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Character Index, Part 3

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L

Laddie
A pure bred Ramtop hunting dog. Golden coat, glossy nose, brains of a dead herring. Friend to Gaspode. Appears in Moving Pictures

Lady
Lady Luck, green-eyed goddess with a liking for games. Her usual opponent is Fate, and her favourite pawn Rincewind. She is never worshipped, and doesn't come when called. She often disguises herself. Some examples are a frog in The Colour Of Magic and the shopkeeper in Soul Music (note: after Cliff and Glod visit the music shop for the second time, her eyes "glowed green for a moment"). She appears in The Colour Of Magic, Soul Music and Interesting Times.

Lancre
An entity consisting of every living creature in the kingdom. Probably originated as a result of repetitive magical discharges common to the Ramtop area. Its personality -- if you can use this term -- is a bit like a large dog's. Takes an active role in Wyrd Sisters, otherwise just lies there.

Langtree, Sophie (Daddy's Princess)
One of the children on Violet's list. Lives at 5 the Hippo. Mentioned in Hogfather

Lavaeolus
A brilliant strategist in the Tsortean War. Devised all the cunning plans with the wooden horse and so on. Doesn't like battle or people (especially himself) getting hurt. Wears an unimpressive suit of armour. Famous for his trek home from the war, which took him ten years. Do you still need to know his name means "The Rinser of Winds"? Yeah, he's the distant ancestor of everyone's favourite wizard. He appears in Eric

Lavatory, Sir Charles H.
Inventor and famous manufacturer of the lavatory. His workshop is in Mollymog St., Ankh Morpork. Mentioned in Soul Music

Lavatory, Reader in the (Reader in Esoteric Studies)
Never referred to by his official name, this member of UU faculty has a private theory that all good books in any giving building gravitate to a pile in the privy, and has dedicated himself to researching them, causing extreme constipation. Mentioned in Soul Music

Laziman, Timo
A thief in Ankh-Morpork, specialization: muggings. Once had an unpleasant encounter with the Death of Rats and Albert. Appears in Soul Music

Legibus
An Ephebian philosopher. Traditional -- bath, running around naked, things like that. Lives in a barrel with a sauna in it. Wrote Geometries. Appears in Small Gods

Lemon, Satchelmouth
One of the Musicians' Guild recruiting officers. Not averse to beating someone up, while holding against actual cold-blooded murder. Appears in Soul Music

Leonid
King of Ephebe before the philosophers made up democracy. A hundred elephants carted the stone for his tomb (probably a piramid). Mentioned in Moving Pictures

Lezek
Mort's father and a farmer of reannual grapes (the sort that grows backwards in time). Appears in Mort and is mentioned as dead in Soul Music

Librarian
Eeek! Got mail saying "where's the ape?". So here he is -- on a separate page!

Lifton, Mr
Landlord of a tavern in the town near Miss Flitworth's farm. Has a daughter. Appears in Reaper Man

Lifton, Sal
An inquisitive child with an unusual friend. Appears in Reaper Man

Lily, Iron
Sports mistress at the Quirm College for Young Ladies. Rumored to shave and lift weights with her teeth. Her encouragement shouts during games are of the like of "Get some ball, you bunch of soft nellies!" Appears in Soul Music

Littlebottom, Cheery (Cheri)
The Night Watch's resident dwarf alchemist and Dana Scully wannabe. Isn't ashamed of her sex. First dwarf ever to wear lipstick. Doesn't like werewolves. Appears in Feet Of Clay and Jingo

Lobsang
Abbot of the Listeners' monastery. Reincarnating all over the place, at least fifty-four times so far. Appears in Mort and Guards! Guards!

Lotus Blossom
Daughter of Twoflower in mind and flesh. Thinks everything will work out in the end. Sister of Pretty Butterfly. Appears in Interesting Times

Lucker, Constable
Watchman. Appears in Feet of Clay

Ludorum, Arthur
Teppic's classmate. Son of Johan Ludorum. A Strict Authorized Ormit. Short. A very good assassin. Appears in Pyramids

Ludorum, Johan
Father of Arthur Ludorum. One of the most famous Assassins in the history of the Guild. Mentioned dead in Pyramids

Luggage, The
Twoflower's traveling trunk. Often described as a cross between a suitcase and a homicidal maniac. Origins unclear - in The Light Fantastic Twoflower says he bought him in a magical shop, but in Interesting Times, there's a whole lot of them running around the Agatean Empire. Now property of Rincewind. Appears in The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Sourcery, Eric and Interesting Times

Lully
An alchemist in Ankh-Morpork. Thin and hesitant. Appears in Moving Pictures

Lupine
A reverse werewolf (they call it 'wolfwere' in AD&D), each full moon he changes into a human being. In love with Ludmilla Cake. Appears in Reaper Man.

Lu-Tze
A senior history monk in the time of the 493rd Abbot. Has regrowable teeth. Blends into the background of any organisation. Grows pet mountains (rock bonsai). Handy with a broom. Appears in Small Gods

Ly Tin Weedle
Agatean Philosopher. Mentioned in most Discworld books.

M

Mad
An EcksEcksEcksian dwarf. Occupation: hay transport. Likes leather and metal. No beard. Appears in The Last Continent

Magenta
See Frottidge, Violet

Magma
Legendary King of the Mountain, Smiter of Thousands, Yea, Even Tens of Thousands, Ruler of the Golden River, Master of the Bridges, Delver in Dark Places, Crusher of Many Enemies. Had a legendary sceptre. Mentioned in Moving Pictures

Maisie of Elm Street
Mother of Nobby Nobbs. Mentioned in Feet Of Clay

Malachite, Tubal de
Wizard and student of dracology. Wrote "The Summoning of Dragons" and rather overestimated his chances at it. Mentioned in Guards! Guards!

Malich, Alberto
The founder and first Archchancellor of Unseen University. Wrote the most basic handbook of magical theory, the Book of Magick of Alberto Malich the Mage. Lived on the Disc from AM 1222 to AM 1289. When he had only a few months of life left, he decided to perform the Rite of AshkEnte backwards, which, instead of driving Death away from him, summoned the mage to Death. He decided to stay on as a servant. Old and dignified, moves a little jerkily, a drip always hangs at the end of his nose. Scared stiff od dying. Appears in Mort, Reaper Man, Soul Music and Hogfather

Malik, Nudger
A member of the Klatchian Foreign Legion. Died in a D'Reg attack. Mentioned in Soul Music

Maltoon (Muldoon?), Skully
Day Watchman in Men At Arms

Maraschino, Victor
See Victor Tugelbend

Marrowleaf
A wizard and inventor of the Theory of Thaumic Imponderability. Mentioned in Soul Music

Maurice, Amazing
Owner and trainer of Educated Rodents. Worked up an intricate scheme for parting municipal rulers from their gold (does Pied Piper ring a bell?). As the last mentioned victim of his crusade for economical equality was Patrician Vetinari, it should be assumed that he no longer conducts these activities. Mentioned in Reaper Man

Mausoleum
King of Tsort and husband to Elenor of Tsort. Mentioned in Eric

Mazuma
High priest of the Tezumen. Appears in Eric

M'Bu
Assisstant to Azhural N'choate. Twelve years old and an organizational genius. Has teeth sharpened to points. Appears in Moving Pictures

McAbre
Head Bledlow at the Unseen University. Follows traditions to the letter. Doesn't like wizards. Appears in The Last Continent

Medley the Medical Kleptomaniac
An Ankh-Morpork thief of humanoid body parts, particularly eyeballs. Mentioned in The Last Continent

Meggelin
A Keeper of the Door in Holy Wood. Mentioned in Moving Pictures

Mericet
A famous assassin and a tutor in the Assassins' school. Taught Strategy and Poison Theory in Teppic's class. Always cold. Thin. Killed a Patrician in his time. Teppic's examinator. Appears in Pyramids

Meshugah
The child of the golems. White, not properly baked, a marvellous statue of a king. Can talk, or at least scream. Has a lot of words in his chem (the text that keeps a golem going). Appears in Feet Of Clay

M'Guk, Hummok
A member of one of the Hublandish tribes. Flat-faced. A renowned dice-player in Ankh-Morpork. Appears in Mort

Michael, Cumbling
Licensed beggar and informal informant. Appears in Soul Music

Mims, Gwladys
A woman in Krull. Wife of Terpsic. Bossy and not holding with many things. Appears in Mort

Mims, Terpsic
A citizen of Krull. Hobby -- angling, which keeps him away from both his home and his wife Gwladys, with whom he enjoyed six happy months of married life some twenty years previously. Doesn't mind not catching anything. Once met Death (and lived on). Appears in Mort

Modo
Unseen University gardener and odd-job dwarf. Smokes a pipe. His hobby is compost, and roses. Grows some black ones, and other magic-influenced variations. Cousin of Glod Glodsson. Appears in Reaper Man, Soul Music and Hogfather

Moghedron
The Sto Lat palace wine butler. Dignified, smokes a pipe. Mentioned in Mort

Molly
A kitchen girl at the Unseen University. Appears in Soul Music

Monolith
The troll folk hero who wrestled the secret of rocks from the gods. Mentioned in Moving Pictures

Mooty, Zebbo
Thief Third Class. Quite simple, but didn't hang around for long. First victim of the Ankh-Morpork dragon. Appears in Guards! Guards!

Morraine (Morry)
A quite intelligent and talented troll. Worked in Holy Wood, later in the Ankh-Morpork city armoury, later still conscripted into the Night Watch. Appears in Moving Pictures and Men At Arms

Mort
see Sto Helit, Mortimer or Death (respectively in Mort or The Light Fantastic)

Muluccai
Old, lives in Klatch, has six elephants. Mentioned in Moving Pictures

Murduck
A teacher of novices in the Citadel. Taught Brutha. Later martyred ;-( by the Ephebians for preaching in the street, with a little help from the abomination called Vorbis. Possible name origin: Babylonian god Marduk. Mentioned in Small Gods

Murune
A king of Lancre, 709-745. Didn't make friends easily. Met a terrible fate involving all the unpleasant ways in which a monarch may die -- eels, red-hot poker, privy, poisoned eardrops, oysters and so on -- rolled into one. Mentioned in Wyrd Sisters

Mwynyy, Owen
A legendary (Llamedosian?) bard. Had a harp which sang when danger threatened. Lived before the dragons left. Mentioned in Soul Music

N

Nancy
Renata Flitworth's pig. Appears in Reaper Man

N'Choate, Azhural
Klatchian stock dealer. Appears in Moving Pictures

Nersh the Lunatic
A Patrician of Ankh-Morpork. Mentioned in Guards! Guards!

N'gru
Uncle of M'Bu. Mentioned in Moving Pictures

Nhumrod
Novice master in the Citadel. Repeats the last few words of his predecessor when engaged in a dialogue. Touches things. Many nervous tics. Haunted by demons and impure thoughts. Skinny. Over fifty years old. Had Brutha in his flock. Appears in Small Gods

Nidle, Beau
See Death

Night
An apparently male antropomorphic personification. Mentioned in The Colour Of Magic

Nine Turning Mirrors
Agathean Grand Vizier to the Sun Emperor. Traditional type -- scheming, twisted and so on. Appears in Mort, mentioned in The Colour Of Magic

Nitt, Agnes (Perdita Dream)
The successor of Magrat in the witches' coven. Not too slim, wears black. Has a wonderful personality and good hair. Very good at singing. Appears in Lords And Ladies and Maskerade

Nivor, Grunworth
A tutor in the Assassins' school and housemaster of the Viper House. Taught Traps and Deadfalls in Teppic's class. Fat, jolly, likes his food. Chidder's examiner. Appears in Pyramids

Nobbes, Edward St John de
The last Earl of Ankh, possibly great-grandfather of Nobby Nobbs. Mentioned in Feet Of Clay

Nobbs, Errol
Nobby's brother. Mentioned in Guards! Guards!

Nobbs, Slope
Grandfather of Nobby Nobbs, son of Edward de Nobbes and a parlour-maid. Mentioned in Feet Of Clay

Nobbs, Scooner
Father of Nobby Nobbs, son of Slope Nobbs. Mentioned in Feet Of Clay

Nobbs, Cecil Wormsborough StJohn (Nobby)
A sick mind and a watchman. Four feet tall, monkey-like, got papers to prove he's a human being. A bit of a peacock. Son of Scooner Nobbs. Used to be a battlefield scavenger. Member of the Ankh-Morpork historical society. Appears in Guards! Guards!, Moving Pictures, Men At Arms, Soul Music, Maskerade, Feet Of Clay, Hogfather and Jingo

Noddy
Guitarist in the Band Formerly Known As Insanity. Appears in Soul Music

Nork the Impaler
A famous brawler and hero. Appears in Guards! Guards!

Notfaroutoe, Count Arthur Winkings
A salesman, interior decorator and vampire. Traditional while not fully grasping the sense of his dark fate. He was bitten by a lawyer. Member of the Fresh Start Club. After a bit of problem with his house on account of getting a moat, cryp, vault and so on, took up lodgings at Mrs Cake's. Has trouble with his back. Married to Doreen. Appears in Reaper Man, mentioned in Men At Arms

Notfaroutoe, Countess Doreen Winkings
Wife of Arthur and a vampire by marriage. Very keen on the right vampiric air. Plump, rosy complexion. Wears black velvet. Appears in Reaper Man

Noxeuse
Inventer of the Divisibility paradox, which demonstrates the impossibility of falling off a log. Mentioned in Soul Music

Nudger, William (Artful Nudger)
Ankh-Morpork street kid, very tough. Chews gum. Appears in Jingo

Nugent, Mrs
A citizen of Sto Lat. Lives next door to the wizard, and does for him. Has a sister. Mentioned in Mort

Nuhakme Icta (Little Jewel)
One of the children on Violet's list. Lives in the basement of The Laughing Falafel, Klatchistan Take-Away and All-Nite Grocery, corner of Soake and Dimwell. Mentioned in Hogfather

Nutley, Gammer
A Ramtop witch and friend of Goodie Hamstring. Mentioned in Mort

N'Vectif, Banana
Cunningest hunter in the great yellow plains of Klatch and inventor of a better mousetrap. Appears in Moving Pictures

O

Octavo
The most intelligent and powerful book of magic on the Disc. Contains eight powerful and self-conscious spells. First the property of the Creator, then lost. After the so-called Octavo incident (see The Light Fantastic), swallowed by the Luggage, who (which?) sulked for two days and spat it out. Still exists in the UU library, in a welded iron box at the bottom of a shaft.

Offler
The six-armed Crocodile God of Klatch. Patron of the city of Al-Khali. Also worshipped in Ephebe. Appears in The Colour Of Magic and Interesting Times. Mentioned in most Discworld books.

Ogg, Gytha (Nanny)
The matron in the witches' coven. Terrorizes her clan, but can't hold a candle to Esme. Small, wrinkled, white hair. Can't sing. Owns a sinister cat named Greebo. Appears in Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad , Lords And Ladies and Maskerade

Ogg, Jason
Son of Nanny Ogg. The Lancre blacksmith. Can shoe anything. Death's personal blacksmith. Appears in Lords And Ladies

Ogg, Shawn
Youngest son of Nanny Ogg. The king's guard. Appears in Wyrd Sisters and Lords And Ladies

Ogg, others
This is a list of various Oggs that appeared in the books but didn't say anything, together with what little is known about them:
Grame (has some offspring), Tracie, Dreen (female), Wane (male), Darron, Reet, Kev, Trev, Nev, Sharleen, Karen (married to an innkeeper in Ankh-Morpork), Shirl, Daff

Old Grandfather
An old troll. Relative of Kwartz. So large, Herrena chose to seek shelter in his mouth after capturing Rincewind, Twoflower, Cohen and Bethan. Appears in The Light Fantastic.

Olerve the Bastard
King of Sto Lat. Cousin of the Duke of Sto Helit and father of Kelirehenna Sto Lat. Tall, heavily built, honest face, golden beard. Killed by an assassin hired by the Duke of Sto Helit. Appears in Mort

Om, Great God
A small god who made it big by helping a sheepherd. Bad luck with prophets. Known incarnations include a big bull, a thunderbolt and a- uh, a small, four-legged, hard-shelled animal, proverbial for its slowness (except in confrontation with an arrow or a hare). Known prophets: Ossory, Ishkible, Fruni, Cena, Wallspur, Abbys, Hashimi and Brutha. Religious book: Septateuch (note: Septateuch + Small Gods = Octateuch). Appears in Small Gods, mentioned in Feet of Clay

One-Man-Bucket (One-Man-Pouring-A-Bucket-Of-Water-Over-Two-Dogs)
A member of a Howondaland tribe who named its children after the first thing the mother saw when she looked out of the teepee after their birth. Lived and died in Ankh-Morpork (knocked over by a cart in Treacle Street while drunk). Had a cruel thirst which has kept him from passing to the Other Side. In other words, a ghost. Friend of Mrs Cake. Appears in Reaper Man

Ordpor the Tasteless
A Discworld god. His symbol is the matched set of sacred Flying Ducks. Mentioned in Reaper Man

Orinjcrates
An Ephebian philosopher. Wrote On the Nature of Plants. Mentioned in Small Gods

Orm, Great
A god of the Strict Authorized Ormits. Resides in the Nether Hells. Wreaks (at least is supposed to) organic revenge for lack of worship. Only known believer: Arthur Ludorum and his mother. Mentioned in Pyramids

Osric
Victor's uncle. Mentioned in Moving Pictures

Ossory
The first and most important Omnian prophet. The Book of Ossory is the basis of Omnianism. Wondered in the desert with a donkey, who was later made a bishop. Mentioned in Small Gods, Feet of Clay and Hogfather

Oswald
Ginger's uncle. Mentioned in Moving Pictures

P

Palm, Rosemary
Head of the Guild of Seamstresses and owner of a house of negotiable hospitality. Friend to Esme Weatherwax. Mentioned in Guards! Guards!, appears in Maskerade and Feet Of Clay

Pantry, Yeoman of the
A Sto Lat nobleman. Appears in Mort

Pardessus Chatain Pursuivant
One of the Heralds at the Ankh-Morpork Royall College of Heralds. Painter of coats of arms. Appears in Feet Of Clay

Patina
Ephebian goddess of wisdom. Carries a penguin (used to be an owl, but not every sculptor is a Michaelangelo). Appears in Small Gods

Patrician (crystallized jellyfish eater)
A crooked and twisted figure with a taste for sweet seafood. The traditional Grand Vizier type, later replaced by Vetinari. Appears in The Colour Of Magic.

Patrician Vetinari
see Vetinari, Havelock

Peavie
Treasurer of the Alchemists' Guild. Small, nervous. Appears in Moving Pictures

Pediment
Gargoyle and constable of the Watch. Mentioned in Jingo

Peedbury, Iago
A farmer whose lands adjoin those of Miss Flitworth. Old, but persuadable to accept and test progress. Mentioned in Reaper Man

Pencillium, Osiric
Inventor of the pencil. Mentioned in Hogfather

Pentacles, Dean of (the Dean)
A member of Unseen University faculty. Seventy-two at the time of Soul Music. Weighs over twenty stone, has pale eyes and the usual wizard's taste (or lack of such) in wardrobe. Very susceptible to the influences of wild ideas, especially the ones that make him feel a lot younger. Wrote a treatise on The Use of the Syllable 'ENK' in Levitation Spells of the Early Confused Period. Appears in Moving Pictures, Reaper Man, Lords And Ladies, Soul Music, Interesting Times, Hogfather and The Last Continent

Pestilence
One of the 4 horsemen of the Apocralipse. Friend of Death, Famine and War. Talks like this. Appears in The Light Fantastic and Sourcery

Petulia
Goddess of Negotiable Affection. Worshipped by -- uh, seamstresses, if you get my drift. Mentioned in Small Gods

Pew, Urdo van
President of the Thieves' Guild in Guards! Guards! and presumably for some time later on. Overreacts a little.

Pilgarlic
Leader of a trio of thieves in Ankh-Morpork. Persumably before the formal establishment of the Thieves' Guild, as he didn't flash a license and seemed inclined to dispose of his customers permanently. Didn't like wizards. Appears in Mort, and disappears as a result of messing with the title character

Piloxi
An Ephebian farmer who used Didactylos's services. Mentioned in Small Gods

Pimple
Student at the UU at the same time as Windle Poons. Mentioned in Moving Pictures

Planter, Bezam
Owner of a moving picture pit called the Odium. Has a wife and daughter. Appears in Moving Pictures

Planter, Calliope
Bezam's daughter. A beefy young woman. Can't play the organ. Appears in Moving Pictures

Plasterer, Brother
Member in good standing of the Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night. Was trying to learn to play the tuba. Appears in Guards! Guards!

Plugger
An Ankh-Morpork shoemaker. His workshop is in New Cobblers. Mentioned in Soul Music

Poldy, Champett
A Lancre citizen and one-time royal guard. Appears in Wyrd Sisters

Polly
A kitchen girl at the Unseen University. Appears in Soul Music

Poons, Windle
One of the oldest wizards on the Discworld. Appears in Moving Pictures and Reaper Man

Potts, Mr
President of the Bakers' Guild. Appears in Feet Of Clay

Prankster, Brother
A teacher at the Fools' Guild. Huge and red-faced. Mentioned in Wyrd Sisters

Preptil, Brother
The master of music in the Citadel. Had the disputable pleasure of teaching Brutha and finally managed to get him Extra Melons instead of Music. Mentioned in Small Gods

Pretty Butterfly
Twoflower's daughter and leader of the Agatean Changing Things To A More Equitable State While Retaining Due Respect For The Traditions Of Our Forebears And Of Course Not Harming The August Personage Of The Emperor. Sister of Lotus Blossom. Pretty and very intelligent. Has a Rincewind view of the world. Appears in Interesting Times

Privy Closet, Lord of the
A high-ranking Sto Lat nobleman. Appears in Mort

Pseudopolis, Doc
Leader of the Guild of Gamblers. Appears in Feet Of Clay

Ptaclusp
Piramid architect by tradition. Founder of a dynasty. Appears in Pyramids

Ptaclusp IIA
Son of Ptaclusp and born accountant. Appears in Pyramids

Ptaclusp IIB
Son of Ptaclusp and twin brother of Ptaclusp IIA. Genius architect, speciality: aqueducts. Appears in Pyramids

P'tang P'tang
A newt-like god with 52 believers. Not too smart. Appears in Small Gods

Pteppic
See Teppicymon XXVIII

Pushpram, Verity (Hammerhead)
Nice girl running the clam and cockle barrow in Rime Street, Ankh-Morpork. Smells of fish, has an opposite of a squint. Acquaintance of Nobby Nobbs. Mentioned in Jingo

Put
Djelibeybian Lion-Headed God of Justice. Appears in Pyramids

Pyjama, Hrolf
Lance-constable in the Watch. Appears in Men At Arms

Q

Queen Molly
Head of the Beggars' Guild. Not too tidy. Wears velvet. Appears in Men At Arms and Feet Of Clay

Quezovercoalt (The Feathered Boa)
God of mass human sacrifices. Half man, half chicken, half jaguar, half serpent, half scorpion and half mad, later trampled by a half suitcase, half homicidal maniac. Appears in Eric

Quirm, Leonard da
The Discworld's most ingenious inventor. Going bald on top. Not much when it comes to naming things. Inventions include the bicycle, post-it notes, a gun, a wave-making machine and many others (His names for them coming soon). Appears in Men at Arms, mentioned in a number of Discworld books, for the first time in Wyrd Sisters

Quirm, Ponce da
An explorer. Searches for the Fountain of Youth. Old, looks good-natured. Educated. Always sees the good side in things. Appears in Eric

Quirm, Rulers
The landlords of the peaceful town of Quirm can be found under Rodley

Quoom, Ishmale (Pop)
Inquisitor First Class in the citadel. Worked in No.3 pit. Now retired. Mentioned in Small Gods

Quoth the Raven
A talking Quirmian raven. Doesn't do the N word. Eyeball-fixated. Friend of Death of Rats and Susan. Speaks Human and Rat, among other things. Appears in Soul Music and Hogfather


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