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Book:Unseen Academicals

2023-05-01T22:22:02Z

Greebo: Updated info

{{Book Data
|title=Unseen Academicals
|cover=[[File:UnseenAcademicals.jpg|thumb|240px|Cover art by Paul Kidby]]
|coauthors=
|illustrator=Paul Kidby
|date=13 Oct 2009
|publisher=Doubleday
|isbn=0385609345
|pages=320
|rrp=£18.99
|series=Ankh-Morpork Series
|characters=[[Nutt|Mr. Nutt]], [[Trevor Likely]], [[Glenda Sugarbean]], [[Juliet Stollop]]
|annotations=yes
|notes= The 37th Discworld novel and the longest
}}
==Cover Blurb==
"Football has come to the ancient city of [[Ankh-Morpork]] – not the old fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football with pointy hats for goalposts and balls that go gloing when you drop them. And now, the wizards of [[Unseen University]] must win a football match, without using [[magic]], so they're in the mood for trying everything else.

The prospect of the Big Match draws in [[Trevor Likely|a likely lad]] with a wonderful talent for kicking a tin can, [[Glenda Sugarbean|a maker]] of jolly good pies, [[Juliet Stollop|a dim but beautiful young woman]] who might just turn out to be the greatest fashion model there has ever been, and the mysterious Mr [[Nutt]]. (No one knows anything much about Mr Nutt, not even Mr Nutt, which worries him, too.)

As the match approaches, four lives are entangled and changed for ever.
Because the thing about football – the ''important'' thing about football – is that it is not just about football.

Here we go! Here we go! Here we go!"

==Characters==
===Major Characters===
*[[Glenda Sugarbean]]
*[[Juliet Stollop]]
*[[Trevor Likely]]
*Mr [[Nutt]]
*[[Lord Vetinari]]
*[[Madame Sharn]]
*[[Pepe]]
*[[Andy Shank]]

===Wizards===
*Wizards of Unseen University
**[[Mustrum Ridcully]]
**[[Rincewind]]
**The [[Librarian]]
**[[Chair of Indefinite Studies]]
**[[Lecturer in Recent Runes]]
**[[Senior Wrangler]]
**[[Ponder Stibbons]]
**[[John Hicks|Dr Hix]]
**[[Bengo Macarona]], for clarity it should be noted that merely one person has matriculated as Bengo Macarona.
**[[Professor of Recondite Phenomena]]
**Professor of Illiberal Studies
**Professor Maidenhair
*Wizards of [[Brazeneck College]]
**[[Dean|Archchancellor Henry]]
**[[Adrian Turnipseed]]
**[[Able Baker]]

===Minor Characters===
*Ankh-Morpork United:
**[[Charles Barton]]
**[[F. Brisket]]
**[[H. Capstick]]
**[[Joseph Hoggett]], captain
**[[J. W. Rickett]]
**[[Jimmy Wilkins]]
*[[Mrs. Atkinson]]
*Miss [[Healstether]]
*Doctor [[John Lawn]]
*[[Igor]] at the Lady Sybil Free Hospital
*[[Lady Margolotta]]
*[[Rufus Drumknott]]
*[[Algernon Stollop]]
*[[Furies|The sisters of perpetual velocity]]
*[[William de Worde]]
*[[Glang Snorrisson]]
*[[Rudolph Scattering]]
*[["Fartmeister" Carter]]
*Employees at Unseen University
**Mrs [[Whitlow]]
**[[Natchbull Smeems]], the [[Candle Knave]]
**[[Downbody]]
**[[Bledlow Nobbs]] (no relation)
**[[Frankly Ottomy|Bledlow Ottomy]]
**Bledlow Hipney
**[[Concrete]]

===Cameos and Mentions===
*Sergeant [[Angua]]
*[[J.P. Bunderbell]]
*Herr [[Fassel]]
* [[Frugal]], a philosopher of the [[Bonk School]]
[[Category:Discworld characters]]
*Constable [[Haddock]]
*[[Bluejohn]]
*[[Hwel]] the Playwright
*[[Dave Likely]]
*[[Piggy Love]]
* Herr Doktor [[Maspinder]], another philosopher of the [[Bonk School]]
*Ofleberger, a philosopher of the [[Bonk School]]
*Pondlife, a student at UU
*[[Low King]] [[Rhys Rhysson]]
*[[Mr. Shine]]
*[[Martin Sogger]]
*Trousenblert, yet another philosopher of the [[Bonk School]]
*[[Vonmausberger]]. Did we mention he is a philosopher of the [[Bonk School]]?
*[[Dustworthy Swithin]]
*[[Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler]]
*[[Death]]
*[[Bill Rincewind]]
*[[Sam Vimes]]
*[[The Luggage]]
*[[Ankh-Morpork Post Office|The Postmaster General]] ([[Moist von Lipwig]])

==Locations==
*[[Ankh-Morpork]]
**[[Unseen University]]
***The [[Night Kitchen]]
***[[The vats]]
***[[Uncommon Room]]
**[[Dolly Sisters]]
**[[Dimwell]]
**[[Tenth Egg Street]]
**[[The Hippo]]
**[[Lady Sybil Free Hospital]] (mentioned)
**[[Patrician's Palace]]
**[[Shatta]]
**[[Treacle Mine Road]]
*[[Genua]]
*[[Pseudopolis]]
**[[Brazeneck College]]
*[[Sto Lat]]
*[[Uberwald]] (mentioned)
**AKA The [[Evil Empire]] (mentioned)

==Things and Concepts==
*[[Bu-Bubble]]
*[[Cabinet of Curiosity]]
*[[Compendium of Odours]] by Brakefast
*[[Dark War]]
*[[Dictionary of Eye-Watering Words|Discomforting Misusage]], by Birdcatcher
*First Prodostian War, lost by the Maranids
*[[Five Hours and Sixteen Minutes Among The Goblins of Far Uberwald]]
*[[Furies]]
*[[Goblins]]
*[[Grapeshot's Therapeutic Squeezer]]
*[[Hex]]
*Hunt the [[Megapode]]
*[[Micromail]]
*[[Orcs]]
*[[Pex]] (mentioned)
*[[Retribushium]]
*[[Ritual Aggression in Pubescent Rats]]
*[[The Shove]]
*[[Slood]]
*[[The Speech of Trolls]] by Postalume
*The [[Ankh-Morpork Times]]
*[[Trespassers' Society]] of Ankh-Morpork
*[[Trumpet of Equestrianism]] by Spout
*[[We Can Rule You Wholesale]]
*[[Beauty Arising from the Pease Pudding Cart Attended by Cherubs Carrying Hot Dogs and Pies]]
*The whistle of [[Evans the Striped]]
*[[Blit]]
*[[Crab Bucket]]

==Foot-the-ball sides==
* The Angels
*[[Dimmers|Dimwell Old Pals]]
*[[Dollies|Dolly Sisters Football Club]]
*Unseen Academicals
*Ankh-Morpork United
*Treacle Mine Tuesday ("the Miners")
*Cockbill Boars
*Pigsty Hill [[Pork Packers]]
*Naphill United
*Whopping Street Wanderers ("the Whoppers")
*Lobbin Clout

==Gameday Iconograph==
[[Image:UnseenAcademicals10.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
'''Lineup'''
*Front: [[Librarian]]
*First Row, from left: [[The Luggage]]-The [[Chair of Indefinite Studies]]- Mr. [[Nutt]]
*Seated: Dr. [[John Hicks|Hix]]-[[Ponder Stibbons]]-The [[Lecturer in Recent Runes]]-[[Trevor Likely]]
*Standing: [[Glenda Sugarbean]]-[[Senior Wrangler]]-[[Bengo Macarona]]-[[Mustrum Ridcully]]-[[Rincewind]]-[[Havelock Vetinari]]-[[Juliet Stollop]]

==Roundworld comparisons==
That {{wp|Shakespeare|hack from Stratford-on Avon}} wrote a {{wp|Romeo and Juliet|play about horny teenagers in Verona}}, Italy. This Discworld story centers on horny teenagers (well, not Glenda) who are fans of different foot-the-ball sides, but then again it doesn't.
The name Dimwell seems close to Millwall, area and football club in London noted for the belligerence of their supporters.
Uberwald is a roundworld reference to Germany. The orcs are symbolic for modern Germans. All books that Nutt cites have German titles. Today, Germans have problems with their place in history, because of their role in the war, just like the orcs, even several generations afterwards. Uberwald actually translates as over the forest as does Transylvania. The books have German titles because Freud is the father of psychology.

==Adaptations==
===[[Theatre Adaptations|Theatre]]===
Adapted by [[Stephen Briggs]] into a stage play in 2015.

===[[Radio Adaptations|Audio Drama]]===
Adapted into an audio drama for Amazon Audible by Richard Curtie and Bev Doyle, directed by Dirk Maggs, in partnership with [[Narrativia (production_company)|Narrativia]] in 2018.

==See also==
[[Book:Unseen Academicals/Annotations|Annotations for ''Unseen Academicals'']]

[[The Ankh-Morpork Football Association Hall of Fame playing cards]]

==Gallery==
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| valign="top" | [[File:UA Proof.jpg|thumb|160px|Book Proof]]
| valign="top" | [[File:UA Slip.jpg|thumb|110px|Collectors Slipcase Edition]]
| valign="top" | [[File:UA Promo cards.jpg|thumb|110px|Promotional Football Cards]]
| valign="top" | [[File:UA Black.jpg|thumb|110px|Paperback]]
| valign="top" | [[File:UA CD.jpg|thumb|140px|Audio CD]]
| valign="top" | [[File:UA US.jpg|thumb|110px|US Cover]]
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{|
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| valign="top" | [[File:UA Zoom.jpg|thumb|110px|Paperback cover by [[Paul Kidby]]]]
| valign="top" | [[File:UA CL.jpg|thumb|120px|Collectors Library Edition]]
| valign="top" | [[File:UA 2022.jpg|thumb|110px|Paperback 2022]]
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{{series|before=Making Money|series=Discworld|after=I Shall Wear Midnight}}
{{series|series=Ankh-Morpork|before=Making Money|after=Raising Steam}}
{{series|series=Wizards|before=The Last Continent}}

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Talk:Bibliography

2023-03-26T15:14:27Z

Greebo: /* Terry Pratchett biography */

==Namespaces==
To keep a distincion of short stories from books, I have created the Short Story namespace. --[[User:Sanity|Sanity]] 16:09, 5 January 2006 (CET)

==Too many links==
Is it just me, or is it completey useless to have even the '''years''' be actual Wiki links? Is anybody going to go: "Hmmm, ''Mort'' was published in 1987, and -- oh wait, let me see what Wikipedia has to tell me about the year 1987"?

Linking just-because-you-can is merely screen pollution and only causes the truly useful links to become obscured. An abundance of choices is not always helpful.

This is of course a problem I have with Wikipedia in general. Most articles these days are more blue than black, simply because every friggin' word for which an article exists gets. {{unsigned2|11:20, 4 Jul 2005 (UTC)|Leo Breebaart}}

: I agree. I overdid it. I've scaled back the links by removing all year links, and linking only the first occurrence of each publisher. --[[User:Tony Sidaway|Tony Sidaway]]|[[User talk:Tony Sidaway|Talk]] 14:40, 4 Jul 2005 (CEST)

==Blurbs==
I'd just like to say that most of the blurbs here, I assume they are from the UK editions, are different from the US ones and, ye gods, the blurbs I read here are fun, so much more fun than the US ones. Also the UK blurbs are more Discworld-ly, whereas the US ones seem to try to generalize things, squish too much information in a few words, and end up implying the wrong thing. For example, the US blurb for ''Feet of Clay'' ends with the sentence "Even when the investigation leads to an out-of-work ''golem'', a vampire dragon, and a vegetarian werewolf...."; however, in the book the vegetarian werewolf is a member of the investigation team, not something that the investigation finds, and the investigation hardly ever led to the vampire ''named'' dragon. US blurbs also include weird mistakes, like "Even when one of the victims is murdered with a loaf of her own Battle Bread (available in convenient throwing slices)." for ''Feet of Clay''. I can understand the attempt to squish the commercial dwarf bread with the dwarf bread museum, but they used a female pronoun on poor old Mr. Hopkinson... -- Vsl

==Multiple Editions?==
The (old) Discworld Companion seems to have multiple editions without changing the names. My copy is the "Updated" 2001 version, so on the copyright page I see that first edition was 1994, and my copy was 2001. On some bookseller websites I keep seeing people saying they are selling used copies of 1997 edition. Is there really a 1997 edition? If not, please correct it on the Bibliography page.--[[User:Vsl|Vsl]] 01:28, 1 February 2006 (CET)
:There are mainly 3 different editions (1994, 1997 and 2003), but the paperback release of the first hardback edition has an updated introduction, too. You can have a look at them in the database I created [http://www.ankh-morpork.de/index.php?seite=3010&book=DSVAZ&details=ea here]. It lists all editions that were released in the UK and in Germany. (I removed the US editions when redoing the whole database in 2004). --[[User:Death|Death]] 08:58, 10 February 2006 (CET)

== Diaries and such ==

Where do the 6 diaries, the almanack, the Pratchett Portfolio, the Art of the Discword and the forthcoming 2007 diary come into this list, if at all? Also, I listed Making Money because of its announcement on Paul Kidby's website, but what of ''Nation'', ''Unseen Academicals'' and ''Scouting for Trolls'', which as far as I know haven't had an announcement as such, they were just inferred from interviews. Do they belong in the list? [[User:Thegreatloofa|Thegreatloofa]] 18:33, 8 February 2006 (CET)

-A good point. Also I was wondering if Discworld sources supervised but not actually written by TP should be included in the bibliography or even the individual articles. I am thinking specifically about the PC game 'Discworld Noir' which has lots of interesting facts if it is appropriate to include them. --[[User:High_king_gilgalad|High_king_gilgalad]] 18:15, 12 April 2006 (GMT)

...............two years pass.....................................................................

The introduction to this page and the title of the whole wiki specify the works of Terry Pratchett. A few entries here seem to belong in some other article/list. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 01:05, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

== Is there a place for listing, or discussing, audio adaptions of the books? ==

I ask, because I bought a copy of the "talking book" edition of {{T5E}} at the weekend. It is abridged onto two C90 audio cassettes, and read by Tony Robinson, a man best known for playing Blackadder's sidekick Baldrick. This seems to be about the only release format of Pratchett's books that doesn't have its own separate section in the bibliography. (As those books so far released all appear to be in the same format and are all audiotape editions read by Robinson, it's arguable that this doesn't need too much attention, over and above an acknowledgment that they exist?) I've dealt with the specifics of this particular adaptation in more depth in the discussion pages of {{T5E}}.--[[User:AgProv|AgProv]] 17:08, 15 January 2008 (CET)

:I've tried to list all of [[Stephen Briggs]]'s on his page despite the barriers erected by the publishers; they can be copied and pasted here. By all means dig out Robinson's if you can and just add a section. I think there are older recordings by another reader as well. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 22:39, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

== Numbering Sequence: advice sought ==

Ref. the soon-to-be-released fully illustrated version of {{WFM}}. I have inserted it into the list at no.39, which has necessitated re-numbering the subsequent three working titles.

It occurs to me, however, that both {{E}} and {{TLH}} were originally released as fully illustrated books, and in later editions as text-only volumes. (ie, two releases of the same text, but one eidtion lacks pictures) They each only appear ''once'' in the list, however, by chronological release date. Therefore, should {{WFM}} be similarly treated, perhaps with a note after it first appears as no.31 in the list, to say it will soon be available in a fully illustrated edition, while [[Book:When I Am Old I Shall Wear Midnight|(When I Am Old) I Shall Wear Midnight]], [[Book:Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]] and [[Book:Raising Taxes|Raising Taxes]] retain their previous positions at 39, 40, and 41 respectively?

List extract in question reproduced below and awaiting opinions!--[[User:AgProv|AgProv]] 20:15, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

* 38 [[Book:Making Money|Making Money]] (Doubleday, 2007)
* 39 (31a?)[[Book:The Illustrated Wee Free Men|The Illustrated Wee Free Men]] (Doubleday, release date 11th September 2008)
* 40 (39) [[Book:When I Am Old I Shall Wear Midnight|(When I Am Old) I Shall Wear Midnight]] rumoured, unreleased
* 41 (40) [[Book:Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]] rumoured, unreleased
* 42 (41) [[Book:Raising Taxes|Raising Taxes]] rumoured, unreleased

:As you noticed, different editions and formats have not been listed before and I think it will get much too messy if they are. Anyone wishing to compete with ppint's complete bibliography can add editions to the basic article. I suggest one title = one article. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 00:02, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Advice taken and correction made! --[[User:AgProv|AgProv]] 10:31, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

== snuff ==

I added a (red) link for "Snuff" because at http://paulkidby.com/news/index.html Terry writes that he has already written 20,000 words. --[[User:ArchchancellorJoe|ArchchancellorJoe]] 20:14, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

:I made it a "Book:" article (even though it's just a working title), and moved it over Raising Taxes (since, if it's the ''next'' adult Discworld book, it will come before a book that's only rumoured). [[User:TC01|TC01]] 21:22, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

::And now I've created a short little article (about the same size as the Raising Taxes article) with all the information we know so far- essentially, only what we know from the article.

::: I have moved the the wee free men (illustrated), Snuff, and raising taxes etc into different headings and generally tidied it up.

== Gaming ==

What about the board game [http://www.thudgame.com Thud!] does it deserve to be mentioned? Maby here or on the page for [[Thud]]? -- Regards Kim.

And the play? There's a stage version of ''Thud!'' listed on this page as being published two years before the novel, but I can't find any other evidence of its existence. [[User:Patrick Neylan|Patrick Neylan]] 11:47, 3 January 2012 (CET)
:Neither can I. Methuen doesn't mention it. I think there are more playscripts, but I can't find them; cmotdibbler.com being lost in the dungeon dimensions doesn't help. The Studio Theatre Club has also performed ''Feet of Clay'', ''Making Money'' and ''Unseen Academicals'', but are they published? --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 15:59, 3 January 2012 (CET)

Link to treefrog games, not much info on the site though; =====Tabletop role-playing=====
[[User:Ttias|Ttias]] 11:49, 24 March 2012 (CET)

== Terry's pseudonym ==

From 1975 to 1980 Terry used the pseudonym 'Uncle Jim' to write stories for the ''Bucks Free Press'', a weekly newspaper- there is a link, I believe, here: http://terrypratchett.weebly.com/index.html. Are these worth noting somewhere on the wiki, or should they be dismissed? --[[User:Stanley Howler|Stanley Howler]] 21:17, 17 May 2012 (CEST)
:Why not? Just as relevant as Nomes, I should think. [[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 05:24, 18 May 2012 (CEST)

== Terry Pratchett biography ==

Rob Wilkins recently released a biography of Terry Pratchett which Pratchett had started and he finished posthumously. The biography is: Terry Pratchett, a life with footnotes. Is this worth including?

Talk:Bibliography

2023-03-26T15:13:57Z

Greebo: /* Terry Pratchett biography */ new section

Clooty Soufflé

2022-12-28T01:28:59Z

Greebo:

A dish mentioned in [[Book:Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook|Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook]], cooked at the dining room in the Aix en Pains winery. It was cooked with some pickled green cabbage and a purée of lickun berries. It is a dish of the "avec" cuisine, a fusion of [[Ankh Morpork|Ankh Morporkian]] and [[Quirm|Quirmian]] styles of cooking.

[[Category:food and drink |Category: Food and drink]]

Of the Twilight the Darkness

2022-12-28T01:08:45Z

Greebo: Added information in relation to raising steam.

'''Of the Twilight the Darkness''' is a goblin who appears in {{RS}}. In the previous book {{SN}} goblins finally gained human rights, demonstrating a gift for music and artistry (see [[Tears of the Mushroom]]) as well as an aptitude for clacks-tower mechanics. In this subsequent book, goblins show an aptitude for the mechanics of steam engines. Of the Twilight the Darkness is first among goblins in the steam-engine industry.

He helps [[Moist|Moist von Lipwig]] bring goblin refugees from the quirmian maquis to [[Ankh Morpork]]. Moist thinks of him as a goblinoid version of himself, helping build the goblins' underground train system. He is also a "Shamgog"(Goblin Shaman) and feeds moist various potions, as well as excellent coffee.

{{Stub}}
[[Category:Discworld characters]]
[[Category:Goblins]]

Lancre Bridge

2022-12-28T01:01:26Z

Greebo:

'''Lancre Bridge''' spans the [[Lancre Gorge]] through which runs the [[Lancre River]]. (The [[Lancre|Lancastrians]] aren't very imaginative when it comes to names.) Although there is a troll guarding it, he is probably not employed by [[Verence II]] and is probably only there to annoy. According to [[Moist|Moist von Lipwig]] it is not strong enough to carry a train into Lancre.

(There is probably another bridge separating [[Bad Ass]] from the rest of Lancre, presumably called the Bad Ass Bridge.)

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Discworld Stuff

2022-12-28T00:55:34Z

Greebo: /* Food and Drink */

This place should include any interesting facts from the books by Terry Pratchett which do not fit into the categories [[List of Pratchett characters|Characters]] and [[List of Discworld locations|Locations]].

The [[Discworld (world)|Discworld]], or at least [[Ankh-Morpork]], the city which considers their opinion the most important, has recently left behind the ''[[Discworld calendar|Century of the Fruitbat]]'' (see ''[[Book:The Truth|The Truth]]''), and moved into the ''[[Discworld calendar|Century of the Anchovy]]'' (see ''[[Book:Going Postal|Going Postal]]'').

{{listdev}}

==Flora, Fauna, and Peoples==

See also [[:Category:Discworld Flora & Fauna]] and [[:Category:Discworld humanoid species]] for a more complete list.

*[[Accelerating Bamboo]]
* [[Ambiguous Puzuma]]
* [[.303 Bookworm]]
* [[Counting pines]]
* [[Critters]]
* [[Curious squid]]
* Dragons
** [[Moon dragon]] (''Draco lunaris'')
** [[Noble dragon]] (''Draco nobilis'')
** [[Swamp dragon]] (''Draco vulgaris'')
* [[Drop bear]]
* [[Hermit Elephant]]
* [[Ice Eagle]]
* [[Jenny Greenteeth]]
* [[Lappet-faced Worrier]]
* [[Malus equilibria]]
* [[Phoenix]]
* [[Pointless albatross]]
* [[Quantum weather butterflies]]
* [[Rats]]
* [[Republican Bees]]
* [[Rogers the Bulls]]
* [[Salamander]]
* [[Sapient pearwood]]
* [[Shadowing Lemma]]
* Surreptitious Albatross
* [[Tharga]]
* [[Überwaldean land eels]]
* [[Uncommon sock eater]]
* [[Unicorn]]
* [[Wahoonie]]
* [[:Category:Discworld humanoid species|Humanoid species]]
** [[Banshees]]
** [[Bogeymen]]
** [[Dwarfs]]
** [[Elves]]
** [[Furies]]
** [[Gargoyles]]
** [[Birthday, Frog-like humanoid thing with a]]
** [[Gnolls]]
** [[Gnomes]]
** [[Goblins]]
** [[Golems]]
** [[Humans]]
** [[Imps]]
** [[Nac Mac Feegle]]
** [[Nobby|"Nobby" Nobbs]]
** [[Orcs]]
** [[Pictsies]]
** [[Trolls]]
** [[Vampires]]
** [[Werewolves]]
** [[Yeti]]
** [[Zombies]]

==Food and Drink==

See also [[:Category:Food and drink]] for a more complete list.

*Food
** [[Antipasta]]
** [[Banged Grains]]
** [[Blowfish]]
** [[Burnt Brown Crunchy Bits]]
** [[Cabbage]]
** [[Chicken Vol-Au-Vent]]
** [[Chocolate]]
** [[Clooty Soufflé]]
** [[Curry]]
** [[Distressed Pudding]]
** [[Dwarf Bread]]
** [[Figgins]]
** [[Knuckle Sandwich]]
** Lickun Berries
** [[Rats|Rat]]
** [[Wow-Wow Sauce]]

* Drink
** [[Amanita Liquor]]
** [[Bentinck's Very Old Peculiar Brandy]]
** [[Brose]]
** [[Ghlen Livid]]
** [[Jimkin Bearhugger's Whiskey]]
** [[Klatchian Coffee]] (which causes the drinker to be [[Knurd]])
** [[Old Overcoat]]
** [[Orakh]]
** [[Peach Corniche]]
** [[Screaming Orgasm]]
** [[Scumble]]
** [[Sea Grape Wine]]
** [[Soggy Mountain Dew]]
** [[Special Sheep Liniment]]
** [[Spring Cordial]]
** [[Stardrip]]
** [['Three Wizards' Chardonnay]]
** [[Turbot's Really Odd (real ale)]]
** [[Winkles Old Peculiar]]

==Magic==
* [[Wizard's magic]]
** [[Fresnel's Wonderful Concentrator]]
** [[Maligree's Wonderful Garden]]
** [[Numerology]]
** The [[Octavo]]
** [[Rite of AshkEnte]]
** [[Sourcerer|Sourcery]]
** [[Thaum]]
* [[Witches magic|Witches' magic]]
** [[Borrowing]]
** [[Fairy-Godmothering]]
** [[Headology]]
** [[Shamble]]
* Natural laws, sort of
** [[Anthropomorphic personification]]
** [[Genetics]]
** [[Morphogenic field]]
** [[Narrativium]]
** [[Nature of eyes]]
** [[Numerology]]
** [[Octarine]], the colour of magic

==Concepts==

See also [[:Category:Discworld concepts]] for a much bigger list of concepts from the Discworld.

* [[Rule One]]
* [[The Code]]
* A [[Million-to-one chance]]
* [[The Desert]]
* Dwarfish [[Mine sign]]
* [[Klatchian Mist]]
* [[Boffo (Concept)]]
* [[Crab Bucket]]

== Languages ==

*[[Agatean]]
*[[Brindisi]]an (mentioned in Maskerade)
*Black Oroogu (mentioned in The Colour of Magic)
*Cimeran (mentioned in The Colour of Magic)
*[[Ephebe|Epheban]]
*[[Djelibeybi|Djelibeyban]]
* [[Dwarfish phrases|Dwarfish]]
*[[Goblin]]
*[[Golems|Golem]]
*High Borogravian - national language of [[Borogravia]] (mentioned in The Colour of Magic)
*[[Klatchian]]
*[[Latatian]]
*[[Llamedos]]ian
*[[Morporkian]]
*[[Oggham]]
*[[Old Morporkian]]
*[[Trolls|Old Troll]]
*[[Quirmian]]
*Sumtri (mentioned in The Colour of Magic)
*Trob (mentioned in The Colour of Magic)
*[[Trollish phrases|Trollish]]
*[[Tsort]]ian
*Vanglemesht (mentioned in The Colour of Magic)
*[[Uberwald]]ean

==History==
* [[Mage Wars]]
*The [[Dark War]]
* [[Battle of Koom Valley]]
* [[Ankh-Morpork Civil War]]
* The [[People's Republic of Treacle Mine Road]]
* [[Glorious Revolution]] of [[Treacle Mine Road]]

==Organisations and groups==
See [[:Category:Groups]] for a more complete list.
* [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]]
* [[Ankh-Morpork League of Temperance]]
* The [[Breccia]]
* The [[Campaign for Equal Heights]]
* The [[DeBris Gang]]
* [[Fresh Start Club]]
* The [[Ankh-Morpork Folk Dance and Song Society]]
* The [[Golem Trust]]
* The [[Guilds of Ankh-Morpork]]
** [[Guild of Accountants]]
** [[Alchemists' Guild]]
**[[Guild of Archaeologists, Antiquarians and Tomb Evacuators]]
** [[Artificers' Guild]]
** [[Assassins' Guild]]
** [[Bandits' Guild]]
** [[Beggars' Guild]]
** [[Clockmakers' Guild]]
** [[Guild of Conjurors]]
** [[Guild of C.M.O.T. Dibblers]]
** [[Fools' Guild]]
** [[Engravers' Guild]]
** [[Firefighters' Guild]]
** [[Gamblers' Guild]]
** [[Handlemen's Guild]]
** [[Guild of Historians]]
** [[Guild of Lawyers]]
** [[Guild of Merchants]]
** [[Musicians' Guild]]
** [[Ratcatchers' Guild]]
** [[Seamstresses' Guild]]
** [[Teachers' Guild]]
** [[Thieves' Guild]]
** [[Watchmen's Guild]]
* The [[History Monks]]
* The [[Lancre Morris Men]]
* The [[Peeled Nuts]]
* [[Silicon Anti-Defamation League]]
* The [[Silver Horde]]
* [[The Smoking Gnu]]
* [[Travelling Accountants]]
* [[Travelling_Librarians|Travelling Librarians]]
* [[Travelling_Teachers|Travelling Teachers]]
* [[Überwald League of Temperance]]

==Notable Businesses/Businessmen==

See also [[:Category:Ankh-Morpork Businesses]] for a more complete list.

* The [[Ankh-Morpork Times]]
* [[Burleigh & Stronginthearm]]
* [[Century of the Fruitbat]]
* [[CMOT Dibbler]]
* [[Gimlet's Hole Food Delicatessen]]
* [[Mrs. Goodbody]]
* [[Grand Trunk]]
* [[Harga's House of Ribs]]
* [[Higgs & Meakins]], chocolatiers
* [[Le Foie Heureux]]
* [[Mundane Meals]]
* The [[Opera House]]
* [[Pointer & Pickles]]
* The Royal Mail/the [[Post Office]] (see also [[Stamps]])
* [[Harry King]]
* [[Soon Shine Sun]] Shonky Shop
* [[Three Jolly Luck]] Takeaway Fish Bar

==Devices==
See also [[:Category:Devices]] and [[:Category:Things]] for a more complete list.
* [[Archchancellor's Hat]]
* [[Axle]]
* The [[Bad Penny]]
* [[Barbarian Invaders]]
* [[Barking Dog]]
* [[Bonsai Mountains]]
* [[Broomstick]]
* The [[Cabinet of Curiosity]]
* [[Clacks]]
* [[Crop rotator]]
* The [[cubes]]
* [[Death's Scythe]]
* The [[Dis-organiser]] Mark One to Mark Five "Gooseberry"
* The [[Engine for the Neutralizing of Information by the Generation of Miasmic Alphabets]]
* The [[Glass Clock]]
* The [[Glooper]]
* [[Great Bronze Spoon of Cladh, The]]
* The [[Going-Under-The-Water-Safely Device]]
* The [[Gonne]]
* [[Hex]]
* [[Iconograph]]
* The [[Kite]]
* [[Klatchian fire engine]]
* [[Kring]]
* [[Lancrastian Army Knife]]
* [[Life-timer]]
* [[Light Dams]]
* The [[Luggage]]
* [[Magic Carpet]]
* [[Mandala]]
* [[Numknuts]]
* [[Old Tom]]
* [[Omniscope]]
* [[Piecemaker]]
* The [[Potent Voyager]]
* The [[Prid of Ankh-Morpork]]
* [[Prince Haram's Tiller]]
* [[Procrastinator]]
* [[Protective]]
* [[Pyramid]]
* [[Quizzing Device]]
* [[Razor blade]]
* [[Seven League Boots]]
* [[Shamble]]
* [[Smoking Mirror of Grism]]
* [[Staff]]
* [[Stamps]]
* [[Technomantic Devices]]
* [[Thaumometer]]
* [[Tsortean Horse]]

==Games==
* [[Crap (game)]]
* [[Cripple Mister Onion]]
* [[Dead Rat Conkers]]
* [[Exclusive Possession]]
* [[Extreme Sneezing]]
* [[Hnaflbaflsniflwhifltafl]]
* [[Jikan no Muda]]
* [[Poosticks]]
* [[Shibo Yangcong-san]]
* [[Thud]]
* [[Foot-the-ball]]

==Publications==

See also [[:Category:Discworld publications]] for a more complete list.

===Books===
*''[[100 Walks in the Ramtops]]', by [[Eric Wheelbrace]]
*The ''[[Almanack de Gothic]]''
* The''[[Bonfire of the Witches]]''
* ''Cooking With Brains'', by Chef [[Aimsbury]]''(Chef dé Canine Cuisine, [[Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork]])''
*[[Demonylogie Malyfycorum of Henchanse thee Unsatyfactory]]
*''[[Diseases of the Dragon]]''
* ''The Show Judges' Guide to Dragons'', by [[Lady Sybil Ramkin]]. ''Cavern Club Press, Ankh-Morpork. AM $20.''
*''[[Diseases of the Sheep]]''
* [[Grim Fairy Tales]]
* [[The Goode Childe's Booke of Faerie Tales]]
*''[[I spy....Demons]]'', by Professor Cuvee of [[Unseen University]]''.
*''[[Inne Juste 7 Dayes I wille make you a Barbearian Hero!]]'', by [[Cohen the Barbarian]]
*''[[The Joye of Snacks]]'', by [[Nanny Ogg|"A Lancre Witch"]]
* [[Koom Valley Codex]]
*''[[Carrot Ironfoundersson|The Laws and Ordinances of the Cities of Ankh and Morpork]]''
*''[[Liber Immanis Monstrorum]]', by Professor Cuvee of [[Unseen University]].
* [[Mr Bunnsy Has An Adventure]]
*''[[Necrotelicomnicon]]'
*The ''[[Octavo]]''
*''[[The Summoning of Dragons]]'', by [[Tubal de Malachite]] ''(specifically about [[Noble dragons]])''
*''[[Res Centum et Una Quas Magus Facere Potest]]''
*''[[True Art of Levitatione]]''
*''[[Twurp's Peerage]]''
*''[[Walking in the Koom Valley]]'', by Eric Wheelbrace
*''[[What I Did On My Holidays]]'', by [[Twoflower]]
*''[[Book:Where's My Cow?|Where's My Cow?]]''
*''[[Why Men Get Under Your Feet]] by [[Releventia Flout]]

===[[Magazines]]===
*[[Battle Call]]
*[[Beaks & Talons]]
*[[Bows & Ammo]]
*[[Popular Armour]]
*[[Unadorned Facts]]
*[[What Gallows]]?
*[[Total Pins]]
*[[Bu-Bubble]]

===Newspapers===
*The [[Ankh-Morpork Inquirer]]
*The [[Ankh-Morpork Times]]
*[[Pseudopolis Herald]]
*Sto Plains Dealer
*[[Tanty Bugle]] ''(weekly, crime reportage from throughout The [[Sto Plains]])''

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Clooty Soufflé

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Greebo: Created Clooty Soufflé

Discworld Stuff

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This place should include any interesting facts from the books by Terry Pratchett which do not fit into the categories [[List of Pratchett characters|Characters]] and [[List of Discworld locations|Locations]].

The [[Discworld (world)|Discworld]], or at least [[Ankh-Morpork]], the city which considers their opinion the most important, has recently left behind the ''[[Discworld calendar|Century of the Fruitbat]]'' (see ''[[Book:The Truth|The Truth]]''), and moved into the ''[[Discworld calendar|Century of the Anchovy]]'' (see ''[[Book:Going Postal|Going Postal]]'').

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==Flora, Fauna, and Peoples==

See also [[:Category:Discworld Flora & Fauna]] and [[:Category:Discworld humanoid species]] for a more complete list.

*[[Accelerating Bamboo]]
* [[Ambiguous Puzuma]]
* [[.303 Bookworm]]
* [[Counting pines]]
* [[Critters]]
* [[Curious squid]]
* Dragons
** [[Moon dragon]] (''Draco lunaris'')
** [[Noble dragon]] (''Draco nobilis'')
** [[Swamp dragon]] (''Draco vulgaris'')
* [[Drop bear]]
* [[Hermit Elephant]]
* [[Ice Eagle]]
* [[Jenny Greenteeth]]
* [[Lappet-faced Worrier]]
* [[Malus equilibria]]
* [[Phoenix]]
* [[Pointless albatross]]
* [[Quantum weather butterflies]]
* [[Rats]]
* [[Republican Bees]]
* [[Rogers the Bulls]]
* [[Salamander]]
* [[Sapient pearwood]]
* [[Shadowing Lemma]]
* Surreptitious Albatross
* [[Tharga]]
* [[Überwaldean land eels]]
* [[Uncommon sock eater]]
* [[Unicorn]]
* [[Wahoonie]]
* [[:Category:Discworld humanoid species|Humanoid species]]
** [[Banshees]]
** [[Bogeymen]]
** [[Dwarfs]]
** [[Elves]]
** [[Furies]]
** [[Gargoyles]]
** [[Birthday, Frog-like humanoid thing with a]]
** [[Gnolls]]
** [[Gnomes]]
** [[Goblins]]
** [[Golems]]
** [[Humans]]
** [[Imps]]
** [[Nac Mac Feegle]]
** [[Nobby|"Nobby" Nobbs]]
** [[Orcs]]
** [[Pictsies]]
** [[Trolls]]
** [[Vampires]]
** [[Werewolves]]
** [[Yeti]]
** [[Zombies]]

==Food and Drink==

See also [[:Category:Food and drink]] for a more complete list.

*Food
** [[Antipasta]]
** [[Banged Grains]]
** [[Blowfish]]
** [[Burnt Brown Crunchy Bits]]
** [[Cabbage]]
** [[Chicken Vol-Au-Vent]]
** [[Chocolate]]
** [[Clooty Soufflé]]
** [[Curry]]
** [[Distressed Pudding]]
** [[Dwarf Bread]]
** [[Figgins]]
** [[Knuckle Sandwich]]
** [[Lickun Berries]]
** [[Rats|Rat]]
** [[Wow-Wow Sauce]]

* Drink
** [[Amanita Liquor]]
** [[Bentinck's Very Old Peculiar Brandy]]
** [[Brose]]
** [[Ghlen Livid]]
** [[Jimkin Bearhugger's Whiskey]]
** [[Klatchian Coffee]] (which causes the drinker to be [[Knurd]])
** [[Old Overcoat]]
** [[Orakh]]
** [[Peach Corniche]]
** [[Screaming Orgasm]]
** [[Scumble]]
** [[Sea Grape Wine]]
** [[Soggy Mountain Dew]]
** [[Special Sheep Liniment]]
** [[Spring Cordial]]
** [[Stardrip]]
** [['Three Wizards' Chardonnay]]
** [[Turbot's Really Odd (real ale)]]
** [[Winkles Old Peculiar]]

==Magic==
* [[Wizard's magic]]
** [[Fresnel's Wonderful Concentrator]]
** [[Maligree's Wonderful Garden]]
** [[Numerology]]
** The [[Octavo]]
** [[Rite of AshkEnte]]
** [[Sourcerer|Sourcery]]
** [[Thaum]]
* [[Witches magic|Witches' magic]]
** [[Borrowing]]
** [[Fairy-Godmothering]]
** [[Headology]]
** [[Shamble]]
* Natural laws, sort of
** [[Anthropomorphic personification]]
** [[Genetics]]
** [[Morphogenic field]]
** [[Narrativium]]
** [[Nature of eyes]]
** [[Numerology]]
** [[Octarine]], the colour of magic

==Concepts==

See also [[:Category:Discworld concepts]] for a much bigger list of concepts from the Discworld.

* [[Rule One]]
* [[The Code]]
* A [[Million-to-one chance]]
* [[The Desert]]
* Dwarfish [[Mine sign]]
* [[Klatchian Mist]]
* [[Boffo (Concept)]]
* [[Crab Bucket]]

== Languages ==

*[[Agatean]]
*[[Brindisi]]an (mentioned in Maskerade)
*Black Oroogu (mentioned in The Colour of Magic)
*Cimeran (mentioned in The Colour of Magic)
*[[Ephebe|Epheban]]
*[[Djelibeybi|Djelibeyban]]
* [[Dwarfish phrases|Dwarfish]]
*[[Goblin]]
*[[Golems|Golem]]
*High Borogravian - national language of [[Borogravia]] (mentioned in The Colour of Magic)
*[[Klatchian]]
*[[Latatian]]
*[[Llamedos]]ian
*[[Morporkian]]
*[[Oggham]]
*[[Old Morporkian]]
*[[Trolls|Old Troll]]
*[[Quirmian]]
*Sumtri (mentioned in The Colour of Magic)
*Trob (mentioned in The Colour of Magic)
*[[Trollish phrases|Trollish]]
*[[Tsort]]ian
*Vanglemesht (mentioned in The Colour of Magic)
*[[Uberwald]]ean

==History==
* [[Mage Wars]]
*The [[Dark War]]
* [[Battle of Koom Valley]]
* [[Ankh-Morpork Civil War]]
* The [[People's Republic of Treacle Mine Road]]
* [[Glorious Revolution]] of [[Treacle Mine Road]]

==Organisations and groups==
See [[:Category:Groups]] for a more complete list.
* [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]]
* [[Ankh-Morpork League of Temperance]]
* The [[Breccia]]
* The [[Campaign for Equal Heights]]
* The [[DeBris Gang]]
* [[Fresh Start Club]]
* The [[Ankh-Morpork Folk Dance and Song Society]]
* The [[Golem Trust]]
* The [[Guilds of Ankh-Morpork]]
** [[Guild of Accountants]]
** [[Alchemists' Guild]]
**[[Guild of Archaeologists, Antiquarians and Tomb Evacuators]]
** [[Artificers' Guild]]
** [[Assassins' Guild]]
** [[Bandits' Guild]]
** [[Beggars' Guild]]
** [[Clockmakers' Guild]]
** [[Guild of Conjurors]]
** [[Guild of C.M.O.T. Dibblers]]
** [[Fools' Guild]]
** [[Engravers' Guild]]
** [[Firefighters' Guild]]
** [[Gamblers' Guild]]
** [[Handlemen's Guild]]
** [[Guild of Historians]]
** [[Guild of Lawyers]]
** [[Guild of Merchants]]
** [[Musicians' Guild]]
** [[Ratcatchers' Guild]]
** [[Seamstresses' Guild]]
** [[Teachers' Guild]]
** [[Thieves' Guild]]
** [[Watchmen's Guild]]
* The [[History Monks]]
* The [[Lancre Morris Men]]
* The [[Peeled Nuts]]
* [[Silicon Anti-Defamation League]]
* The [[Silver Horde]]
* [[The Smoking Gnu]]
* [[Travelling Accountants]]
* [[Travelling_Librarians|Travelling Librarians]]
* [[Travelling_Teachers|Travelling Teachers]]
* [[Überwald League of Temperance]]

==Notable Businesses/Businessmen==

See also [[:Category:Ankh-Morpork Businesses]] for a more complete list.

* The [[Ankh-Morpork Times]]
* [[Burleigh & Stronginthearm]]
* [[Century of the Fruitbat]]
* [[CMOT Dibbler]]
* [[Gimlet's Hole Food Delicatessen]]
* [[Mrs. Goodbody]]
* [[Grand Trunk]]
* [[Harga's House of Ribs]]
* [[Higgs & Meakins]], chocolatiers
* [[Le Foie Heureux]]
* [[Mundane Meals]]
* The [[Opera House]]
* [[Pointer & Pickles]]
* The Royal Mail/the [[Post Office]] (see also [[Stamps]])
* [[Harry King]]
* [[Soon Shine Sun]] Shonky Shop
* [[Three Jolly Luck]] Takeaway Fish Bar

==Devices==
See also [[:Category:Devices]] and [[:Category:Things]] for a more complete list.
* [[Archchancellor's Hat]]
* [[Axle]]
* The [[Bad Penny]]
* [[Barbarian Invaders]]
* [[Barking Dog]]
* [[Bonsai Mountains]]
* [[Broomstick]]
* The [[Cabinet of Curiosity]]
* [[Clacks]]
* [[Crop rotator]]
* The [[cubes]]
* [[Death's Scythe]]
* The [[Dis-organiser]] Mark One to Mark Five "Gooseberry"
* The [[Engine for the Neutralizing of Information by the Generation of Miasmic Alphabets]]
* The [[Glass Clock]]
* The [[Glooper]]
* [[Great Bronze Spoon of Cladh, The]]
* The [[Going-Under-The-Water-Safely Device]]
* The [[Gonne]]
* [[Hex]]
* [[Iconograph]]
* The [[Kite]]
* [[Klatchian fire engine]]
* [[Kring]]
* [[Lancrastian Army Knife]]
* [[Life-timer]]
* [[Light Dams]]
* The [[Luggage]]
* [[Magic Carpet]]
* [[Mandala]]
* [[Numknuts]]
* [[Old Tom]]
* [[Omniscope]]
* [[Piecemaker]]
* The [[Potent Voyager]]
* The [[Prid of Ankh-Morpork]]
* [[Prince Haram's Tiller]]
* [[Procrastinator]]
* [[Protective]]
* [[Pyramid]]
* [[Quizzing Device]]
* [[Razor blade]]
* [[Seven League Boots]]
* [[Shamble]]
* [[Smoking Mirror of Grism]]
* [[Staff]]
* [[Stamps]]
* [[Technomantic Devices]]
* [[Thaumometer]]
* [[Tsortean Horse]]

==Games==
* [[Crap (game)]]
* [[Cripple Mister Onion]]
* [[Dead Rat Conkers]]
* [[Exclusive Possession]]
* [[Extreme Sneezing]]
* [[Hnaflbaflsniflwhifltafl]]
* [[Jikan no Muda]]
* [[Poosticks]]
* [[Shibo Yangcong-san]]
* [[Thud]]
* [[Foot-the-ball]]

==Publications==

See also [[:Category:Discworld publications]] for a more complete list.

===Books===
*''[[100 Walks in the Ramtops]]', by [[Eric Wheelbrace]]
*The ''[[Almanack de Gothic]]''
* The''[[Bonfire of the Witches]]''
* ''Cooking With Brains'', by Chef [[Aimsbury]]''(Chef dé Canine Cuisine, [[Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork]])''
*[[Demonylogie Malyfycorum of Henchanse thee Unsatyfactory]]
*''[[Diseases of the Dragon]]''
* ''The Show Judges' Guide to Dragons'', by [[Lady Sybil Ramkin]]. ''Cavern Club Press, Ankh-Morpork. AM $20.''
*''[[Diseases of the Sheep]]''
* [[Grim Fairy Tales]]
* [[The Goode Childe's Booke of Faerie Tales]]
*''[[I spy....Demons]]'', by Professor Cuvee of [[Unseen University]]''.
*''[[Inne Juste 7 Dayes I wille make you a Barbearian Hero!]]'', by [[Cohen the Barbarian]]
*''[[The Joye of Snacks]]'', by [[Nanny Ogg|"A Lancre Witch"]]
* [[Koom Valley Codex]]
*''[[Carrot Ironfoundersson|The Laws and Ordinances of the Cities of Ankh and Morpork]]''
*''[[Liber Immanis Monstrorum]]', by Professor Cuvee of [[Unseen University]].
* [[Mr Bunnsy Has An Adventure]]
*''[[Necrotelicomnicon]]'
*The ''[[Octavo]]''
*''[[The Summoning of Dragons]]'', by [[Tubal de Malachite]] ''(specifically about [[Noble dragons]])''
*''[[Res Centum et Una Quas Magus Facere Potest]]''
*''[[True Art of Levitatione]]''
*''[[Twurp's Peerage]]''
*''[[Walking in the Koom Valley]]'', by Eric Wheelbrace
*''[[What I Did On My Holidays]]'', by [[Twoflower]]
*''[[Book:Where's My Cow?|Where's My Cow?]]''
*''[[Why Men Get Under Your Feet]] by [[Releventia Flout]]

===[[Magazines]]===
*[[Battle Call]]
*[[Beaks & Talons]]
*[[Bows & Ammo]]
*[[Popular Armour]]
*[[Unadorned Facts]]
*[[What Gallows]]?
*[[Total Pins]]
*[[Bu-Bubble]]

===Newspapers===
*The [[Ankh-Morpork Inquirer]]
*The [[Ankh-Morpork Times]]
*[[Pseudopolis Herald]]
*Sto Plains Dealer
*[[Tanty Bugle]] ''(weekly, crime reportage from throughout The [[Sto Plains]])''

[[Category:Discworld Series| ]]

Aix-En-Pains

2022-12-28T00:39:07Z

Greebo:

A vinicultural settlement in [[Quirm]] the country, some way Rimwards and Widdershins of [[Quirm]] the city. It is owned by M.Le [[Marquis]] des Aix-En-Pains, who also advises [[Moist von Lipwig]] concerning the dangers of the [[Maquis]]. The town is now a stop on the [[Fierté de Quirm Line]] and the next stop before Quirm city itself is [[Dunrobinville]].

It has a large winery and dining room serving "avec cuisine" as well as wine tastings. It grows two varieties of grape, the Risibling and the Muscrat. The grapes are juiced by purple stained men stomping in barrels full of grapes. According to [[Book:Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook|Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook]], the best time to visit is Sektober, which is when the Better-late-than-never lilies are in bloom, as well as being the grape harvesting season.

==Annotation==
Aix-en-Provence is a city in Southern France, perhaps most famous as the birthplace of painter Paul Cézanne.

Much like Djelibeybi, the name Aix-En-Pains is a verbal pun. Spoken aloud it becomes 'aches and pains'.

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[[Category:Streets and Landmarks of Quirm‎]]

Aix-En-Pains

2022-12-28T00:37:27Z

Greebo: Added information from Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook.

A vinicultural settlement in [[Quirm]] the country, some way Rimwards and Widdershins of [[Quirm]] the city. It is owned by M.Le [[Marquis]] des Aix-En-Pains, who also advises [[Moist von Lipwig]] concerning the dangers of the [[Maquis]]. The town is now a stop on the [[Fierté de Quirm Line]] and the next stop before Quirm city itself is [[Dunrobinville]].

It has a large winery and dining room serving "avec cuisine" as well as wine tastings. It grows two varieties of grape, the Risibling and the Muscrat. The grapes are juiced by purple stained men stomping in barrels full of grapes. According to [[Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook]], the best time to visit is Sektober, which is when the Better-late-than-never lilies are in bloom, as well as being the grape harvesting season.

==Annotation==
Aix-en-Provence is a city in Southern France, perhaps most famous as the birthplace of painter Paul Cézanne.

Much like Djelibeybi, the name Aix-En-Pains is a verbal pun. Spoken aloud it becomes 'aches and pains'.

{{stub}}

[[Category:Streets and Landmarks of Quirm‎]]

Dire Peninsula

2021-12-15T18:09:10Z

Greebo:

The '''Dire Peninsula''' connects the counterweight continent to the Hub (although only in winter, in the summer the pack ice in the Dire Straits melts). It is a cold, snowy, mountainous area, home only to a few nomadic tribes, and the [[Dire yak]].

[[Category:Discworld geography]]

Dire Peninsula

2021-12-15T18:08:21Z

Greebo:

Dire Peninsula

2021-12-15T18:06:38Z

Greebo:

Dire Peninsula

2021-10-03T18:20:51Z

Greebo: Created page with "The dire peninsula connects the counterweight continent to the hub, (although only in winter, in the summer the pack ice in the dire straights melts.) It is a cold, snowy, mou..."

The dire peninsula connects the counterweight continent to the hub, (although only in winter, in the summer the pack ice in the dire straights melts.) It is a cold, snowy, mountainous area, native only to a few nomadic tribes.

Dire yak

2021-10-02T23:02:11Z

Greebo: Created page with " == Dire Yak == The Dire Yak is native to the Dire Peninsula, and is herded by the nomadic Gangbaatar tribes, for whom it provides shelter, food, clothong, fuel, entertainment..."

== Dire Yak ==
The Dire Yak is native to the Dire Peninsula, and is herded by the nomadic Gangbaatar tribes, for whom it provides shelter, food, clothong, fuel, entertainment and sometimes romance. They are very wooly and are well suited to the harsh climate. They are mentioned in the Compleat Discworkd Atlas.

Yeti

2021-05-27T23:47:51Z

Greebo:

A sort of high-altitude [[Trolls|troll]] adapted to living on very high mountains. Spins a thick fleece of extruded silicon fibres for warmth and bulk. First encountered in {{MP}} when the distantly-heard Big Eats turn out to be a thousand indigestible elephants. On skis and sleds.

In {{TOT}} we discover the species has an ability to manipulate time, and have been extincy three times. So presumably the two specimens encountered in {{MP}} learnt from what would otherwise have been a terminal encounter with a thousand elephants on bobsleighs - presumably they were able to pause and rewind, to a point where they could decide to be in a place where a thousand elephants on bobsleighs weren't. The Yeti's time manipulation is quite similar to the "save game" feature of video games on Earth. The Yeti is able to save its time at a certain point, and then venture forth knowing that if it dies, it can just resume its life from the point it saved at with the knowledge it acquired before death. It is effectively a highly evolved, albeit slightly painful form of foretelling. It is possible- as demonstrated by [[Lu-Tze]]- to learn how to do this without evolving it naturally, but given the difficulty involved in this method of survival when it isn't built in the person attempting it would have to be truly desperate to attempt such an action.

They are hunted for their feet, which as everyone knows have aphrodisiac qualities, as big feet mean other extremities are also oversized. [[Well-Known Facts|Well-known fact]], that is.

==Annotation==

The [[wikipedia:Yeti|Yeti]], on [[Roundworld]], is an example of cryptozoology, a large man-like creature reputed to inhabit the high places of the [[wikipedia:Himalayas|Himalayas]]. Often seen, but only by unreliable people with no zoological training, like local natives, and mountaineers who must evidently be running out of oxygen and hallucinating.

The Yeti has a North American cousin, the ''Sasquatch (aka [[wikipedia:Bigfoot|Bigfoot]])''....

[[Category:Discworld humanoid species]]
[[de:Yetis]]

Talk:Chimeria

2021-04-24T14:36:37Z

Greebo: Created page with "Just noticing that there is no mention of there being golems mining on dwarf land on the Ankh-Morpork side of Chimeria."

Just noticing that there is no mention of there being golems mining on dwarf land on the Ankh-Morpork side of Chimeria.

Chimeria

2021-04-24T14:33:48Z

Greebo: added that Chimeria is also mentioned in Making Money.

{{Nation Data
|title= Chimeria
|picture=Blank.jpg|
|established=
|motto= may come when the inhabitants learn to read

|neighbours= live a long way away
|features=mud, peat bogs, more mud, wattle and daub longhouses

|population= robust
|size= variable depending on who won the last border skirmish
|capital= not likely
|government= effective anarchy

|notablecitizens=[[Hrun]] the Barbarian; possibly also [[Cohen]]?

|imports= jewels, gold, wenches, cattle
|exports= Heroes

|anthem= We're Going To Cut Your Tonkers Off (accompanied by beating of spear-butts on shields) and ''The Dewy Dewy Fog''

|books= informally imported and used as firelighters and cigarette papers
}}

Mentioned in {{COM}} ,{{MM}} and {{J}}, "'''Chimeria'''" is a mist-shrouded homeland which exists only as a place for heroes such as [[Hrun]] the Barbarian to come from. Apparently, like [[Skund]], it moves around a bit and is impossible to precisely pin down. Current wisdom enshrined in {{CDA}} is that it is Hubwards of [[Llamedos]] and neighbours [[Hergen]] and has allowed formerly landlocked Llamedos (which in the time of ''The Discworld Mapp'' was inland) access to the coast and for [[Pant-y-Girdl]] to become a significant seaport. {{CDA}} notes "the mist makes it hard to tell for sure" where Chimeria begins and ends, and notes that Sealy Bay is notorious for shipwrecks of vessels disorientated by fog and mist. The borders are "ill-defined" and the prevailing foggy gloom makes surveying well-nigh impossible. the language appears to be Llamedosian or something related, as the country has male-vocie choirs which are a hit at Eisteiddfods.

==Annotations==

Chimeria is a direct parody of the [[Roundworld]] author Robert E. Howard's {{wp|Cimmeria_(Conan)|Cimmeria}}, whence comes {{wp|Conan_the_Barbarian|Conan the Barbarian}}, who is the model for Hrun. By the next book in the series, TP had [[Cohen the Barbarian]] as his parody, but Hrun was the prototype.

"Chimeria" also evokes the Greek myth of the {{wp|Chimera_%28mythology%29|Chimera}}, the mythical monster, and something "chimerical", ie existing on the very fringes of objective physical existence.

[[Category:Discworld geography]]
[[de:Chimära]]

Iron Girder

2021-04-07T00:08:35Z

Greebo:

The Discworld's first successful functioning steam locomotive, devised by [[Dick Simnel]] and his apprentices. Loved, much improved upon and the first recipient of all improvements and upgrades, she appears to develop a personality of her own throughout the course of {{RS}}, for example, she defended herself from an grag attack, resulting in a bit of wet steam, (although Dick Simnel would call it live steam). She also, near the end of raising steam talked to Moist Von Lipwig before he returned from Bonk.

{{stub}}

==Annotation==
One of the very first successful locomotive designs in the middle 1840's was called the ''Iron Duke'' after the Duke of Wellington. But this one is clearly female, in a [[Gladys]] the Golem sort of way...

[[Category: Discworld concepts]]

Sybil Ramkin

2021-04-06T23:53:05Z

Greebo:

[[Image:Ram02.png|200px|left]]
Personal Motto: ''NON SVMET NVLLVS PRO RESPONSO''

''She Won't Take 'No' For An Answer'' 1

Her Grace, The Duchess of Ankh, Lady Sybil Deirdre Olgivanna Ramkin-Vimes, Lady of the Ramkin Estates.

{{Character Data
|title= Lady Sybil Vimes, (''née Ramkin'',) Duchess of Ankh
|photo=sybilmine.jpg|Lady Sybil by [[user:darkplush|Kit Cox]]
|name= Sybil Deirdre Olgivanna Vimes (''née Ramkin'')
|age= not given, but {{NW}} implies she was about 40 when she met Sam Vimes.
|race= [[Humans|Human]]
|occupation= aristocrat, caring for [[Swamp dragon]]s
|appearance= strong woman with a large build
|residence= [[Ramkin Residence]], [[Scoone Avenue]], [[Ankh (city)|Ankh]]
|death=
|parents= Lord Ramkin (late father) Lady Ramkin (late mother)
|relatives= Grandfather Sir Joshua Ramkin and various aunts and uncles are mentioned
|children= [[Young Sam Vimes|Samuel Vimes Jr.]]
|marital status= [[Samuel Vimes|Samuel Vimes Sr.]] (husband)
|books= {{G!G!}} {{MAA}} {{FOC}} {{J}} {{T5E}} {{NW}} {{T!}} {{SN}} 
|cameos or mentioneds = where's my cow?
}}

Full name: '''Her Grace, Lady Sybil Deirdre Olgivanna Ramkin-Vimes, The Duchess of Ankh'''. Lady Sybil is the last scion of one of the oldest clans of the Ankh nobility, the [[Ramkin]]s (while there are still a few of the old noble families around, there are also many new nobility, civic figures given Lord titles by the [[Patrician]]s down the ages).

Like many other old noble families, the Ramkins are hard-headed, and never shirk a battle when [[Ankh-Morpork]] calls. Nor indeed in other circumstances: when [[Samuel Vimes]] is flung thirty years into the past in {{NW}}, he only becomes fully aware of the reality of the situation when he returns to a "''home''," which in that place and time is not his. After punching the butler, he is forced to retreat by a determined-but-then-much-younger Sybil, who makes a very-determined attempt to disembowel him with a [[wikipedia:Broadsword|broadsword]]. This is a character trait in Sybil: right from her first appearance, chronologically speaking, it is clear that she won't shirk from a fight in defence of things she loves. (It also means the ungallant can conjecture that at the time of Young Sam's birth, she is 46 years old, contrived from the notion that during the time travel in {{NW}} the then-young Vimes is 16 and the then-young Sybil is also, as stated, 16, making her the same age as Vimes.

In appearance Lady Sybil is a plus-sized woman with a strong build, as depicted at Deviant Art: [https://persian-pirate.deviantart.com/art/Sybil-Ramkin-209562101 Sybil Ramkin by Persian-Pirate]. Lady Sybil is about 40 years old when she first meets Captain Vimes in {{G!G!}} and very active in lifestyle, especially concerning herself with swamp dragon care and breeding. Due to the fire hazards associated with swamp dragons, Lady Sybil shaves her head and wear a wig. At social events she is depicted gowned in blue with masses of chestnut hair. She wears the expensive perfume "captivation" on special occasions. In private, she is often seen wearing a modest chestnut wig with leather armors, rubber boots, and thick gloves, as she works with the dragons.

[[Ramkin Residence]]: Sybil lives primarily at Ramkin House, in the hills on Scoone Avenue, "a wide, tree-lined, incredibly select part of Ankh. The house commands an outcrop that gives it a magnificent view of the city." (see {{G!G!}}). Ramkin House has generous grounds that include dragon pens. Occasionally she visits the ancestral pile, Ramkin Hall, commonly referred to as [[Crundells]], a large estate in the Quirm countryside (see {{SN}}).

Lady Sybil is a leader in dragon care and breeding, shown in the illustration [https://the-discworld-guild.deviantart.com/art/Lady-Sybil-717080001 Lady Sybil by NestDaria]. The scene captures the duchess caring for sick swamp dragons, although she may look a bit too tidy. Sybil is one of the notable breeders of [[swamp dragon]]s, along with such contemporaries as [[Brenda Rodley]], the Dowager Duchess of Quirm. Her city home includes a penhouse for the small dragons. She is also founder of the [[Sunshine Sanctuary for Sick Dragons]], located in Ankh-Morpork. To her, the murder of a swamp dragon is equivalent to the murder of a human or other accepted humanoid citizen.

Lady Sybil is the richest woman in the city of Ankh-Morpork. It is possible that she is the richest person (regardless of gender) in Ankh-Morpork. She owns approximately a tenth of uptown [[Ankh (city)|Ankh]], and extensive properties in Morpork. The [[Assassins' Guild]], for example, pays rent to her for their grand Guild house.

Despite her wealth and lineage, Lady Sybil is also one of the more sensible, more gracious, more accepting (of changing times and ethnic diversity and so on), less arrogant, and less snobby among the nobles of the [[Sto Plains]]. Sybil may ''use'' class/nobility/etc., but she doesn't actually believe in it. Her life reflects genuine appreciation of all living, striving beings: Not only does Sybil befriend the varied characters in the City Watch, she also speaks dwarfish ({{T!}}), sings a famous dwarven ballad ({{TFE}}) and moves mountains to help [[goblins]] ({{SN}}).

Lady Sybil maintains an extensive correspondence list; her Hogswatch card list is in two volumes. She was at [[Quirm College for Young Ladies|school]] with [[Angua von Überwald|Angua]]'s mother, [[Serafine von Überwald]] and regularly sent her letters. This is believed to have been discontinued following the attempt on Samuel Vimes's life by the Überwald werewolves in {{TFE}}. This wasn't so much the murder attempt as the fact that at the time, Lady Sybil was effectively kept prisoner by her old schoolfriend, who lied to her that she had no knowledge of what was going on. If there is something Lady Sybil cannot abide, it's this sort of dishonesty. (Let alone the fact that Serafine violated the sacred bonds of trust between the Ladies who Organise). It is also a safe bet that Serafine has been struck off the Hogswatch card list and blackballed by everyone who was with her back in Form 3b.

While at at [[Quirm College for Young Ladies|school]] she excelled at geometry under the tuition of her maths teacher Miss Turpitude. This knack surely proved of great help in one of her youthful art projects, creating a pantograph that would prove crucial to events in {{T!}}.

Lady Sybil gave the building in [[Pseudopolis Yard]] to the Night Watch. It is now the headquarters of the modern Ankh-Morpork City Watch.

'''MARRIED LIFE:'''

Before she met her husband [[Samuel Vimes]], (then Captain of the Night Watch division of the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]]), Lady Sybil spent all her time on dragons and seldom attended social parties. Her mansion was very dilapidated, her gardens were a mess of ivies over statues of old Ramkins, there were few servants, and she cooked her own meals and lived in only a few rooms in the large mansion. After marrying Vimes, Lady Sybil became active in society again because she considers that Vimes is truly a gentle man, (not a ''gentleman'',) a good man who deserves better things in life. Lady Sybil is not arrogant, so there are quite a few nobles that she considers to be 'very silly', but she still dines with them and writes to them.

When they first married, Lady Sybil's husband was merely Captain Vimes or Mr. Vimes. During their marriage, Lady Sybil became the wife of Commander Vimes, Sir Samuel Vimes, Knight, and finally, after promotion by the Patrician Lord [[Havelock Vetinari]] — a promotion suggested by [[Carrot]] — The Duke of Ankh, which made Sybil the Duchess. Vimes loves her very much, but it irks him when she is mentioned as the Duchess of Ankh, because that's due to him being the Duke of Ankh, and he doesn't like being a Duke. He accepted the title for her sake, so she can spit in the eye of anyone -- even the Duchess of Quirm, if she likes (see {{J}}).

After a dangerously laborious labor (she was about 46 years old), the Duchess of Ankh gave birth to [[Young Sam Vimes|Young Sam]], thanks to the professional attentions of one [[John Lawn|Dr. J. "''Mossy''" Lawn]]. In gratitude Vimes gave Dr. Lawn the freehold of a large corner site near Goose Gate, in addition to a large sum of money. The site is now the [[Lady Sybil Free Hospital]], with Dr. Lawn as the head physician.

Sybil is devoted to her family. She knits her husband's socks and cooks his meals because she thinks that is what a good wife does, and Sam loves the extra crispy bits and wouldn't dream of telling her the stockings are lumpy. She monitors Sam's diet, ensuring that his BLT sandwiches include generous portions of lettuce and tomato. Sybil is a loving mother to [[Young Sam Vimes|Young Sam]] and allows him to develop his own interests. Although she can be fiercely protective when needed, she doesn't smother her son or hide him away from the world. This fan-art captures a tender scene from {{T!}} when the family is home: [https://aekati.deviantart.com/art/Sybil-and-Her-Sams-576607495 Sybil and Her Sams by La-Chapeliere-Folle].

At the end of {{RS}} young Sam is about eight years old. His mother is planning a vacation for the family:
"When they have the line to Uberwald running, I’d love to go to visit the Queen, and most of all I’d like a holiday by the train. And young Sam’s mad about trains, you know. He’s nearly filled up his first notebook already.” “Well,” said Vimes, “you know if I have a holiday I walk into a crime.” Lady Sybil finished her egg and said, “Jolly good, dear, you’ll like that.”

1 At [[Crundells]], however, the family motto is "What We Have We Keep". No Latatian is given: perhaps ''Quis Habemus Servamus''.

==Also See==
* [[wikipedia:Sam Vimes#Lady Sybil|Lady Sybil's Entry]] on [[wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]

[[Category:Discworld characters|Ramkin, Sybil]]
[[Category:Serial characters|Ramkin, Sybil]]
[[Category:Supporting characters|Ramkin, Sybil]]
[[Category:Human characters|Ramkin, Sybil]]
[[de:Sybil Deirdre Olgiwanna Käsedick]]

Sybil Ramkin

2021-04-06T23:50:37Z

Greebo:

[[Image:Ram02.png|200px|left]]
Personal Motto: ''NON SVMET NVLLVS PRO RESPONSO''

''She Won't Take 'No' For An Answer'' 1

Her Grace, The Duchess of Ankh, Lady Sybil Deirdre Olgivanna Ramkin-Vimes, Lady of the Ramkin Estates.

{{Character Data
|title= Lady Sybil Vimes, (''née Ramkin'',) Duchess of Ankh
|photo=sybilmine.jpg|Lady Sybil by [[user:darkplush|Kit Cox]]
|name= Sybil Deirdre Olgivanna Vimes (''née Ramkin'')
|age= not given, but {{NW}} implies she was about 40 when she met Sam Vimes.
|race= [[Humans|Human]]
|occupation= aristocrat, caring for [[Swamp dragon]]s
|appearance= strong woman with a large build
|residence= [[Ramkin Residence]], [[Scoone Avenue]], [[Ankh (city)|Ankh]]
|death=
|parents= Lord Ramkin (late father) Lady Ramkin (late mother)
|relatives= Grandfather Sir Joshua Ramkin and various aunts and uncles are mentioned
|children= [[Young Sam Vimes|Samuel Vimes Jr.]]
|marital status= [[Samuel Vimes|Samuel Vimes Sr.]] (husband)
|books= {{G!G!}} {{MAA}} {{FOC}} {{J}} {{T5E}} {{NW}} {{T!}} {{SN}} 
|cameos or mentioneds = {{WC}}
}}

Full name: '''Her Grace, Lady Sybil Deirdre Olgivanna Ramkin-Vimes, The Duchess of Ankh'''. Lady Sybil is the last scion of one of the oldest clans of the Ankh nobility, the [[Ramkin]]s (while there are still a few of the old noble families around, there are also many new nobility, civic figures given Lord titles by the [[Patrician]]s down the ages).

Like many other old noble families, the Ramkins are hard-headed, and never shirk a battle when [[Ankh-Morpork]] calls. Nor indeed in other circumstances: when [[Samuel Vimes]] is flung thirty years into the past in {{NW}}, he only becomes fully aware of the reality of the situation when he returns to a "''home''," which in that place and time is not his. After punching the butler, he is forced to retreat by a determined-but-then-much-younger Sybil, who makes a very-determined attempt to disembowel him with a [[wikipedia:Broadsword|broadsword]]. This is a character trait in Sybil: right from her first appearance, chronologically speaking, it is clear that she won't shirk from a fight in defence of things she loves. (It also means the ungallant can conjecture that at the time of Young Sam's birth, she is 46 years old, contrived from the notion that during the time travel in {{NW}} the then-young Vimes is 16 and the then-young Sybil is also, as stated, 16, making her the same age as Vimes.

In appearance Lady Sybil is a plus-sized woman with a strong build, as depicted at Deviant Art: [https://persian-pirate.deviantart.com/art/Sybil-Ramkin-209562101 Sybil Ramkin by Persian-Pirate]. Lady Sybil is about 40 years old when she first meets Captain Vimes in {{G!G!}} and very active in lifestyle, especially concerning herself with swamp dragon care and breeding. Due to the fire hazards associated with swamp dragons, Lady Sybil shaves her head and wear a wig. At social events she is depicted gowned in blue with masses of chestnut hair. She wears the expensive perfume "captivation" on special occasions. In private, she is often seen wearing a modest chestnut wig with leather armors, rubber boots, and thick gloves, as she works with the dragons.

[[Ramkin Residence]]: Sybil lives primarily at Ramkin House, in the hills on Scoone Avenue, "a wide, tree-lined, incredibly select part of Ankh. The house commands an outcrop that gives it a magnificent view of the city." (see {{G!G!}}). Ramkin House has generous grounds that include dragon pens. Occasionally she visits the ancestral pile, Ramkin Hall, commonly referred to as [[Crundells]], a large estate in the Quirm countryside (see {{SN}}).

Lady Sybil is a leader in dragon care and breeding, shown in the illustration [https://the-discworld-guild.deviantart.com/art/Lady-Sybil-717080001 Lady Sybil by NestDaria]. The scene captures the duchess caring for sick swamp dragons, although she may look a bit too tidy. Sybil is one of the notable breeders of [[swamp dragon]]s, along with such contemporaries as [[Brenda Rodley]], the Dowager Duchess of Quirm. Her city home includes a penhouse for the small dragons. She is also founder of the [[Sunshine Sanctuary for Sick Dragons]], located in Ankh-Morpork. To her, the murder of a swamp dragon is equivalent to the murder of a human or other accepted humanoid citizen.

Lady Sybil is the richest woman in the city of Ankh-Morpork. It is possible that she is the richest person (regardless of gender) in Ankh-Morpork. She owns approximately a tenth of uptown [[Ankh (city)|Ankh]], and extensive properties in Morpork. The [[Assassins' Guild]], for example, pays rent to her for their grand Guild house.

Despite her wealth and lineage, Lady Sybil is also one of the more sensible, more gracious, more accepting (of changing times and ethnic diversity and so on), less arrogant, and less snobby among the nobles of the [[Sto Plains]]. Sybil may ''use'' class/nobility/etc., but she doesn't actually believe in it. Her life reflects genuine appreciation of all living, striving beings: Not only does Sybil befriend the varied characters in the City Watch, she also speaks dwarfish ({{T!}}), sings a famous dwarven ballad ({{TFE}}) and moves mountains to help [[goblins]] ({{SN}}).

Lady Sybil maintains an extensive correspondence list; her Hogswatch card list is in two volumes. She was at [[Quirm College for Young Ladies|school]] with [[Angua von Überwald|Angua]]'s mother, [[Serafine von Überwald]] and regularly sent her letters. This is believed to have been discontinued following the attempt on Samuel Vimes's life by the Überwald werewolves in {{TFE}}. This wasn't so much the murder attempt as the fact that at the time, Lady Sybil was effectively kept prisoner by her old schoolfriend, who lied to her that she had no knowledge of what was going on. If there is something Lady Sybil cannot abide, it's this sort of dishonesty. (Let alone the fact that Serafine violated the sacred bonds of trust between the Ladies who Organise). It is also a safe bet that Serafine has been struck off the Hogswatch card list and blackballed by everyone who was with her back in Form 3b.

While at at [[Quirm College for Young Ladies|school]] she excelled at geometry under the tuition of her maths teacher Miss Turpitude. This knack surely proved of great help in one of her youthful art projects, creating a pantograph that would prove crucial to events in {{T!}}.

Lady Sybil gave the building in [[Pseudopolis Yard]] to the Night Watch. It is now the headquarters of the modern Ankh-Morpork City Watch.

'''MARRIED LIFE:'''

Before she met her husband [[Samuel Vimes]], (then Captain of the Night Watch division of the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]]), Lady Sybil spent all her time on dragons and seldom attended social parties. Her mansion was very dilapidated, her gardens were a mess of ivies over statues of old Ramkins, there were few servants, and she cooked her own meals and lived in only a few rooms in the large mansion. After marrying Vimes, Lady Sybil became active in society again because she considers that Vimes is truly a gentle man, (not a ''gentleman'',) a good man who deserves better things in life. Lady Sybil is not arrogant, so there are quite a few nobles that she considers to be 'very silly', but she still dines with them and writes to them.

When they first married, Lady Sybil's husband was merely Captain Vimes or Mr. Vimes. During their marriage, Lady Sybil became the wife of Commander Vimes, Sir Samuel Vimes, Knight, and finally, after promotion by the Patrician Lord [[Havelock Vetinari]] — a promotion suggested by [[Carrot]] — The Duke of Ankh, which made Sybil the Duchess. Vimes loves her very much, but it irks him when she is mentioned as the Duchess of Ankh, because that's due to him being the Duke of Ankh, and he doesn't like being a Duke. He accepted the title for her sake, so she can spit in the eye of anyone -- even the Duchess of Quirm, if she likes (see {{J}}).

After a dangerously laborious labor (she was about 46 years old), the Duchess of Ankh gave birth to [[Young Sam Vimes|Young Sam]], thanks to the professional attentions of one [[John Lawn|Dr. J. "''Mossy''" Lawn]]. In gratitude Vimes gave Dr. Lawn the freehold of a large corner site near Goose Gate, in addition to a large sum of money. The site is now the [[Lady Sybil Free Hospital]], with Dr. Lawn as the head physician.

Sybil is devoted to her family. She knits her husband's socks and cooks his meals because she thinks that is what a good wife does, and Sam loves the extra crispy bits and wouldn't dream of telling her the stockings are lumpy. She monitors Sam's diet, ensuring that his BLT sandwiches include generous portions of lettuce and tomato. Sybil is a loving mother to [[Young Sam Vimes|Young Sam]] and allows him to develop his own interests. Although she can be fiercely protective when needed, she doesn't smother her son or hide him away from the world. This fan-art captures a tender scene from {{T!}} when the family is home: [https://aekati.deviantart.com/art/Sybil-and-Her-Sams-576607495 Sybil and Her Sams by La-Chapeliere-Folle].

At the end of {{RS}} young Sam is about eight years old. His mother is planning a vacation for the family:
"When they have the line to Uberwald running, I’d love to go to visit the Queen, and most of all I’d like a holiday by the train. And young Sam’s mad about trains, you know. He’s nearly filled up his first notebook already.” “Well,” said Vimes, “you know if I have a holiday I walk into a crime.” Lady Sybil finished her egg and said, “Jolly good, dear, you’ll like that.”

1 At [[Crundells]], however, the family motto is "What We Have We Keep". No Latatian is given: perhaps ''Quis Habemus Servamus''.

==Also See==
* [[wikipedia:Sam Vimes#Lady Sybil|Lady Sybil's Entry]] on [[wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]

[[Category:Discworld characters|Ramkin, Sybil]]
[[Category:Serial characters|Ramkin, Sybil]]
[[Category:Supporting characters|Ramkin, Sybil]]
[[Category:Human characters|Ramkin, Sybil]]
[[de:Sybil Deirdre Olgiwanna Käsedick]]