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1732:, Death was summoned to be asked about the recent mass wave of magic that had apparently done nothing, revealing that the Octavo had taken action to prevent the eighth spell dropping off the Disc so that all eight spells could be used to prevent the imminent destruction of the world. Death later returned to collect one of the high-ranking wizards present at the Rite as his time had run out. The wizard, realising his time was near, locked himself in a room sealed both magically and physically against all ills. A later book notes that doing so probably made him 553:, the consumption of which he describes as like biting a red-hot ice cube. Being a skeleton with no digestive organs, it is not revealed how he is able to partake of food and drink. Anyone who dines with him tends to become extremely focused upon their own meal, and merely notices Death's plate being full one moment and empty the next. He occasionally smokes a pipe, with the smoke drifting out of his eye sockets. He pays for goods and services with an assortment of copper coins, many turned blue or green with age, which he says he acquired 528:. Death himself must collect some minimum number of souls, to keep the balance. His selection from ordinary deaths is worked out by a system called the "nodes" possibly based on the showiness of the death. A common thief incinerated by a dragon might qualify for example. He has shown up for at least two kittens, a swan, and a red flower-like sea creature. These events are usually of importance within the story, so Death's appearance may be considered a 1329:, the wizards believed that the returned Albert was the statue, and it was suggested that a new one be built in a very secure place—such as the dungeon, allegedly to prevent it being defiled by students. Alberto Malich was a powerful wizard, perhaps the most powerful a wizard could be. This was why he so easily devised a spell to slow the passage of time indefinitely around a small area, a near-impossible feat with Discworld magic. 115: 808: 1338:, Albert tried to find him on the Disc, but got robbed and his life-timer was broken. After this incident, Albert had approximately 34 seconds left, and thus could no longer return to the world of the living, as Death cannot make his life longer. The remaining sand was kept in a bottle in Albert's bedroom. Albert was able to temporarily return to the Discworld during the events of 36: 710:. In this, he was quite a malicious character and followed Rincewind around wanting him to die after circumstances resulted in Rincewind missing his scheduled appointment. At one point he even deliberately stops a character's heart, though later in the book it was shown to have been the actions of Death's stand-in, Scrofula. By the time of 1416:, also known as the Grim Squeaker, was not, strictly speaking, a personification in his own right but rather an aspect of Death, allowed an independent existence. His purpose was to usher on the souls of dead rodents, and assist Death in other ways. His jurisdiction also seems to cover certain kinds of "ratty" humans, such as Mr. Clete in 926:. Also, the personification of Death varies from country to country leading to further confusion; for example the Russian personification is that of an old woman, while the Czech version uses for his name a normally nonexistent masculine variant of the feminine word for death. Explanations are given in footnotes, often with a pun. 1696:
There were twelve ways to perform the Rite, but eight of them caused instant death, and might summon Death in the "usual" manner, and the ninth is very hard to remember. This left three ways to safely summon death: Although the Rite could be performed by a couple of people with three small sticks and
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he used on the farm; a humble garden tool, not the infinitely sharp implement of Death, but sharpened by his rage and the harvest. Bill Door was disgusted and horrified by the New Death's callous attitude toward humanity, and his victory is the triumph of the compassionate "reaper man" over a tyrant
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from dying of the cold by employing a loophole through giving her the gift of a future, thus allowing him to avoid the usual complications that arise from his breaking the rules. Despite his general lack of emotion, the Auditors of Reality are one of the few things actually capable of angering him.
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Since Death was professionally involved in almost everything going on everywhere, the Rite was usually performed to question him on otherwise inexplicable phenomena. This was usually done only when all other avenues were exhausted, as most powerful wizards were quite old and therefore unwilling to
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Death is fascinated by humanity. His interest is coupled with bafflement: it's a favorite point of Pratchett's that the habits and beliefs that are grown into instead of being rationally acquired are an essential part of being human. As Death is an outside observer, his imitations of humanity are
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The New Death came from human belief, but was quite different from the original, having been formed by modern Discworlders who thought of death as malevolent rather than a simple cessation of life. Though he had the usual black robe, he was larger and had only smoke beneath his robe rather than
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he wielded a weapon "which may, at some point in its evolution, have incorporated aspects of a scythe, in the same way a scalpel incorporated aspects of a stick". In place of a face or skull, the new Death had just a crown and was prideful, dramatic, cold, and cruel, the literal embodiment of
1693:, Albert attempted to become immortal by performing the Rite backwards, reasoning that this would banish Death from him, but instead it transferred Albert to Death's realm, where he decided to remain on the grounds that time did not pass in Death's realm and he was thus essentially immortal. 1271:; he attempted to gain immortality by reciting the Rite of AshkEnte (a ritual to summon Death) backwards, believing this would force Death to stay away from him. Instead it brought him directly to Death's Domain. Since time in Death's Domain does not flow in the same way as it does on the 1630:
humanity's fear of death. He chose to arrive exactly at midnight and appeared in a flash of lightning purely for the dramatic effect, which the old Death found degrading and rather excessive. When he cornered Bill Door, he mocked and beat him instead of finishing the job.
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come looking for her. She had to act as a stand-in for Death when he disappeared, but subsequently returned to her education. Although she inherited all of her grandfather's abilities, she longed to be normal, and got human jobs, first as a governess in
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is Death's steed, so named by Death because it is "a nice name". He is a living horse; Death tried a skeletal steed, but kept having to "stop and wire bits back on". Death also tried a fiery steed, but it repeatedly set his barn and his robe on fire.
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The doors reach a height of several yards yet are only a few feet tall. He has a bathroom which he never uses, with a bar of bone-white, rock-hard soap and a towel rack with hard towels. Death's house is full of cats. He also sends cats to
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daughter of Death, who saved her as a baby when her parents were killed in the Great Nef desert (no explanation has been given as to why he did this; Ysabell said that "He didn't feel sorry for me, he never feels anything. ... He probably
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that he has received a number of letters from terminally ill fans in which they hope that Death will resemble the Discworld incarnation (he also says that those particular letters usually cause him to spend some time staring at the wall).
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inside than outside. Death hasn't mastered scale. He doesn't understand real distance or perspective either, so its surroundings are blurred and seem distant. Death adds a large golden wheat field to the grounds after the events of
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from force of habit until reminded not to do so. He is especially intrigued by humanity's ability to complicate their own existence, and their ability to actually get up in the morning without going insane from
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can allow themselves to see him. Death can ignore things like walls because he is eternal and things that last mere centuries are not as real as he is. He can also adjust time for himself and others nearby.
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on Death's arm: "I have to know. What would have happened if I had not... lost?" "At the cards, you mean?" "Yes. What would you have done?" "Well," she said, "for a start ... I'd have broken your bloody
1745:, Albert, briefly returned to the world, summoned Death, who was having a holiday, to let him know that Mort, his apprentice, was doing a terrible job as his replacement. It almost summoned Mort instead. 1570:. He has a constant craving for eyeballs and frequently (and hopefully) mistakes various other small round objects for eyeballs, such as olives and walnuts. He was originally one of the ravens from the 1120:
sorry for me."). When first encountered she was a sixteen-year-old girl with silver hair and silver eyes who, it transpires, has been sixteen for thirty-five Discworld 'years', since no time passes in
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a wizard commented that he believed Death only stayed in the circle for the look of the thing. The Rite is not tuned to Death himself, but rather to whoever happened to be performing his duties;
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when he came to collect the old Death, then known as "Bill Door". The New Death was the old Death's replacement as a result of the plot by the Auditors to rid the world of sloppy thinking.
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and 'doing the nodes'. This mainly involved figuring out which deaths needed to be attended to personally, an important aspect of all reality. Before Mort arrived she shared her home with
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Plumbing confuses him, and the pipes are completely solid. He didn't know that towels were soft and should be foldable. He never sleeps and has a violin he tries to play. He notes in
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to each object, and 'death' is often a feminine noun. As such, translations of early novels sometimes refer to Death as a woman. This is generally changed, by the time of
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He does not cause people to die, nor does he concern himself with their goodness or badness in life; it is simply his job to collect their souls at the appointed time.
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he expresses misery at the fact that he is capable of preventing deaths but is forbidden to do so; during his time as the Hogfather, he uses his new dual role to save
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The character of Death evolves over the progression of the novels, developing more across the earlier books with his character gradually stabilising in later ones.
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on the death of her parents. During her upbringing, her parents had hidden her background from her and brought her up to be logical, so it comes as a shock when the
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Death gave Susan a "My Little Binky" gift set for her third birthday. It was returned by her parents, who feared that it would make her a less "normal" child.
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attract the attention of Death. Death hated being summoned, because he was always summoned at the "worst possible time", such as when at a party.
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This fascination with humanity extends to the point of sympathy towards them, and he will often side with humans against greater threats, notably
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Wizards, witches, and other significant figures like kings are collected by Death himself rather than by some lesser functionary such as a
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bones, and wore a crown to the disgust of the original Death. He rode the classic skeletal steed, in contrast to the special but very real
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he had gained the sympathetic and humorous personality he has in later books. In later novels he has been used to examine developments in
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Pratchett explores human existence through his depiction of death, which became more sympathetic throughout the series as it progresses.
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excepted) preferred to do it the old fashioned way, with heavy equipment consisting of numerous drippy candles, octograms on the floor,
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He is fond of cats, who can see him at all times (he seems particularly furious when he once attends to a sack of drowned kittens), and
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teaching the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Death, Famine, Pestilence and War) to play bridge. At one point, War calls Death "
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interfere and he impulsively prevents her assassination, starting a chain reaction of events. Reluctant to tell Death about his
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intricate but marked by a fundamental lack of comprehension. When acting as a stand-in for the Hogfather (a figure similar to
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Death is not invisible, but most people's brains refuse to process who he is unless he insists. Generally, only
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Death is the leading or an important central character in the following — in which he goes through significant
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Terry took Death's arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night.
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that he can only play "an empty chord," the sound made at the end of everything to signify no more sound.
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was able to play cards against Death in a successful bid to save a child's life, Granny's hand having four
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Death's pronoun is given as "he" and "his" without the special capital as in the earlier books. In
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He was one of a disparate multitude of death-personifications created during Death's absence in
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game, the voice is credited as Katherine the Crocodile. The Death of Rats also appears in
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it became clear that Ysabell was competent to carry out the work of her father including
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Death appears in every single Discworld novel — to greater or lesser degrees — except for
331: 318: 186: 164: 1275:, Albert succeeded, in a way, in gaining immortality. Before he returned to the world in 3253: 3187: 3104: 2739: 2629: 2623: 2549: 2151: 1994: 1990: 1925: 1899: 1877: 1137: 1075: 986: 625:, but Death chose to consider them low, giving the old witch a "wink" in the process.) 204: 194: 190: 2350:"Not Cruel, Blessed, or Merciful: Pratchett, Gaiman, and the Personification of Death" 3341: 3222: 3084: 2879: 2814: 2809: 2794: 2784: 2507: 2447: 2263: 2181: 1873: 1872:. In Soul Music – Albert was voiced by Brian Pringle – Susan Sto-Helit was voiced by 1710: 1567: 1482: 1359:
back. He also seemed not to trust Death with his life-timer, and took it with him in
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cook, who believed everything needed to be fried to get rid of the germs, including
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Mort leaves Death's service and marries Ysabell. The couple are given the titles of
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The Death of Rats finds ways around the rules more easily than Death, and assisted
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The initial books did not pronounce themselves about the sex of Death, although
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Death has also been played by numerous actors in amateur stage productions of
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calls him her grandfather or "Granddad". When asked to describe Death, in the
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4 cc of mouse blood, or even with a fresh egg and only two small sticks, the
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skeleton walking on its hind legs, wearing a black robe, and carrying a tiny
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While Death and Albert got on rather well, it was a fragile relationship. In
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when he laughs, although his speech could be interpreted from context like
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Young Men's Reformed Cultist of the Ichor-God-Bel-Shamharoth's Association
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daughter and only child. When she first appeared as a schoolgirl in
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Death is both the servant and a part of The Old High One known as
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In many ways, he epitomizes the bleakness of human existence. In
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The books represent Death's hollow, peculiar voice with unquoted
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and Ysabell being voiced by Clare Corbett. Mort is included in
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Death has developed considerably since his first appearance in
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first encountered Ysabell, he got the impression of "too many
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was inscribed (apart from the usual student scribbles) with "
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thought experiment, believing it cruel to the cats involved.
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has seen him on numerous near-fatal occasions. Similarly, in
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the voice was credited to Dorckey Hellmice (an anagram of
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Death works with War, Pestilence, and Famine, three other
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hazards a guess, "Well, I suppose he's a man. You have to
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Binky is rather more intelligent than most horses and is
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as the titular cat of equally prodigious capabilities.
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returning to the voice after the death of Richardson.
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Albert also makes an appearance in the computer game
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After his death in March 2015, Pratchett's daughter
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He sometimes travels with a talking raven named 938:, the Death of Universes and ruler of all deaths. 2240:, another fictional Death with sympaphetic traits 1985:Death is credited as being played by himself (In 684:He also gets angry upon hearing of Rincewind: In 391:anyone or anything but — acting in the form of a 2298:La Mort est un mâle, car c'est un mal nécessaire 1199:, Susan had, at age sixteen, just inherited the 971:", short for Mortimer is the title character in 2067: 1306:Albert's childhood was touched upon lightly in 911:, don't you?" In the comic strip adaptation of 872:called him 'Daddy', using the pronoun "it". In 2296:, justified the fact by a pun in a footnote: " 1685:'s affiliation with Death; while he was still 773:. A tree swing he built for his granddaughter 642:, in a discussion with Albert, Death comments 2645: 1524:the Death of Rats was known as the Bone Rat. 8: 2969:The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch 2930:A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices 2820:The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents 2475:The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents 2409: 2407: 2304:) because death itself is a necessary evil ( 2125:The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents 2096:Fans launched a tongue-in-cheek petition on 1959:The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents 1828:The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents 1716:The Rite has been used several times In the 1521:The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents 1779:The Rite is also used in the computer game 1518:In the mythology of the Changeling Clan in 1367:" when his master became too human. He and 836:. 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