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Sunshine Sanctuary for Sick Dragons

2010-01-17T13:11:25Z

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That is, for [[swamp dragon]]s, which are almost permanently sick because they can rearrange their "internal plumbing" to adjust their digestion as appropriate for whatever food they are eating (and they eat almost anything that's combustible). It's just too difficult a biological process, and no matter how they try to adjust, the dragons find themselves ill. The '''Sunshine Sanctuary''' was established by the famous swamp dragon breeder, [[Lady Sybil Ramkin]] in [[Ankh-Morpork]]. The Sanctuary is run by [[Rosie Devant-Molei]] with a volunteer staff of upper-class young ladies ([[Samuel Vimes]] calls them ''interchangeable Emmas'') who are interested in swamp dragons. The Sanctuary also buys dragons from owners considered to be mistreating the dragons, and takes in former pet dragons that are now abandoned. They end up in pens in the Sanctuary, where the staff try to give the dragons dietary supplements to bring their digestion to a safer level. This does not always work, so dragons occasionally explode. The Sanctuary is built with thick walls and very light roof, a peculiarity usually found in firework factories.

The Sunshine Sanctuary for Sick Dragons plays an important role in:
*''[[Book:Guards! Guards!|Guards! Guards!]]''
*''[[Book:Men at Arms|Men at Arms]]''

and has made appearances in other books of the [[:Category:Watch Series|Watch Series]]. It has also appeared in {{TLH}}, where some dragons were "borrowed" from the sanctuary to power [[Kite|a space-flight contraption]]. Lord Vetinari warned the passengers that if the dragons were not returned safely, then "he would be in serious trouble [from the Sanctuary]". This suggests that the sanctuary staff may have a formidable wrath even to the powerful [[Vetinari|Tyrant]]. The dragons' fates were unknown.

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Daniel Trooper

2010-01-17T11:54:28Z

Azrael: Spangler was hanged, Lipwig met his Guardian Angel

Mr. Daniel "One Drop" Trooper is the official public executioner for [[Ankh-Morpork]]. Or, at least, one of them. In {{NW}} we learn that there are two ways to hang a man - the long way (in which they are hoisted up and slowly asphyxiate) and the short way (in which they are dropped through a trapdoor and the jerk breaks the neck) and there was ''not a hangman in the city'' that would allow [[Carcer]] the easy way.

A cheerful and jovial man who is genuinely happy in his work, he is capable of hanging the condemned man to within a very inch of his life, as [[Albert Spangler]] discovered shortly after he died and met his [[Vetinari|Guardian Angel]].

Mr Trooper seeks to make the experience of being hanged a short and comfortable one, and usually announces himself to clients in the condemned cells at the [[Tanty]] with "Good morning, Mr Spangler. (..) It’s me, sir, Daniel “One Drop” Trooper. I am your executioner for today, sir. Don’t you worry, sir. I’ve hanged dozens of people. We’ll soon have you out of here".

He's also a bit of a thinker. 'Do you really think all this deters crime, Mr Trooper?' [[Albert Spangler]] asks him.
<br>'Well, in the generality of things I'd say it's hard to tell, given that it's hard to find evidence of crimes not committed,' said the hangman, giving the trapdoor a final rattle. 'But in the specificality, sir, I'd say it's very efficacious.'
<br>'Meaning what?' said Albert.
<br>'Meaning I've never seen someone up here more'n once, sir. Shall we go?'

He has a profitable pension plan in the form of holding the concession to sell memorabilia of public hangings, and owns a special pen capable of writing on rope. The condemned person is usually politely invited to sign the noose at two-inch intervals as a contribution towards Mr Trooper's pension plan. [[Vetinari]] no doubt nods at the expense of a new rope for each hanging, as Mr. Trooper's expertise, which is second to no man's, has proven of great and valuable worth to him on at least three occasions that readers of the books know about.

Mr. Trooper is an avid reader of ''[[What Gallows]] ''and the ''[[Tanty Bugle]]'', partly for professional reasons and mainly for the financial information in the "used rope" pages. Apparently, the [[Sto Plains Dealer]] and the [[Pseudopolis Herald]] are also good for trade-related financial information.

Mr. Trooper appreciates the showmanship aspects of his trade, and is always appreciative of light banter with the condemned person, ideally culminating in a memorable ''bon mot'' just before he pulls the lever.

A previous post-holder of the job of Civic Hangman and Public Executioner was [[Hepzibah Whitlow]], who also had a reflective and thoughtful approach to the job.

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Albert Spangler

2010-01-17T11:53:15Z

Azrael:

{{Character Data
|title= Albert Spangler
|photo=
|name= Albert Spangler
|age= 26
|race= [[Humans|Human]]

|occupation= Swindler, thief, conman
|appearance= Six foot two, brown-blond hair, average and nondescript, identical to famous businessman [[Moist von Lipwig]].

|residence= Travelling con artist
|death= Hanged to death by [[Daniel Trooper]]
|parents=
|relatives=
|children=
|marital status= Currently dead, former girlfriend/wife unknown.

|books= {{GP}}, {{MM}}

|cameos=
}}
A now deceased conman and criminal who was hanged to death. He was coincidentally about the same height and build as [[Moist von Lipwig]], who in fellow feeling, was disgusted to see the execution only merited a couple of inside paragraphs in the [[Tanty Bugle]]. As Moist remarked to [[Vetinari]], he ''knows'' Spangler is dead: he was there to witness it, and saw every moment as if he was experiencing it himself, even if Cribbins knows Spangler is still alive in {{MM}}. He was known to have accumulated a large sum of ill-gotten gains though these have never officially been recovered, which altogether adds up to the sum of a hundred and fifty thousand [[Ankh-Morpork]] dollars.

One of Moist's many alter egos.

==Publishing Note==

For reasons known only to some employees of [[HarperCollins]], Spangler has another alias in [[Roundworld]]'s United States of America, where he is often known as ''Alfred'' Spangler.

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2010-01-16T19:45:27Z

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Sisters of Perpetual Velocity

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Jewels

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Archchancellor Henry

2010-01-16T15:41:23Z

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