For other Discworld media, see the Franchise page. A beehive large enough to house 10-foot long bees. Überwald effectively comprises two utterly distinct societies; the dwarfs (who exist below in their cavernous cities and tunnels), and everybody else, who lives above on the surface. The Discworld is the fictional setting for all of Terry Pratchett's Discworld fantasy novels. Lu-Tze and other sources state that on Fourecks time and space are very twisted up, and there is a big time source right in the middle (probably the Red Rock, the Ecksian version of Uluru). Nothing is known of Istanzia, although it is a state big enough to send an Ambassador to Ankh-Morpork for Commander Vimes to frighten: when in The Fifth Elephant the Istanzian forces were reported to be making repeated armed incursions across the Slipnir River, Vimes's offer to arrange for the Istanzian Ambassador to "...go home in an ambulance" resulted in the Istanzian forces pulling back so far that they were "...nearly in the next country." They are the Disc's main magical conduit, as they lie like a metal rod across the centre of the Disc's magical field (indeed, the source of the field, the Cori Celesti, is technically part of the Ramtops), and are thus alive with unreality. Expatica is the international community’s online home away from home. The witch Nanny Ogg continued to have children well into her fifties; it is noted that this is not unusual for women in her rural homeland, for reasons that aren't explained. The only real doctor in the city is seen as crazy; when Vetinari is poisoned in, Dr. Also from the Science of Discworld books, Hex is able to treat our entire universe as one of these. Carrot Ironfoundersson may also qualify, as despite the fact that he probably is the heir to the throne of Ankh-Morpork, he prefers to be a copper. He gets overthrown by a dragon and thrown into his own dungeon, gets shot, is turned into a lizard, gets poisoned, has to spend time in a submarine with Fred Colon and Nobby Nobbs and pretends to be a street performer before being arrested, is knocked into a coma to be replaced by a fake version of himself, and on top of all this has to make sure that the city runs as it should while defeating the woman who writes the crossword for the Times. The University's plumbing system contains pipes for maintaining slood differential. Years and centuries are also given names by the UU's astrologers. The drawing on the front cover of Jingo shows a weathercock fitted with the requisite H, R, T and W letters. He is also once taken to the Klatchian desert and can barely move during the day. It is the student who gains the highest overall mark in mathematics at Cambridge University. While this isn't a Discworld book per se, it does prominently feature a flat Earth, and it does seem to contain the seeds of many ideas that would feature in the Discworld books later on. It's been tried several times in Ankh-Morpork's past. 0: 0: No posts have been made on this board. Carrot's sword is also very interesting. However, when the door is opened, the rush of warm air gets rid of the condensation and the formula. Its most recent king before the present monarch was King Olerve, who was shot with a crossbow by an assassin hired by the original Duke of Sto Helit, a thoroughly nasty man who staged a bid for the succession, thwarted only by Mort in Mort. Discworld gods start off as tiny spirits, and gain power as they gain believers; this is explored most thoroughly in Small Gods. Although he is getting better at it. The ruler at the time of Monstrous Regiment was Duchess Annagovia, who has achieved virtual godhood among the people. The General Theory of Slood was discovered by Archchancellor Sloman, and a stained glass window representing this event is in the meeting room of the Unseen University college council. Although most maps show Lancre to measure roughly 40 by 10 miles (64 by 16 km) in size, its true area remains unknown – partly because of its mountainous terrain and the fact that it borders on the Ramtops, but also due to the warping effect of high level of background magic. Quirmian cuisine is generally characterized by containing avec (French for "with"). Whether this was the event the Great A'Tuin was looking forward to or merely one step towards its ultimate goal is not mentioned. A figgin is a small cake, so either there's a bizarre case of linguistic drift going on, or there really is some horrifying element to a man being suspended alongside a teacake. She has stated publicly that the Discworld series belonged to her father, and him alone, and as such, she has no desire to write more novels in the setting, nor allow anyone else to do so. Jokes such as treacle mines and drop bears are real on the Disc; in reality lemmings do not actually rush en masse off cliffs; on the Disc, they do, because that is what people believe. Both the flora and fauna of the continent are extremely dangerous, as Death's Library attests. Needless to say, it was suggested by Rincewind. Some characters lack the adjective and run it into one word (Twoflower, Ninereeds). Death is pretty congenial, and does his job sensibly while trying to understand humanity as much as possible (even if most of the time he doesn't really get it). Ankh-Morpork serves a similar function for urban folklore, but not as blatantly. The region is based less on the real Eastern Europe, and more on the Hammer Horror stereotype of the area. As in, "one, two, three, many, many-one, many-two...", "...many-many-many-two, many-many-many-three, LOTS.". Its name is probably a play on Gondwanaland or perhaps a play on the expression "How on earth ...?" Its capital is Al Khali (popularly known as 'the Gateway to the mysterious continent of Klatch'), and it includes outlying regions such as Hersheba and Syrrit. This primary element, out of which all others spring, is known as narrativium, the elemental substance of Story. Among supernatural entities, the Soul Cake Duck (the Disc's equivalent of the Easter Bunny) has been mentioned many, many times, yet never appeared even in novels where gods, holidays, or childhood beliefs feature prominently. Llamedos is a land noted for its druids, its bards, and its rain. The reason for this is unknown, though it is agreed that waiting around for it to reach zero is unwise. The name is a play on Hershey bar and also resembles Israeli Beersheba; Pratchett initially suggested it as an alternative name for Djelibeybi, to aid American readers mystified by the pun. Granny Weatherwax has to deal with every magic challenge simply because she is the best witch, even if she doesn't want to do it. Being old school barbarian heroes, Cohen and his Silver Horde have this as their MO. Discworld Socks: Assassins' Guild . There are also some weird naming traditions in the Ramtops, giving you names like Yodel Lightly, King My-God-He's-Heavy the First, and Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre. Goblins only gained the full rights of a sapient humanoid race after their systemic abuse became public knowledge; even after emancipation, those who moved to Ankh-Morpork and are actually considered useful in menial jobs are forced to live in a shantytown outside the city limits — shades of South Africa in the Apartheid era. Nanny Ogg had a lot more romances, and ended up raising a large extended family. A book series known as Dangerous Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Birds, Fish, Jellyfish, Insects, Spiders, Crustaceans, Grasses, Trees, Mosses and Lichens of Terror Incognita extends at least into Volume 29c Part Three, while a list of the harmless ones contains only "Some of the sheep." The calendar is based on a Great Year, or Astronomical Year, defined as the time it takes for the Disc to revolve once on the backs of the elephants. It is explained in Soul Music that few of the Discworld's higher-class schools (such as the Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild School) see fit to admit female students (although the Assassins have since changed this policy), so Miss Butts founded the College "on the astonishing principle that, since gels had nothing much to do until someone married them, they might as well occupy the time with learning things.". How come Nobby ever got a job as a watchman?, sir? He feels no remorse for the deaths he causes from these activities, even indirectly. Its economy is largely based on the capture and salvage of nautical wreckage as it heads towards the Rimfall. This fictional colour is strongly indicative of magic and can only be seen by wizards (who sometimes describe it as resembling a fluorescent greenish-yellow purple) and cats, who both possess "octagon cells" in addition to the normal cones and rods possessed by humans. Ephebe has a population of about 50,000, according to The Discworld Companion. as being naturally two drinks short of actual sobriety. This is why most Discworld wizards store magic in a staff which is a sort of capacitor for magical energy. The philosophers are noted for pondering the existence of gods, but carefully in case the gods get angry. A genie reportedly granted a great fortune to his grandfather, which was more or less squandered by modern times. Exchange rates between the Ankh-Morpork dollar and the Empire's currency, the rhinu, has never been established because the solid gold coins are worth significantly less on the Counterweight Continent than on the Sto Plains. The Bursar, usually. There is a reading order guide◊ for those who would like to go through the books by internal series chronology. Up until it explodes, that is. Early years. On the Disc, if a story or legend is told often enough and believed by enough people, it becomes true. In the later books even the Queen of Faeris know better than to harm his citizens, he elevated the watch and lost the guards, uses the dungeon as a saferoom, gives condemned criminals a chance to atone, is furious when people imply he traded in lives or had someone killed, supports the press, emancipates and integrates species, is friends with the head wizard and the assassins refuse to take a hit on him. Wizards and witches can see what's really there, on account of them having no. Biers, the bar for the differently-alive, including vampires, zombies, werewolves, bogeymen, ghouls, and various others too weird to fit in anywhere else. ", The Unseen University has a new Archchancellor in every book until Ridcully arrives in, Occasionally, someone will say (usually to a wizard) "you can't [do X], there's a rule -" only for the character to do it anyway and say "actually, it's more of a guideline". Koom Valley is a location somewhere in Überwald. Boiling fat rising to the surface is the reason for the country's many hot springs. Staff include Miss Butts, the Headmistress; Miss Delcross, the Biology mistress; and "Iron Lily", the gym mistress. They have incredibly strict guidelines (okay, Contrast the cheerful students of the Assassins' Guild (just next door). The Mended Drum (originally the Broken Drum — "you can't beat it"). Official Couple status goes to Roland/Letitia and Tiffany/Preston instead. She has taught respect to vampires and elves as well. Though most trolls have solid mountainous physiques, there's also Chalky (implied to come from chalk plains) and Brick (who was born in the city). Some things are still. The humour ranges from simple wordplay to wry reflections on the absurdities of life. In the Astronomical Year the second midwinter (the year's midway point) is called Crueltide, but due to people using the Agricultural Year this is the same festival. Places where it went wrong are left barren and toxic and may simply be craters, and the waste products are dangerous and damaging for centuries afterwards, but generally it's perfectly safe to be around. Sailors who find themselves stranded on the rocks of the harbour have considered the lighthouse a quite beautiful thing to look at whilst waiting to be rescued. Lawn also seems to be subverting this trope in the city post-. It details the folklore aspects of the Discworld novels and draws parallels with Earth's folklore. The continent's principal nation, also called Klatch, is a large multi-ethnic empire rimwards to turnwise of the Circle Sea. In the long winter snows, the roads out of the village are lined with boards to reduce drifting and to stop travellers from straying. Charter. er, that's 'nevermore' and not the OTHER n-word. One such is octiron, a dense black metal that is a large part of the Discworld's crust. 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