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== Others ==

{{quote|''Do not let me detain you.''}}

Lady Margolotta is a vampire, who appeared mainly in ''[[Discworld/The Fifth Elephant|The Fifth Elephant]]'' and very recently ''[[Discworld/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]'' but has made a few cameos in other books. She lives in Uberwald and shuffles the political factions (dwarves, werewolves, trolls, etc.) there in much the same way that Vetinari does in Ankh-Morpork ... only Uberwald is less civilized and possibly less predictable. She plays chess (and occasionally Thud) with Vetinari by the clacks system (the Discworld's version of the telegraph) and has been known to read his secret messages. The Patrician is [[Xanatos Gambit|aware of this]], and purposely makes his coded messages ''almost'' unbreakable, so he'll know what she thinks is in them. It is quite possible that [[I Know You Know I Know|she knows that he does this]], having most likely taught him as much as he taught her (either way, it's going to lead to a [[Gambit Pileup]] sometime in the future). Lady Margolotta also annoyed the hell out of Commander Vimes by saving his life, because Vimes ''hates'' vampires.

{{quote|''Trust me.''}}

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{{quote|''To be an Individual is to live, and to live is to die.''}}

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The cynical, chain-smoking, and severe head of the Golem Trust. She is also Moist's fiance, and assisted him with the restoration of the post office by employing him Golems. Fiercely devoted to causes and doesn't take crap from anyone. Mostly because she can drive a stileto heel through their shoes... and through [[Groin Attack|other parts]].

{{quote|''The truth has got its boots on. And it's going to start kicking.''}}

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: When he was first introduced. He gets over it soon enough.

The aforementioned engraver's daughter, who is William de Worde's partner at ''The Times.'' She does much of the journalist field work after William de Worde gets settled in at the newspaper, and as a reporter she receives a couple of cameos in newer Discworld books (''Going Postal'', ''Making Money''). As of ''Going Postal'', she appears to be married (presumably to William).

* [[Proper Lady]]: Tries to be this most of the time.

The iconographer (photographer) at the ''Times.'' A native of Uberwald who moved to the Big Wahooni (Ankh-Morpork, that is), Otto is a card-carrying member of the Black Ribbon society (vampires who have sworn off human "b-vord"). He has the slightly crazed edge of a born killer who has found something else to divert his energy—namely, taking iconographs. Unfortunately, as vampires are sensitive to bright light, he tends to be turned to dust by his own flash when he takes pictures ... but fortunately, a drop of blood on his remains will restore him immediately. Otto has started wearing a small container of blood to make sure he auto-resurrects on the job. Made short appearances in ''[[Discworld/Thud|Thud]]'' and ''[[Discworld/Monstrous Regiment|Monstrous Regiment]]''.

The not-exactly-holy, wrinkly, smiling little man who debuted in ''[[Discworld/Small Gods|Small Gods]]'', appears in ''[[Discworld/Night Watch|Night Watch]]'' and co-stars with his pupil in ''[[Discworld/Thief of Time|Thief of Time]]''. He may also have shown up in ''[[Discworld/Going Postal|Going Postal]]'' as a background cleaner in a temple, and anytime a sweeper is mentioned, it may be him. He follows the Way of Mrs. Cosmopolite and thinks that "Rule One" [[Needs More Love]]. And if you annoy him too much, you will abruptly learn ''why'' he's [[Shrouded in Myth]].

{{quote|''Woof bloody woof.''}}

A group of beggars even other beggars look down on. They include:

{{quote|''Let's just say that if complete and utter chaos was lightning, he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards.' ''}}

Be afraid. Be ''very'' afraid. Twoflower's Luggage is every traveler's dream: it's made of (ridiculously expensive) sapient pearwood, it looks like a wooden trunk on legs, and it follows him '''everywhere''' like a big wooden guard dog. The Luggage also is invitingly full of gold, has a near-bottomless capacity, and seems to be able to magically clean Twoflower's laundry. Thieves look at it with great interest ... until they discover (usually much too late) that the Luggage has big teeth, it's impervious to magic, it's prone to violent psychosis, and it is quite happy to eat anyone or anything that gets in its way. Twoflower later bequeathes it to Rincewind, who views it as something of a mixed blessing.

Cohen the Barbarian is exactly what you'd get if [[Conan the Barbarian]] was a skinny old man. He's a bazillion years old with all the hallmarks of age, including a bad back, bunions, no teeth (till he gets new ones made from troll teeth, i.e. diamonds), and a very long beard. Cohen is, however, not to be underestimated. In a profession with an extremely short life expectancy, Cohen is ''still'' looting temples, rescuing maidens, and pillaging villages... and he has gotten very, very good at it over the years. In ''Interesting Times'' and ''The Last Hero'', Cohen is seen at the head of the Silver Horde, a terrifying pack of barbarian warriors who are all as old as he is, but haven't let age stop them.

Ankh-Morpork's foremost [[Amoral Attorney]]. He's also a zombie. And one of the most badass lawyers you'll ever find.

* [[Nerves of Steel]]: Only fire has the ability to even partially unnerve him.

Ankh-Morpork's leading aristocrat (Vetinari doesn't count, and as for the current Duke of Ankh...). Rust is a starched, snobbish and ridiculously pompous individual with an abiding and entirely mutual hatred towards Sam Vimes. Led Ankh-Morpork during the brief war with Klatch in ''[[Discworld/Jingo|Jingo]]'' where he displayed all the military genius you might expect. Apparently dated Sybil Ramkin in her youth.

{{quote|''Twenty pence and that's cutting me own throat.''}}

* [[Stable Time Loop]]: In ''[[Discworld/Night Watch|Night Watch]]'' a time-travelling Vimes gives the young Dibbler his own [[Catch Phrase]] from the future. It does take him a while to get the hang of it - "buy this sausage or I'll cut my own throat!"

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{{quote|''It'th a pleathure to be commanded in a clear, firm, authoritative voithe, mithtreth.''.}}

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A somewhat old but talented painter, as well as a brilliant inventor (the Discworld's version of Leonardo da Vinci). Leonard invented the Discworld's first firearm in ''Men At Arms,'' but had no idea how dangerous it would prove to be. Because good-hearted Leonard keeps coming up with dangerous ideas, the Patrician keeps him in a solitary apartment and makes sure he has enough pencils, paper, and toys to keep him quietly occupied.

== One-Book Wonders ==

[[Proud Warrior Race Guy|D'reg]] and {{spoiler|police chief of Al-Khali}}. Something of a [[Foil]] to Vimes.

Daughter of the above-mentioned Cohen the Barbarian and one of the many temple dancers he woo'ed through the years. From her mother she inherited gold-tinged skin, white-blond hair, a voice that can make "Good morning" sound like an invitation to bed, and a very good figure. From her father, she inherited sinews you could moor a ship with, muscles as solid as a plank, and reflexes like a snake on a hot tin roof. She also acquired from Cohen suitable heroic instincts (that is, strong urges to fight, kill, and steal) and an ability to [[Improvised Weapon|use anything as a deadly weapon]]. These traits rather get in the way of the profession she really wants to have: hairdressing. Seen in ''[[Discworld/Sourcery|Sourcery]]''.

* [[No Guy Wants an Amazon]]: All the guys want her, until they find out that she will attack everything around her by compulsion.

A foundling raised in the Guild of Thieves until a chance meeting with a history monk resulted in him being wiped from the Guild's collective memory and taken to be trained in the mountains in abilities he was only barely aware he had. However, Lobsang is apparently "a smart boy" and there's no teaching a smart boy. Compared to other characters in ''[[Discworld/Thief of Time|Thief of Time]]'' (and Pratchett characters in general), you might argue Lobsang here to be something of a blank slate. Of course then you {{spoiler|discover that he's actually half of a whole person who is also the son of the personification of time and ends up ''becoming'' Time itself in the end}}, and suddenly he doesn't seem quite so standardised any more.

Nobody can seem to decide whether Teatime, the villain of ''[[Discworld/Hogfather|Hogfather]]'', is the personification of [[Nightmare Fuel]] or [[Badass]]. He's one of the Assassins' Guild scholarship boys, taken in because both his parents died when he was young and they felt sorry for him. As Lord Downey put it, "[[Self-Made Orphan|Perhaps we should have wondered a bit more about that]]."

* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: Pretty much everybody he employs.

A young girl in the war-torn country of [[Discworld/Monstrous Regiment|Borogravia]], Polly Perks eventually goes against the religious abominations against women fighting and wearing men's clothing to try and find her brother, who had marched into battle a year before. Polly, as Oliver Perks, quickly grasps the basics of being a soldier, even in a motley squad consisting of two unusually close 'friends', an Igor, a troll, a vampire, a religious fanatic, a wet-behind-the-ears commander, and a legendary and mysteriously long-tenured sergeant. [[And Zoidberg|Oh, and Shufti too.]]

* [[The Watson]]: To various members of her regiment, but especially to Jackrum.

The [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Discworld/Night Watch|Night Watch]]'', he's a [[Serial Killer]] being pursued by Vimes.

Maurice is a talking cat, with a cat's ego and self-interest, and something of a feline equivalent of Gaspode who has a softer heart than he's willing to admit even to himself. Title character of ''[[Discworld/The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents|The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents]].''

Om is the god of Omnia, a state somewhere in Discworld's hot desert regions. He starred in ''[[Discworld/Small Gods|Small Gods]]'', and was an example of what happens to gods when people stop believing in them (even if they're still practicing the official religion). In his official form, Om is a great big mighty golden thing with horns, but he spends {{spoiler|most of}} the story as a powerless, petulant, sarcastic tortoise with a lot of natural enemies (including eagles, other small gods, and his own In...uh, '''''Ex'''''quisition), because his religion has grown so bureaucratic that he's down to his very last believer. Said believer is an initiate named Brutha, who has faith like stone and roughly the brains of one, too.

Ankh-Morpork's most famous [[Legitimate Businessmen's Social Club|"Legitimate Businessman"]]. Is mentioned several times, with a cameo in ''Soul Music'', but doesn't make a real appearance until ''Thud!''. Known to take an interest in horse racing and has recently gotten out of the drug trade business.

The head of Unseen University's Night Kitchen, a practical and down-to-earth young woman who bakes [[Supreme Chef|the best pies in the world]]. Also has repressed anger issues and a habit of unleashing it on ''anyone'' who earns her wrath, up to and including Lord Vetinari.

Technically employed downstairs at Unseen University, but prefers to spend his time at football or kicking his tin can around, which he has miraculous control over. Son of legendary footballer Dave Likely.

The Disc's first supermodel, but for dwarf fashion (she's human). Plays Juliet to Trev's Romeo with rival football teams as the feuding families.

A "goblin" employed downstairs at Unseen University at the bequest of Lord Vetinari, who is keeping him safe for Lady Margolotta. A fast learner and extremely skilled and diligent at everything he does and talks <s>as</s> ''[[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness|more]]'' "nobby" than the wizards upstairs.

* {{spoiler|[[Super Soldier]]}}

An incredibly [[camp]]y dwarven fashion designer, and Madame Sharn's partner. {{spoiler|Behind the camp, he's a self-described bastard and old bugger. He is not above responding to evil with knives in dark alleys where better people would stop at just words.}}

The owner of a dwarven fashion house.

* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]]

[[Arc Words|Him Diamond.]]