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<div>The head of [[Unseen University|Wizarding]] [[Bugarup University|universities]], and official leader of all wizards on the Disc. Long ago, this would have meant that he has the most powerful wizard, but nowadays senior wizards tend to refrain from performing actual magic. They prefer administration and big dinners. The Archchancellors' are rather prone to death caused by upwardly mobile [[wizard's magic|wizards]], and as such, many wizards have never made it past the inaugural dinner without being stabbed, poisoned or shot. The current incumbent for the post at [[Unseen University]] is [[Mustrum Ridcully]]. Since Ridcully took up position as Archchancellor, assassination attempts have fallen, as no one is capable enough to get rid of him.<br />
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==Election of the Archchancellor==<br />
The Archchancellor is elected on the [[Eve of Small Gods]]. (Not so much ''elected'', as the wizards have never gotten the hang of voting). It is known that Archchancellors are selected by the gods (which wizards don't believe in). The double doors to the Great Hall are locked and triple barred, and the hopeful incumbent must request entry three times before he is allowed in, thus proving that he was appointed with the consent of wizardry in general.<br />
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==The First Archchancellor==<br />
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The first Archchancellor, [[Albert|Alberto Malich]] is obviously held in high esteem. His statue in one of the hallways says "We Shall Not See His Like Again".<br />
It seems that the University was founded (which seems to not include The Tower of Art, which was a relic from an earlier period) by the first Archchancellor during the time they had Kings (which suggests a time earlier than the last King, [[Lorenzo the Kind]]).<br />
He briefly returned to the University in ''[[Mort]]''.<br />
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==Former Archchancellors of Unseen University==<br />
*[[Alberto Malich]]; founder.<br />
*[[Bowell]] &ndash; noted for the interesting ceiling "[[Archchancellor Bowell's Remembrance]]".<br />
*[[Bewdley]] - Disliked the city, as seen by his statue.<br />
*[[Sloman]] &ndash; discovered the Special Theory of Slood. <br />
*[[Greyhald Spold]] - ? Only referenced briefly in {{LL}} during a conversation between Ridcully and Granny Weatherwax, apparently he was Archchancellor during Ridcully's student days. Must have stepped down voluntarily from the job (unless Ridcully's memory is mistaken about his having held the position at all), since he lived long enough to die during Galder Weatherwax's tenure.<br />
*[[Galder Weatherwax]] &ndash; Archchancellor in {{TLF}}.<br />
*[[Ymper Trymon]] &ndash; succeeds Galder Weatherwax in {{TLF}} after the latter is eaten by [[The Luggage]].<br />
*[[Cutangle]] &ndash; Archchancellor in {{ER}}.<br />
*[[Virrid Wayzygoose]] &ndash; who died before his inaugural dinner, in {{S}}.<br />
*[[Ezrolith Churn]] &ndash; Archchancellor in {{E}}.<br />
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==Archchancellors from other wizarding institutions==<br />
*[[Bill Rincewind]] &ndash; Archchancellor of [[Bugarup University]] on [[EcksEcksEcksEcks]], seen in {{TLC}}<br />
*[[Archchancellor Henry|Henry]] &ndash; Archchancellor of [[Brazeneck College]] in [[Pseudopolis]], as of {{UA}}<br />
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NB: Although [[Krull]] also has a magical university it is not known if the ruler is an Archchancellor or not. The same is true of various other universities or colleges mainly described in various titles and degrees.<br />
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<div>The head of [[Unseen University|Wizarding]] [[Bugarup University|universities]], and official leader of all wizards on the Disc. Long ago, this would have meant that he has the most powerful wizard, but nowadays senior wizards tend to refrain from performing actual magic. They prefer administration and big dinners. The Archchancellors' are rather prone to death caused by upwardly mobile [[wizard's magic|wizards]], and as such, many wizards have never made it past the inaugural dinner without being stabbed, poisoned or shot. The current incumbent for the post at [[Unseen University]] is [[Mustrum Ridcully]]. Since Ridcully took up position as Archchancellor, assassination attempts have fallen, as no one is capable enough to get rid of him.<br />
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==Election of the Archchancellor==<br />
The Archchancellor is elected on the [[Eve of Small Gods]]. (Not so much ''elected'', as the wizards have never gotten the hang of voting). It is known that Archchancellors are selected by the gods (which wizards don't believe in). The double doors to the Great Hall are locked and triple barred, and the hopeful incumbent must request entry three times before he is allowed in, thus proving that he was appointed with the consent of wizardry in general.<br />
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==The First Archchancellor==<br />
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The first Archchancellor, [[Albert|Alberto Malich]] is obviously held in high esteem. His statue in one of the hallways says "We Shall Not See His Like Again".<br />
It seems that the University was founded (which seems to not include The Tower of Art, which was a relic from an earlier period) by the first Archchancellor during the time they had Kings (which suggests a time earlier than the last King, [[Lorenzo the Kind]]).<br />
He briefly returned to the University in ''[[Mort]]''.<br />
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==Former Archchancellors of Unseen University==<br />
*[[Alberto Malich]]; founder<br />
*[[Bowell]] &ndash; noted for the interesting ceiling "[[Archchancellor Bowell's Remembrance]]"<br />
*[[Bewdley]] - Disliked the city, as seen by his statue<br />
*[[Sloman]] &ndash; discovered the Special Theory of Slood <br />
*[[Greyhald Spold]] - ? Only referenced briefly in {{LL}} during a conversation between Ridcully and Granny Weatherwax, apparently he was Archchancellor during Ridcully's student days. Must have stepped down voluntarily from the job (unless Ridcully's memory is mistaken about his having held the position at all), since he lived long enough to die during Galder Weatherwax's tenure.<br />
*[[Galder Weatherwax]] &ndash; Archchancellor in {{TLF}}<br />
*[[Cutangle]] &ndash; Archchancellor in {{ER}}<br />
*[[Virrid Wayzygoose]] &ndash; who died before his inaugural dinner, in {{S}}<br />
*[[Ezrolith Churn]] &ndash; Archchancellor in {{E}}<br />
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==Archchancellors from other wizarding institutions==<br />
*[[Bill Rincewind]] &ndash; Archchancellor of [[Bugarup University]] on [[EcksEcksEcksEcks]], seen in {{TLC}}<br />
*[[Archchancellor Henry|Henry]] &ndash; Archchancellor of [[Brazeneck College]] in [[Pseudopolis]], as of {{UA}}<br />
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NB: Although [[Krull]] also has a magical university it is not known if the ruler is an Archchancellor or not. The same is true of various other universities or colleges mainly described in various titles and degrees.<br />
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<div>One of the more clever (or at least not quite as stupid) members of the [[Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night]], Brother Watchtower briefly assumed leadership of the secret society in the [[Lupine Wonse|Supreme Grand Master]]'s absence. ''Very'' briefly, as all the secret society's common members except for [[Brother Fingers]] were incinerated by the Ankh-Morpork dragon within minutes of his assuming command.<br />
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The only one of the Brethren whose day-job was never stated or implied, Brother Watchtower left behind a wife and a brother-in-law, Rodney, whose enviable new buggy had been mysteriously burnt to cinders not long before. ''Clearly'' a marvelous example of karma, considering how very dreadfully Rodney's possession of said coach had "oppressed" this much-nagged Brother...<br />
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<div>A vinicultural settlement in [[Quirm]] the country, some way Rimwards and Widdershins of [[Quirm]] the city. It is owned by M.Le [[Marquis]] des Aix-En-Pains, who also advises [[Moist von Lipwig]] concerning the dangers of the [[Maquis]]. The town is now a stop on the [[Fierté de Quirm Line]] and the next stop before Quirm city itself is [[Dunrobinville]]. <br />
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Aix-en-Provence is a city in Southern France, perhaps most famous as the birthplace of painter Paul Cézanne.<br />
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Much like Djelibeybi, the name Aix-En-Pains is a verbal pun. Spoken aloud it becomes 'aches and pains'.<br />
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<div>It is well known on the Disc that the eighth son of an eighth son is a born [[Wizard's magic|wizard]], and that wizards generally don't indulge themselves in love affairs. The reason for this might be that if a wizard were to have sons, all of them would be powerful wizards by birth, and the eighth would be a '''sourcerer''', a wizard squared. Wizards use the magic existing on the Disc to perform spells, but a sourcerer is a source of magic: there is nearly nothing he can't do, as he uses magic he himself generates, making them one of the most powerful entities on the Discworld, especially considering the fact that the magic generated by a sourcerer (it is unknown if magic is generated only when a sourcerer performs a spell or passively) is new and wild, having never been recycled before, and is thus far more powerful than magic found nearly anywhere on the Disc since the Mage Wars. This led, early on in human history when raw magic distilled out of the air in enormous quantities, to warfare between Wizards as each strove to be the most powerful. This then is the basis for the adjunct that people given over to affairs of the heart had to give up wizardry. No-one wants a return to those days of tower-building and vast magical warfare. There are parts of the Disc even now that are unsafe, thanks to the after effects of those ancient wars.<br />
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The last known sourcerer was a young boy named [[Coin]], eighth son of [[Ipslore the Red]], who wrought havoc on the Disc, nearly causing the [[Apocralypse]]. It is not widely known, but he was stopped by the wizzard {sic) [[Rincewind]], a famously incompetent student of [[Unseen University]], heavily armed with a half-brick inna sock. Contemplating this fact has caused mental stress to the more thoughtful senior wizards, as it means that Rincewind has triumphed in a duel with such a puissant practitioner of magic that it means, at the very least, that he is the equivalent of an eighth-level mage. This is yet another aspect of the whole Business with the Sourcerer that senior wizards are loath to consider deeply: as such, the level of honour they were prepared to bestow upon Rincewind steadily decreased from a statue to a mention in the honours scrolls to finally being a censure for being improperly dressed on University property.<br />
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==The Time of the Sourcerer: fall-out and aftermath==<br />
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Following Sourcery the Unseen University had an institutional amnesia regarding the events. Many of the senior staff claim not to have been involved, and indeed entirely unaware of the events - the Dean professed to be visiting his Aunt in Quirm - *near* Quirm. Not all that near actually. Quite a way along the coast - and the Lecturer in Recent Runes was studying hard behind a thick door. It seems that the faculty did recognise the need for someone to be brought in who was uninvolved with the events of Sourcery and removed from other infighting and squabbles. Ridcully had retired from the UU at age 27 to manage his family estates and had "genuinely been hundreds of miles away during the University’s recent embarrassing history."<br />
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Ridcully ruled on the Rincewind-as-equivalent-to-an-eighth-level-mage thing: he pointed out that this would only apply had he used actual magic to defeat the Sourcerer. A half-brick in a sock is not a magical artifact, therefore we are back to square one, where somebody who in fact failed his degree is pretending to be a wizard. <br />
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From later inference, it is also highly possible that the [[History Monks]] participated in setting the Discworld to rights and ensuring that to most non-magical people, nothing happened. <br />
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It is not recorded how Discworld Witches dealt with the [[Apocralypse]], although it may be assumed that the Lancre witches would have had jolly firm views on the matter of a Sourcerer seeking to trouble the lives of hard-working [[Lancre]] folk. One assumes they worked out what was going on quite quickly, and took firm and decisive action to protect what was important to them. (See Discussion for further on this.)<br />
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==Other Examples==<br />
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Aside from Coin, not many sourcerers have been discussed as individuals. Of these, [[Maligree]] is remembered for his [[Maligree's Wonderful Garden|Wonderful Garden]] while the Klatchian [[Ajandurah]] is remembered for his [[Ajandurah's Wand of Utter Negativity|Wand of Utter Negativity]]. Another, unnamed sourcerer led an expedition to Fourecks in centuries past. Another sourcerer cursed several merchants after receiving bad service, forcing them never to close, and instead they became the [[Wandering Shop|Wandering Shops]] plying their wares across reality. The Evil Emperor of Uberwald has been referred to as a "sorcerer", but whether this is historical fact or mere sloppy spelling is uncertain.<br />
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During the events of [[Equal Rites]], Archancellor [[Cutangle]] described [[Simon]] as sourceror material. This may have been a metaphor to describe Simon's brilliance, as there is no mention of Simon being the eighth son of a wizard. Or possibly, there are alternative paths to sourcery.<br />
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<div>It is well known on the Disc that the eighth son of an eighth son is a born [[Wizard's magic|wizard]], and that wizards generally don't indulge themselves in love affairs. The reason for this might be that if a wizard were to have sons, all of them would be powerful wizards by birth, and the eighth would be a '''sourcerer''', a wizard squared. Wizards use the magic existing on the Disc to perform spells, but a sourcerer is a source of magic: there is nearly nothing he can't do, as he uses magic he himself generates, making them one of the most powerful entities on the Discworld, especially considering the fact that the magic generated by a sourcerer (it is unknown if magic is generated only when a sourcerer performs a spell or passively) is new and wild, having never been recycled before, and is thus far more powerful than magic found nearly anywhere on the Disc since the Mage Wars. This led, early on in human history when raw magic distilled out of the air in enormous quantities, to warfare between Wizards as each strove to be the most powerful. This then is the basis for the adjunct that people given over to affairs of the heart had to give up wizardry. No-one wants a return to those days of tower-building and vast magical warfare. There are parts of the Disc even now that are unsafe, thanks to the after effects of those ancient wars.<br />
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The last known sourcerer was a young boy named [[Coin]], eighth son of [[Ipslore the Red]], who wrought havoc on the Disc, nearly causing the [[Apocralypse]]. It is not widely known, but he was stopped by the wizzard {sic) [[Rincewind]], a famously incompetent student of [[Unseen University]], heavily armed with a half-brick inna sock. Contemplating this fact has caused mental stress to the more thoughtful senior wizards, as it means that Rincewind has triumphed in a duel with such a puissant practitioner of magic that it means, at the very least, that he is the equivalent of an eighth-level mage. This is yet another aspect of the whole Business with the Sourcerer that senior wizards are loath to consider deeply: as such, the level of honour they were prepared to bestow upon Rincewind steadily decreased from a statue to a mention in the honours scrolls to finally being a censure for being improperly dressed on University property.<br />
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==The Time of the Sourcerer: fall-out and aftermath==<br />
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Following Sourcery the Unseen University had an institutional amnesia regarding the events. Many of the senior staff claim not to have been involved, and indeed entirely unaware of the events - the Dean professed to be visiting his Aunt in Quirm - *near* Quirm. Not all that near actually. Quite a way along the coast - and the Lecturer in Recent Runes was studying hard behind a thick door. It seems that the faculty did recognise the need for someone to be brought in who was uninvolved with the events of Sourcery and removed from other infighting and squabbles. Ridcully had retired from the UU at age 27 to manage his family estates and had "genuinely been hundreds of miles away during the University’s recent embarrassing history."<br />
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Ridcully ruled on the Rincewind-as-equivalent-to-an-eighth-level-mage thing: he pointed out that this would only apply had he used actual magic to defeat the Sourcerer. A half-brick in a sock is not a magical artifact, therefore we are back to square one, where somebody who in fact failed his degree is pretending to be a wizard. <br />
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From later inference, it is also highly possible that the [[History Monks]] participated in setting the Discworld to rights and ensuring that to most non-magical people, nothing happened. <br />
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It is not recorded how Discworld Witches dealt with the [[Apocralypse]], although it may be assumed that the Lancre witches would have had jolly firm views on the matter of a Sourcerer seeking to trouble the lives of hard-working [[Lancre]] folk. One assumes they worked out what was going on quite quickly, and took firm and decisive action to protect what was important to them. (See Discussion for further on this.)<br />
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==Other Examples==<br />
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Aside from Coin, not many sourcerers have been discussed as individuals. Of these, [[Maligree]] is remembered for his [[Maligree's Wonderful Garden|Wonderful Garden]] while the Klatchian [[Ajandurah]] is remembered for his [[Ajandurah's Wand of Utter Negativity|Wand of Utter Negativity]]. Another, unnamed sourcerer led an expedition to Fourecks in centuries past. Another sourcerer cursed several merchants after receiving bad service, forcing them never to close, and instead they became the [[Wandering Shop|Wandering Shops]] plying their wares across reality. The Evil Emperor of Uberwald has been referred to as a "sorcerer", but whether this is historical fact or mere sloppy spelling is uncertain.<br />
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During the events of [[Equal Rites]], Archancellor [[Cutangle]] described [[Simon]] as sourceror material. This may have been a metaphor to describe Simon's brilliance, as there is no mention of Simon being the eighth son of an eighth son. Or possibly, there are alternative paths to sourcery.<br />
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<div>C'hulagen is one of the old dark gods of the [[Necrotelicomnicon]], an inhabitant of the [[Dungeon Dimensions]] that has somehow made it into the Discworld reality.<br />
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It is mentioned, along with [[Bel-Shamharoth]] and the [[The Insider|Insider]], in [[Equal Rites]].<br />
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The name C'hulagen is a riff on Lovecraft's Cthulhu, and possibly a pun ('cool again', as the Cthulhu mythos had become when Equal Rites was written).</div>Col whttp://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Dis-organiser&diff=31086Dis-organiser2020-07-03T05:55:47Z<p>Col w: /* Annotations */ Added section on Dis</p>
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[[Image:Disorganiser.jpg|240px|right|thumb|Imp from a Dis-organiser, by [[User:Knmatt|Matt Smith]]]]<br />
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'''An extremely''' annoying personal organiser, it is powered by a (usually incompetent) [[Imps|imp]], which can perform various tasks. There have been 3 models encountered so far: the Mark 1, mark 2 and Mark 5. All of these start up with an unusually happy tune such as "bingly-bingly beep!", "bingle bingle bingle" or (when wet) "ob oggle sobble obble".<br />
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The only known dis-organiser Mark 1 was owned by [[Commander Vimes|Samuel Vimes]], and was completely incompetent. It claimed to have 15 functions, although it appeared that at least ten were apologizing for the useless manner in which it performed the others. One is the ability to recognize handwriting - "I'd recognize it anywhere" - but not to ''read'' handwriting. It is also hinted that one was owned by [[William de Worde]], but it was thrown out of a window for being unhelpful, and was subsequently taken back to the store. <br />
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The second version - retail price AM$300 - was also owned by Vimes, and it was also useless despite its ability to inform the user of theoretical future appointments. It was lost in the sands of Klatch, and subsequently started to organise a shark's schedule after being thrown into the sea by [[Death]]. Another Mark 2 was also owned by [[Mr. Pin]] and [[Mr. Tulip]], but after their death was inherited by de Worde.<br />
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An extremely compact model (a "nano imp") was discovered in the Ankhian Embassy in [[Bonk]], where it had clearly been used in the covert assembly of intelligence and useful information about the host nation. While its owner had come a terminal second in the Great Game, the disorganiser had not been found by the werewolves and enabled Vimes to piece together information about what was happening<br />
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Also owned by Commander Vimes, the next dis-organiser we encounter is the Mark 5, the {{wp|BlackBerry|Gooseberry}}, which is much more useful than its predecessors. It has games, such as "Splong", and "Guess my weight in pigs". It has an "iHum" feature, and can also interface with the [[clacks]], enabling Vimes to send messages back to Pseudopolis Yard Watch House. The Gooseberry is also able to read watch reports and do sums. In fact, this model actually works well with Commander Vimes, after a poor start, (such as Vimes telling the Gooseberry to stick its head up a duck's bottom), and has established a case for employment as a Watch member in its own right. <br />
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Most Dis-organisers are the product of the [[Thaumatological Park]], a business enterprise set up under the auspices of [[Unseen University]]. Utilising what was formerly known as the [[Unreal Estate]], this is now a thriving go-ahead hub of magical business, where the commercial by-products of research magic are made available to the general public. The name of [[Ponder Stibbons]] may not be far away from this development, which might explain the extreme honesty of it's name.<br />
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It is interesting to note that in the trade of Dis-organisers the term "write-only documents" has been crafted.<br />
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It is interesting to note how often defective magical devices of this sort end up by being thrown into the sea by their exasperated owner. [[Kring|more here]]<br />
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There is an echo of ''{{wp|The_Silmarillion|The Silmarillion}}'' here. The last surviving son of the rebellious elf-king Fëanor refuses to surrender the last Silmaril to the custody of the Lords of the West. Under the glamour of its beauty, he argues that the magical jewel is his father's creation and he has a right to it, both as surviving son, and as were-gild for his dead father and six dead brothers. He keeps the stone, despite a curse upon it that makes it leadenly heavy and painful to his touch. Finally he can suffer it near him no more, and throws it into the deepest sea. He then spends the rest of his days wandering the seashore in mingled regret and relief, lamenting what he has lost. This has an odd familiar echo in this context... <br />
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(Although if [[Samuel Vimes|Vimes]] were ever to take a seaside holiday, his reaction might be ''"thank the Gods I got rid of the godsdamned thing!"'' and a nod in the direction of the [[Sea-Goddess]], lest she throw it back...)<br />
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There's also a second layer of meaning to Dis-organiser. Not only is it simply the opposite of something that is supposed to help organise your schedule, but ''{{wp|Dis_(Divine_Comedy)|Dis}}'' is the the name of a city encompassing the sixth through ninth levels of hell in Dante's ''The Divine Comedy'', inspired by a Roman god of the underworld ''{{wp|Dīs_Pater|Dis Pater}}''. And imps come from hell. Hence Dis-organiser, a hellish organiser that causes immense frustration to its owner.<br />
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<div>A young troll (a pebble) that Rincewind meets in {{TLF}} (and who is mentioned in a song in {{MP}}). His name mirrors [[Roundworld]]'s {{wp|jasper|jasper}}. The song version cheated, and was beaten to death by [[Amber]]<br />
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<div>A young troll (a pebble) that Rincewind meets in {{TLF}} (and who is mentioned in a song in {{MP}}). His whose name mirrors [[Roundworld]]'s {{wp|jasper|jasper}}. The song version cheated, and was beaten to death by [[Amber]]<br />
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<div>The standard teaching primer on the game of [[Contract Bridge (game)|Contract Bridge]]. During the events of [[The Light Fantastic]],[[Twoflower]] tried to teach the game to the [[Four Horsemen]] and gave a copy of the book to [[War]]. However it was quickly snatched away by [[Death]], who was struggling to understand the game.<br />
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{{stub}}</div>Col whttp://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Talk:Ymper_Trymon&diff=31082Talk:Ymper Trymon2020-07-02T21:44:45Z<p>Col w: Trymon's hair colour</p>
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<div>Hmm. Earlier I updated Trymon's description in the infobox per this quote, of the senior wizards about Trymon (p.83-84): "...none of them were really sure how old he really was, but his sparse hair was still black..."<br />
But later, Rincewind describes him as (p.188): "Fair hair, looks a bit like a ferret?"<br />
This is in the Corgi 1989 edition. Anyone have a later version that is corrected one way or the other?<br />
--[[User:Col w|Col w]] ([[User talk:Col w|talk]]) 21:44, 2 July 2020 (UTC)</div>Col whttp://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Ymper_Trymon&diff=31077Ymper Trymon2020-07-02T13:58:34Z<p>Col w: Updated Trymon's physical description in infobox</p>
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|occupation= [[:Category:Wizards|Wizard]]<br />
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|death= 1964 UC<br />
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'''Ymper Trymon''' was an unusually thoughtful and organized 7th level [[Wizards|wizard]] featured in {{TLF}}. He differed from other wizards in that he didn't smoke, believed that magic should be performed with a minimum of flash and pomp, and would prefer language to be replaced with an easily understood numerical system.<br />
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He was a student at the Unseen University at the same time as [[Rincewind]], but while Rincewind was a hopeless student mocked and derided by tutor and pupil alike, Trymon was always very good at magic, and his teachers said 'he'd go far'. There was always something unnerving about him though, in his manner and in his eyes. People were often left with the disturbing impression that he wasn't quite there, and he had a grey soulless quality about him that, should they have a recruitment policy, would have made him a fine candidate for the [[Auditors of Reality]].<br />
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At the start of {{TLF}} he is second in command of the [[Ancient and Truly Original Brothers of the Silver Star]]. He is not unusual among Wizards in that he believes in the tradition of Dead Men's Pointy Shoes, making repeated, and largely unsuccessful, attempts on the life of Archchancellor [[Galder Weatherwax]], whose position he nonetheless manages to obtain after he is eaten by [[the Luggage]]. <br />
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Using low cunning and a banana, Trymon was able to obtain the only book in the library that explain the prophecy of the [[Great Pyramid of Tsort]] and how whoever read the Eight Great Spells in the Octavo at the appropriate time, and saved the Discworld, would receive his heart's desire. To this end he redoubled the search for the errant last spell and the wizard Rincewind in whose head it was residing, even going as far as to hire a [[Herrena the Henna-Haired Harridan|heroine]] to track him down when magic appeared unsuccessful.<br />
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He was able to consolidate his power base and lead the heads of the other orders to unlock the [[Octavo]] and read the remaining seven Great Spells. The head of each order holds one of the eight keys required to release the book, and Trymon required the assent of the other wizards to remove it. But once he had done so, he locked them in and escaped with the book, intending to gain the rewards and power for himself.<br />
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While trying to read the Octavo by himself Trymon's [[Auditors_of_Reality|auditor]]-like view of the world allowed forces from the [[Dungeon_Dimensions|Dungeon Dimensions]] to enter his mind, giving him immense power and abilities, such as turning the seven other heads of the Orders of Wizardry into stone, and eventually transforming him into a seething mass of tentacles. However this does not prevent a combined effort by [[Rincewind]] and [[Twoflower]] from causing him to plummet to a sticky end from the top of the [[Tower of Art]].<br />
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He possessed a similar quality to [[Death]], in that prolonged exposure to him makes most people uncomfortable, though this manifests itself less in a nagging terror, and more as a desire to visit violence upon him.<br />
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==Annotations==<br />
{{wp|Tim_Curry|Tim Curry}} played Trymon in the Sky One adaptation of {{COM}}.<br />
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<div>{{Character Data<br />
|title= The Barbarian<br />
|Cohen the Barbarian Illustrated by [[User:puggdogg|Michael Collins]] a.k.a. puggdogg<br />
|photo= Cohen The Barbarian.jpg|<br />
|name= Cohen the Barbarian<br />
|age= 90 something<br />
|race= [[:Category:Human characters|Human]]<br />
|occupation= Barbarian<br />
|appearance= Old, spry, bald, knee-length beard, one eye, crab like<br />
|residence= [[Discworld]]<br />
|death= <br />
|parents= <br />
|relatives= <br />
|children= [[Conina]]<br />
|marital status= <br />
|books= {{TLF}}<br/>{{IT}}<br/>{{TLH}}<br/>{{TB}}<br />
|cameos= {{J}}<br />
Mention in {{MP}} and {{S}}. <br />
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Also known as '''''Ghenghiz Cohen''''', '''Cohen the Barbarian''' is the last and greatest of the [[barbarian heroes]]. He is over 90 years old (or 87 in ''The Light Fantastic'', in which he declares "If I wash twenty yearsh younger...I'd be shixty sheven"), which just goes to show how good Cohen is at not dying. Known to be leader of the [[Silver Horde]], a small group of similarly elderly barbarian heroes, many of whom have served with Cohen for numerous years. Like Cohen himself, the Silver Horde is ''very'' good at not dying in a line of work where insane risks and life-and-death gambles are relatively routine (note we say 'and' instead of 'or' - this is intentional, as *someone* tends to die in the instances).<br />
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In the book {{TLF}}, he commissioned a dwarf to make a set of special dentures made from the diamond teeth of Old Grandad, an ancient troll. It is speculated that he may be the only person on the Disc who can actually get away with this without drawing excessive retribution from trolls, mostly because he's sort of a force of nature. [[Rincewind]] describes the effect in the following way: "Once they've been around him for a while, people start seeing the world the way he does. All big and simple. And they want to be a part of it." Cohen's charisma is powerful enough for him to have attracted the [[Silver Horde]], despite the notoriously individualistic nature of barbarians.<br />
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He is of a wiry build and wears just his loincloth even in the snow. <br />
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The best things in life according to him are "hot water, good dentishtry and shoft lavatory paper".<br />
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He has at least one known daughter (and is assumed to have many more children, most of whom he does not know). Her name is [[Conina]]. She is the daughter of a temple dancer. <br />
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It is generally difficult for others to consider Cohen a friend, given his volatile nature; when questioned by [[Havelock Vetinari]], Rincewind conceded that he could be considered Cohen's friend simply because he and Cohen had met a couple of times and Cohen hadn't killed him.<br />
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Cohen married [[Bethan]] who was a sacrificial virgin (at least back then she was) with a tanned perfect body, and a knowledge of chiropody - a perfect complement to Cohen's age-warped back. It is presumed they broke up at some point. According to Rincewind, Conina and Bethan are about the same age.<br />
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He wrote (or got somebody to write) the book ''[[Inne Juste 7 Dayes I wille make you a Barbearian Hero!]]''. However, it is suspected that [[CMOT Dibbler]] could have some responsibility for that.<br />
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Cohen served a brief stint as Emperor of the Agatean Empire, after the Silver Horde stole the entire Empire. However, he soon grew bored of a life bereft of constant adventure and peril, and when [[Old Vincent]] choked on a cucumber (a decidedly un-heroic way to die), he led the Horde on a final mission - returning fire to the gods in the form of Agatean Thunder Clay.<br />
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Cohen, over the course of his long career, has been everywhere and done everything, sometimes twice. After learning of the man's exploits, he views himself as similar to [[Carelinus]], the greatest conquerer in the history of the Disc, only "not as cissy, obviously". <br />
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During his final adventure (on the Disc, at least), Cohen joined the very small group of people who have successfully cheated [[Fate]] by rolling a 7 on a 6-sided die. Of course, he did this by cutting it in half while it was up in the air, so that both the side showing 6 and the side showing 1 landed face up, but everyone agreed that it was a fine stroke and certainly a very barbarian-like way of solving the problem. <br />
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He, and most of the rest of his horde, was last seen taking his leave of [[Dunmanifestin]], the home of Gods, on stolen Valkyries mounts, after a mission aimed to blow the place to smithereens. Whether or not they were actually dead at the time is left to speculation, but as Cohen said, they didn't think they were dead and they'd never cared what anyone else thought.<br />
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Once bought an apple.<br />
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Cohen is clearly based on the mighty {{wp|Conan_the_Barbarian|Conan the Barbarian}}, created by Robert E. Howard as a "virile, axe-wielding, fur-bearing, cranium-smashing barbarian" and being still reimagined today. Cohen is the end-of-life, what-they-might-become story of an elderly hero whose days of trampling the jewelled thrones of the world beneath his sandalled feet etc. etc. are not over yet, even if he needs a support to trample these days.<br />
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The name ''Ghenghiz Cohen'' is a clear reference to ''Ghengis Khan'', a barbarian who became the founder and Emperor of the Mongolian Empire in the 11th century (or Conan the Barbarian). Like Cohen, he was also said to have fathered a large number of descendants. <br />
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The "Cohen" part leads to the gag "wholesale slaughter", being a pune on the [[Roundworld]] understanding of Jews being rather good salespeople.<br />
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"The best things in life according to him are "hot water, good dentishtry and shoft lavatory paper". This is a reference to the Arnold Schwarzenegger {{wp|Conan_the_Barbarian_(1982_film)|movie version}} of Conan, wherein in some forsaken yurt the various gathered chieftains and warriors are swapping their versions of what is best in life. Conan is asked, and replies "to crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentations of their women." TP builds this scene up in much the same way, to end on the gags about growing old.<br />
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{{wp|David_Bradley_%28English_actor%29|David Bradley}} (the caretaker; Argus Filch; in the ''Harry Potter'' movies and the gangster Stemroach in ''Ideal'') plays Cohen in the Sky One adaptation of {{COM}}.<br />
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|title= Twoflower<br />
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|name= Twoflower<br />
|age= <br />
|race= [[:Category:Human characters|Human]]<br />
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|occupation= Tourist, inciter of revolutions, prisoner, possible [[Grand Vizier]] of the Agatean Empire, [[Inn-Sewer-Ants]] clerk<br />
|appearance= Short, bald, wears glasses<br />
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|residence= [[Bes Pelargic]], [[Agatean Empire]]<br />
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|relatives= Unnamed sister mentioned in {{COM}}. He has an alter-ego on [[Roundworld]] called [[Jack Zweiblumen]].<br />
|children= [[Pretty Butterfly]], [[Lotus Blossom]]<br />
|marital status= Widower<br />
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|books= {{COM}}, {{TLF}}, {{IT}}<br />
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When '''Twoflower''' first appears in {{COM}} he is the [[Discworld (world)|Discworld]]'s first tourist. He strolls around the city of [[Ankh-Morpork]] looking for adventure and ''genuine'' native food, and taking pictures of everything with his [[iconograph]] (including a statue of the god [[Seven-Handed Sek|Sek]] after donating two rhinu to his temple), and several pictures at the [[Whore Pits]].<br />
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He is probably the most naive person on the [[Disc]], because he sincerely believes that no harm will happen to him since he is only a spectator. [[The Luggage]] who accompanies him and eats everyone coming too close helps protect him too, reinforcing this belief.<br />
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As an actuary, he also introduces the concept of economics (reflected-sound-of-underground-spirits, "echo-gnomics") to Ankh-Morpork and sells an inn-sewer-ants polly-sea to [[The Broken Drum]] owner [[Broadman]], who promptly sets fire to the inn to collect on the grossly overvalued Broken Drum. In the process Broadman kills himself and turns half the city into ashes.<br />
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The high rate of exchange between the [[rhinu|Agatean Empire's currency]] and the Ankh-Morpork [[Currency|dollar]] results in Twoflower's unknowingly overpaying for everything.<br />
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Twoflower's love of dragons (he was captivated by pictures of them in [[Octarine Fairy Book|The Octarine Fairy Book]]) allows him to conjure up a dragon (which he names [[Ninereeds]] after the man he was apprenticed to) when he visits [[Wyrmberg]].<br />
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The Agatean Empire normally opposes tourism (or people leaving the Empire for any reason whatsoever), but the [[Boy Emperor]] sanctions Twoflower's visit, and even instructs Ankh-Morpork's [[Patrician]] (via [[Pointless albatross]]) to protect Twoflower. The Empire's considerably more seasoned [[Nine Turning Mirrors|Grand Vizier]] asks the Patrician to kill Twoflower, so that Twoflower won't bring back the "disease of dissatisfaction".<br />
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When Twoflower arrives in [[Ankh-Morpork]], the failed wizard [[Rincewind]] is given the task of protecting him, and subsequently follows Twoflower on his journeys around the Disc in {{COM}} and {{TLF}}, the first two Discworld novels. On these journeys, Twoflower retains his optimism and naive öutlook, despite the fact he and Rincewind are almost constantly finding themselves in life-threatening situations. This could be at least partly due to the fact that most of the really dangerous stuff always happens to Rincewind. Eventually, after many adventures and saving the world, Twoflower decides to return home to the [[Counterweight continent]].<br />
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Twoflower appears again in the book {{IT}}. It seems that when he returned to the [[Agatean Empire]], he wrote a book titled ''[[What I Did On My Holidays]]''. This book presented an image of life very different from that known to the oppressed and isolated people of the Agatean Empire, and it sparked a revolutionary movement, especially since the Boy Emperor who sanctioned Twoflower's visit had long since died. Twoflower himself was thrown in prison, and then apparently forgotten. Rincewind meets up with Twoflower in the dungeons and frees him. Twoflower's two daughters, [[Pretty Butterfly]] and [[Lotus Blossom]], are among the leaders of the revolutionary group known as the [[Red Army]].<br />
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Twoflower's wife had been killed some time before in a fight between [[Lord Hong]]'s and [[Tangs|Tang's]] armies. As a result of this he ends up challenging [[Lord Hong]] (who is holding Rincewind hostage) to a duel. Twoflower is saved from certain death when the [[Barking Dog]] that was the exchange for [[Rincewind]]'s journey across the land crushes and explodes [[Lord Hong]], also killing [[Ronald Saveloy]] in the process. [[Cohen]] then names Twoflower his Grand Vizier, giving him instructions to pass on the word that "the Emperor is a literal-minded man" and fond of the phrase "heads will roll". After Cohen's departure from the throne at the start of [[the Last Hero]] this would have left the new Grand Vizier presumably in charge of the whole empire...for perhaps just long enough for it to mutate into the [[People's Beneficent Republic of Agatea]], which did away with the whole Emperor business and is now guided by the Chairperson of the Central Committee, named as a Madame [[Pretty Butterfly|Butterfly]]. <br />
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