http://wiki.lspace.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Vree&feedformat=atomDiscworld & Terry Pratchett Wiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T00:45:44ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.40.0http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Ponce_da_Quirm&diff=30575Ponce da Quirm2020-01-11T10:47:22Z<p>Vree: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[File:Ponce.jpg|240px|thumb|right|The young Ponce da Quirm, as drawn by [[User:Knmatt|Matt Smith]]]]<br />
'''Ponce da Quirm''' (no relation to [[Leonardo da Quirm]]) went searching for the Fountain of Youth and spent all his life in the search, prompting [[Rincewind]] to ponder whether he'd have been better off living his life instead...<br />
<br />
He was encountered in {{E}}, deep in the Tezuman jungles, captured and due to be sacrificed, still searching for the legendary [[the Fountain of Youth|Fountain of Youth]].<br />
<br />
He reappeared later in the same book in [[Hell]], still accompanied by the possessed [[parrot]] presented to him by Rincewind as a hate-present. Having apparently found the legendary fountain just before his death, he lamented that nobody ever mentions the most important detail about it - "boil it first". (The Discworld Mapp confirms that he died from various water-borne diseases immediately after drinking it.)<br />
<br />
==Annotations==<br />
Based on the real-life {{wp|Juan_Ponce_de_León|Juan Ponce de León}} (although possibly really used for the genuine comedic propensity of his first name).<br />
<br />
[[Category:Discworld characters|Quirm, Ponce da]]<br />
[[Category:Human characters|Quirm, Ponce da]]<br />
[[de:Ponce da Quirm]]</div>Vreehttp://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Evil_Empire&diff=23704Evil Empire2016-03-08T19:18:25Z<p>Vree: </p>
<hr />
<div>An [[empire]] (now dissolved) that once spanned a bigger part of the Disc including [[Überwald]], [[Borogravia]], [[Mouldavia]] and [[Zlobenia]] (according to {{NW}}) and was ruled by a [[Sourcerer]] known as the Evil Emperor, who was, well, evil. Under the [[Evil Empire]], [[Orcs|all sorts of nasty things]] were created and used in war. As [[John Hicks]] puts it in {{UA}}, "you got what it said on the Iron Maiden".<br />
<br />
It was mentioned under the names Unholy Empire and the Dark Empire in the earlier books, and first described in detail in {{UA}}. Later revealed that to its citizens it was known as the Überwald Sorcerous Republic.<br />
<br />
Its symbol is a double-headed bat.<br />
<br />
See [[Orcs|here]] for more.<br />
<br />
== Annotation ==<br />
It is an allusion to the Soviet Union (confirmed by Terry) with elements of standard fantasy Dark Empires, like Tolkien's Mordor.<br />
<br />
In the middle 1980's at the height of the cold war, American president Ronald Reagan famously described the Soviet Russian-headed Warsaw Pact of nations as "the Evil Empire". Some unkind speculators wondered if the title had been provoked by Ronnie's latest viewing of "Star Wars", or by his flirtation with evangelical Christianity in which godless Communism was always equated with the Antichrist.<br />
<br />
{{Stub}}<br />
[[Category:Discworld geography]]</div>Vreehttp://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=%C3%9Cberwald&diff=23703Überwald2016-03-08T19:14:53Z<p>Vree: </p>
<hr />
<div>&Uuml;berwald is a huge mountainous region of wintry climate that is the Disc's answer to (fictional) Transylvania, as in, a land populated almost entirely by horror tropes. It was one a part of the [[Evil Empire]] (along with smaller states [[Borogravia]], [[Zlobenia]] and [[Mouldavia]]). The ruling nobility of the land is composed of feudal [[werewolves|werewolf]] and [[vampires|vampire]] families. Lately, the [[dwarfs]] have also come into power. There are many [[trolls]] in the distant mountains, warring against the dwarfs, but in cities such as [[Bonk]], trolls are considered semi-sentient slaves. Humans are still mostly in the roles of "townspeople" or "exploited citizens". Most [[Igor|Igors]] come from &Uuml;berwald, where they traditionally serve those on the far side of sanity, using the excellent local lightning for their experiments. &Uuml;berwaldean is said to be a good cursing language. The principal town/capital in &Uuml;berwald is the twin cities of [[Bonk]]-[[Schmaltzberg]].<br />
<br />
Major appearances of the region are in {{WA}}, {{CJ}}, {{T5E}}, and {{MR}}. &Uuml;berwald is also often colloquially mentioned as the dark and mysterious place ruled and indeed overrun by the undead and bandits, standing in the middle of the continent, cutting off the traffic between the [[Sto Plains]] and [[Genua]]. <br />
<br />
The region is briefly visited by the [[Lancre]] witches in {{WA}}, where a local [[Vampires|vampire]] is defeated by a combination of [[Nanny Ogg]]'s garlic sausage, [[Magrat Garlick|Magrat]]'s insistence on sleeping with the window open, and [[Greebo]]'s irritation that a mouse with wings is trying to change shape on him.<br />
In truth, &Uuml;berwald also has many small towns with just your ordinary rural town people, not very mean, not very nice ({{TAMAHER}}, {{GP}}).<br />
<br />
Überwald is also home to many of the older races such as [[Centaur]]s.<br />
<br />
It is noted by [[Lord Vetinari]] that mapmakers often fill in blank areas of &Uuml;berwaldean maps with the phrase 'MMBU,' or 'Miles and Miles of Bloody &Uuml;berwald' In the same way Africa mapmakers used to mark their maps 'Miles and Miles of Bloody Africa'.<br />
<br />
As stated by [[Otto Chriek]], Überwalds' scenery is psychotropic: If you say something portentus like "zer dark eyes of zer mind", there would be a sudden crash of thunder, and if you point at a castle on a towering crag and say "Yonder is ... ''zer castle''", a wolf would howl mournfully...<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The area does not come across as particularly wealthy, and is thinly populated. The main source of income seems to be mining, both metals and fat. Recently the [[Grand Trunk]] and the [[Ankh-Morpork and Sto Plains Hygienic Railway]] have reached Bonk, connecting this part of the continent with the rest of the world.<br />
<br />
==Cities, towns and locations==<br />
<br />
* [[River Ah|Ah Valley]]<br />
* [[Bad Blintz]]<br />
* Bad Heisses Bad<br />
* [[Bad Schüschein]]<br />
* [[Bonk]]<br />
* [[Bugs]]<br />
* [[Don'tgonearthe Castle]]<br />
* [[Escrow]]<br />
* [[Glitz]]<br />
* [[Klotz]] - on the [[River Ah]]<br />
* [[Koom Valley]]<br />
* [[Lipwig]]<br />
* [[Loko]]<br />
* [[Müning]]<br />
* [[Splinz]]<br />
* [[Schmaltzberg]]<br />
* [[Slake]]<br />
* [[Wilinus Pass]]<br />
<br />
==Noble Families==<br />
<br />
*[[Margolotta]] - Vampire Counts<br />
*[[Dragoul von Salic|von Salic]] - Vampire Counts<br />
*[[John Smith|von Vilinus]] - Vampire Counts<br />
*[[Crazed Baron Haha|Haha]] - Human Barons<br />
*[[Guye von Uberwald|von Uberwald]] - Werewolf Barons<br />
*[[Bela de Magpyr|Magpyr]] - Vampire Counts<br />
*[[Notfaroutoe]] - Vampire Counts (bloodline now extinct in Uberwald, last heir living in Ankh-Morpork)<br />
<br />
==People==<br />
Some of the better known people from &Uuml;berwald:<br />
*Delphine [[Angua von Überwald]]<br />
*Lady [[Margolotta]]<br />
*[[Serafine von Überwald|Baroness Serafine von Überwald]]<br />
*[[Guye von Überwald|Baron Guye von Überwald]]<br />
*[[Wolfgang von Überwald]]<br />
*[[Sally von Humpeding]]<br />
*[[Moist von Lipwig]]<br />
*[[Gryle]] - Banshee<br />
*[[Rhys Rhysson]] - [[Low King]] of the dwarfs<br />
*[[Albrecht Albrechtson]] - Head of senior dwarf family<br />
*[[Dee]] - Jar'akh'haga or 'the Ideas Taster' to the Low King. <br />
*[[Tantony]] - Captain of the [[Bonk]] Watch<br />
*Igor at the [[Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork]]<br />
*Lots of other [[Igor]]s.<br />
*[[Sharn|Madam Sharn]]<br />
*[[Ardent]] - [[Grag]]<br />
*[[Hamcrusher]] - [[Grag]]<br />
*Mr [[Nutt]]<br />
*[[Otto Chriek]]<br />
*[[Detritus]]<br />
*[[Cheery Littlebottom]]<br />
<br />
==Books Featuring Uberwald ==<br />
*{{WA}}<br />
*{{CJ}}<br />
*{{TFE}}<br />
*{{TAMAHER}}<br />
*{{MR}}<br />
*{{GP}}<br />
*{{UA}}<br />
*{{RS}}<br />
<br />
==Annotation==<br />
On [[Roundworld]] "&Uuml;berwald" is the literal German translation of {{wp|Transylvania|Transylvania}} ("beyond [over] the forest"), where big part of the population is German-speaking, so the language of the inhabitants of &Uuml;berwald has also German-like accent. <br />
<br />
One of the most famous European empires was the Holy Roman Empire. The most famous royal house in it was the House of Habsburg, which used a double-headed eagle as its symbol and originated in eastern Europe. Of course, the Unholy Empire was more straightforward, being both an empire and unholy; the Holy Roman Empire by Voltaire's time was not holy, Roman, or an empire.<br />
<br />
Pratchett himself confesses that this country is simply a collection of horror movie cliches especially those associated with the Hammer movies. As a result the fine lads and lasses over at [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Uberwald TV Tropes] have decided to name the whole trope of a spooky European kingdom with haunted castles, vampires, werewolves and fearful peasants everywhere you look ''Uberwald'', in fact I can do no better than to shamelessly rip off their entry:<br />
<br />
A generic sort of "eastern Europe" area. There are peasants everywhere, and spooky old towns. Castles in the mountains abound, where one may find vampires, mad scientists, or the curse of the werewolf. Half of the population is gypsies who are easily angered and have funny accents.<br />
<br />
A late sixties' Hammer horror was called ''Theatre of Horror'', and used the idea of a travelling circus which carried among its number several vampire performers, who could perform, eat, then move on before they were noticed. Given that it may have used the doubly horrifying concept of a vampire clown, this makes the idea of Müning being the centre of Überwaldean clowning doubly more plausible and infinitely more scary. <br />
<br />
In the 1931 film version of Stoker's ''Dracula'', Van Helsing reflects:- "According to van Helsing, the Count must indeed have been that Voivode Dracula who won his name against the Turk, over the great river on the very frontier of Turkey-land. If it be so, then was he no common man: for in that time, and for centuries after, he was spoken of as the cleverest and the most cunning, as well as the bravest of the sons of the '''''land beyond the forest'''''"<br />
<br />
:<br />
[[de:&Uuml;berwald]]<br />
[[Category:Discworld geography|Uberwald]]</div>Vreehttp://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=%C3%9Cberwald&diff=23702Überwald2016-03-08T19:12:34Z<p>Vree: </p>
<hr />
<div>&Uuml;berwald is a huge mountainous region of wintry climate that is the Disc's answer to (fictional) Transylvania, a land populated almost entirely by horror tropes. It was one a part of the [[Evil Empire]] (along with smaller states [[Borogravia]], [[Zlobenia]] and [[Mouldavia]]). The ruling nobility of the land is composed of feudal [[werewolves|werewolf]] and [[vampires|vampire]] families. Lately, the [[dwarfs]] have also come into power. There are many [[trolls]] in the distant mountains, warring against the dwarfs, but in cities such as [[Bonk]], trolls are considered semi-sentient slaves. Humans are still mostly in the roles of "townspeople" or "exploited citizens". Most [[Igor|Igors]] come from &Uuml;berwald, where they traditionally serve those on the far side of sanity, using the excellent local lightning for their experiments. &Uuml;berwaldean is said to be a good cursing language. The principal town/capital in &Uuml;berwald is the twin cities of [[Bonk]]-[[Schmaltzberg]].<br />
<br />
Major appearances of the region are in {{WA}}, {{CJ}}, {{T5E}}, and {{MR}}. &Uuml;berwald is also often colloquially mentioned as the dark and mysterious place ruled and indeed overrun by the undead and bandits, standing in the middle of the continent, cutting off the traffic between the [[Sto Plains]] and [[Genua]]. <br />
<br />
The region is briefly visited by the [[Lancre]] witches in {{WA}}, where a local [[Vampires|vampire]] is defeated by a combination of [[Nanny Ogg]]'s garlic sausage, [[Magrat Garlick|Magrat]]'s insistence on sleeping with the window open, and [[Greebo]]'s irritation that a mouse with wings is trying to change shape on him.<br />
In truth, &Uuml;berwald also has many small towns with just your ordinary rural town people, not very mean, not very nice ({{TAMAHER}}, {{GP}}).<br />
<br />
Überwald is also home to many of the older races such as [[Centaur]]s.<br />
<br />
It is noted by [[Lord Vetinari]] that mapmakers often fill in blank areas of &Uuml;berwaldean maps with the phrase 'MMBU,' or 'Miles and Miles of Bloody &Uuml;berwald' In the same way Africa mapmakers used to mark their maps 'Miles and Miles of Bloody Africa'.<br />
<br />
As stated by [[Otto Chriek]], Überwalds' scenery is psychotropic: If you say something portentus like "zer dark eyes of zer mind", there would be a sudden crash of thunder, and if you point at a castle on a towering crag and say "Yonder is ... ''zer castle''", a wolf would howl mournfully...<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The area does not come across as particularly wealthy, and is thinly populated. The main source of income seems to be mining, both metals and fat. Recently the [[Grand Trunk]] and the [[Ankh-Morpork and Sto Plains Hygienic Railway]] have reached Bonk, connecting this part of the continent with the rest of the world.<br />
<br />
==Cities, towns and locations==<br />
<br />
* [[River Ah|Ah Valley]]<br />
* [[Bad Blintz]]<br />
* Bad Heisses Bad<br />
* [[Bad Schüschein]]<br />
* [[Bonk]]<br />
* [[Bugs]]<br />
* [[Don'tgonearthe Castle]]<br />
* [[Escrow]]<br />
* [[Glitz]]<br />
* [[Klotz]] - on the [[River Ah]]<br />
* [[Koom Valley]]<br />
* [[Lipwig]]<br />
* [[Loko]]<br />
* [[Müning]]<br />
* [[Splinz]]<br />
* [[Schmaltzberg]]<br />
* [[Slake]]<br />
* [[Wilinus Pass]]<br />
<br />
==Noble Families==<br />
<br />
*[[Margolotta]] - Vampire Counts<br />
*[[Dragoul von Salic|von Salic]] - Vampire Counts<br />
*[[John Smith|von Vilinus]] - Vampire Counts<br />
*[[Crazed Baron Haha|Haha]] - Human Barons<br />
*[[Guye von Uberwald|von Uberwald]] - Werewolf Barons<br />
*[[Bela de Magpyr|Magpyr]] - Vampire Counts<br />
*[[Notfaroutoe]] - Vampire Counts (bloodline now extinct in Uberwald, last heir living in Ankh-Morpork)<br />
<br />
==People==<br />
Some of the better known people from &Uuml;berwald:<br />
*Delphine [[Angua von Überwald]]<br />
*Lady [[Margolotta]]<br />
*[[Serafine von Überwald|Baroness Serafine von Überwald]]<br />
*[[Guye von Überwald|Baron Guye von Überwald]]<br />
*[[Wolfgang von Überwald]]<br />
*[[Sally von Humpeding]]<br />
*[[Moist von Lipwig]]<br />
*[[Gryle]] - Banshee<br />
*[[Rhys Rhysson]] - [[Low King]] of the dwarfs<br />
*[[Albrecht Albrechtson]] - Head of senior dwarf family<br />
*[[Dee]] - Jar'akh'haga or 'the Ideas Taster' to the Low King. <br />
*[[Tantony]] - Captain of the [[Bonk]] Watch<br />
*Igor at the [[Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork]]<br />
*Lots of other [[Igor]]s.<br />
*[[Sharn|Madam Sharn]]<br />
*[[Ardent]] - [[Grag]]<br />
*[[Hamcrusher]] - [[Grag]]<br />
*Mr [[Nutt]]<br />
*[[Otto Chriek]]<br />
*[[Detritus]]<br />
*[[Cheery Littlebottom]]<br />
<br />
==Books Featuring Uberwald ==<br />
*{{WA}}<br />
*{{CJ}}<br />
*{{TFE}}<br />
*{{TAMAHER}}<br />
*{{MR}}<br />
*{{GP}}<br />
*{{UA}}<br />
*{{RS}}<br />
<br />
==Annotation==<br />
On [[Roundworld]] "&Uuml;berwald" is the literal German translation of {{wp|Transylvania|Transylvania}} ("beyond [over] the forest"), where big part of the population is German-speaking, so the language of the inhabitants of &Uuml;berwald has also German-like accent. <br />
<br />
One of the most famous European empires was the Holy Roman Empire. The most famous royal house in it was the House of Habsburg, which used a double-headed eagle as its symbol and originated in eastern Europe. Of course, the Unholy Empire was more straightforward, being both an empire and unholy; the Holy Roman Empire by Voltaire's time was not holy, Roman, or an empire.<br />
<br />
Pratchett himself confesses that this country is simply a collection of horror movie cliches especially those associated with the Hammer movies. As a result the fine lads and lasses over at [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Uberwald TV Tropes] have decided to name the whole trope of a spooky European kingdom with haunted castles, vampires, werewolves and fearful peasants everywhere you look ''Uberwald'', in fact I can do no better than to shamelessly rip off their entry:<br />
<br />
A generic sort of "eastern Europe" area. There are peasants everywhere, and spooky old towns. Castles in the mountains abound, where one may find vampires, mad scientists, or the curse of the werewolf. Half of the population is gypsies who are easily angered and have funny accents.<br />
<br />
A late sixties' Hammer horror was called ''Theatre of Horror'', and used the idea of a travelling circus which carried among its number several vampire performers, who could perform, eat, then move on before they were noticed. Given that it may have used the doubly horrifying concept of a vampire clown, this makes the idea of Müning being the centre of Überwaldean clowning doubly more plausible and infinitely more scary. <br />
<br />
In the 1931 film version of Stoker's ''Dracula'', Van Helsing reflects:- "According to van Helsing, the Count must indeed have been that Voivode Dracula who won his name against the Turk, over the great river on the very frontier of Turkey-land. If it be so, then was he no common man: for in that time, and for centuries after, he was spoken of as the cleverest and the most cunning, as well as the bravest of the sons of the '''''land beyond the forest'''''"<br />
<br />
:<br />
[[de:&Uuml;berwald]]<br />
[[Category:Discworld geography|Uberwald]]</div>Vreehttp://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=%C3%9Cberwald&diff=23610Überwald2016-02-17T21:55:49Z<p>Vree: </p>
<hr />
<div>&Uuml;berwald describes a huge mountainous region of wintry climate that is the Disc's equivalent of (fictional) Transylvania. In later books it is idetified as a former a part (and possibly once-center) of the [[Evil Empire]]. The ruling nobility of the land is composed of feudal [[werewolves|werewolf]] and [[vampires|vampire]] families. Lately, the [[dwarfs]] have also come into power. There are many [[trolls]] in the distant mountains, warring against the dwarfs, but in cities such as [[Bonk]], trolls are considered semi-sentient slaves. Humans are still mostly in the roles of "townspeople" or "exploited citizens". Most [[Igor|Igors]] come from &Uuml;berwald, where they traditionally serve those on the far side of sanity, using the excellent local lightning for their experiments. &Uuml;berwaldean is said to be a good cursing language.<br />
<br />
The principal town in &Uuml;berwald is [[Bonk]].<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Major appearances of the region are in {{WA}}, {{CJ}}, {{T5E}}, and {{MR}}. &Uuml;berwald is also often colloquially mentioned as the dark and mysterious place ruled and indeed overrun by the undead and bandits, standing in the middle of the continent, cutting off the traffic between the [[Sto Plains]] and [[Genua]]. <br />
<br />
The region is briefly visited by the [[Lancre]] witches in {{WA}}, where a local [[Vampires|vampire]] is defeated by a combination of [[Nanny Ogg]]'s garlic sausage, [[Magrat Garlick|Magrat]]'s insistence on sleeping with the window open, and [[Greebo]]'s irritation that a mouse with wings is trying to change shape on him.<br />
In truth, &Uuml;berwald also has many small towns with just your ordinary rural town people, not very mean, not very nice ({{TAMAHER}}, {{GP}}).<br />
<br />
Überwald is also home to many of the older races such as [[Centaur]]s.<br />
<br />
It is noted by [[Lord Vetinari]] that mapmakers often fill in blank areas of &Uuml;berwaldean maps with the phrase 'MMBU,' or 'Miles and Miles of Bloody &Uuml;berwald' In the same way Africa mapmakers used to mark their maps 'Miles and Miles of Bloody Africa'.<br />
<br />
As stated by [[Otto Chriek]], Überwalds' scenery is psychotropic: If you say something portentus like "zer dark eyes of zer mind", there would be a sudden crash of thunder, and if you point at a castle on a towering crag and say "Yonder is ... ''zer castle''", a wolf would howl mournfully...<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The area does not come across as particularly wealthy, and is thinly populated. The main source of income seems to be mining, both metals and fat. Recently the [[Grand Trunk]] and the [[Ankh-Morpork and Sto Plains Hygienic Railway]] have reached Bonk, connecting this part of the continent with the rest of the world.<br />
<br />
==Cities, towns and locations==<br />
* [[Bad Blintz]]<br />
* Bad Heisses Bad<br />
* [[Bad Schüschein]]<br />
* [[Bonk]]<br />
* [[Bugs]]<br />
* [[Escrow]]<br />
* [[Lipwig]]<br />
* [[Schmaltzberg]]<br />
* [[Don'tgonearthe Castle]]<br />
* [[Müning]]<br />
* [[Splinz]]<br />
* [[Klotz]] - on the [[River Ah]]<br />
* [[Glitz]]<br />
* [[Slake]]<br />
* [[Wilinus Pass]]<br />
<br />
===Noble Families===<br />
<br />
*[[Margolotta]] - Vampire Counts<br />
*[[Dragoul von Salic|von Salic]] - Vampire Counts<br />
*[[John Smith|von Vilinus]] - Vampire Counts<br />
*[[Crazed Baron Haha|Haha]] - Human Barons<br />
*[[Guye von Uberwald|von Uberwald]] - Werewolf Barons<br />
*[[Bela de Magpyr|Magpyr]] - Vampire Counts<br />
*[[Notfaroutoe]] - Vampire Counts (bloodline now extinct in Uberwald, last heir living in Ankh-Morpork)<br />
<br />
==People==<br />
Some of the better known people from &Uuml;berwald:<br />
*Delphine [[Angua von Überwald]]<br />
*Lady [[Margolotta]]<br />
*[[Serafine von Überwald|Baroness Serafine von Überwald]]<br />
*[[Guye von Überwald|Baron Guye von Überwald]]<br />
*[[Wolfgang von Überwald]]<br />
*[[Sally von Humpeding]]<br />
*[[Moist von Lipwig]]<br />
*[[Gryle]] - Banshee<br />
*[[Rhys Rhysson]] - [[Low King]] of the dwarfs<br />
*[[Albrecht Albrechtson]] - Head of senior dwarf family<br />
*[[Dee]] - Jar'akh'haga or 'the Ideas Taster' to the Low King. <br />
*[[Tantony]] - Captain of the [[Bonk]] Watch<br />
*Igor at the [[Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork]]<br />
*Lots of other [[Igor]]s.<br />
*[[Sharn|Madam Sharn]]<br />
*[[Ardent]] - [[Grag]]<br />
*[[Hamcrusher]] - [[Grag]]<br />
*Mr [[Nutt]]<br />
*[[Otto Chriek]]<br />
*[[Detritus]]<br />
*[[Cheery Littlebottom]]<br />
<br />
==Books Featuring Uberwald ==<br />
*{{WA}}<br />
*{{CJ}}<br />
*{{TFE}}<br />
*{{TAMAHER}}<br />
*{{MR}}<br />
*{{GP}}<br />
*{{UA}}<br />
*{{RS}}<br />
<br />
==Annotation==<br />
On [[Roundworld]] "&Uuml;berwald" is the literal German translation of {{wp|Transylvania|Transylvania}} ("beyond [over] the forest"), where big part of the population is German-speaking, so the language of the inhabitants of &Uuml;berwald has also German-like accent. <br />
<br />
One of the most famous European empires was the Holy Roman Empire. The most famous royal house in it was the House of Habsburg, which used a double-headed eagle as its symbol and originated in eastern Europe. Of course, the Unholy Empire was more straightforward, being both an empire and unholy; the Holy Roman Empire by Voltaire's time was not holy, Roman, or an empire.<br />
<br />
Pratchett himself confesses that this country is simply a collection of horror movie cliches especially those associated with the Hammer movies. As a result the fine lads and lasses over at [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Uberwald TV Tropes] have decided to name the whole trope of a spooky European kingdom with haunted castles, vampires, werewolves and fearful peasants everywhere you look ''Uberwald'', in fact I can do no better than to shamelessly rip off their entry:<br />
<br />
A generic sort of "eastern Europe" area. There are peasants everywhere, and spooky old towns. Castles in the mountains abound, where one may find vampires, mad scientists, or the curse of the werewolf. Half of the population is gypsies who are easily angered and have funny accents.<br />
<br />
A late sixties' Hammer horror was called ''Theatre of Horror'', and used the idea of a travelling circus which carried among its number several vampire performers, who could perform, eat, then move on before they were noticed. Given that it may have used the doubly horrifying concept of a vampire clown, this makes the idea of Müning being the centre of Überwaldean clowning doubly more plausible and infinitely more scary. <br />
<br />
In the 1931 film version of Stoker's ''Dracula'', Van Helsing reflects:- "According to van Helsing, the Count must indeed have been that Voivode Dracula who won his name against the Turk, over the great river on the very frontier of Turkey-land. If it be so, then was he no common man: for in that time, and for centuries after, he was spoken of as the cleverest and the most cunning, as well as the bravest of the sons of the '''''land beyond the forest'''''"<br />
<br />
<br />
:<br />
[[de:&Uuml;berwald]]<br />
[[Category:Discworld geography|Uberwald]]</div>Vreehttp://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=%C3%9Cberwald&diff=23609Überwald2016-02-17T21:55:26Z<p>Vree: </p>
<hr />
<div>&Uuml;berwald describes a huge mountainous region of wintry climate that is the Disc's equivalent of (fictional) Transylvania. In later books it is idetified as a former a part (and possibly once-center) of the [[Dark Empire]]. The ruling nobility of the land is composed of feudal [[werewolves|werewolf]] and [[vampires|vampire]] families. Lately, the [[dwarfs]] have also come into power. There are many [[trolls]] in the distant mountains, warring against the dwarfs, but in cities such as [[Bonk]], trolls are considered semi-sentient slaves. Humans are still mostly in the roles of "townspeople" or "exploited citizens". Most [[Igor|Igors]] come from &Uuml;berwald, where they traditionally serve those on the far side of sanity, using the excellent local lightning for their experiments. &Uuml;berwaldean is said to be a good cursing language.<br />
<br />
The principal town in &Uuml;berwald is [[Bonk]].<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Major appearances of the region are in {{WA}}, {{CJ}}, {{T5E}}, and {{MR}}. &Uuml;berwald is also often colloquially mentioned as the dark and mysterious place ruled and indeed overrun by the undead and bandits, standing in the middle of the continent, cutting off the traffic between the [[Sto Plains]] and [[Genua]]. <br />
<br />
The region is briefly visited by the [[Lancre]] witches in {{WA}}, where a local [[Vampires|vampire]] is defeated by a combination of [[Nanny Ogg]]'s garlic sausage, [[Magrat Garlick|Magrat]]'s insistence on sleeping with the window open, and [[Greebo]]'s irritation that a mouse with wings is trying to change shape on him.<br />
In truth, &Uuml;berwald also has many small towns with just your ordinary rural town people, not very mean, not very nice ({{TAMAHER}}, {{GP}}).<br />
<br />
Überwald is also home to many of the older races such as [[Centaur]]s.<br />
<br />
It is noted by [[Lord Vetinari]] that mapmakers often fill in blank areas of &Uuml;berwaldean maps with the phrase 'MMBU,' or 'Miles and Miles of Bloody &Uuml;berwald' In the same way Africa mapmakers used to mark their maps 'Miles and Miles of Bloody Africa'.<br />
<br />
As stated by [[Otto Chriek]], Überwalds' scenery is psychotropic: If you say something portentus like "zer dark eyes of zer mind", there would be a sudden crash of thunder, and if you point at a castle on a towering crag and say "Yonder is ... ''zer castle''", a wolf would howl mournfully...<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The area does not come across as particularly wealthy, and is thinly populated. The main source of income seems to be mining, both metals and fat. Recently the [[Grand Trunk]] and the [[Ankh-Morpork and Sto Plains Hygienic Railway]] have reached Bonk, connecting this part of the continent with the rest of the world.<br />
<br />
==Cities, towns and locations==<br />
* [[Bad Blintz]]<br />
* Bad Heisses Bad<br />
* [[Bad Schüschein]]<br />
* [[Bonk]]<br />
* [[Bugs]]<br />
* [[Escrow]]<br />
* [[Lipwig]]<br />
* [[Schmaltzberg]]<br />
* [[Don'tgonearthe Castle]]<br />
* [[Müning]]<br />
* [[Splinz]]<br />
* [[Klotz]] - on the [[River Ah]]<br />
* [[Glitz]]<br />
* [[Slake]]<br />
* [[Wilinus Pass]]<br />
<br />
===Noble Families===<br />
<br />
*[[Margolotta]] - Vampire Counts<br />
*[[Dragoul von Salic|von Salic]] - Vampire Counts<br />
*[[John Smith|von Vilinus]] - Vampire Counts<br />
*[[Crazed Baron Haha|Haha]] - Human Barons<br />
*[[Guye von Uberwald|von Uberwald]] - Werewolf Barons<br />
*[[Bela de Magpyr|Magpyr]] - Vampire Counts<br />
*[[Notfaroutoe]] - Vampire Counts (bloodline now extinct in Uberwald, last heir living in Ankh-Morpork)<br />
<br />
==People==<br />
Some of the better known people from &Uuml;berwald:<br />
*Delphine [[Angua von Überwald]]<br />
*Lady [[Margolotta]]<br />
*[[Serafine von Überwald|Baroness Serafine von Überwald]]<br />
*[[Guye von Überwald|Baron Guye von Überwald]]<br />
*[[Wolfgang von Überwald]]<br />
*[[Sally von Humpeding]]<br />
*[[Moist von Lipwig]]<br />
*[[Gryle]] - Banshee<br />
*[[Rhys Rhysson]] - [[Low King]] of the dwarfs<br />
*[[Albrecht Albrechtson]] - Head of senior dwarf family<br />
*[[Dee]] - Jar'akh'haga or 'the Ideas Taster' to the Low King. <br />
*[[Tantony]] - Captain of the [[Bonk]] Watch<br />
*Igor at the [[Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork]]<br />
*Lots of other [[Igor]]s.<br />
*[[Sharn|Madam Sharn]]<br />
*[[Ardent]] - [[Grag]]<br />
*[[Hamcrusher]] - [[Grag]]<br />
*Mr [[Nutt]]<br />
*[[Otto Chriek]]<br />
*[[Detritus]]<br />
*[[Cheery Littlebottom]]<br />
<br />
==Books Featuring Uberwald ==<br />
*{{WA}}<br />
*{{CJ}}<br />
*{{TFE}}<br />
*{{TAMAHER}}<br />
*{{MR}}<br />
*{{GP}}<br />
*{{UA}}<br />
*{{RS}}<br />
<br />
==Annotation==<br />
On [[Roundworld]] "&Uuml;berwald" is the literal German translation of {{wp|Transylvania|Transylvania}} ("beyond [over] the forest"), where big part of the population is German-speaking, so the language of the inhabitants of &Uuml;berwald has also German-like accent. <br />
<br />
One of the most famous European empires was the Holy Roman Empire. The most famous royal house in it was the House of Habsburg, which used a double-headed eagle as its symbol and originated in eastern Europe. Of course, the Unholy Empire was more straightforward, being both an empire and unholy; the Holy Roman Empire by Voltaire's time was not holy, Roman, or an empire.<br />
<br />
Pratchett himself confesses that this country is simply a collection of horror movie cliches especially those associated with the Hammer movies. As a result the fine lads and lasses over at [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Uberwald TV Tropes] have decided to name the whole trope of a spooky European kingdom with haunted castles, vampires, werewolves and fearful peasants everywhere you look ''Uberwald'', in fact I can do no better than to shamelessly rip off their entry:<br />
<br />
A generic sort of "eastern Europe" area. There are peasants everywhere, and spooky old towns. Castles in the mountains abound, where one may find vampires, mad scientists, or the curse of the werewolf. Half of the population is gypsies who are easily angered and have funny accents.<br />
<br />
A late sixties' Hammer horror was called ''Theatre of Horror'', and used the idea of a travelling circus which carried among its number several vampire performers, who could perform, eat, then move on before they were noticed. Given that it may have used the doubly horrifying concept of a vampire clown, this makes the idea of Müning being the centre of Überwaldean clowning doubly more plausible and infinitely more scary. <br />
<br />
In the 1931 film version of Stoker's ''Dracula'', Van Helsing reflects:- "According to van Helsing, the Count must indeed have been that Voivode Dracula who won his name against the Turk, over the great river on the very frontier of Turkey-land. If it be so, then was he no common man: for in that time, and for centuries after, he was spoken of as the cleverest and the most cunning, as well as the bravest of the sons of the '''''land beyond the forest'''''"<br />
<br />
<br />
:<br />
[[de:&Uuml;berwald]]<br />
[[Category:Discworld geography|Uberwald]]</div>Vreehttp://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Evil_Empire&diff=23608Evil Empire2016-02-17T21:50:32Z<p>Vree: </p>
<hr />
<div>An empire (now dissolved) that once spanned a bigger part of the Disc including [[Überwald]] as well as a number of smaller countries such as [[Borogravia]] and [[Mouldavia]] (according to {{NW}}),<br />
with the double-headed bat as symbol, and once ruled by a [[Sourcerer]] known as the Evil Emperor, who was, well, evil. Under the [[Evil Empire]], [[Orcs|all sorts of nasty things]] were created and used in war. As [[John Hicks]] puts it in {{UA}}, "you got what it said on the Iron Maiden".<br />
<br />
It was mentioned under the names Unholy Empire and the Dark Empire in the earlier boobs, and first described in detail in {{UA}}.<br />
<br />
It is an allusion to the Soviet Union (confirmed by Terry) with elements of standard fantasy Dark Empires, like Tolkien's Mordor.<br />
<br />
See [[Orcs|here]] for more.<br />
<br />
== Annotation ==<br />
<br />
In the middle 1980's at the height of the cold war, American president Ronald Reagan famously described the Soviet Russian-headed Warsaw Pact of nations as "the Evil Empire". Some unkind speculators wondered if the title had been provoked by Ronnie's latest viewing of "Star Wars", or by his flirtation with evangelical Christianity in which godless Communism was always equated with the Antichrist.<br />
<br />
{{Stub}}<br />
[[Category:Discworld geography]]</div>Vreehttp://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=%C3%9Cberwald&diff=23607Überwald2016-02-17T21:37:50Z<p>Vree: </p>
<hr />
<div>Formerly the center of the Dark Empire, Evil Empire or Unholy Empire, with the double-headed bat as symbol, and once ruled by a [[Sourcerer]] known as the Evil Emperor, who was, well, evil. Under the [[Evil Empire]], [[Orcs|all sorts of nasty things]] were created and used in war. As [[John Hicks]] puts it in {{UA}}, "you got what it said on the Iron Maiden".<br />
<br />
&Uuml;berwald describes a huge mountainous region of wintry climate. The ruling nobility of the land is composed of feudal [[werewolves|werewolf]] and [[vampires|vampire]] families. Lately, the [[dwarfs]] have also come into power. There are many [[trolls]] in the distant mountains, warring against the dwarfs, but in cities such as [[Bonk]], trolls are considered semi-sentient slaves. Humans are still mostly in the roles of "townspeople" or "exploited citizens". Most [[Igor|Igors]] come from &Uuml;berwald, where they traditionally serve those on the far side of sanity, using the excellent local lightning for their experiments. &Uuml;berwaldean is said to be a good cursing language.<br />
<br />
The principal town in &Uuml;berwald is [[Bonk]].<br />
<br />
Major appearances of the region are in {{WA}}, {{CJ}}, {{T5E}}, and {{MR}}. &Uuml;berwald is also often colloquially mentioned as the dark and mysterious place ruled and indeed overrun by the undead and bandits, standing in the middle of the continent, cutting off the traffic between the [[Sto Plains]] and [[Genua]]. <br />
<br />
The region is briefly visited by the [[Lancre]] witches in {{WA}}, where a local [[Vampires|vampire]] is defeated by a combination of [[Nanny Ogg]]'s garlic sausage, [[Magrat Garlick|Magrat]]'s insistence on sleeping with the window open, and [[Greebo]]'s irritation that a mouse with wings is trying to change shape on him.<br />
In truth, &Uuml;berwald also has many small towns with just your ordinary rural town people, not very mean, not very nice ({{TAMAHER}}, {{GP}}).<br />
<br />
Überwald is also home to many of the older races such as [[Centaur]]s.<br />
<br />
It is noted by [[Lord Vetinari]] that mapmakers often fill in blank areas of &Uuml;berwaldean maps with the phrase 'MMBU,' or 'Miles and Miles of Bloody &Uuml;berwald' In the same way Africa mapmakers used to mark their maps 'Miles and Miles of Bloody Africa'.<br />
<br />
As stated by [[Otto Chriek]], Überwalds' scenery is psychotropic: If you say something portentus like "zer dark eyes of zer mind", there would be a sudden crash of thunder, and if you point at a castle on a towering crag and say "Yonder is ... ''zer castle''", a wolf would howl mournfully...<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The area does not come across as particularly wealthy, and is thinly populated. The main source of income seems to be mining, both metals and fat. Recently the [[Grand Trunk]] and the [[Ankh-Morpork and Sto Plains Hygienic Railway]] have reached Bonk, connecting this part of the continent with the rest of the world.<br />
<br />
==Cities, towns and locations==<br />
* [[Bad Blintz]]<br />
* Bad Heisses Bad<br />
* [[Bad Schüschein]]<br />
* [[Bonk]]<br />
* [[Bugs]]<br />
* [[Escrow]]<br />
* [[Lipwig]]<br />
* [[Schmaltzberg]]<br />
* [[Don'tgonearthe Castle]]<br />
* [[Müning]]<br />
* [[Splinz]]<br />
* [[Klotz]] - on the [[River Ah]]<br />
* [[Glitz]]<br />
* [[Slake]]<br />
* [[Wilinus Pass]]<br />
<br />
===Noble Families===<br />
<br />
*[[Margolotta]] - Vampire Counts<br />
*[[Dragoul von Salic|von Salic]] - Vampire Counts<br />
*[[John Smith|von Vilinus]] - Vampire Counts<br />
*[[Crazed Baron Haha|Haha]] - Human Barons<br />
*[[Guye von Uberwald|von Uberwald]] - Werewolf Barons<br />
*[[Bela de Magpyr|Magpyr]] - Vampire Counts<br />
*[[Notfaroutoe]] - Vampire Counts (bloodline now extinct in Uberwald, last heir living in Ankh-Morpork)<br />
<br />
==People==<br />
Some of the better known people from &Uuml;berwald:<br />
*Delphine [[Angua von Überwald]]<br />
*Lady [[Margolotta]]<br />
*[[Serafine von Überwald|Baroness Serafine von Überwald]]<br />
*[[Guye von Überwald|Baron Guye von Überwald]]<br />
*[[Wolfgang von Überwald]]<br />
*[[Sally von Humpeding]]<br />
*[[Moist von Lipwig]]<br />
*[[Gryle]] - Banshee<br />
*[[Rhys Rhysson]] - [[Low King]] of the dwarfs<br />
*[[Albrecht Albrechtson]] - Head of senior dwarf family<br />
*[[Dee]] - Jar'akh'haga or 'the Ideas Taster' to the Low King. <br />
*[[Tantony]] - Captain of the [[Bonk]] Watch<br />
*Igor at the [[Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork]]<br />
*Lots of other [[Igor]]s.<br />
*[[Sharn|Madam Sharn]]<br />
*[[Ardent]] - [[Grag]]<br />
*[[Hamcrusher]] - [[Grag]]<br />
*Mr [[Nutt]]<br />
*[[Otto Chriek]]<br />
*[[Detritus]]<br />
*[[Cheery Littlebottom]]<br />
<br />
==Books Featuring Uberwald ==<br />
*{{WA}}<br />
*{{CJ}}<br />
*{{TFE}}<br />
*{{TAMAHER}}<br />
*{{MR}}<br />
*{{GP}}<br />
*{{UA}}<br />
*{{RS}}<br />
<br />
==Annotation==<br />
On [[Roundworld]] "&Uuml;berwald" is the literal German translation of {{wp|Transylvania|Transylvania}} ("beyond [over] the forest"), where big part of the population is German-speaking, so the language of the inhabitants of &Uuml;berwald has also German-like accent. <br />
<br />
One of the most famous European empires was the Holy Roman Empire. The most famous royal house in it was the House of Habsburg, which used a double-headed eagle as its symbol and originated in eastern Europe. Of course, the Unholy Empire was more straightforward, being both an empire and unholy; the Holy Roman Empire by Voltaire's time was not holy, Roman, or an empire.<br />
<br />
Pratchett himself confesses that this country is simply a collection of horror movie cliches especially those associated with the Hammer movies. As a result the fine lads and lasses over at [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Uberwald TV Tropes] have decided to name the whole trope of a spooky European kingdom with haunted castles, vampires, werewolves and fearful peasants everywhere you look ''Uberwald'', in fact I can do no better than to shamelessly rip off their entry:<br />
<br />
A generic sort of "eastern Europe" area. There are peasants everywhere, and spooky old towns. Castles in the mountains abound, where one may find vampires, mad scientists, or the curse of the werewolf. Half of the population is gypsies who are easily angered and have funny accents.<br />
<br />
A late sixties' Hammer horror was called ''Theatre of Horror'', and used the idea of a travelling circus which carried among its number several vampire performers, who could perform, eat, then move on before they were noticed. Given that it may have used the doubly horrifying concept of a vampire clown, this makes the idea of Müning being the centre of Überwaldean clowning doubly more plausible and infinitely more scary. <br />
<br />
In the 1931 film version of Stoker's ''Dracula'', Van Helsing reflects:- "According to van Helsing, the Count must indeed have been that Voivode Dracula who won his name against the Turk, over the great river on the very frontier of Turkey-land. If it be so, then was he no common man: for in that time, and for centuries after, he was spoken of as the cleverest and the most cunning, as well as the bravest of the sons of the '''''land beyond the forest'''''"<br />
<br />
<br />
:<br />
[[de:&Uuml;berwald]]<br />
[[Category:Discworld geography|Uberwald]]</div>Vreehttp://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Herbert_Gaskin&diff=19587Herbert Gaskin2014-03-30T07:06:07Z<p>Vree: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Character Data<br />
|title= Herbert Gaskin<br />
|photo= <br />
|name= Herbert Gaskin<br />
|age= At least 50ish<br />
|race= [[Humans|Human]]<br />
<br />
|occupation= [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch|Member of the Night Watch]]<br />
|appearance= <br />
<br />
|residence= [[Ankh-Morpork]]<br />
<br />
|death= <br />
|parents= <br />
|relatives= <br />
|children= <br />
|marital status= Married to Mrs. Gaskin<br />
<br />
<br />
|books= <br />
|cameos=[[Book:Guards! Guards!|Guards! Guards!]] (mentioned), [[Book:Men at Arms|Men at Arms]] (mentioned), [[Book:Night Watch|Night Watch]] (mentioned)<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Herbert "Leggy" Gaskin''' was one of the members of the old [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch|Night Watch]]. His funeral was just before the events of [[Book:Guards! Guards!|Guards! Guards!]]. His widow receives a small pension from [[Samuel Vimes|Sam Vimes]].<br />
<br />
The nickname Leggy was first mentioned in [[Book:Men at Arms|Men at Arms]] and subsequently in [[Book:Night Watch|Night Watch]], and might refer to his tendency to chase criminals. His death happened when he actually caught up with a criminal he chased. ''Remember Gaskin'' instantly became a slogan for the watchmen to remind each other that chasing criminals was out of the question.<br />
<br />
In Night Watch, he is one of the Treacle Mine Road Watchmen to cross Keel's Line, and agree to take part in the [[Glorious Revolution|revolution]] against [[Lord Winder]].<br />
<br />
:<br />
{{stub}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Discworld characters|Gaskin, Herbert]]<br />
[[Category:Human characters|Gaskin, Herbert]]<br />
[[Category:Watchmen|Gaskin, Herbert]]<br />
[[de:Herbert Schenkel]]</div>Vreehttp://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Herbert_Gaskin&diff=19586Herbert Gaskin2014-03-30T07:05:48Z<p>Vree: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Character Data<br />
|title= Herbert Gaskin<br />
|photo= <br />
|name= Herbert Gaskin<br />
|age= At least 50ish<br />
|race= [[Humans|Human]]<br />
<br />
|occupation= [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch|Member of the Night Watch]]<br />
|appearance= <br />
<br />
|residence= [[Ankh-Morpork]]<br />
<br />
|death= <br />
|parents= <br />
|relatives= <br />
|children= <br />
|marital status= Married to Mrs. Gaskin<br />
<br />
<br />
|books= <br />
|cameos=[[Book:Guards! Guards!|Guards! Guards!]] (mentioned), [[Book:Men at Arms|Men at Arms]] (mentioned), [[Book:Night Watch|Night Watch]] (mentioned)<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Herbert "Leggy" Gaskin''' was one of the members of the old [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch|Night Watch]]. His funeral was just before the events of [[Book:Guards! Guards!|Guards! Guards!]]. His widow receives a small pension from [[Samuel Vimes|Sam Vimes]].<br />
<br />
The nickname Leggy was first mentioned in[[Book:Men at Arms|Men at Arms]] and subsequently in [[Book:Night Watch|Night Watch]], and might refer to his tendency to chase criminals. His death happened when he actually caught up with a criminal he chased. ''Remember Gaskin'' instantly became a slogan for the watchmen to remind each other that chasing criminals was out of the question.<br />
<br />
In Night Watch, he is one of the Treacle Mine Road Watchmen to cross Keel's Line, and agree to take part in the [[Glorious Revolution|revolution]] against [[Lord Winder]].<br />
<br />
:<br />
{{stub}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Discworld characters|Gaskin, Herbert]]<br />
[[Category:Human characters|Gaskin, Herbert]]<br />
[[Category:Watchmen|Gaskin, Herbert]]<br />
[[de:Herbert Schenkel]]</div>Vreehttp://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Herbert_Gaskin&diff=19585Herbert Gaskin2014-03-30T07:04:32Z<p>Vree: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Character Data<br />
|title= Herbert Gaskin<br />
|photo= <br />
|name= Herbert Gaskin<br />
|age= At least 50ish<br />
|race= [[Humans|Human]]<br />
<br />
|occupation= [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch|Member of the Night Watch]]<br />
|appearance= <br />
<br />
|residence= [[Ankh-Morpork]]<br />
<br />
|death= <br />
|parents= <br />
|relatives= <br />
|children= <br />
|marital status= Married to Mrs. Gaskin<br />
<br />
<br />
|books= <br />
|cameos=[[Book:Guards! Guards!|Guards! Guards!]] (mentioned), [[Book:Men At Arms|Men At Arms]] (mentioned), [[Book:Night Watch|Night Watch]] (mentioned)<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Herbert "Leggy" Gaskin''' was one of the members of the old [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch|Night Watch]]. His funeral was just before the events of [[Book:Guards! Guards!|Guards! Guards!]]. His widow receives a small pension from [[Samuel Vimes|Sam Vimes]].<br />
<br />
The nickname Leggy was first mentioned in[[Book:Men At Arms|Men At Arms]] and subsequently in [[Book:Night Watch|Night Watch]], and might refer to his tendency to chase criminals. His death happened when he actually caught up with a criminal he chased. ''Remember Gaskin'' instantly became a slogan for the watchmen to remind each other that chasing criminals was out of the question.<br />
<br />
In Night Watch, he is one of the Treacle Mine Road Watchmen to cross Keel's Line, and agree to take part in the [[Glorious Revolution|revolution]] against [[Lord Winder]].<br />
<br />
:<br />
{{stub}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Discworld characters|Gaskin, Herbert]]<br />
[[Category:Human characters|Gaskin, Herbert]]<br />
[[Category:Watchmen|Gaskin, Herbert]]<br />
[[de:Herbert Schenkel]]</div>Vree