The Truth

Also known as Tabernae Vagrantes. One of these was encountered by some members of the Band With Rocks In during the events described in Soul Music, while they were trying to replace a ruined musical instrument. They were there able to buy the guitar which brought the Band fame (or which caused all the trouble, depending on your point of view). When two members of the Band came back to try to get more information about the guitar they were wholly unsuccessful, but after leaving, the presence of a faded '1' on the guitar caused ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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Crystal Ball - Disc 1. "Crystal Ball" (10:28) "Dream Factory" (3:07) "Acknowledge Me" (5:27) "Ripopgodazippa" (4:39) "Love Sign" (remix) (3:52) "Hide The Bone" (5:03) "2morrow" (4:13) "So Dark" (5:14) "Movie Star" (4:25) "Tell Me How U Wanna B Done" (3:15) Crystal Ball - Disc 2. "Interactive" (3:03) "Da Bang" (3:19) "Calhoun Square" (4:46)

An alcoholic beverage drunk in very small cups some months apart (or served to strangers in pint mugs, as a sort of initiation test). It was first introduced in Mort which tells us: "A lot of stories are told about scumble, and how it is made out on the damp marshes, according to ancient recipes passed down rather unsteadily from father to son. It's not true about the rats, or the snakes' heads, or the lead shot. The one about the dead sheep is a complete fabrication. We can lay to rest all the variants of the one about the trouser button. But the one about not letting it ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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Roundworld is the Discworld term for both planet Earth and the "real" universe itself. From a Discworld point of view it exists in a glass sphere at Unseen University, where it is taken care of by Rincewind. It was created by Hex to use up a huge excess of magic, created after the wizards split the thaum. The key point of Roundworld, however, is that it doesn't contain any magic. The wizards are fascinated, however, by the fact it does seem to have rules of its own. Roundworld is the ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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In addition to the more common annual plants, biennial plants and perennial plants, Discworld harbors a small number of re-annual plants. These are plants which, due to a rare 4-dimensional twist in their genetic structure, flower and grow before their seed germinates. This is usually only possible in areas with considerable amounts of background magic. Farmers who grow re-annual plants are usually very careful about dates of sowing, lest they cause devastating temporal paradoxes (such as dying of starvation because the food one lived off mo ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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Anghammarad is a minor character in the novel Going Postal. He is a golem, almost nineteen thousand years old, having been baked by the priests of Upsa in the Third Ning of the Shaving of the Goat. He was also given a voice. However, Upsa was destroyed by the explosion of Mount Shiputu. He then spent two centuries under a mountain of pumice, before it eroded away. He then became a messenger for the Fisherman Kings of the holy Ult. More recently, he delivered the decrees of King Het of Thut. That is until the land of Thut slid u ...

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Minor Discworld characters, Minor Discworld characters - 71-Hour Ahmed, Minor Discworld characters - Anghammarad, Minor Discworld characters - Achmed the Mad, Minor Discworld characters - Drum Billet, Minor Discworld characters - B'hrian Bloodaxe, Minor Discworld characters - Brick, Minor Discworld characters - Brutha, Minor Discworld characters - Count Casanunda, Minor Discworld characters - Imp y Celyn, Minor Discworld characters - Sacharissa Cripslock, Minor Discworld characters - Death of Fleas, Minor Discworld characters - Death of Rats, Minor Discworld characters - Duck Man, Minor Discworld characters - Carcer Dun, Minor Discworld characters - Drumknott, Minor Discworld characters - Princess Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre, Minor Discworld characters - Foul Ole Ron, Minor Discworld characters - J.H.C. Goatberger, Minor Discworld characters - Stanley Howler, Minor Discworld characters - Hodgesaargh, Minor Discworld characters - Kaos aka Ronnie Soak, Minor Discworld characters - Princess Keli, Minor Discworld characters - Doctor Lawn, Minor Discworld characters - Lezek, Minor Discworld characters - Moist von Lipwig, Minor Discworld characters - The Magpyr family, Minor Discworld characters - Modo, Minor Discworld characters - Nijel the Destroyer, Minor Discworld characters - Jason Ogg, Minor Discworld characters - Shawn Ogg, Minor Discworld characters - Polly Perks, Minor Discworld characters - Pteppic, Minor Discworld characters - Ptraci, Minor Discworld characters - Pump 19, Minor Discworld characters - Quoth, Minor Discworld characters - Lord Rust, Minor Discworld characters - Mr. Salzella, Minor Discworld characters - The Selachii family, Minor Discworld characters - Esk Eskarina Smith, Minor Discworld characters - The Smoking GNU, Minor Discworld characters - Wallace Sonky, Minor Discworld characters - Findthee Swing, Minor Discworld characters - General Tacticus, Minor Discworld characters - The Venturi family, Minor Discworld characters - Vorbis, Minor Discworld characters - Galder Weatherwax, Minor Discworld characters - Lupine Wonse, Minor Discworld characters - William de Worde, Minor Discworld characters - William Scuggins

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Writer of the Necrotelecomnicon, which he wrote after drinking too much Klatchian Coffee. He is also the writer of Achmed the I Just Get These Headache's Book Of Humorous Cat Stories (a title which contains the name by which he preferred to be known), which supposedly started his madness. He is a parody of the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred, in the Cthulhu mythos of H. P. Lovecraft ...

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Minor Discworld characters, Minor Discworld characters - 71-Hour Ahmed, Minor Discworld characters - Anghammarad, Minor Discworld characters - Achmed the Mad, Minor Discworld characters - Drum Billet, Minor Discworld characters - B'hrian Bloodaxe, Minor Discworld characters - Brick, Minor Discworld characters - Brutha, Minor Discworld characters - Count Casanunda, Minor Discworld characters - Imp y Celyn, Minor Discworld characters - Sacharissa Cripslock, Minor Discworld characters - Death of Fleas, Minor Discworld characters - Death of Rats, Minor Discworld characters - Duck Man, Minor Discworld characters - Carcer Dun, Minor Discworld characters - Drumknott, Minor Discworld characters - Princess Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre, Minor Discworld characters - Foul Ole Ron, Minor Discworld characters - J.H.C. Goatberger, Minor Discworld characters - Stanley Howler, Minor Discworld characters - Hodgesaargh, Minor Discworld characters - Kaos aka Ronnie Soak, Minor Discworld characters - Princess Keli, Minor Discworld characters - Doctor Lawn, Minor Discworld characters - Lezek, Minor Discworld characters - Moist von Lipwig, Minor Discworld characters - The Magpyr family, Minor Discworld characters - Modo, Minor Discworld characters - Nijel the Destroyer, Minor Discworld characters - Jason Ogg, Minor Discworld characters - Shawn Ogg, Minor Discworld characters - Polly Perks, Minor Discworld characters - Pteppic, Minor Discworld characters - Ptraci, Minor Discworld characters - Pump 19, Minor Discworld characters - Quoth, Minor Discworld characters - Lord Rust, Minor Discworld characters - Mr. Salzella, Minor Discworld characters - The Selachii family, Minor Discworld characters - Esk Eskarina Smith, Minor Discworld characters - The Smoking GNU, Minor Discworld characters - Wallace Sonky, Minor Discworld characters - Findthee Swing, Minor Discworld characters - General Tacticus, Minor Discworld characters - The Venturi family, Minor Discworld characters - Vorbis, Minor Discworld characters - Galder Weatherwax, Minor Discworld characters - Lupine Wonse, Minor Discworld characters - William de Worde, Minor Discworld characters - William Scuggins

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Secretary to Patrician Vetinari of Ankh-Morpork, following the death of Lupine Wonse. First appears in Feet of Clay. Commonly seen entering and leaving the presence of the Patrician bearing either paperwork or verbal information on the activities of other denizens of the city, or the Discworld in general, Drumknott seems not to think much about the political implications of the information he works with, believing in filing for its own sake. During The Truth he was seemingly attacked by the Patrician, and by the time of Going Postal was responsible for relaying the ord ...

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Minor Discworld characters, Minor Discworld characters - 71-Hour Ahmed, Minor Discworld characters - Anghammarad, Minor Discworld characters - Achmed the Mad, Minor Discworld characters - Drum Billet, Minor Discworld characters - B'hrian Bloodaxe, Minor Discworld characters - Brick, Minor Discworld characters - Brutha, Minor Discworld characters - Count Casanunda, Minor Discworld characters - Imp y Celyn, Minor Discworld characters - Sacharissa Cripslock, Minor Discworld characters - Death of Fleas, Minor Discworld characters - Death of Rats, Minor Discworld characters - Duck Man, Minor Discworld characters - Carcer Dun, Minor Discworld characters - Drumknott, Minor Discworld characters - Princess Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre, Minor Discworld characters - Foul Ole Ron, Minor Discworld characters - J.H.C. Goatberger, Minor Discworld characters - Stanley Howler, Minor Discworld characters - Hodgesaargh, Minor Discworld characters - Kaos aka Ronnie Soak, Minor Discworld characters - Princess Keli, Minor Discworld characters - Doctor Lawn, Minor Discworld characters - Lezek, Minor Discworld characters - Moist von Lipwig, Minor Discworld characters - The Magpyr family, Minor Discworld characters - Modo, Minor Discworld characters - Nijel the Destroyer, Minor Discworld characters - Jason Ogg, Minor Discworld characters - Shawn Ogg, Minor Discworld characters - Polly Perks, Minor Discworld characters - Pteppic, Minor Discworld characters - Ptraci, Minor Discworld characters - Pump 19, Minor Discworld characters - Quoth, Minor Discworld characters - Lord Rust, Minor Discworld characters - Mr. Salzella, Minor Discworld characters - The Selachii family, Minor Discworld characters - Esk Eskarina Smith, Minor Discworld characters - The Smoking GNU, Minor Discworld characters - Wallace Sonky, Minor Discworld characters - Findthee Swing, Minor Discworld characters - General Tacticus, Minor Discworld characters - The Venturi family, Minor Discworld characters - Vorbis, Minor Discworld characters - Galder Weatherwax, Minor Discworld characters - Lupine Wonse, Minor Discworld characters - William de Worde, Minor Discworld characters - William Scuggins

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Death of Rats was created to herd the souls of dead rodents (and occasionally rodent-like humans) during Death's absence in Reaper Man. He continued to exist following this, because Death liked the company. He resembles a rodentine skeleton on its hind legs, wearing a black robe and carrying a tiny scythe. He seems to find it easier to think his way around the Rules than Death, and has assisted Susan in Soul Music, Hogfather and Thief of Time. He rides a rav ...

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Minor Discworld characters, Minor Discworld characters - 71-Hour Ahmed, Minor Discworld characters - Anghammarad, Minor Discworld characters - Achmed the Mad, Minor Discworld characters - Drum Billet, Minor Discworld characters - B'hrian Bloodaxe, Minor Discworld characters - Brick, Minor Discworld characters - Brutha, Minor Discworld characters - Count Casanunda, Minor Discworld characters - Imp y Celyn, Minor Discworld characters - Sacharissa Cripslock, Minor Discworld characters - Death of Fleas, Minor Discworld characters - Death of Rats, Minor Discworld characters - Duck Man, Minor Discworld characters - Carcer Dun, Minor Discworld characters - Drumknott, Minor Discworld characters - Princess Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre, Minor Discworld characters - Foul Ole Ron, Minor Discworld characters - J.H.C. Goatberger, Minor Discworld characters - Stanley Howler, Minor Discworld characters - Hodgesaargh, Minor Discworld characters - Kaos aka Ronnie Soak, Minor Discworld characters - Princess Keli, Minor Discworld characters - Doctor Lawn, Minor Discworld characters - Lezek, Minor Discworld characters - Moist von Lipwig, Minor Discworld characters - The Magpyr family, Minor Discworld characters - Modo, Minor Discworld characters - Nijel the Destroyer, Minor Discworld characters - Jason Ogg, Minor Discworld characters - Shawn Ogg, Minor Discworld characters - Polly Perks, Minor Discworld characters - Pteppic, Minor Discworld characters - Ptraci, Minor Discworld characters - Pump 19, Minor Discworld characters - Quoth, Minor Discworld characters - Lord Rust, Minor Discworld characters - Mr. Salzella, Minor Discworld characters - The Selachii family, Minor Discworld characters - Esk Eskarina Smith, Minor Discworld characters - The Smoking GNU, Minor Discworld characters - Wallace Sonky, Minor Discworld characters - Findthee Swing, Minor Discworld characters - General Tacticus, Minor Discworld characters - The Venturi family, Minor Discworld characters - Vorbis, Minor Discworld characters - Galder Weatherwax, Minor Discworld characters - Lupine Wonse, Minor Discworld characters - William de Worde, Minor Discworld characters - William Scuggins

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Originally an Omnian novice in the Citadel of Kom, noted only for being a simple boy with an amazing memory. Brutha was the main character in Small Gods, in which he found himself Chosen by the Great God Om, due to being the only person who really believed in him. He went on to become the Eighth Prophet of Om and Cenobiarch of Omnia, and transformed Omnianism into a religion of tolerance and understanding. He died 100 years later, although exactly when these 100 years occurred is a matter of some confusion. "there was a bright light, then someone hit me" a line by Brutha describing ...

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Minor Discworld characters, Minor Discworld characters - 71-Hour Ahmed, Minor Discworld characters - Anghammarad, Minor Discworld characters - Achmed the Mad, Minor Discworld characters - Drum Billet, Minor Discworld characters - B'hrian Bloodaxe, Minor Discworld characters - Brick, Minor Discworld characters - Brutha, Minor Discworld characters - Count Casanunda, Minor Discworld characters - Imp y Celyn, Minor Discworld characters - Sacharissa Cripslock, Minor Discworld characters - Death of Fleas, Minor Discworld characters - Death of Rats, Minor Discworld characters - Duck Man, Minor Discworld characters - Carcer Dun, Minor Discworld characters - Drumknott, Minor Discworld characters - Princess Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre, Minor Discworld characters - Foul Ole Ron, Minor Discworld characters - J.H.C. Goatberger, Minor Discworld characters - Stanley Howler, Minor Discworld characters - Hodgesaargh, Minor Discworld characters - Kaos aka Ronnie Soak, Minor Discworld characters - Princess Keli, Minor Discworld characters - Doctor Lawn, Minor Discworld characters - Lezek, Minor Discworld characters - Moist von Lipwig, Minor Discworld characters - The Magpyr family, Minor Discworld characters - Modo, Minor Discworld characters - Nijel the Destroyer, Minor Discworld characters - Jason Ogg, Minor Discworld characters - Shawn Ogg, Minor Discworld characters - Polly Perks, Minor Discworld characters - Pteppic, Minor Discworld characters - Ptraci, Minor Discworld characters - Pump 19, Minor Discworld characters - Quoth, Minor Discworld characters - Lord Rust, Minor Discworld characters - Mr. Salzella, Minor Discworld characters - The Selachii family, Minor Discworld characters - Esk Eskarina Smith, Minor Discworld characters - The Smoking GNU, Minor Discworld characters - Wallace Sonky, Minor Discworld characters - Findthee Swing, Minor Discworld characters - General Tacticus, Minor Discworld characters - The Venturi family, Minor Discworld characters - Vorbis, Minor Discworld characters - Galder Weatherwax, Minor Discworld characters - Lupine Wonse, Minor Discworld characters - William de Worde, Minor Discworld characters - William Scuggins

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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 Ironhammer, who forged the Scone of Stone (a reference to the Stone of Scone, the ancient throne upon which the Kings of Scotland were crowned). Ironhammer killed himself when falsely told of Bloodaxe's death. Bloodaxe was subsequently killed at the Battle of Koom Valley. Accorging to legend he killed 57 trolls, however it has since been shown that he was trying to prevent the battle when a fla ...

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Minor Discworld characters, Minor Discworld characters - 71-Hour Ahmed, Minor Discworld characters - Anghammarad, Minor Discworld characters - Achmed the Mad, Minor Discworld characters - Drum Billet, Minor Discworld characters - B'hrian Bloodaxe, Minor Discworld characters - Brick, Minor Discworld characters - Brutha, Minor Discworld characters - Count Casanunda, Minor Discworld characters - Imp y Celyn, Minor Discworld characters - Sacharissa Cripslock, Minor Discworld characters - Death of Fleas, Minor Discworld characters - Death of Rats, Minor Discworld characters - Duck Man, Minor Discworld characters - Carcer Dun, Minor Discworld characters - Drumknott, Minor Discworld characters - Princess Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling of Lancre, Minor Discworld characters - Foul Ole Ron, Minor Discworld characters - J.H.C. Goatberger, Minor Discworld characters - Stanley Howler, Minor Discworld characters - Hodgesaargh, Minor Discworld characters - Kaos aka Ronnie Soak, Minor Discworld characters - Princess Keli, Minor Discworld characters - Doctor Lawn, Minor Discworld characters - Lezek, Minor Discworld characters - Moist von Lipwig, Minor Discworld characters - The Magpyr family, Minor Discworld characters - Modo, Minor Discworld characters - Nijel the Destroyer, Minor Discworld characters - Jason Ogg, Minor Discworld characters - Shawn Ogg, Minor Discworld characters - Polly Perks, Minor Discworld characters - Pteppic, Minor Discworld characters - Ptraci, Minor Discworld characters - Pump 19, Minor Discworld characters - Quoth, Minor Discworld characters - Lord Rust, Minor Discworld characters - Mr. Salzella, Minor Discworld characters - The Selachii family, Minor Discworld characters - Esk Eskarina Smith, Minor Discworld characters - The Smoking GNU, Minor Discworld characters - Wallace Sonky, Minor Discworld characters - Findthee Swing, Minor Discworld characters - General Tacticus, Minor Discworld characters - The Venturi family, Minor Discworld characters - Vorbis, Minor Discworld characters - Galder Weatherwax, Minor Discworld characters - Lupine Wonse, Minor Discworld characters - William de Worde, Minor Discworld characters - William Scuggins

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Both quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle have appeared in the Discworld in some form or another; however, neither concept even remotely resembles their counterparts from Earth. The Uncertainty Principle seems to be simply a "scientific" or "professional" way of saying "I don't know"; Death uses it in The Fifth Elephant as an excuse to appear when people are possibly going to die, apparently in addition to their actual deaths, even though he himself isn't clear what it is. All attempts to explain it outright, ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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The eighth color of the spectrum. Most people have cones and rods in their eyes to help them see, but according to the books wizards also have octagons, which allow them to see the color of magic. To non-wizards, octarine either appears as black or is invisible. It is described as being like a fluorescent greenish-yellow purple (Note that in conventional human colour vision, green is not discernible as green when added ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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According to The Discworld Companion, they started out as an intelligence-gathering organisation, connected to the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. When Lord Winder was Patrician of Ankh-Morpork they became a secret police organisation, noted for torture and holding without charge. This was destroyed during the events of Night Watch. Recently Commander Sir Samuel Vimes has given the name to the plain clothes division of the restructured Watch, presumably as a dark reminder of why it shouldn't be given too much power. The name 'Cable Street Particulars' seems to have been inspire ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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The inhospitable Koom Valley was home to an ancient battle between dwarfs and trolls that both species came to use as an excuse for their mutual enmity. It was said to be the only known battle in which both sides ambushed the other, and acted as inspiration for the development of the game of Thud. Later engagements have led to a total of sixteen battles of Koom Valley (seventeen counting a "fracas" in Vilinus Pass), only three of which took place in the valley itself. This is in part due to the battle being a convenient patch for rips ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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On the Discworld, where magic has more in common with particle physics than Houdini, high-level background magic is what happens where a very powerful spell hits, creating a myriad of sub-astral particles that severely distort local reality. Building a house, or even walking into a region where this has happened is extremely dangerous. If you prefer to remain the same species, shape or level of sanity, stay out of these places. Low-level background magic simply refers to the stan ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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A rare type of crime, or rather, the opposite of crime. An anti-crime, as defined in Reaper Man, must: ... be done in such a way that it causes outrage and/or humiliation to the victim. Merely giving someone something is not enough. Examples of this type include breaking-and-decorating, proffering-with-intent, and whitemailing (for example threatening to reveal a mobster's donations to charity). Even on the Discworld, or more likely, especially o ...

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Minor Discworld concepts, Minor Discworld concepts - Anorankh, Minor Discworld concepts - Source, Minor Discworld concepts - Anti-crime, Minor Discworld concepts - Background magic, Minor Discworld concepts - Battle of Koom Valley, Minor Discworld concepts - Cable Street Particulars, Minor Discworld concepts - Deja fu, Minor Discworld concepts - Devices, Minor Discworld concepts - Cubes, Minor Discworld concepts - Axles, Minor Discworld concepts - Average Bar, Minor Discworld concepts - Imp Technology, Minor Discworld concepts - Dis-Organisers, Minor Discworld concepts - Klatchian Coffee, Minor Discworld concepts - Latatian, Minor Discworld concepts - Necrotelecomnicon, Minor Discworld concepts - Neuralger, Minor Discworld concepts - Octarine, Minor Discworld concepts - Quantum, Minor Discworld concepts - Re-annual plant, Minor Discworld concepts - Roundworld, Minor Discworld concepts - Scumble, Minor Discworld concepts - Wandering Shops, Minor Discworld concepts - Wow-Wow sauce

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An almost unknown form of martial art, Deja fu is best described as "the feeling that you have been kicked in the head this way before." In Deja fu, the practitioner travels in time as well as space. He can go back in time and hit his opponent with a series of punches. From the opponent's point of view, the practitioner is standing motionless in front of him, but he feels the effects from the past attacks. Also, the practitioner can put parts of his opponent's body out of time with respect to the rest of the opponent, making attacks ineffective, preventing the o ...

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Devices have so far only appeared in Thud!. Spelt with a capital D, and with enough reverence that it can be heard in speech, 'Device' is the collective term for a variety of artifacts of unknown origin, but with many purposes, all of them of great power and value -"worth mining through a mountain of granite for". Most cubes so far discovered are owned by dwarves, but all were created long before dwarf civilisation. Devices are apparently indestructible, but apparently it is possible to cause them to deactivate permanently. The types described are Cubes and Axles, though an 'Average bar' is mentioned in passing.

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A book (which also features in Good Omens by Pratchett and Neil Gaiman). Its name comes from a mixture of "Necronomicon" and "telecom". Since the "Necronomicon" is sometimes referred to as "The Book of Dead Names" or "The Book of The Dead", "Necrotelecomnicon" could be translated as as "The Book of Dead Telephone Numbers" or simply "Phonebook of the Dead". The book is also known as the Liber ...

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A variation of Dog Latin. Based on the name, it presumably originates from the Sto Plains town of Sto Lat, although it is often referred to as the "Old Language of Ankh-Morpork". Pratchett describes it as "very bad doggy Latin." It is most often seen in the mottoes of the noble families, civic organisations and Guilds of Ankh-Morpork. The classic example is the motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch; "Fabricati Diem, Pvnc". This is complete nonsense in Latin, but looks like it means "Make my Day, Punk" (see Dirty Harry), although Se ...

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A strong, nearly magical coffee, brewed in Klatch and drunk only by the initiated in very small cups. Not only does it sober you up, it sends you to the other side of sobriety. This state is referred to as knurd, which dispels the soft pink cushions of sobriety and lets you see the world for what it is. In Klatch it is drunk with Orakh (a very violent alcohol made by mixing scorpion venom and cactus sap and leaving it to ferment in the sun for several weeks) to counteract its effects. After a few screams, a lie down and a stiff dr ...

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