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Encyclopedia - Angua: Encyclopedia - Angua
Embedded image Level 2 headline Delphine Angua von Überwald is a character from the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett. She is a member...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cut-me-own-throat Dibbler: Encyclopedia - Cut-me-own-throat Dibbler
Cut Me Own Throat (C.M.O.T) Dibbler is one of the numerous bit part characters that enrich the world of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Concepts: Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Concepts
This article details minor Discworld concepts: concepts and ideas from the Discworld of novels by Terry Pratchett which only appear in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Werewolves In Fiction: Encyclopedia - Werewolves In Fiction
Werewolves in fiction can have many different characteristics. While many stories describe lycanthropy as a disease or curse, and werewol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albert Discworld: Encyclopedia - Albert Discworld
Albert is a character from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of novels, first appearing in Mort Albert, known as Alberto Malich when he ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agatean Empire: Encyclopedia - Agatean Empire
The Agatean Empire is a fictitous country that occupies the Counterweight Continent of Terry Pratchett's Discworld. It is the home of Two...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Überwald: Encyclopedia - Überwald
In Terry Pratchett's fictional Discworld universe, Überwald is a region on the other side of the Ramtops from Lancre and Ankh-Morpork. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unseen University: Encyclopedia - Unseen University
Unseen University (UU) is a school of wizardry in the fictional Discworld city of Ankh-Morpork, staffed by a faculty composed of mostly i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Twoflower: Encyclopedia - Twoflower
Twoflower is a fictional character featuring in some of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. He comes from the overseas Agatean Empire, on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankh-morpork City Watch: Encyclopedia - Ankh-morpork City Watch
The Ankh-Morpork City Watch (originally the Night Watch) is a fictional police force within the Discworld series of books by Terry Pratch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witches Discworld: Encyclopedia - Witches Discworld
A major subset of the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett involve the witches of Lancre. They are closely based on witches in British fol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clacks Discworld: Encyclopedia - Clacks Discworld
The clacks in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels is a network of semaphore towers stretching along the Sto Plains, into the Ramtops and a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carrot Ironfoundersson: Encyclopedia - Carrot Ironfoundersson
Carrot Ironfoundersson is a corporal in, and later captain of, the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. As The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankh-morpork Post Office: Encyclopedia - Ankh-morpork Post Office
The Ankh-Morpork Post Office is featured in the book Going Postal, a 2005 addition to British fantasy author Terry Pratchett's Discworld ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ysabell: Encyclopedia - Ysabell
Ysabell is a fictional character who lives on Terry Pratchett's fictional Discworld. She is the adopted daughter of Death, who saved her ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bloody Stupid Johnson: Encyclopedia - Bloody Stupid Johnson
Johnson, Bergholt Stuttley, known as Bloody Stupid Johnson, is a landscape gardener and inventor on the Discworld (a fictional world crea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Borogravia: Encyclopedia - Borogravia
Borogravia is a fictional country in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of novels. It is small and extremely war-intensive, and closely r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters
This article details minor Discworld characters; characters from the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett who only appear in the backgroun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dwarfs Discworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Dwarfs Discworld - Culture And Society
Dwarfs tend to be miners. They have a natural fascination with minerals (especially iron and gold) and feel more comfortable underground....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - 71-hour Ahmed
A Klatchian warrior who accompanies the Klatchian envoy Prince Khufurah on a diplomatic journey to Ankh-Morpork in the novel Jingo. He sp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fauna Of Discworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Fauna Of Discworld - Dragons
Dragons are a genus of reptiles which apparently evolved on the Disc's Moon. Fauna of Discworld - Draco lunaris. Possibly the original ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankh-morpork City Watch: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankh-morpork City Watch - Members
The primary members of the watch are (see the linked articles for full details of the characters): Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Commander S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Discworld Locations: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Discworld Locations - Great A'tuin Locations
List of Discworld locations - Main continent. Ankh-Morpork (city-state) Unseen University Tower of Art Betrek Borogravia (featu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unseen University: Encyclopedia Ii - Unseen University - Staff
Any alumnus from Unseen University is generally free to find an unoccupied study (which are in seemingly infinite supply), take or appare...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clacks Discworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Clacks Discworld - History
The history of the clacks network was detailed in Going Postal. The invention was originally made by an artificer called Robert Dearheart...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - 71-hour Ahmed
A Klatchian warrior who accompanies the Klatchian envoy Prince Khufurah on a diplomatic journey to Ankh-Morpork in the novel Jingo. He sp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Discworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Discworld - Wizard Magic
Wizard magic is known to be taught at the Unseen University in Ankh-Morpork, Bugrup University in XXXX and Krull University in the secret...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Werewolves In Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Werewolves In Fiction - Different Takes
Werewolves in fiction - Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Joss Whedon's TV program featured a likeable young werewolf, Daniel 'Oz' Osbourne, wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Archchancellor: Encyclopedia Ii - Archchancellor - History
(Latin Archicancellarius) Archchancellor - Effective. An archichancellor is the highest chancellor of a major chancery See also Grand c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hex Discworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Hex Discworld - Evolution
Hex has its origins in a device that briefly appeared in Soul Music, created by student wizard Skazz in the High Energy Magic building. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feet Of Clay: Encyclopedia Ii - Feet Of Clay - Synopsis
The story begins with the sale of a golem, under suspicious circumstances; and continues with the death of a priest, Father Tubelcek, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankh-morpork Assassins' Guild: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankh-morpork Assassins' Guild - History
The Assassins' Guild was founded on 27 August AM1512 as the de Munforte Schoool for Gentlemen Assassins. In AM1576 the school was elevate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Discworld Characters - Ankh-morpork
The major city of the Discworld, Ankh-Morpork, is the central location of many of the novels. List of Discworld characters - Wizards and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Überwald: Encyclopedia Ii - Überwald - Notable Locations
Noted towns in Überwald are: Bad Blintz Bad Schüschein Bugs Bonk (pronounced Be-yonk) Escrow Lipwig (pronounced with a V rather than a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankh-morpork City Watch: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankh-morpork City Watch - Members
The primary members of the watch are (see the linked articles for full details of the characters): Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Commander S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witches Discworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Witches Discworld - Other Witches
Other witches featured in the books include: Witches Discworld - Ammeline 'Goodie' Hamstring. Ammeline Hamstring, also known as 'Goodie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nac Mac Feegle: Encyclopedia Ii - Nac Mac Feegle - Social Structure
Essentially, the structure of a Nac Mac Feegle clan is made up of a kelda (the female chieftain), her husband (the Big Man) and everyone ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Concepts: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Concepts - Anorankh
An anorankh is a pseudo-mystical symbol, consisting of an ankh wearing an anorak. It stems from a discussion on alt.fan.pratchett, a news...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Undead Discworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Undead Discworld - Vampires
On the Disc, all our world's vampire legends are true, even the contradictory ones. They just aren't all true for the same vampire. Some ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld Gods: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld Gods - The Old High Ones
These are beings far more powerful than gods (who are, from their point of view, only slightly more troublesome versions of human beings)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld Gods: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld Gods - The Old High Ones
These are beings far more powerful than gods (who are, from their point of view, only slightly more troublesome versions of human beings)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld - Published Work
Discworld - The novels. The world has been chronicled through at least 35 novels (including at least 3 children's novels) and several s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Death Discworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Death Discworld - Personality
Death is efficient but not cruel, and sees his job as a necessary public service. He is fond of cats (who can see him at all times) and c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thud!: Encyclopedia Ii - Thud! - Plot
As the book opens, a dwarven demagogue, Grag Hamcrusher, is apparently murdered. As ethnic tensions between Ankh-Morpork's troll and dwar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witches Discworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Witches Discworld - Other Witches
Other witches featured in the books include: Witches Discworld - Ammeline 'Goodie' Hamstring. Ammeline Hamstring, also known as 'Goodie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld World: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld World - Geography
Directions within the Discworld are not given as North, South, East and West, but rather as directions relating to the disc itself: Hubwa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankh-morpork Thieves' Guild: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankh-morpork Thieves' Guild - History
The Thieves' Guild was established early in Lord Havelock Vetinari's rule of Ankh-Morpork. Lord Vetinari realised that what people crave ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Monks: Encyclopedia Ii - History Monks - The Role Of The Order
The Order first appears in Small Gods where they are described as having the responsibility of observing significant events so that they ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Troll Discworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Troll Discworld - Biology
They are nocturnal, silicon-based creatures; essentially, living rocks. Their natural tendency to spend daylight hours dormant led to the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - Kaos, Aka Ronnie Soak
An anthropomorphic personification. Fifth horseman of the apocalypse who left before they became famous. Rides a chariot. Wields a sword ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witches Discworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Witches Discworld - Other Media
In the 1995 BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Wyrd Sisters the witches were: Granny Weatherwax - Sheila Hancock Nanny Ogg - Lynda Baron Magrat G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankh-morpork Assassins' Guild: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankh-morpork Assassins' Guild - Code Of Conduct
The Assassins' Guild has a strict code of conduct. It is considered absolutely unforgivable for an Assassin to kill (or as they refer to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Troll Discworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Troll Discworld - Trolls And Other Cultures
Troll society is unsophisticated, but some trolls in urban areas such as Ankh-Morpork manage to direct their tendency towards violence in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Troll Discworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Troll Discworld - Troll Culture
Troll society is based on rocks and hitting people. They have numerous gods, all of whom bless their worshippers by hitting them on the h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unseen University: Encyclopedia Ii - Unseen University - Previous Archchancellors
Albert - Angua - Carrot Ironfoundersson - Cohen the Barbarian - Fred Colon - Death - Detritus - Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler - Gaspode - Gre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Troll Discworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Troll Discworld - Language
Trolls normally express themselves in a very physical way, and according to Samuel Vimes, trollish is "basically body language". However,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thud!: Encyclopedia Ii - Thud! - Trivia
Thud! was released in the USA three weeks before it was released in Pratchett's native UK, to coincide with a United States signing tour....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witches Discworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Witches Discworld - Tiffany Aching
A very young witch (11 at her last appearance), who hails from the chalk downland Rimward of the Ramtops. Her grandmother, Sarah Aching, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witches Discworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Witches Discworld - The Lancre Coven
The Lancre Coven is, as mentioned above, the main group of witches in the Discworld novels, and the ones featured in the novels referred ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witches Discworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Witches Discworld - Other Media
In the 1995 BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Wyrd Sisters the witches were: Granny Weatherwax - Sheila Hancock Nanny Ogg - Lynda Baron Magrat G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld Gods: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld Gods - Om
Om is an omnipotent, omnipresent (only within the boundaries of the Omnian church) god in the country of Omnia. His temple resides in Kom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - Princess Keli
Daughter of King Olerve the Bastard of the Sto Plains kingdom of Sto Lat, and the last person between the Duke of Sto Helit and the thron...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - Doctor Lawn
Dr John "Mossy" Lawn is a doctor in Ankh-Morpork. He first appeared in Night Watch, as a backstreet "pox doctor", offering medical assist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - The Magpyr Family
A family of vampires who attempted to invade Lancre in Carpe Jugulum. They all parody vampirism in different ways: The Old Count, Count ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - Quoth
A talking raven. He is seemingly an associate of the Death of Rats. His name derives from the famous line in the poem by the poet Edgar A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - Kaos Aka Ronnie Soak
An anthropomorphic personification. Fifth horseman of the apocalypse who left before they became famous. Rides a chariot. Wields a sword ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - Hodgesaargh
Castle falconer at Lancre, Hodgesaargh is not his actual name, but some misunderstanding has been caused due to his birds' habit of attac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - Death Of Rats
Death of Rats was created to herd the souls of dead rodents (and occasionally rodent-like humans) during Death's absence in Reaper Man. H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - Drumknott
Secretary to Patrician Vetinari of Ankh-Morpork, following the death of Lupine Wonse. First appears in Feet of Clay. Commonly seen enteri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - Foul Ole Ron
Excessively seedy, momentously dirty, overpoweringly smelly and entirely incomprehensible, he lives in Ankh-Morpork as the best-known mem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - Stanley Howler
One of the two employees of the Ankh-Morpork Post Office prior to Moist von Lipwig being made Postmaster. Raised by peas (no further expl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - Lord Rust
An Ankh-Morpork nobleman, whose full name is presumably Ronald (Ronnie) Rust. He first appears in Men At Arms, in which he is one of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - Mr. Salzella
The Director of Music at the Ankh-Morpork Opera House in Maskerade, most notable for an absolute hatred of opera (although he was really ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thud!: Encyclopedia Ii - Thud! - Trivia
Thud! was released in the USA three weeks before it was released in Pratchett's native UK, to coincide with a United States signing tour....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Undead Discworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Undead Discworld - Zombies
Zombies are the most basic kind of undead. Essentially, they are people who are dead, but haven't stopped moving. Unlike zombies in most ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Undead Discworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Undead Discworld - Werewolves
There is some debate on the Discworld as to whether werewolves are undead or not. The general consensus seems to be "they're big and scar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Undead Discworld: Encyclopedia Ii - Undead Discworld - Banshees
Little is known about Discworld banshees. Only two have appeared in the books, and both have been male. There appear to be two kinds of b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - Vorbis
In Small Gods, deacon Vorbis is the head of the Quisition, and later (for a very brief time) the Cenobiarch of Omnia. He's a frightening ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - General Tacticus
General Tacticus was a soldier of the Ankh-Morpork Empire proclaimed to be the greatest general of all time. In fact, on the Discworld th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - The Smoking Gnu
A trio of clacks hackers, so far seen only in Going Postal, consisting of "Mad Al, Sane Alex, and Adrian who claims he's sane but can't p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - Wallace Sonky
An Ankh-Morpork tradesman, owner of Sonky's Rubber Goods, and maker of Sonky's Preventatives (a type of condom). His "sonkies", as they a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - William Scuggins
When Samuel Vimes was in his youth, William Scuggins was the child that was always tormented. He was mentioned briefly in Feet of Clay wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - Findthee Swing
Captain Findthee Swing is the head of the Unmentionables in the Ankh-Morpork of the past in Night Watch. He is described as a thin, baldi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - Death Of Fleas
The Death of Fleas is a small Entomomorph (just like Anthropomorph, but referring to insects), created in Death's absence to herd the sou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - Brutha
Originally an Omnian novice in the Citadel of Kom, noted only for being a simple boy with an apparently perfect memory. Brutha was the ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld Gods: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld Gods - Blind Io
Blind Io is the current king of the gods. Io means "I see", and in nature he is seemingly an amalgam of Odin and Zeus, with elements of T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld Gods: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld Gods - The Creator
The Discworld Creator appears in Eric. He is a little rat-faced man with a put-upon voice made for complaining with, who created the Disc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld Gods: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld Gods - Fate
One of the Discworld's most implacable, and difficult to understand gods. He looks like a pleasant, middle-aged man, but his eyes are sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld Gods: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld Gods - God Of Evolution
The paradoxical God of Evolution appears briefly in The Last Continent, where he is found 'sculpting' animals. Since he hasn't figured ou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld Gods: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld Gods - Bilious
The "Oh God of hangovers". His reason for being is to feel the after-effects of drinking, instead of the god Bibulous (the Discworld's Ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld Gods: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld Gods - Bibulous
The God of Wine and Things on Sticks. He appears as a large, overly-merry man in a toga. In Tsort he is also known as Smimto, and Tuvelpi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld Gods: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld Gods - Small Gods
Small gods are a special classification of deity unique to the Discworld, but with analogues in our world, particularly the Graeco-Roman ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld Gods: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld Gods - Astoria
The Ephebian Goddess of Love, held in extremely low regard by the god Om and sister to the goddess Patina. She bribed Rhome of Tsort to s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld Gods: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld Gods - The Auditors Of Reality
The Auditors of Reality are supernatural entities and celestial bureaucrats. They make sure that gravity works, file the appropriate pape...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld Gods: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld Gods - Bel-shamharoth
Bel-Shamharoth is also known as the "Soul-Eater," the "Soul-Render," or the "Sender of Eight." He is completely lacking in vitality so th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld Gods: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld Gods - The Lady
The Goddess Who Must Not Be Named. She is constantly opposed to Fate, and she is just as difficult to understand, although where he is im...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Discworld Gods: Encyclopedia Ii - Discworld Gods - Nuggan
Nuggan is the locally worshipped monotheistic and omnipotent God of Borogravia, but elsewhere he is known as the God of Paperclips, Corre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ankh-morpork City Watch: Encyclopedia Ii - Ankh-morpork City Watch - History
Note: Some of the information repeated below was taken from The Discworld Companion and the 1999 Discworld Diary, which had a City Watch ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - Anghammarad
Anghammarad is a minor character in the novel Going Postal. He is a golem, almost nineteen thousand years old, having been baked by the p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - Achmed The Mad
Writer of the Necrotelecomnicon, which he wrote after drinking too much Klatchian Coffee. He is also the writer of Achmed the I Just Get ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minor Discworld Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - Minor Discworld Characters - B'hrian Bloodaxe
The first Low King of the Dwarfs, and a great cultural hero. His life is told in the opera Bloodaxe and Ironhammer. He was the lover of I...   » Read the article