The Librarian served a brief stint in the City Watch during the reign of terror caused by the dragon of Ankh-Morpork, where he helped to rescue Sam Vimes from the Patrician's cell.

to be one of the first members of the ' Specials ' – the Ankh-Morpork City Militia.

Sir Samuel Vimes, Commander of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, begins investigating the crime, originally suspecting both a Klatchian named 71-Hour Ahmed and a senior Morporkian peer, Lord Rust, of being involved.

* Lance-Constable Bluejohn, a character in the Discworld series, a member of Ankh-Morpork City Watch

Vimes is the Commander of the City Watch, the burgeoning police force of the Discworld's largest city, Ankh-Morpork.

* Ankh-Morpork City Watch members

It is the first novel about the Ankh-Morpork City Watch.

The Ankh-Morpork City Watch in particular has flourished, and is an excellent example of the adaptability which has kept Vetinari in office.

Axes are so important culturally that dwarfish Ankh-Morpork City Watch members are allowed to use them instead of the regulation swords, and both male and female dwarfs typically carry a ( decorative ) axe to social functions.

This trend seems to have been started by Cheery Littlebottom, ( pronounced ' Cherri ') a member of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, who was surprised at the way human females distinguished themselves from males.

As a result of Ruby's insisting he improve himself, he joined the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, and made friends with the dwarf, Cuddy, in Men at Arms.

When Corporal Carrot formed the Ankh-Morpork City Militia, Detritus was promoted to Acting-Constable and it was during this time that he discovered his natural leadership abilities, as he was able to ' recruit ' a large number of able-bodied men and trolls into the Militia and eventually into the reformed City Watch.

* All Ankh-Morpork City Watch members

As the Thieves ' Guild grew, the Ankh-Morpork City Watch continued to slide even further into the pit of depression they would remain in until Carrot Ironfoundersson's arrival.

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It is the second novel about the Ankh-Morpork City Watch on the Discworld.

Meanwhile, Captain Samuel Vimes, captain of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, is confronted by new problems.

The Ankh-Morpork City Watch is expanding ; there is now a Traffic department with traffic cameras implemented using iconograph technology and a wheel clamping team, and the clacks is beginning to replace homing pigeons for communications between officers.

Samuel Vimes, Commander of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch and Duke of Ankh, is sent to the remote region of Überwald as an ambassador to take advantage of the coronation to negotiate with the new Low King on increased imports of fat.

The Ankh-Morpork City Watch recover the replica Scone of Stone.

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Vimes then recruits the Watch into his own private army regiment, reasoning that, as an official noble, he is entitled to do so by law and by Lord Rust's command, with the group remaining independent as knights legally fall under command of the king or his duly-appointed representatives, neither of which exist in Ankh-Morpork.

In some ways he found it a relief when, in Night Watch, he was transported back to the Ankh-Morpork of his youth, and became a sergeant-at-arms in the inefficient, paperwork-free and moderately corrupt Watch of that time.

Terry Pratchett has commented that Vimes has made setting a story in Ankh-Morpork very difficult as it is almost impossible to create a story involving any sort of crime or politics without it rapidly becoming a Watch book.

The Patrician is reinstated as ruler of Ankh-Morpork, and offers the Watch anything they want as a reward.

In his late teens, Vetinari was involved in the " Glorious 25th of May " ( Night Watch ), to which his most notable contribution was the non-assassination of the then-Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, Homicidal Lord Winder, at a crowded party.

Many are employed by the Ankh-Morpork Watch, and more recently by the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company ( the clacks ), due to their ability to stay in one place watching for long periods of time.

To date, there are two people in Ankh-Morpork known to have had contracts refused on, and no longer be available for assassination-Lord Vetinari and Commander of the Watch, Samuel Vimes.

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Since necromancy is officially banned in Ankh-Morpork, he is instead the Head of the Department of Post Mortem Communications ( although he acknowledges this is just a fancy way of saying necromancy ).