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Since a failed assassination attempt on the insane Lord Winder by "a kid who was equally mad", he  went all out on security, employing [[Spymould|food tasters]], bodyguards, and creating the [[Cable Street Particulars]] in order to protect him and the "city".
Since a failed assassination attempt on the insane Lord Winder by "a kid who was equally mad", he  went all out on security, employing [[Spymould|food tasters]], bodyguards, and creating the [[Cable Street Particulars]] in order to protect him and the "city".


The [[Assassins' Guild]] had clearly a contract on him; before the end of [[John Bleedwell]], the guild had already lost three members, much to Doctor [[Follett|Folletts']] annoyance.
In the end, the [[Assassins' Guild]] felt it necessary to inhumane him for the common good. But, much to Doctor [[Follett|Folletts']] annoyance, the guild had already lost three members  before [[John Bleedwell]] failed, but bleeded well. According to the little-known rule that, whenever possible, the victim should be told who had sent the Assassin, [[Havelock Vetinari]] tells Winder: "I come frome the city." Since Vetinari has read the contract of Bleedwell, we can assume that this was a fact. Winder was killed not by the sword, but the heart attack induced by seeing the assassin Vetinari.  
 
Assassinated by the young [[Havelock Vetinari]] during the Great Revolution, killed not by the sword but the heart attack induced by seeing the assassin.  





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Lord Winder
Lord Winder, as drawn by Matt Smith
Name Lord Winder
Race Human
Age {{{age}}}
Occupation Patrician
Physical appearance 'Unpleasantly jowly'
Residence Ankh-Morpork
Death Heart attack at seeing assassin
Parents {{{parents}}}
Relatives {{{relatives}}}
Children {{{children}}}
Marital Status {{{marital status}}}
Appearances
Books Night Watch
Cameos {{{cameos}}}


Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, and predecessor to Mad Lord Snapcase. Also known as Homicidal Lord Winder. During the last years of his reign, he was known to be extremely paranoid, with the caveat he really was the target of a great number of schemes against him. He took pride in being pathologically careful about everything.


Final Years And Death

Since a failed assassination attempt on the insane Lord Winder by "a kid who was equally mad", he went all out on security, employing food tasters, bodyguards, and creating the Cable Street Particulars in order to protect him and the "city".

In the end, the Assassins' Guild felt it necessary to inhumane him for the common good. But, much to Doctor Folletts' annoyance, the guild had already lost three members before John Bleedwell failed, but bleeded well. According to the little-known rule that, whenever possible, the victim should be told who had sent the Assassin, Havelock Vetinari tells Winder: "I come frome the city." Since Vetinari has read the contract of Bleedwell, we can assume that this was a fact. Winder was killed not by the sword, but the heart attack induced by seeing the assassin Vetinari.


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