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* ''[[Discworld]]'': City ruler Lord Havelock Vetinari is the epitome of cool and cunning. But from the novel ''[[Discworld/Night Watch (Discworld)|Night Watch]]'' onwards, the character of his only living relative, the aunt alluded to in ''[[Discworld/Guards! Guards!|Guards Guards]]'', is opened up a little: it is hinted that Vetinari learnt a lot of his skills from Auntie Bobbie (Lady Roberta de Meserole), who is a political manipulator, a Seamstress where she needs to be, possibly one of only a handful of female Assassins, and a lady of guile, insight, cunning and wisdom. She has certainly raised Havelock in loco parentis after the undetailed death of his parents. A second wise woman in Havelock Venturi's life, an aunt-like character, has been the vampire Lady Margollota (although some interpretations hint at a sexual relationship.)