Terry Pratchett: The Truth

Main heroes, cities

5 flashcards · Literature · by lakesare

  1. Who's Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler (CMOT Dibbler)?

    Perpetually failing salesman. He gets fancy new ideas (such as feng-shui consulting, or selling stale rocks to trolls) which never work. His product line includes Dibbler's Homoeopathic Shampoo, which failed to meet the expectations of the customer. Sometimes he sells things that don't belong to him or don't even exist (although such business practices are rather common in Ankh-Morpork).

  2. Who's William de Worde?

    Reporter, gathers up news of interesting occurrences in Ankh-Morpork, writes them down and sends copies of this writ to several nobles in other countries.

  3. Who's Sacharissa Cripslock?

    In her 20s, described as pretty, ends up becoming a reporter with the new Ankh-Morpork Times, where she shows considerable talent as a journalist with a nose for news and a knack of creating snappy headlines. Sacharissa strives for Respectability – however she suffers from misplaced assumptions on what exactly constitutes Respectability. She takes most of her cues from previous centuries, and believes that correct mannerisms are an adequate substitute for good manners.

  4. Who's Otto Chriek?

    Vampire, sworn off blood, transferred that obsession to iconography. Having joined the Ankh-Morpork Times at the very beginning of the newspaper, he is currently its Head Iconographer. Where there is news, where the Ankh-Morpork crowds gather for street theatre, Otto will also be there, in his vest of many pockets and carrying his iconograph and cage of salamanders.

  5. What's Ankh-Morpork?

    Biggest city of Discworld. Tallinn, one of the real-life prototypes of Ankh-Morpork In The Art of Discworld Pratchett explains that the city is similar to Tallinn and central Prague, but adds that it has elements of 18th-century London, 19th-century Seattle and modern New York City. Ankh-Morpork lies on the River Ankh (the most polluted waterway on the Discworld and reputedly solid enough to walk on), where the fertile loam of the Sto Plains (similar to Western Europe) meets the Circle Sea (the…