Sto Lat]], [[Pseudopolis]] and [[Quirm]] lies a rural or exurban area known as '''the Shires'''. Due to the proximity of the four major cities, it is not quite as rural as the greater Sto Plains widdershins and hubward; it probably includes as many country estates of the neighbouring gentry as working farms (although these may be combined).

A portion is described in {{SN}}, up the river [[Quire]] from Quirm. This area includes [[Crundells]], the country seat of the [[Sybil Ramkin|Ramkins]] and now [[Samuel Vimes]], and the village of [[Hangnail]], twenty miles up the river. The region seems to be especially devoted to country homes and retirement villas of the affluent from the cities, with most of the local population occupied in their care and feeding. It is also home to a clan of [[Goblins]].

==Annotation==
Although people use the term 'the Shires' to refer to Middle England there is no obvious place, maybe Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Lincolnshire, Hampshire. Note there are also shires in Scotland and Wales, but things aren't clear. The Shire was the location of Hobbiton of ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''The Hobbit''.

[[Category:Discworld geography]]
[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Snuff]]

Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre

2014-05-03T18:33:43Z

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{{Character Data
|title= Esmerelda
|photo=
|name= Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre
|age= Newborn at the time of {{CJ}}
|race= [[Humans|Human]]
|occupation= Heir to the throne of [[Lancre]], presumably
|appearance=
|residence= [[Lancre Castle]]
|death=
|parents= [[Verence II]] (father) [[Magrat Garlick]] (mother)
|relatives=
|children=
|marital status=
|books= {{CJ}}
|cameos=
}}

Daughter of King [[Verence II|Verence]] of [[Lancre]] and Queen [[Magrat]], and heir to the throne. "Note Spelling" was included as [[Mightily Oats]], the priest officiating over the naming ceremony, was unfamiliar with local practices, because her mother Magrat didn't want a repeat of her own name, and due to the fact that [[Nanny Ogg]] was standing behind him, with bad intentions on her mind. The last point, in retrospect, would make it seem that adding "Note Spelling" was understandable due to the circumstances. Her first name, Esmerelda, is often shortened to "Esme" as she was named such in tribute to [[Esmerelda Weatherwax|Granny Weatherwax]], whom Magrat asked to be her godmother. Her naming took place in [[Carpe Jugulum]], and she was involved with many scenes of the novel - because [[Granny Weatherwax]] could not hurt a child, no harm fell upon her from either her or the [[Count de Magpyr]].
[[de:Esmerelda Margaret Auf Die Richtige Schreibweise Achten von Lancre]]

[[Category:Discworld characters|Lancre, Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of]]
[[Category:Human characters|Lancre, Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of]]

Magrat Garlick

2014-05-03T18:24:58Z

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{{Character Data
|title= Magrat Garlick
|photo=magratmine.jpg|Magrat Garlick by [[user:darkplush|Kit Cox]]
|name= Magrat Garlick
|age= 30ish?
|race= [[Humans|Human]]

|occupation= former [[Witches|Witch]], currently Queen of [[Lancre]]
|appearance= thin, with a frequently red nose and an unruly mass of frizz and split ends that still awaits a Good Hair Day

|residence= [[Lancre Castle]], [[Lancre Town]], [[Lancre]]

|death=
|parents= [[Simplicity Garlick]] (mother)
|relatives= [[Yolande Garlick]] (aunt) [[Araminta Garlick]] (grandmother)
|children= [[Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre]]
|marital status= married to [[Verence II]]

|books= {{WS}}, {{WA}}, {{LL}}, {{CJ}}
|cameos= {{G!G!}}, {{ISWM}}
}}

Magrat Garlick is the Queen Of [[Lancre]], consort of H.M. King [[Verence II]]. Previously, however, she was the junior witch in the Lancre coven with [[Granny Weatherwax]] and [[Nanny Ogg]]. She isn't much good at witching [[Witches magic|magic]], despite her large collection of magical jewellery, charms, and such ordered from [[Ankh-Morpork]]. However she has shown some impressive skill, such as in [[Wyrd Sisters]]. She is a better herb-woman and pharmacist than the others (because she believes in it), and unusually literate for a Lancrastian. Her mother was Simplicity Garlick, whose mother was Araminta Garlick. Witches aren't very interested in their male forebears. Magrat is thin, with a frequently red nose and an unruly mass of frizz and split ends that still awaits a Good Hair Day.

As a witch, she tends toward research, particularly into herbs and potions, following her mentor [[Goodie Whemper]]. She inherited Goodie's cottage and practice in the village of [[Mad Stoat]], bringing a New Age attitude to an age-old society. Magrat is a doer of good deeds and a worrier, a believer in the goodness of Nature and the psychic benefits of aromas and colors. She nurses fallen baby birds until they die and never gives up hope...but, when her husband and her country are attacked, she channels Warrior-Queen [[Ynci]] and goes out in vintage armor to commit mayhem as necessary. As the Queen, she tries to support Verence's ambition to modernise and democratise Lancre although she knows that the citizens have little appetite for change and less for democracy; she is a buffer between the eager King and his lackadaisical country.

The other witches sometimes refer to her as a "wet hen". Her insecurity may stem from her mother's poor spelling. (She was, of course, supposed to be Margaret.) Unfortunately, when her daughter Esmerelda was to be named she wrote very careful instructions which resulted in the proclamation of "[[Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre]]".

[[Agnes Nitt]] took over the cottage after Magrat moved into [[Lancre Castle]], continuing the succession of bookish, academic witches in Mad Stoat, as opposed to Granny Weatherwax, who distrusts "book-learning" and even words.

==Character Annotations==
The story of "witch" Elizabeth Garlick can be read [http://www.rootsweb.com/~nwa/garlick.html here]. As most witches' names in Pratchett's books, the name is based on a real world "witch".

==Also See==
* [[wikipedia:Witches (Discworld)#Magrat Garlick|Magrat Garlick's Entry]] on [[wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]

[[Category:Discworld characters|Garlick, Magrat]]
[[Category:Leading characters|Garlick, Magrat]]
[[Category:Serial characters|Garlick, Magrat]]
[[Category:Witches|Garlick, Magrat]]
[[Category:Human characters|Garlick, Magrat]]
[[de:Magrat Knoblauch]]

Chert

2014-05-02T17:48:00Z

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{{Character Data
|title= Chert
|photo=
|name= Chert
|age=
|race= [[Trolls|Troll]]
|occupation= Runs a sawmill
|appearance=
|residence= [[Sour Water]]
|death=
|parents=
|relatives= [[Beryl]] (sister)
[[Mica]] (brother-in-law)
[[Clay]] (brother)
[[Pyrites]] (uncle)
Skree (nephew)
|children=
|marital status=
|books= {{WA}}
{{TB}}
|cameos=
}}

Mentioned in {{WA}} and {{TB}}, this troll runs a sawmill in [[Sour Water]], and sells coffins at a good price. He employs his brother-in-law, [[Mica]], part-time, and is replanting [[Cutshade Forest]] along with his brother [[Clay]] so that they can sell it.

Mica, who tells [[Cohen the Barbarian]] all about his family, says that his wife has brothers "like a dog has fleas". Chert's siblings are Mica's wife [[Beryl]], an unnamed brother who owns a wooden bridge, and Clay, a merchant.

A Constable Chert is also mentioned in {{T5E}}.

==Annotations==

References the [[Roundworld]] rock {{wp|chert|chert}}. Also see the Shorter Oxford Dictionary; a flint- like quartz.

[[Category:Discworld characters|Chert]]
[[Category: Troll characters]]
[[de:Kieselschiefer]]

Beryl

2014-05-02T17:46:39Z

Fantasytree: Sorry, made a mistake.

{{Character Data
|title= Beryl
|photo=
|name= Beryl
|age=
|race= [[Trolls|Troll]]
|occupation= Nagging
|appearance= Described only as "huge"
|residence= [[Sour Water]]
|death=
|parents=
|relatives= [[Mica]] (husband)
[[Chert]] and [[Clay]], among others (brothers)
[[Pyrites]], uncle
|children= Skree, among others
|marital status= Married to [[Mica]]
|books= {{TLF}}
{{TB}}
|cameos=
}}

A troll mentioned in {{TLF}}, as well as [[Troll Bridge]]. She is rather unhappily married to [[Mica]], and has multiple brothers, including [[Clay]] and [[Chert]]. Her eldest son is [[Scree]], who is her only named child, although in Troll Bridge she is carrying two babies with a tail of other children behind her.

She has another unnamed brother who also owns a bridge, like her husband. This brother, however, employs a [[dwarfs|dwarf]] to collect a toll on his bridge rather than living under it. He has been confused with her relative [[Pyrites]] who has the same occupation - however, Pyrites is her uncle.

==Annotations==

Her name mirrors [[Roundworld]]'s {{wp|beryl|beryl}}, a silicate mineral.

[[Category: Troll characters]]
[[de:Beryll (Kwartz)]]

Pyrites

2014-05-02T17:42:00Z

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{{Character Data
|title= Pyrites
|photo=
|name= Pyrites
|age=
|race= [[Trolls|Troll]]
|occupation= Owns a bridge
|appearance=
|residence=
|death=
|parents=
|relatives= [[Beryl]] (niece)
|children=
|marital status=
|books= {{TB}}
|cameos=
}}
Mentioned in {{TB}} as [[Beryl]]'s uncle. Pyrites owns a large wooden bridge, commonly used by merchants, although he collects a toll on this bridge rather than continuing the more ancient traditions of trolling preferred by his nephew, [[Mica]].

==Annotations==
On [[Roundworld]], {{wp|pyrite|pyrite}} is another name for Fool's Gold.

[[Category: Troll characters]]
[[de:Pyrit]]
{{stub}}

Beryl

2014-05-02T17:34:24Z

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{{Character Data
|title= Beryl
|photo=
|name= Beryl
|age=
|race= [[Trolls|Troll]]
|occupation= Nagging
|appearance= Described only as "huge"
|residence= [[Sour Water]]
|death=
|parents=
|relatives= [[Mica]] (husband)
[[Chert]], [[Pyrites]] and [[Clay]] (brothers)
|children= Skree, among others
|marital status= Married to [[Mica]]
|books= {{TLF}}
{{TB}}
|cameos=
}}

A troll mentioned in {{TLF}}, as well as [[Troll Bridge]]. She is rather unhappily married to [[Mica]], and has multiple brothers, including [[Pyrites]], [[Clay]], and [[Chert]]. Her eldest son is [[Scree]], who is her only named child, although in Troll Bridge she is carrying two babies with a tail of other children behind her.

==Annotations==

Her name mirrors [[Roundworld]]'s {{wp|beryl|beryl}}, a silicate mineral.

[[Category: Troll characters]]
[[de:Beryll (Kwartz)]]

Chert

2014-05-02T16:41:55Z

Fantasytree: Added to stub

{{Character Data
|title= Chert
|photo=
|name= Chert
|age=
|race= [[Trolls|Troll]]
|occupation= Runs a sawmill
|appearance=
|residence= [[Sour Water]]
|death=
|parents=
|relatives= [[Beryl]] (sister)
[[Mica]] (brother-in-law)
[[Pyrites]] and [[Clay]] (brothers)
Skree (nephew)
|children=
|marital status=
|books= {{WA}}
{{TB}}
|cameos=
}}

Mentioned in {{WA}} and {{TB}}, this troll runs a sawmill in [[Sour Water]], and sells coffins at a good price. He employs his brother-in-law, [[Mica]], part-time, and is replanting [[Cutshade Forest]] along with his brother [[Clay]] so that they can sell it.

Mica, who tells [[Cohen the Barbarian]] all about his family, says that his wife has brothers "like a dog has fleas". Chert's siblings are Mica's wife [[Beryl]], [[Pyrites]], who owns a wooden bridge, and Clay, a merchant.

A Constable Chert is also mentioned in {{T5E}}.

==Annotations==

References the [[Roundworld]] rock {{wp|chert|chert}}. Also see the Shorter Oxford Dictionary; a flint- like quartz.

[[Category:Discworld characters|Chert]]
[[Category: Troll characters]]
[[de:Kieselschiefer]]

Gammer Brevis

2014-05-01T17:50:35Z

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'''Gammer Brevis''' is a reasonable [[Witches|witch]] when provoked (which in turn provokes seething fury in [[Granny Weatherwax]]), who [[Teacher|teaches]] over the mountain from [[Lancre]]. She appears as a coven member in {{WA}}, discussing who should take over [[Desiderata Hollow]]'s cottage with Granny Weatherwax, [[Gytha Ogg|Nanny Ogg]] and [[Old Mother Dismass]]. She was the last person to see [[Mabel Peavey]] before her mountain-climbing accident.

A very similar witch is mentioned in {{NDC}} as ''Gammer Beavis''. A witch of this name also appears in the short story ''The Sea and the Little Fishes''; these may be the same character as Beavis is described by Nanny Ogg as 'a bit too educated' which would fit with her being a teacher. She does her own shoe repairs and takes snuff and thus, in the opinion of Nanny Ogg, is "all right".

{{stub}}

[[Category:Discworld characters|Brevis, Gammer]]
[[Category:Witches|Brevis, Gammer]]
[[de:Brevis]]

1969 UC

2014-04-30T17:44:09Z

Fantasytree: Added links

Events of the first part of {{WS}}

*[[Granny Weatherwax]] assisted by [[Nanny Ogg]] and [[Magrat Garlick]] sends [[Lancre]] forward in time fifteen years, to [[1984 UC]]
*[[Carrot Ironfoundersson|Carrot]] born; shortly afterward is orphaned in a bandit attack and adopted by the [[Dwarf]]-king [[Ironfoundersson]] of [[Copperhead]].

It is believed by some that {{TB}} occurs at this time and that [[Cohen the Barbarian]] was caught in the timeslip; this would explain the discrepancy in Cohen's age as given in {{TLF}} and {{IT}}.

[[Category: Discworld Timeline|1969 UC]]

Pizza

2014-04-30T16:40:04Z

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It is said that the [[Creator]] had a pepperoni and cheese pizza in mind when creating the [[Discworld (world)|Discworld]], but slightly overdid it. The secret of pizza-making was given to [[Klatch|Klatchian]] mystic [[Ronron Shuwadi|Ronron "Revelation Joe" Shuwadhi]] by the Creator in a dream.

The original pizza can be found in the Forbidden City of [[Ee]], although, of course, that would require finding that city first.

Pizza is eaten by student wizards who work until late on [[Hex]], other [[humans]], and more recently [[dwarfs]] and [[trolls]]. It has, however, been discovered that pizza should not be fed to [[swamp dragons]]. Known pizzas include the ''Quatre Rodenti'' (the dwarf choice), ''Klatchian Hots'' and ''Four Strata''. Even [[Lord Vetinari]] has eaten a pizza at least once.

In the computer game [[Discworld Noir]], there is a big stained glass window in the [[Temple of Small Gods]], depicting the moment when the creator gave the recipe to a mortal.

{{stub}}

[[Category:Food and drink]]
[[de:Pizza]]

Alison Weatherwax

2014-04-30T16:31:41Z

Fantasytree: Added links to other characters and name annotation

{{Character Data
|title= Alison Weatherwax
|photo=
|name= Alison Weatherwax
|age= If she was still alive she would be 125
|race= Human

|occupation= Witch
|appearance= Very like her granddaughter Esmerelda

|residence= [[Lancre]], originally

|death= Not recorded
|parents=
|relatives= [[Lily Weatherwax|Lily]], [[Granny Weatherwax|Esmerelda]], [[Galder Weatherwax|Galder]]
|children= [[Violet Weatherwax|Violet]]
|marital status= Married?

|books= {{CJ}}
|cameos=
}}

Grandmother of [[Granny Weatherwax|Esmerelda]] and [[Lily Weatherwax|Lily]], mother of [[Violet Weatherwax|Violet]]. A notable [[Witches|Witch]] of [[Lancre]], much travelled later in her life, she was estranged from her family and Lancre for reasons unknown before Esmerelda knew her. It is recorded that she put down the infamous Vampire, [[Count de Magpyr]], for a very long nap in the [[Escrow]] area of [[Überwald]] over fifty years ago. The family resemblance was so strong that when the Count was revived he initially thought Esmerelda was her grandmother. Rumors have been spread, whether out of malice or poor reading comprehension, that she is the same character as [[Aliss Demurrage]]. This is obvious nonsense.

Alison Weatherwax was born in Lancre more than 125 years ago. Her death has not been recorded, but is widely believed to have taken place.

==Annotations==
Alison may have been named after the famous 16th-century witch, Alison Device.

[[Category:Discworld characters|Weatherwax,Alison]]
[[Category:Witches|Weatherwax,Alison]]
[[de:Alison Wetterwachs]]