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Pratchett Discworld characters; To mark 30 years of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels we present the 10 best characters, from Granny Weatherwax to Moist von Lipwig".
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1401:The Witches
1047:Other books
955:Wintersmith
925:Night Watch
855:Men at Arms
795:Equal Rites
701:20 December
679:(2): 44–49.
626:21 December
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178:Affiliation
47:in-universe
1442:Categories
1391:City Watch
1280:Characters
1227:Soul Music
860:Soul Music
845:Small Gods
835:Reaper Man
489:References
228:Background
153:Created by
1370:Discworld
1363:Locations
1328:Sam Vimes
1313:Rincewind
1308:Nanny Ogg
1262:The Watch
1241:Hogfather
1190:Discworld
905:The Truth
880:Hogfather
870:Maskerade
770:Discworld
455:Sam Vimes
424:Reception
418:Discworld
381:of Ankh,
197:Discworld
105:character
102:Discworld
815:Pyramids
805:Sourcery
250:ear hair
234:Überwald
405:In the
387:Goblins
379:Duchess
53:Please
1349:Dwarfs
778:Novels
649:
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148:(2014)
135:(2004)
1410:Other
1293:Death
1173:Games
975:Snuff
950:Thud!
885:Jingo
351:. By
294:Thud!
49:style
825:Eric
800:Mort
703:2021
647:ISBN
628:2021
511:ISBN
469:for
457:and
438:for
377:and
375:Duke
369:In "
253:wigs
213:and
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