Magic Carpet

A method of magical transportation favoured in Klatch.

Where Hubwards magical practitioners favour the Broomstick, the carpet is the preferred means of mobility Rimwards of the Circle Sea.

It is in all probability more comfortable, so long as the rider can forget that all that stands between them and a speedy downwards plummet is a quarter of an inch of woven wool plus underlay.

It is vitally important to pay attention to certain fundamental details of laminar and spatial arrangements, or the thing will not work as expected.

In non-wizard talk, this means do not lay it out upside-down.

If charged with the correct magic, non-wizards may use them. Gulli, Gulli and Beti (the Patrician, Fred Colon and Nobby Nobbs) hijack a magic carpet, when all speed is required to get the Patrician to the correct place in time to surrender Ankh-Morpork's army. Fred Colon is uncomfortably aware he's sitting on the threadbare area that has worn right through: fortunately the carpet is a sturdy one.

Earlier in Jingo, it is learnt that the Klatchian Embassy in Ankh-Morpork uses magic carpets for swift communication with the homeland: evidently these carry Corps Diplomatiques insignia. An autopilot may be fitted as standard.