The Discworld Companion hints that he may once have been Dr. Horace Worblehat, which goes most of the way to explaining why he is happier as an orang-utan.

His entry in The New Discworld Companion states: ' originally rather lazy by nature, he seems to have blossomed to become the youngest and most depressingly keen member of the faculty ... as one of the few wizards at the University with his head screwed on in any fashion, he appears, quite against his will, to be in the front line '.

He presumably sleeps " The New Discworld Companion ).

First mentioned in The Discworld Companion which says little about her except that her death has not been recorded.

According to The Discworld Companion, there exist, in addition to humanoid trolls, troll dogs, troll horses and troll ducks ( although the ducks tend to sink a lot ).

The Light Fantastic briefly features a troll called Krysoprase, who was confirmed to be the same character in The Discworld Companion ( it was attributed to the fact that trolls are terrible spellers ).

: Guild mottos ( in Latatian ) are taken from The Discworld Companion.

In The Discworld Companion, Pratchett claimed that Foul Ol Ron and his Canting Crew were listed as a special Guild classification all their own, having previously referred to Ron as " a Mutterer in good standing " in Men at Arms ; however, in The Art of Discworld and later novels he claims that they are not members of the Guild, which has too many rules for their tastes.

( mentioned in The Discworld Companion )

* Headed by Scrote Jones in The Discworld Companion

( mentioned in The Discworld Companion )

* According to The Discworld Companion, it lasted exactly as long as it took for Sam Vimes to find out about it ( though in The Fifth Elephant it lasted only until Carrot Ironfoundersson found out about it, rather before Vimes did.

Note: Some of the information repeated below was taken from The Discworld Companion and the 1999 Discworld Diary, which had a City Watch theme, and has not been confirmed in any of the Discworld novels.

A variant of the above real-world recipe is in the Discworld Companion and Nanny Ogg's Cookbook.

* The Discworld Companion by Pratchett and Stephen Briggs

The effect, as mentioned in The Discworld Companion is that Lancre contains more landscape than a kingdom of its apparent size should be able to contain.

Ephebe has a population of about 50, 000, according to The Discworld Companion.

According to The Discworld Companion, it does not have an economy.

Brawls between varying philosophical factions frequently erupt across Ephebe's many taverns, but Ephebe is on the whole a peaceful city, which ambles by from day to day ( The New Discworld Companion ).

In the Discworld Companion, Pratchett writes " there have been other continents, which have sunk, blown up, or simply disappeared.

In the fictional Discworld universe created by author Terry Pratchett, the city-state of Ankh-Morpork contains numerous Guilds ( including respective Guilds for Assassins, Beggars and Fools, as well as Thieves and others ), all of which have a monopoly on the various trades which they dominate.

* In the Discworld series of novels by Terry Pratchett, the practice of retrophrenology is mentioned.

In the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett, the Patrician's Palace contains the Rats Chamber, an anagrammatical equivalent to the actual Star Chamber.

Mort is a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett.

* The Unseen University, in the fictional Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett

" Vorbis " is named after a Discworld character, Exquisitor Vorbis in Small Gods by Terry Pratchett.

In the Discworld novel Witches Abroad, by Terry Pratchett, one of the characters is a zombie by the name of Baron Saturday, who is the former ruler of the fictional country of Genua.

* Discworld & Pratchett Wiki

* In The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch by Terry Pratchett a reference is made to " those bastards over at Braseneck College ", probably a parody of Brasenose.

A book mentioned in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett was written by a wizard named Humptulip ( no terminal " s ").

Jingo is the 21st novel by Terry Pratchett, one of his Discworld series.

* Discworld, a comedic fantasy book series by the British author Terry Pratchett

* Terry Pratchett created Discworld, a large disc resting on the backs of four huge elephants, which are in turn standing on the back of an enormous turtle, as it slowly swims through space.

The Last Continent is the twenty-second Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett.

* Terry Pratchett refers to several fairy tales in his Discworld series, especially in reference to witches who try to control the narrative potential of their world.

* In the Discworld story The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett, Cohen the Barbarian plans to detonate an explosive called Agatean Thunder Clay at the Hub, to show the gods how annoyed he is with them.

Sourcery is the fifth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 1988.

In the Discworld novel, Sourcery by Sir Terry Pratchett ; Nijel the Destroyer, a newbie barbarian hero learning the trade from the book ‘ Inne Juste 7 Dayes I wille make You a Barbearian Hero ’ ( sic ) ( written by Cohen the Barbarean, allegedly ) claims “ It ’ s in the book.

* recent volumes in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett ( books from 2001 to present )

* Maskerade, a 1995 Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett

Soul Music is the sixteenth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, first published in 1994.

Terry Pratchett used the Legend of Ys as the basis for his Discworld novel Jingo.

* Discworld, a series of books by Terry Pratchett

* Narrative footnotes, which continue the story while commenting on it ( e. g. Nabokov's Pale Fire, House of Leaves, Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, Alan Moore's From Hell, Cable & Deadpool by Fabian Nicieza, An Abundance of Katherines by John Green, Shriek: An Afterword by Jeff VanderMeer, many books by Robert Rankin and the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett ).

* Monstrous Regiment ( novel ), a 2003 Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett