Hard list #2 : Top 5 Favourite Terry Pratchett Characters

I decided to do another list!

My 5 favourite Terry Pratchett characters:

  1. Death – everyone loves Death. Seriously. He is the anthropomorphic personification of death on Discworld. Is fascinated by humans, and usually accompanied by the Death of Rats and Binky (his horse).
  2. Lord Havelock Vetinari – the very cool Patrician of Ankh-Morpork. Not to be crossed. One raised eyebrow from Vetinari and mountains move. Had a dog called Wuffles, and now has another dog called Mr Fusspot.
  3. Esmeralda Weatherwax – resident witch of Bad Ass (the name refers to a stubborn donkey), and the best witch on the Discworld. So good she’s almost a bad witch, except she won’t let herself be bad.
  4. Nanny Ogg – the “fun” witch. Fond of a drink and singing songs like The Hedgehog Can Never Be Buggered At All. Very good at speaking “foreign”. Hilarious, right until you remember she is still a witch.
  5. The Bursar – real name Dr Dinwiddie. Originally mostly insane and had a tendency to hallucinate. Takes many, many dried frog pills. Now hallucinates that he’s sane so acts relatively normal (except for the flying). Only eats with a wooden spoon.

4 thoughts on “Hard list #2 : Top 5 Favourite Terry Pratchett Characters

  1. I agree on Death and Weatherwax (totally thrilled that I got Esme in a FB quiz).

    My others picks are…
    Vimes
    Moist von Lipwig
    Tiffany Aching / Agnes Nitt (who I think are really the same character)

    • It was pretty hard to leave out Vimes, I have to admit. He’s such an overriding character in Discworld – he is Ankh-Morpork to a large extent.
      I’m a big fan of Agnes Nitt too – I love the whole “thin girl inside the fat girl” dual personality thing, and of course, she has great hair.

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