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'''Medieval weapons''' varied from simple tools to complex engines of emerging [[medieval warfare]] technology.
The ''[[Discworld]]'' series by [[Terry Pratchett]] is a comic fantasy work and includes a cast of several hundred characters. Some of the best-known inhabitants of the Discworld are listed below.
* [[Blade]]
==Wizards and others at Unseen University==
** [[Axe]]
The [[Unseen University]] is the principal seat of magical learning on the Disc, mostly populated by the [[wizard]]s.
*** [[Battle Axe]]
* [[Mustrum Ridcully]], or Ridcully the Brown; the current Arch-Chancellor of the University
*** [[Danish axe]]
* [[Galder Weatherwax]]; the 304th Chancellor of the University
*** [[Doloire]]
* [[The Librarian (Discworld)|The Librarian]]; transformed by a magical accident into an [[orangutan]]
*** [[Mattock]] (improvised)
* [[Rincewind]] the Wizzard (sic); after a lifetime of running away that has taken him to the far regions of the Disc, he is now the Egregious Professor of Cruel and Unusual Geography
** [[Dagger]] or [[Knife]]
* [[Ponder Stibbons]]; formerly a postgraduate student in the High Energy Magic building, now the Head of Inadvisably Applied Magic
*** [[Baselard]]
* [[Windle Poons]]; the Disc's oldest living wizard (and then, for a brief time, the Disc's most mobile dead wizard)
*** [[Cinquedea]]
* [[The Bursar]]; at some remove from reality, subsists on dried frog pills
*** [[Dirk]]
* [[The Chair of Indefinite Studies]]
*** [[TheEar DeanDagger]]
*** [[Grosses messer]]
* [[The Lecturer in Recent Runes]]
*** [[The Senior WranglerMachete]]
*** [[Mercygiver]]
* [[Modo]], the dwarfish gardener of the Unseen University.
*** [[Poniard]]
* [[Hex (fictional computer)|HEX]], the most powerful (and possibly only) computing machine on the Disc
*** [[rondel (dagger)|Rondel]]
*** [[Scramasax]]
*** [[Stiletto]]
*** [[Sword breaker]]
** [[Sword]]
*** [[Bastard Sword]] (often used in fiction)
*** [[Broadsword]]
*** [[Claymore]]
*** [[Cutlass]] (a little dubious)
*** [[Falchion]]
*** [[Flamberge]]
*** [[Foil (fencing)]]
*** [[Longsword]]
*** [[Rapier]]
*** [[Sabre]]
*** [[Spatha]]
*** [[Shortsword]]
*** [[Two-handed sword]]
* Blunt weapons
==Witches==
** [[Club_(weapon)|Club]]
Many Discworld novels focus on the [[Witches (Discworld)|witches]]
** [[Flail (weapon)|Flail]]
*the [[Lancre]] coven:
** [[Mace]]
** [[Witches (Discworld)#Granny Weatherwax|Granny Weatherwax]]; possibly the most powerful witch on the Disc
*** [[Flanged mace]]
** [[Witches (Discworld)#Nanny Ogg|Nanny Ogg]]
** [[Maul]]
** [[Witches (Discworld)#Magrat Garlick|Magrat Garlick]]; Queen of Lancre
** [[WitchesMorning star_(Discworldweapon)#Agnes Nitt|AgnesMorning Nittstar]]
** [[Quarterstaff]]
* [[Witches (Discworld)#Tiffany Aching|Tiffany Aching]]
** [[War hammer]]
* [[Witches (Discworld)#Other Wicthes|other minor withches]]
*** [[Bec de Corbin]]
*** [[Horseman's pick]]
==[[Spears]] and other [[Pole weapon|Polearms]] (axes not included)==
==Ankh-Morpork City Watch==
* [[Ahlspiess]]
The [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch|City Watch]] try to protect [[Ankh-Morpork]] from all foes
** [[Candeliere]]
* Sir [[Samuel Vimes]], Duke of Ankh, Commander of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch
** [[Breach pike]]
* Captain [[Carrot Ironfoundersson]], the Disc's tallest dwarf (by adoption), Captain of the City Watch
* [[Bardiche]]
* Sergeant [[Fred Colon]], a human
* [[Bill (weapon)|Billhook]]
* Corporal [[Nobby Nobbs|Cecil "Nobby" Nobbs]], probably human
* [[Boar spear]]
* Sergeant [[Detritus]], a [[troll (Discworld)|troll]]
* [[Fauchard]]
* Corporal [[Angua|Angua]], a [[werewolf]]
* [[Footman's lance]]
* Corporal [[Cheery Littlebottom]], a female [[dwarfs (Discworld)|dwarf]], and the Watch's [[forensics]] expert
* [[Glaive]]
* Constable [[Reg Shoe]], a [[undead (Discworld)#Zombies|zombie]]
* [[Guisarme]]
* Constable [[Buggy Swires]], a [[gnome]]
* [[Halberd]]
* Constable [[Visit-The-Infidel-With-Explanatory-Pamphlets]] (Visit for short, often called Washpot by his colleagues) an [[Omnian]] human
* [[Dorfl]], a [[golemLance]]
* [[Man catcher]]
* [[Igor (Ankh-Morpork watch)|Igor]], an [[igor]]
* [[Military fork]]
* [[Partisan (weapon)|Partisan]]
* [[Pike (weapon)|Pike]]
* [[Plançon a picot]]
* [[Ranseur]]
* [[Spetum]]
* [[Swordstaff]]
* [[Voulge]]
* [[War-scythe]]
==Ranged==
==Anthropomorphic personifications==
* [[Bombard (weapon)]]
The unreal can become more real on the Discworld through [[anthropomorphism]]
* [[Bow (weapon)|Bow]]
* [[Death (Discworld)|Death]] (the Grim Reaper; resembles a skeleton in a black robe, carrying a scythe)
** [[Longbow]]
* Time (originally a lady, fell in love with then married Wen the Eternally Surprised, founder of the History Monks . Gave birth to Lobsang Ludd and then rebirthed him as Jeremy Clockson by accident. During Thief of Time, Lobsang remerged with Jeremy, met his parents and took over the job.)
*** [[English longbow]]
* Ronnie Soak, the milkman (Real name Kaos, or Chaos now, introduced in Thief of Time and occasionally referred to as the Fifth of Four- due to the fact he was a Horseman of the Apocalypse but left before they became famous)
** [[Short bow]]
* War (and possibly also Mrs. War and their children Terror, Panic, and Clancy)
* [[Culverin]]
* Famine
* [[Crossbow]]
* Pestilence
** [[Arbalest]]
* [[The Auditors|The Auditors of Reality]]
* The [[HogfatherFrancisca]]
* The [[Tooth FairyMangonel]]
* [[OldSling Man Trouble(weapon)|Sling]]
==Static==
==Associates of Death==
*[[Caltrops]]
Even Death has friends
* [[Death_of_Rats|the Death of Rats]] (the Grim Squeaker; resembles a rat skeleton in a black robe, carrying a scythe)
* [[the Death of Fleas]]
* [[Binky (Discworld)|Binky]] (Death's steed)
* [[Quoth|Quoth the Raven]] (steed of the Death of Rats)
* [[Ysabell (Discworld)|Ysabell]], Death's adopted daughter
* [[Mort (Discworld)|Mort]], Death's apprentice
* [[Susan Sto Helit (Discworld)|Susan Sto Helit]], Death's granddaughter (i.e. the daughter of Ysabell and Mort)
* [[Alberto Malich|Albert]], Death's manservant; formerly a wizard, the founder of Unseen University
==Siege==
==Ankh-Morpork society==
* [[Battering ram]]
The high society of the premier city on the disc
* [[Ballista]]
* [[Patrician of Ankh-Morpork|Havelock Vetinari]], the [[Patrician of Ankh-Morpork]]
* [[Lady Sybil VimesCatapult]]
* [[Greek fire]]
* The heads of the various guilds, most notably Mr. Boggis of the Thieves' Guild, Lord Downey of the Assassins' Guild, Mrs. Palm of the Seamstresses' Guild, Queen Molly of the Beggars' Guild and [[Mr Slant]] of the Lawyers' Guild.
* [[Petard]]
* [[Siege hook]]
* [[Siege tower]]
* [[Trebuchet]]
==Warships==
==Other inhabitants of Ankh-Morpork==
* [[Galleon]]
The low society of the premier city on the disc
* [[Galley]]
* The Canting Crew (five beggars even the Beggars' Guild will have nothing to do with):
** [[Foul Ole RonLongship]]
**[[Coffin Henry]]
**[[the Duck Man]] (''"what duck?"'')
**[[Arnold Sideways]]
**[[Altogether Andrews]]
* [[Leonard of Quirm]], genius inventor
* [[Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler]], entrepreneur and seller of street food ("For you, two dollars - and that's cutting me own throat!")
* [[Chrysophrase]], troll gangster
* [[Mrs Cake]], a small [[medium (spirituality)|medium]] in a large hat
* [[Hughnon Ridcully]], High Priest of Blind Io
==Animals[[Armor]]==
While armor is not technically a weapon, its development was both driven by weapon technology and a driving force for that same technology in return.
Some of the animals on the disc have their own personality too
* [[Great A'Tuin]], the gigantic [[turtle]] that carries the four [[elephant]]s, [[Berilia]], [[Tubul]], [[Great T'Phon]] and [[Jerakeen]] that carry the Disc
* [[Gaspode]] (Foul Ole Ron's Thinking Brain Dog)
* [[Laddie]] (the Disc's first canine film star)
* [[Greebo]] (Nanny Ogg's cat)
* [[You Bastard]], a camel and the greatest mathematician alive.
* [[Chainmail]]
==Gods and other similar shady characters==
* [[Gauntlet (gloves)|Gauntlet]]
The gods play an active role with their worshippers
* [[Shield]]
* [[Blind Io]], leader of the gods
* [[Plate armour]]
* The [[luck|Lady]]. Not really a goddess, but very powerful all the same because almost everybody believes or hopes that she exists. She disappears when one says her name and sometimes appears when least expected; not in any sense the patron goddess of gamblers...
* [[Scale armour]]
* Fate, rival of the Lady
* [[Nuggan]]
* [[Om (Discworld)|Om]]
* [[Offler]], the crocodile-headed god
* [[Bilious]], Oh-God of hangovers
* [[Sweevo, God of Cut Timber]]
* [[Zephyrus, God of Slight Breezes]]
* [[Azrael]], the [[Great Attractor]], the Death of Universes, the beginning and end of time
* [[the Auditors]], the servants of oblivion, the absolute embodiment of The Rules
==Fortification==
==Other characters==
[[Medieval fortification]]s also developed in connection with the weapons that opposed them.
And the supporting cast
* [[Verence II of Lancre|Verence, King of Lancre]]
* [[Hodgesaargh]] Castle Falconer at [[Lancre]]
* [[Cohen the Barbarian]]
* [[Twoflower]] the imperturbable Tourist
* [[Casanunda]] the dwarf - highwayman, liar, and the Disc's second-greatest lover ("I try harder.")
* various [[bogeyman|bogeymen]]
* [[The Luggage]]
* [[Lu-Tze]], the Sweeper, and other monks
* [[Wallace Sonky]], the inventer of the Discworld version of the [[Condom]].
* [[Mr Pin]]
* [[Mr Tulip]]
* [[Battlement]]
==You?==
* [[Castle]]
It is even possible to get a character in one of the future Discworld books named after yourself. Usually people appear in the books by bidding for the privilege in charity auctions.
* [[City wall]]
* [[Gate]]
* [[Moat]]
* [[Drawbridge]]
* [[Portcullis]]
==See also==
[[Category:Discworld characters]]
[[Military technology and equipment]]
[[Category:Lists of fictional characters]]
[[Category:Lists of weapons|Medieval weapons, list]]
[[Category:Medieval weapons]]
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