The second-greatest thief in Ankh-Morpork, Stren is a master swordsman despite lacking a left eye, which he lost in a brief attempt to raise his rank to greatest thief in Ankh-Morpork (1.3.8). The scheme goes massively off the rails thanks to the introduction of such variables as the Assassins' Guild, the Guild of Merchants and Traders, a couple burly trolls, Rincewind, and the Luggage itself, in that order. He hatches a scheme to separate Twoflower from his Luggage and rhinu. Ymor is the greatest thief in Ankh-Morpork, which is pretty impressive when you consider the vast amount of competition. In later Discworld novels, we learn his full name is Lord Havelock Vetinari. He fervently believes "eople ought to stay where they put" (1.15.19). Initially, he tasks Rincewind with keeping Twoflower safe for fear of upsetting the Agatean Empire, but later, he is relieved to receive a second letter from the Empire asking them to kill Twoflower. The Patrician serves Ankh-Morpork as an aristocratic ruler with a taste for punishment matched only by a taste for disgusting seafood delicacies, such as crystallized jellyfish and candied starfish. This extra perception leads him to pursue Twoflower's gold and escort the tourist to the lodgings of the Broken Drum. He possesses a type of sixth sense that allows his body "to vibrate in the presence of even a small amount of impure gold at fifty paces" (1.2.4). Hugh is a beggar from the Ankh-Morpork docks who is about as blind as an owl. Their personalities and characteristics are an homage to Fritz Leiber's famous fantasy duo, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Together they watch the great Ankh-Morpork fire from a safe distance and listen to Rincewind's story about how it got started. The Weasel is "much shorter" but moves "lightly, catlike" (1.1.6). Minor Characters Bravd the Hublander and the Weaselīravd is a tall warrior who swings a sword "only marginally shorter than the average man" (1.1.5).
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