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 Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, the Ankh-Morpork Assassins ' Guild has a far more sadistic variant of the " Wall Game ", and is essentially an extreme hybrid of rock-climbing and dodgeball.

Young Teppic has been in training at the Assassins Guild in Ankh-Morpork for several years.

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The Assassins ' Guild is known for providing the best education in Ankh-Morpork.

He is the current Patrician of Ankh-Morpork and the Diary lists him as ' Provost of Assassins ', presumably an honorary position.

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It is explained that, as few of the Discworld's higher-class schools ( such as the Ankh-Morpork Assassins ' Guild School ), see fit to admit female students ( although the Assassins have since changed this policy ), Miss Butts founded the College " on the astonishing principle that, since gels had nothing much to do until someone married them, they might as well occupy the time with learning things.

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Sybil maintains a number of close ( female ) social contacts from her schooldays, which, thanks to the kind of school she went to ( The Quirm College for Young Ladies ), are now all strategically placed in the highest levels of power across the Sto Plains and often more powerful than Ankh-Morpork Guild leaders.

The Ankh-Morpork Beggars ' Guild is a guild for panhandlers, down-and-outs and borderline cases.

The Beggars ' Guild, like all the Ankh-Morpork guilds, has a very strict code of practice and enforced hierarchy.

The Thieves ' Guild was established early in Lord Havelock Vetinari's rule of Ankh-Morpork.

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.

Lobsang ( born Newgate Ludd ) was raised by the Ankh-Morpork Thieves ' Guild, but was discovered by Soto of the History Monks when Lobsang performed the Stance of the Coyote ( personalized time shift, presumably a reference to cartoon character Wile E. Coyote's ability to pause in mid-air, often for comic effect ) in order to save his own life after falling from a rooftop, which would have killed him.

He is said to have killed a former Patrician of Ankh-Morpork and to be the toughest proctor of Guild final exams.

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The Ankh-Morpork Beggars ' Guild has a statue of him.

Death, in turn, yearns to relish what being human is truly like and travels to Ankh-Morpork to indulge in new experiences and attempt to feel real human emotion.

* Ankh-Morpork, from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, is referred to as " the twin cities of proud Ankh and pestilent Morpork "

In the fictional " Discworld " novels, the main city is called Ankh-Morpork and has moreporks on its coat-of-arms.

Located in the city of Ankh-Morpork, the UU is staffed by a faculty composed of mostly indolent and inept old wizards.

The Tower of Art is also the motif of the Ankh-Morpork Post Office one-dollar stamp.

The Archchancellor is considered an important figure and holds a seat on the Ankh-Morpork council ( although this council itself has no power either ), in which he acts as a magical advisor to the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork.

The Bursar's insanity has become a byword in Ankh-Morpork ; " to go Bursar " is " to go crazy.

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 ).

Another example is a series of Ankh-Morpork stamps created to publicise the Discworld novel Going Postal.

In Ankh-Morpork, a Klatchian Prince named Khufurah is parading through Ankh-Morpork, where he will be presented with a Degree in Sweet Fanny Adams ( Doctorum Adamus cum Flabello Dulci ), but an assassination attempt occurs, and the Prince is wounded.

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.

Vetinari is returned to Ankh-Morpork, under arrest and in disgrace, but as Leshp has vanished back under the sea again, the treaty was to be signed in a non-existent territory and thus the charge of treason is invalid.

Since Carrot is, of course, very much not the King of Ankh-Morpork his reminding of Vetinari is all that is required for Vimes to get his new position and rank.

It is explained that, had Vimes reacted slightly differently in the beginning-staying in Ankh-Morpork rather than attempting to follow Ahmed and rescue Angua -, the whole history of the Ankh-Morpork VS Klatch war would have gone very differently.

Several foundlings appear in Terry Pratchett's Discworld: most notably Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson ( found as a toddler among the ruins of a caravan party attacked by bandits, surrounded by the bodies of the adults ; Carrot was adopted and raised by the dwarfs who discovered him, and was surprised to learn at age 16-and 6ft 6in tall-that he was not a dwarf ; mounting evidence suggests that Carrot is the scion of the deposed Ankh-Morpork royal family, but he himself has suppressed this as much as possible, considering the role of police captain to be a preferable one in which to safeguard his city and keep order ), also Tomjohn ( rightful heir to the throne of Lancre, rescued from his father's killer by loyal servants, entrusted to the local witches and given to travelling actors to raise ; Tomjohn eventually returns to the kingdom, but does not wish to rule it, preferring to remain an actor ) and Keith ( The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents-ironically, Malicia, obsessed with fairytales, is certain that this makes him likely to be a prince, but Keith explains that it is common in the city to abandon babies outside the Guilds where they are likely to receive care and training in a trade ).

There is a charity school run by the Spiteful Sisters of Seven Handed Sek in Ankh-Morpork.

Although Ankh-Morpork bears more than a passing resemblance to Lankhmar, Pratchett, known for the use of pastiche in his early works, has been quoted as not intending a direct takeoff.

Its position, exactly halfway between Ankh-Morpork and Al Khali ( the capital of Klatch ), makes the island a powerful strategical point for whoever lays claim to it, which both cities do.

As of his latest promotion, his full name and title is ; " His Grace, His Excellency, The Duke of Ankh ; Commander Sir Samuel Vimes ": When serving as Ambassador for Ankh-Morpork, he is also referred to simply as " His Excellency ", and is also nicknamed " Blackboard Monitor Vimes ," and " Vetinari's Terrier " ( or hammer ): According to his wife, Sybil, Vimes is recognised by many as Lord Vetinari's right-hand man.

he could tell exactly where he was anywhere within the city limits of Ankh-Morpork just by the feel of the cobbles beneath his feet, due to the thinness of his boots at the time, having walked the streets of the city for thirty years and a knowledge of the difference of the cobbles therein.

) Carrot asks for a boon to allow for the repairs of The Kite so that they can return to Ankh-Morpork.

He is a failed student at the Unseen University for wizards in Ankh-Morpork, and is often described by scholars as " the magical equivalent to the number zero ".

Nowadays, for a modest fee, an Ankh-Morpork citizen may walk the streets confident that he will not be mugged more than a few times per year, and will always receive a receipt.

For example, Vetinari still maintains an ancient department of the Ankh-Morpork government responsible for ensuring all figures of speech have a basis in fact, on the basis that people who seek this kind of employment must be kept busy, or else they just might do anything.

He had the highest " official " price for a living being ever: 1 Million Ankh-Morpork Dollars ," ( Feet of Clay.

When Granny Weatherwax realizes Nanny Ogg has written an immensely popular cookbook but has not been paid by the publisher, the witches also leave for Ankh-Morpork to collect the money, as well as to attempt to recruit Agnes into their coven, to replace Magrat Garlick who left the coven when she became Queen of Lancre ( in Lords and Ladies ).

Another recent development is the trend for young dwarfs in Ankh-Morpork and elsewhere to be openly female.

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.

Many of the gnolls in Ankh-Morpork work for Harry King, collecting rubbish for recycling, although they have to be watched to ensure they don't eat it.

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.

Accordingly, they moved into the long-vacated Ankh-Morpork Courthouse, though at the back they built a clay-brick " thieves kitchen ", which painstakingly recreates a slum in the Shades, and which is used for training purposes.

Edward d ' Eath, an Assassin and son of a down-and-out noble family, becomes convinced that the restoration of the Ankh-Morpork monarchy will solve the social change in the city which he blames for his family's humbling.

To fix this matter once and for all, they decide to convince a young clock maker, Jeremy Clockson, in Ankh-Morpork to build a perfect glass clock.

Having figured out that the new glass clock would be likely built in Ankh-Morpork, Lu-Tze and Lobsang head for the city to try to stop Jeremy from building it.