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==...using the page for its usual purpose==
Re:Vetinari's degrees, that's what I found, of course. ([[User:Dromandkass|Dromandkass]] disappeared after planting another little mystery in [[Mrs Beddowe's House]]. No one else seems to have an Assassins' Diary. Its nice to make some mention of the source when adding possibly startling new revelations, although we don't have any citations mechanism like Wikipedia.
Also, do remember to sign your Talk posts. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 01:18, 3 December 2013 (GMT)

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Working Out Characters Ages: Vetinari

POTENTIAL SPOILER WARNING

Assuming the Discworld Timeline pages are correct, I'd calculate Vetinari's year of birth as being either 1939 or 1940 based on the assumption he was aged 17 or 18 (and so both older than Vimes' yonger self and in the final year/sixth form equivalent of the guild) during Night Watch. [If he were in the 5th year during Night Watch that could place his year of birth as being 1941 or 1942] For the purposes of my initial thoughts I'm working with the older option. That would make it 1951 when he joined the guild

Note: A gap of 7 years between Night Watch and Colour of Magic (assuming he is the Patrician at that time - which is possible considering he'd be about 24/25). During this time We can assume the Grand Sneer (and meeting with Lady Margolotta) took place and Vetinari assisted Lord Snapcasere: tax on rat tails. If he weren't the patrician in the colour of magic that would make a gap of 17 years during which most of his activities are unknown, apart from graduating from the guild (again?)

Note: As off THUD!, assuming he's been patrician since Sorcery he would have been patrician for 17 years. If he'd been patrician during the Colour of Magic he'll of been in office for 27 years.

Note: It's interesting theres a gap of 10 years between The Colour of Magic and Sorcery - plenty of time for him to lose weight (following one theory)and wonder what was going on all that time

Note: recent events much easier to document. There also seems a higher frequency of his involvement in more recent stories.

Of course, we are assuming there aren't a seventh or eighth form in the guild - this being the disc. On that basis, assuming he's in either seventh or eighth form during Night Watch he may have joined the guild a year or two earlier than normally considered. Could this impact age/dates?

And then of course, it might be that he doesn't age entirely normally - considering Rincewind's hourglass looks as if it had been blown by a gassblower with hiccups, what if the same applied to other hourglasses.

Events yet to be placed:

  • Making Money - Vetinari starts taking care of Mr Fusspot (aged 52/53?)
  • Unseen Academicals - Visit of an Orc, redevelopment of Football (Aged 53/54?)
  • Snuff - Goblins granted equal rights to other sentient beings (Aged 54/55?)
  • Raising Steam - The Undertaking (Aged 55/56?)


My worked out timeline so far - extra info is provided for context:

Year (UC) Vetinari's Age Current affairs
1939 or 1940 Possible Date of Birth
1941 1/2
1942 2/3
1943 3/4
1944 4/5
1945 5/6
1946 6/7
1947 7/8
1948 8/9
1949 9/10
1950 10/11 Joins the Guild of Assassins?
1951 11/12 Joins the Guild of Assassins?
1952 12/13
1953 13/14
1954 14/15
1955 15/16
1956 16/17
1957 17/18 Night Watch
Assassinates (through fear) Patrician Lord Winder.
Participates in the Glorious Revolution (fought on the side of the watchmen and wears lilac in remembrance)
Vimes a year younger??? Sybil Aged 16?
1958 18/19
1959 19/20
1960 20/21
1961 21/22
1962 22/23
1963 23/24
1964 24/25 The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic
Fire spreads through Ankh-Morpork
1965 25/26
1966 26/27 Moist von Lipwig's Birth?
Equal Rights
1967 27/28 Keli becomes Queen of Sto Lat
Mort and Ysabell become Duke and Duchess of Sto Helit?
1968 28/29 Graduation from the Guild of Assassins with full honors (Sachrissa Cripslock, Twurp's Peerage, The Truth)
[Might only be latest graduation - post graduate program]
1969 29/30 Birth and orphaning of Carrot Ironfoundersson
Lancre sent forward in time by 15 years and may have taken Cohen the Barbarian with it
1970 30/31 Approx year of Susan Sto Helit's Birth
1971 31/32
1972 32/33
1973 33/34
1974 34/35 Sorcery
Definitely Patrician.
Vetinari temporarily turned into a lizard.
Feels uncomfortable around glass and has an urge to catch flies with his tongue for a short time afterwards.
1975 35/36
1976 36/37
1977 37/38
1978 38/39
1979 39/40
1980 40/41
1981 41/42
1982 42/43
1983 43/44
1984 44/45 Verence II of Lancre crowned
1985 45/46 Guards! Guards!
Vimes mentions Vetinari's aunt (Lady Roberta Meserole) suggesting she's alive
Temporarily deposed and 'imprisoned' within the palace dungeons. Leaves of own free will and resumes patricianship.
Lupine Wonse (secretary) plots against Vetinari. Dies.
Rufus Drumknott becomes patricians secretary
Carrot Ironfoundersson joins the Night Watch
Mustrum Ridcully becomes Archchancellor of UU
Hughnon Ridcully becomes High Priest of Blind Io
Witches Abroad - Lillith deposed in Genua
Moving Pictures
Vetinari visits the Odeon
Reaper Man
Discusses taxes with the university and holds a meeting
1986 46/47 Men At Arms
Attempted assassination by Edward d'Eath using the gonne.
Shot in the leg by the gonne. Walks with a cane afterwards [and slight limp for a short while?]
Vimes and Sybil marry and Vimes knighted and promoted to Commander of the Watch
Carrot Ironfoundersson promted to Captain
Detritus and Angua join the Watch
Interesting Times
Genghiz Cohen conquers Agatean Empire
Soul Music
Mentions Vetinari's interests in music, thoughts on the city and work with informants (including Foul Ole' Ron!)
Verence II marries Magrat Garlick
1987 47/48 Feet of Clay
Plot against Vetinari using arsenic in a candle to poison him
Dorfl and Cheery join the Watch
Movement to free Golems starts
Cable Street Particulars reformed into plianclothes detectives
Hogfather
1988 48/49 Jingo
Leshp war with Klatch
Visits Klatch and Leshp with Nobbs, Colon and Leonard da Quirm.
Shows understanding of Klatchian language and ability to juggle despite never having done so before
Vimes created Duke of Ankh
300th Anniversary of Ankh-Morpork Civil War
1989 49/50 The Fifth Elephant
1990 50/51 The Truth
Wuffles aged 16
Plot against Vetinari, framing him for the attempted murder of Drumknott - proven innocent
Later events of Night Watch
Birth of Young Sam Vimes
1991 51/52 Going Postal
Refounding of post-office under Moist von Lipwig (who is also entrusted with the clacks)
1991 51/52 Monstrous Regiment
Borogravia-Zlobenia War
THUD!
Peace treaty signed between Low King of the Dwarves and Diamond King of the Trolls
Wuffles deceased. Buried in palace garden and visited by Vetinari weekly.
1992 52/53
1993 53/54
1994 54/55
1995 55/56
1996 56/57
1997 57/58
1998 58/59
1999 59/60
2000 60/61


...using the page for its usual purpose

Re:Vetinari's degrees, that's what I found, of course. (Dromandkass disappeared after planting another little mystery in Mrs Beddowe's House. No one else seems to have an Assassins' Diary. Its nice to make some mention of the source when adding possibly startling new revelations, although we don't have any citations mechanism like Wikipedia.

Also, do remember to sign your Talk posts. --Old Dickens (talk) 01:18, 3 December 2013 (GMT)