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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 (world)|Discworld]] are listed below.
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==Ankh-Morpork==
The major city of the Discworld, [[Ankh-Morpork]], is the central ___location of many of the novels.
===Wizards and others at Unseen University===
The [[Unseen University]] is the principal seat of magical learning on the Disc, mostly populated by the [[Wizards (Discworld)|wizard]]s.
* [[Mustrum Ridcully]], or Ridcully the Brown; the current Arch-Chancellor of the University
* [[Minor Discworld characters#Galder Weatherwax|Galder Weatherwax]]; the 304th Arch-Chancellor of the University
* [[The Librarian (Discworld)|The Librarian]]; transformed by a magical accident into an [[orangutan]]. Also doubles as the university's organist, where his ability to use his feet with as much dexterity as his hands combines with B. S. Johnson's particular "genius" to create an effect that is literally stunning.
* [[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
* [[Ponder Stibbons]]; formerly a postgraduate student in the High Energy Magic building, now the Head of Inadvisably Applied Magic
* [[Discworld characters#Windle Poons|Windle Poons]]; the Disc's oldest living wizard (and then, for a brief time, the Disc's most mobile dead wizard)
* [[The Bursar]]; at some remove from reality, subsists on dried frog pills
* [[The Chair of Indefinite Studies]]
* [[Unseen University#Staff|The Dean]]
* The Lecturer in Recent Runes
* The Senior Wrangler
* [[Modo]], the dwarfish gardener of the Unseen University.
* [[Hex (Discworld)|Hex]], the most powerful (and possibly only) computing machine on the Disc
===Ankh-Morpork City Watch===
The [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch|City Watch]] protect Ankh-Morpork from invaders, although usually the invaders get taken care of by sudden bankruptcy or strong drink. These days, what they mostly protect Ankh-Morpork from is itself.
* Sir [[Samuel Vimes]], Duke of Ankh, Commander of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch
* Captain [[Carrot Ironfoundersson]], the Disc's tallest dwarf (by adoption), Captain of the City Watch
* Sergeant [[Fred Colon]], a human
* Sergeant [[Angua]], a [[werewolf]]
* Sergeant [[Detritus (Discworld)|Detritus]], a [[troll (Discworld)|troll]]
* Sergeant [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch#Sergeant Cheery Littlebottom|Cheery Littlebottom]], a female [[dwarfs (Discworld)|dwarf]], and the Watch's [[forensics]] expert
* Corporal [[Nobby Nobbs|Cecil "Nobby" Nobbs]], probably human
* Constable [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch#Constable Reginald Shoe|Reg Shoe]], a [[undead (Discworld)#Zombies|zombie]]
* [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch#Corporal Buggy Swires|Corporal Buggy Swires]], a [[Gnomes (Discworld)|Gnome]].
* Constable [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch#Constable Visit-the-Infidel-with-Explanatory-Pamphlets|Visit-the-Infidel-with-Explanatory-Pamphlets]] (Visit for short, often called Washpot by his colleagues) an [[Omnian]] human
* [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch#Constable Dorfl|Dorfl]], a [[golem]]
* [[Igor (Discworld)|Igor]], an Igor (forensics)
* [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch#Constable Downspout|Constable Downspout]], a [[gargoyle]]
===High
The high society of the premier city on the disc
* [[Havelock Vetinari]], the Patrician of [[Ankh-Morpork]]
* [[Lady Sybil Vimes]]
* The heads of the various guilds:
** ''Mr. Boggis'' of the Thieves' Guild
** ''[[Discworld characters#Lord Downey|Lord Downey]]'' of the Assassins' Guild
** ''Mrs. Palm'' of the Seamstresses' Guild
** ''Queen Molly'' of the Beggars' Guild
** ''Mr. Slant'' of the Lawyers' Guild
** ''Dr. Whiteface'' of the Fools' Guild
* [[Minor Discworld characters#Lord Rust|Lord Rust]]
* Mr Shine, the king of the Trolls
===Business men===
Ankh-Morpork is a hub of trade and commerce and some characters have major or recurring business roles
* [[Discworld characters#Chrysophrase|Chrysophrase]], troll gangster
* [[Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler]], entrepreneur and seller of street food ("For you, two dollars - and that's cutting me own throat!")
* [[Moist von Lipwig]]; one time crook sentenced to death but now in charge of the Post Office
* [[Discworld characters|Harry King]]; King of the Golden River, his old motto was "Taking the piss since 1961" but changed due to his wife...
===Other inhabitants of Ankh-Morpork===
The low society of the premier city on the disc
* The [[Canting crew]] (five beggars even the Beggars' Guild will have nothing to do with):
**''[[Canting crew#Foul Ole Ron|Foul Ole Ron]]'' (''"Buggrit, buggrit, millennium hand and shrimp, I told 'em..."''), sometimes accompanied by a thinking brain dog, [[Gaspode]].
**''[[Canting crew#Coffin Henry|Coffin Henry]]'' (''"Hhrrrk-ptui!"'')
**''[[Canting crew#Duck Man|The Duck Man]]'' (''"What duck?"'')
**''[[Canting crew#Arnold Sideways|Arnold Sideways]]'' A man with no legs, but a wheelchair of sorts and a boot on a pole, used to kick people. Not to be confused with Sidney Lopside, who is paid a stipend by the city to keep a bag over his head, as his uneven features tend to make people think they're looking at him upside-down.
**''[[Canting crew#Altogether_Andrews|Altogether Andrews]]'' who has eight separate personalities living in one body. None of them are named Andrews.
* [[Leonard of Quirm]], genius inventor.
* ''Mrs Evadne Cake'', a small [[medium (spirituality)|medium]] at large. She has a tendency to answer questions people haven't asked yet, but gets a migraine if they don't ask the question she's already answered. Her daughter Ludmilla is a werewolf.
* ''Hughnon Ridcully'', High Priest of Blind Io, brother of Mustrum Ridcully.
* [[Minor Discworld characters#William de Worde|William de Worde]], publisher and editor of the Ankh-Morpork Times.
* ''Dotsie and Sadie'', the Agony Aunts. They are acknowledged generally as the unofficial security arm of the Seamstresses Guild.
* [[Minor Discworld characters#Drumknott|Drumknott]] the apparent principal clerk to the Patrician [[Havelock Vetinari]].
* [[Minor Discworld characters#Willikins|Willikins]] butler to Lady Sybil Vimes ''née'' Ramkin and Commander Vimes. Also a special constable and ex member of the Shamlegger Street Rude Boys gang.
==Witches==
Many ''Discworld'' novels focus on the [[Witches (Discworld)|witches]].
*The [[Lancre]] coven:
**[[Granny Weatherwax]]; possibly the most powerful witch on the Disc
**[[Nanny Ogg]]
**[[Magrat Garlick]]; Queen of Lancre
**[[Witches (Discworld)#Agnes Nitt|Agnes Nitt]]
*[[Tiffany Aching]]
*[[Witches (Discworld)#Other Witches|other minor witches]]
==Gods, Death and associates==
===Anthropomorphic personifications===
The unreal can become more real on the Discworld through [[anthropomorphism]]
*The four (or five) [[horsemen of the apocalypse#Literature|Horsemen of the Apocralypse]]
** [[Death (Discworld)|Death]] (the Grim Reaper; resembles a skeleton in a black robe, carrying a scythe)
** ''War'' (and possibly also Mrs. War and their children Terror, Panic, and Clancy)
** ''Famine''
** ''Pestilence''
** [[Discworld gods|Ronnie Soak]], the milkman (Real name Kaos, introduced in Thief of Time and occasionally referred to as the Fifth of Four- due to the fact he was a Horseman of the Apocralypse but left before they became famous)
* [[Discworld gods#Time|Time]] (originally a lady, fell in love with then married Wen the Eternally Surprised, founder of the History Monks. Gave birth to [[History Monks#Lobsang Ludd|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.)
* [[Discworld gods#The Auditors of Reality|The Auditors of Reality]]
* The [[Hogfather]]
* The [[Tooth Fairy]] (on Discworld actually a franchise, Ankh-Morpork has at least 3)
===Associates of Death===
Even Death has friends
* The [[Discworld gods#Death of Rats|Death of Rats]] (the Grim Squeaker; resembles a rat skeleton in a black robe, carrying a scythe)
* The [[Discworld gods#Death of Fleas|Death of Fleas]]
* [[Binky (Discworld)|Binky]] (Death's steed)
* [[Minor Discworld characters#Quoth|Quoth the Raven]] (translator for the Death of Rats)
* [[Mort and Ysabell|Ysabell]], Death's adopted daughter
* [[Mort and Ysabell|Mort]], Death's apprentice
* [[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
===Gods and other such beings===
The gods play an active role with their worshippers
* Blind Io, leader of the gods
* 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...
* ''Fate'', rival of the Lady
* Nuggan(Deceased)
* Om, worshipped by Omnians. Often represented by a turtle. (See ''[[Small Gods]]'')
* Offler, the crocodile-headed god
* Bilious, "Oh-God" of hangovers
* Sweevo, God of Cut Timber – prohibits the practice of "panupunitoplasty", though it seems that nobody (including Sweevo himself) knows exactly what that entails
* Zephyrus, God of Slight Breezes
* Anoia, minor goddess of Things That Stick In Drawers
* Azrael, the Great Attractor, the Death of Universes, the beginning and end of time. One of the [[Discworld gods#The Old High Ones|Old High Ones]], the "over-gods" of the [[Parallel universe (fiction)|multiverse]]s.
* The Auditors, the servants of oblivion, the absolute embodiment of The Rules. Not actually gods.
* Sessifet, Goddess of the Afternoon (A nude blue lady who lives in the sky. See ''[[Pyramids (Discworld)|Pyramids]]'')
* Flatulus, God of the Winds
* Urika, Goddes of saunas, snow, and theatrical performances for fewer than 120 people
* Libertina, Goddess of the sea, apple pie, certain types of ice cream, and short lengths of string
* Patina, Goddess of wisdom. Similar to Greek mythology's [[Athena]]. Her holy bird is a [[penguin]] instead of an [[owl]] due to a sculptor's error.
* Topaxi, God of certain mushrooms, and also of great ideas that you forgot to write down and will never remember again, and of people who tell other people that "dog" is "god" spelled backwards and think this is in some way revelatory (a little red god)
* Bast, Goddess of things left on the doorstep or half digested under the bed (a cat goddess)
==Other
===Animals===
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)
* [[Pyramids (Discworld)|You Bastard]], a camel and the greatest mathematician alive.
===Miscellaneous recurring characters===
And the supporting cast
* [[Verence II of Lancre|Verence, King of Lancre]]
* [[Minor Discworld characters#Hodgesaargh|Hodgesaargh]] Castle Falconer at [[Lancre]]
* [[Cohen the Barbarian]], leader of the Silver Horde (a group of elderly barbarians, which doesn't sound so scary until you realize that the main qualification of a barbarian is survival, and therefore an elderly barbarian must be frighteningly good at it)
* [[Twoflower]] the imperturbable Tourist, original owner of the Luggage
* [[Minor Discworld characters#Count Casanunda|Casanunda]] the dwarf - highwayman, liar, and the Disc's second-greatest lover ("I try harder.")
* Various [[bogeyman|bogeymen]], most notably Schleppel
* [[The Luggage]], a chest with a lot of legs and a foul attitude
* [[Lu-Tze]], the Sweeper, and other history monks
* [[Minor Discworld characters#Wallace Sonky|Wallace Sonky]], the inventor of the Discworld version of the [[condom]].
* [[Bloody Stupid Johnson|Bergholt Stuttley "Bloody Stupid" Johnson]], a sort of anti-genius. His name is listed all over Ankh-Morpork, usually under "Cause of Death". Designer of Unseen University's Great Organ, equipped with nitrous, afterburner and 128 ft "Earthquake" pipe.
* Rhys, Low King of the Dwarfs
==You?==
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.
Characters based on auction winners include:
*Marco Soto, a [[History Monks|History Monk]] in ''[[Thief of Time]]'' with a cameo in ''[[Night Watch (novel)|Night Watch]]''
*[[Minor Discworld characters#Doctor Lawn|Dr John "Mossy" Lawn]], in ''[[Night Watch (novel)|Night Watch]]'' and ''[[Going Postal]]''
*Dr Follet, head of the [[Assassin's Guild]] in ''Night Watch'' (based on novelist [[Ken Follet]])
*Ladislav Pelc, Prehumous Professor of Morbid Bibliomancy, in ''Going Postal''.
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