So threatening is he that the crime rate actually, Cohen and the Silver Horde, a band of octogenarian barbarians. In a pun on the Orient, it is also known as the Aurient, from the Latatian (Latin) word 'aurum' (gold), meaning 'the place where gold comes from'. Cohen the Barbarian. It consists of a large disc (complete with edge-of-the-world drop-off and consequent waterfall) resting on the backs of four huge elephants which are in turn standing on the back of an enormous turtle, named Great A'Tuin (similar to Chukwa or Akupara from Hindu mythology) as it slowly swims through space. The city is noted for its wind, which blows from the vast deserts of Klatch, and has been described as "a gentle but persistent breeze". they can't take extreme heat and cold at the same time, "India" shades into the different region of Ghat, it was revealed that at his death, Pratchett was working on a novel provisionally entitled, who eventually has enough of his father's abuse and breaks the staff. Essentially, if something is believed strongly enough, or by enough people, it may become true. In the Agatean Empire, almost every male's name is number-adjective-noun, such as Nine Turning Mirrors and Six Beneficent Winds. Presumably an exaggerated version of Turkish coffee, Klatchian coffee has a strong sobering effect, bringing the drinker "to the other side of sobriety". Esmerelda Weatherwax never had any (non-witchcraft) relations with men after Mustrum Ridcully left for Unseen University, which becomes a plot point when a unicorn shows up. Bergholt Stuttley "Bloody Stupid" Johnson, Discworld's most infamous inventor. Überwald's economy is apparently based on mining. As it is the only Discworld book published in 2008 – 25 years after The Colour of Magic, the hardback editions display a sticker stating "25 Years of Discworld". A'Tuin has been known to do more complex rolls and corkscrews, but these are rarer. Lu-Tze and other sources state that on Fourecks time and space are very twisted up, and there is a big time source right in the middle (probably the Red Rock, the Ecksian version of Uluru). The usage in some of the books is uneven, but the later narratives use "Uberwald" exclusively. Dwarfs such as Cheery Littlebottom have also been known to utter the words. For example, Discworld trolls are made of stone rather than being turned to stone by sunlight like Tolkien's trolls; Discworld Furies have physical similarities to the Furies of Greco-Roman myth, but have different roles. Local transport is by cattle- or troll-powered paddleboats with onboard gambling. He called the world a sea of evil with only bad people in it, and hoped for no afterlife. The entire purpose of UU is to keep them that way so they don't destroy the world. Its closest point to the Unnamed Continent is about 15 miles (24 km) away but, as the channel is under an ice cap, it is often referred to as an isthmus. millithaum, kilothaum) in the books. The hypothesis is that all stars in the sky are obviously also worlds carried by giant turtles, and that when all the turtles meet they will mate passionately, for the first and only time; from that mating, it is hypothesized that new turtles would be born to carry a new pattern of worlds. Whether it was when he was cultivating in the Lower Realm, or when he was in the Ten Heavens of the Upper Realm, he has always been undefeated. Omnia is a desert theocracy ruled by the Cenobiarch, the head of the Omnian Church, from the Citadel in the capital city of Kom (a sort of cross between Qum, Jerusalem and the Vatican). Only briefly mentioned in the books, Hersheba is a small desert kingdom rimwards of Klatchian empire, practically on the more-or-less vague boundary of Howondaland. There is a reading order guide◊ for those who would like to go through the books by internal series chronology. Large amounts of octiron make Agatean Empire home of the rare sapient pear trees. The castle is built into this rock. The Great Nef is a vast desert on the Klatchian continent, noted mainly for containing the Dehydrated Ocean, an ocean consisting of dehydrated water. Carrot's sword is also very interesting. Time and space appear more consistent in these areas. The lands around the Hub, also called the High Tops, are icy, mountainous and cold. If, as the Discworld version of the popular "Big Bang theory" states, Great A'Tuin is moving from the Birthplace to the Time of Mating, then at the point of mating the civilizations of the Disc might be crushed, simply slide off, or else the entire world will end. Quirm is a quiet and peaceful town, and for this reason is a popular holiday destination. He will generally drop down onto your shoulders and try to unscrew your head. when he's called to do his duty as death and take away the soul of, despite their death in a carriage accident. In The Truth this phenomenon is referred to as "psychotropic weather". Mrs Colon, who wins extra points for being The Ghost not only to the reader but also to the other characters. Cardinal directions within the Discworld are not given as North, South, East and West, but rather as directions relating to the disc itself: Hubward (towards the centre), Rimward (away from the centre) and to a lesser extent, turnwise (direction of the disc's rotation) and widdershins (against the direction of the disc's rotation). Leshp's last appearance sparked a near-war between Ankh-Morpork and Klatch in Jingo. Just as "darkest Africa" remained largely unexplored until the 19th century, "darkest Klatch" is largely unknown to most Discworlders. The Assassins' Guild kills for one reason, and one reason only -- money. Discworld witches often employ narrative in their magic, but consider it ethically tricky since it interferes with free will. Like the sentient species, these also have a real-world connection, although most of these connections take the form of slight changes to existing real-world animals, as shown in the .303 bookworm, which is a worm that evolved differently due to the danger of consuming magic books, or the hermit elephant, which is an elephant who has evolved hermit crab-like living conditions. The school's strong emphasis on decency reportedly makes it rather difficult to teach certain areas of Biology; students come out of that class "with the vague idea that they were supposed to marry a rabbit" (Soul Music). Vetinari will often tell whoever he's talking to to look out a nearby window at what Ankh-Morpork has to offer, in the hopes that they will see Ankh-Morpork the way he sees it, as a great city all things considered, but usually they get sidetracked by fog obscuring the view or a dog peeing in an alley or something equally pointless. If a miller has a third son, he will invariably leave him only his cat. Furthermore, he has to live up to his reputation as the most honest cop on the Disc, even when it would easier and more convenient not to do so. Due to Elven incursions, Lancre Castle was built to an exaggerated scale in order to accommodate fleeing citizens. Motto: NIL MORTIFI, SINE LVCRE. The island fulfills the role of Borneo, in as much as it is large, covered in jungle, and home to the orangutan. The reason for this is unknown, though it is agreed that waiting around for it to reach zero is unwise. In today's more congenial age, barfights at the Mended Drum are staged contests and severed limbs are carefully numbered so they can be surgically reattached. That's roughly one watchman for every four thousand people (for comparison, New York City's cop per capita ratio is about twenty times higher), and Vimes complains about how, Cut Me Own Throat Dibbler founded his own guild, the Guild of C.M.O.T. Similarly, Lancre contains areas where the landscape echoes the state of mind of those who pass through, leading confident travellers to find babbling brooks while, in the same place at the same time, disheartened travellers find deep valleys and raging mountain torrents. Though precious metals are plentiful, the most crucial mineral resource is fat, which is believed to have been deposited by a fifth great Discworld-bearing elephant, which was dislodged from the back of Great A'Tuin and crashed into the ground around Überwald. One odd effect of this is that the Disc has time zones, however, as a flat world, it should not. It resembles fine sand, but can be reconstituted into normal water by adding water. The Guild is a cheerless place which contrasts sharply with the bright and cheery Assassins Guild building next door. The moon rotates, and completes a full revolution in about a month; the full moon occurs when the luminescent side is completely visible from the Disc, the new moon when the dark side is shown. In any novel where the wizards appear for long, he's likely to be the bystander who catches the friendly-fire flack. Susan Sto Helit), after carefully studying history books, point out that the Battle of Koom Valley seemed to have been repeated several times. The Octarine Grass Country predominantly features in Reaper Man, where Death goes to work under the name Bill Door. In this regard, it relates to Ankh-Morpork as Eastbourne relates to London, or possibly as Spain relates to the United Kingdom, or even Greece (as a description in Unseen Academicals describes Quirm as having "strange water", which is the typical stereotype of the Greek Water Supply). In keeping with the Discworld's affinity for narrative, Überwald's climate and conditions contrive to fulfill human expectations: for example, Überwaldian thunderclaps occur whenever someone makes a particularly forceful pronouncement. In The Colour of Magic and Mort the Emperor was an idealistic young boy; however, by Interesting Times he had been supplanted by an elderly man who was quite insane. With a chic motif of daggers and the guild coat of arms, this highbrow hosiery is essential uniform for the smartest Assassins! That novel also refers to Psephopololis, which according to The Discworld Mapp is the same place. Its melting point is above the range of metal forges. The pun between "lore" and "law" is only appreciable in certain varieties of English. The youngest, Magrat Garlick, is given the dogsbody task by the older witches. As reality was given a retcon in the book, the Duke who united the Sto Plains was Mort, and he did it by diplomacy rather than conquest. This page was last edited on 27 April 2021, at 21:54. In Small Gods, it was briefly invaded by Omnia; however, this occupation quickly collapsed and Ephebe launched a decisive counter-strike. All they've been able to discern is that the Great A'Tuin is looking forward to something. This is a very traumatic experience, although it is noted that it sometimes leads to important discoveries. One of the few times he's openly seen by adults is during the performance of a play featuring the character of Death — since they are expecting to see "Death", they see Death — and he promptly gets stage fright, as he's unused to being seen by so many people at once. Somehow the Senior Wrangler became the romantic of the UU faculty, while averting this trope enough to still be interchangeable with the Chair and Lecturer. Überwald is the centre of Dwarfish history and politics; the Low King, the final arbiter of Dwarfish law, has his seat of power in the underground Überwald city of Schmaltzberg (literally "mountain of fat"; a double or even triple play on the Austrian town of Salzburg: Schmaltz means lard or fat in German, but can also mean 'excessive sentimentality'). Password requirements: 6 to 30 characters long; ASCII characters only (characters found on a standard US keyboard); must contain at least 4 different symbols; The other theory, described as being popular among the Discworld's academics as the Discworld version of the steady state theory, which in-universe is known as the "steady gait" theory, is that he/she came from nowhere and is going to keep swimming through space to nowhere forever. and continuing "many-one, many-two" all the way up to "many-many-many-three" which is followed by "lots", At least the canon verses, all of which are cut off before any explicit lyrics. A police procedural based around the Ankh-Morpork Watch is in the works, and discussions are underway for cinema films of Mort and The Wee Free Men. There is a problem. Very little is known about the Theocracy of Muntab. John Keel, a city watchman, moved from Pseudopolis to Ankh-Morpork and was the mentor of the young Sam Vimes (Night Watch). With in-depth features, Expatica brings the international community closer together. The Sto Plains (the numerous feuding kingdoms and citystates surrounding Ankh-Morpork) are an overall analogue to Western Europe (in particular Europeans'. See also the character sheet for details on the more major of the series' Loads and Loads of Characters, and the fan-run L-Space Web for quotes and annotations (which unfortunately hasn't been updated since Going Postal, from 2004). According to the wizards of Unseen University, Chelys galactica, and thus Great A'Tuin, are composed largely of the fictional element chelonium, the properties of which are apparently known to them (they do tests to look for it in Roundworld [the Discworld analogue of Earth] in The Science of Discworld), but not to readers. The most notable nation to lie on the Rim (it actually juts slightly over it) is the island kingdom of Krull. A hero will always win when outnumbered, since million-to-one chances are dramatic enough to "crop up nine times out of ten", but always lose when faced with "a little bald wrinkly smiling man" who is almost always highly trained in martial arts. At the end of Mort, Princess Keli became Queen. He feels no remorse for the deaths he causes from these activities, even indirectly. A thief the Watch was chasing once stopped in an alley and leaned on him. exploiting the golems and engineering the conspiracy to incapacitate Vetinari, which kills an innocent family. A list of Clarecraft Discworld Figures - From DW26 The God's Dice Box to DW50 Death Bookstamp. Nowadays, dwarfs celebrate the Battle of Koom Valley Day, on the same day that trolls celebrate Troll New Year. Wizards of Unseen University are generally expected to stay celibate. Great A'Tuin has been mentioned to frequently roll on its belly to avoid asteroid and comet collisions, or even to snatch these projectiles out of the sky which might otherwise destroy the Disc. The second Brother walked toward the darkness, and stood under a roof of stone. Heinrich is also heir to the Borogravian throne after the death of the Duchess Annagovia. Conjurers have been compared to special effects guys- they find more work than wizards, not because they know more but because they make it more entertaining. anything not nailed down), Pseudopolis always lost its wars at this period because of an unaccountable shortage of weapons. Given young Vetinari's and Lord Snapcase's (the Patrician prior to Vetinari) characterisations in the novel Night Watch, it can be infered the "obese Patrician" is not Vetinari. Perhaps the most militarily aggressive nation on the Disc, Borogravia is known for invading its neighbours and fighting wars (in Night Watch, it is mentioned in passing that Borogravia has invaded Mouldavia). Even when Death makes himself known, most adults won't even notice that he's a skeleton, because everybody knows that skeletons can't walk around and talk. Quirm is a duchy, ruled by the Rodley family. Witches and Wizards are not to be confused. Überwaldian dwarfs are far more hidebound and traditional than their cousins near the Sto Plains, which has led to a certain culture clash between the two (cf. Like Australia, Fourecks is both a country and a continent. On Fourecks, elected politicians are immediately thrown into jail so to save them, inevitably, having to do so at a later date. Some human nationalities also have their own specific gods: Omnians worship Om, and Borogravians have Nuggan (though most of them actually worship the Duchess, who has posthumously become the equivalent against her will). Some things are still. The principal deity of Klatch is Offler, a crocodile-headed god. This is similar to real-world sea turtles' habit of rolling over with their shell down to protect themselves from sharks. The humour ranges from simple wordplay to wry reflections on the absurdities of life. Guards! Completely inverted with Leonard of Quirm, who invents, among other things, incredibly destructive siege engines as intellectual exercises, including cutting instructions and parts lists, a working submarine and spacecraft and what is hinted to be an atomic bomb. At the time of Small Gods (the position of which in the Discworld chronology is somewhat obscure), Ephebe was ruled by a small, fat man with skinny legs, who resembled an egg hatching upside-down. Her authority is exercised through a Mayor. Lord, what can the harvest hope for, if not for the care of the reaper man? His vocabulary is limited to "Oook" with varying punctuation, but everyone seems to know exactly what he means. While this isn't a Discworld book per se, it does prominently feature a flat Earth, and it does seem to contain the seeds of many ideas that would feature in the Discworld books later on. Omnia, meanwhile, initially resembles an bizarre mix between the medieval Vatican (the shape of the world controversy is clearly based on the Catholic Church vs. Galileo), Khomeini's Iran, and Inquisition-era Spain, and later evolves over the course of. Several SI-modifiers have been applied to it (e.g. Great A'Tuin is the Giant Star Turtle (of the fictional species Chelys galactica) who travels through the Discworld universe's space, carrying four giant elephants (named Berilia, Tubul, Great T'Phon, and Jerakeen) who in turn carry the Discworld. 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