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The Death Lists


(Created by Ridcully the Brown)

Many, many moons ago, in that strange dimension occupied by alt.fan.pratchett, there began a discussion on the number of people who had died in films like The Godfather. Then, as is their wont, the denizens of AFP began to wonder what the body count would be in the Discworld books. And, lo, one bright spark said "I'm sure I could do a list".

And, would you believe it...he's still doing them! So here, for your general edification, are the infamous Death Lists.

If you have any comments or additions to this list, then please email them to deathlist@lspace.org


The Colour of Magic The Light Fantastic Equal Rites Mort
Sourcery Wyrd Sisters Pyramids Guards! Guards!
Eric Moving Pictures Reaper Man Witches Abroad
Small Gods Lords & Ladies Men at Arms Soul Music
Interesting Times Maskerade Feet of Clay Hogfather
Jingo The Last Continent

Death List 1.11 - The Colour of Magic

Definitely died - on page
Fortune teller - dies in a freak landslide in the Morpork Mountains (pg 27)

Stranger - dies from a spear through his chest (pg 35)

Fighter - skewered by a sword (pg 35)

Crossbow man - throwing knife in the throat (pg 35-36)

A thief - has an axe buried in him by a troll (pg 61)

An assassin - troll fires a spear length quarrel into him (pg 61)

Fish salesman - Death stops his heart (pg 63)

Broadman - killed by the fire he started in the Drum (pg 66)

A mountain troll - killed when Rincewind's sword hits a boulder and ricochets into the
back of his neck (pg 81)

A krull guard - eaten by Luggage (pg 227)

Goldeneyes Silverhand Dactylos - an arrow through the chest (pg 177)



Definitely died - Off page (ie referred to by someone)


The Archmage of Ymitury - killed by Weasel & Bravd the Hublander (pg 15)

A thief - Luggage appears with a dead thief hanging by one arm from the lid (pg 48)

Two guards outside the Drum - killed by assassins (pg 59)

Other guards in the doorway across the street from the Drum
(probably 2) - killed by assassins (pg 59)

A hero - ran into a full house of armed gnolls (pg 76)

Another hero - now a pinch of potash in the ruins of Ankh-Morpork (pg 76)

Lord Greicha - killed by his daughter (pg 121)


Might have died


Gorrin the Cat - soon to be going to the multifold dimensions of beyond (pg 20)

A troll - hit by a dart fired from a blowgun by Zlorf Flannelfoot (pg 61)

Stren Withel - Rincewind knocks him out during the fire (pg 68)

Unspecified number of sailors jumped overboard. Presumably drowned or eaten
by luggage (pg 183)

Several hydrophobes crash into the ocean. While their own revulsion field should protect them from drowning, if not rescued, they would probably starve to death. (pg 229)

The Arch-Astronomer - may have been eaten by Luggage (pg 229)


Presumed dead in the fire


Ymor - was involved in a Drum brawl when the fire started

Zlorf Flannelfoot - as above

Grinjo - as above

Urmona - as above

Rerpf - as above


Death toll?


Hrun the Barbarian was fighting a couple of gnolls on a crumbling ledge high in the Caderack Mountains (pg 39-40)

A fight breaks out at the Drum prior to the fire starting. Numerous assassins, thieves, merchants, traders and assorted individuals involved. Those unconscious when the fire took hold presumably died and those already dead just got crispy. The fire spreads consuming most of Ankh-Morpork.
A high death toll is likely.

A few members of the Gambler's Guild experimented with worshipping the Lady and they all died of penury, murder, or just Death within the week (pg 214).

White plague in Pseudopolis (pg 219).Death was said to be very busy. That was the reason Scrofula gave Rincewind for his absence. So we can assume a large number died.

Luggage came out of the sea and started attacking the ships in the Harbour at Krull (pg 225).

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Death List 2.1 - The Light Fantastic

Definitely died - On page
Grayhald Spold - died from Suffocation (pg 45)

A seer - rendered in two through improper use of 7 league boots (pg 50)

Galder Weatherwax - vanished when casting a spell (pg 52)

Dean of Liberal Studies - swallowed by Luggage (pg 59)

Gancia - eaten by Luggage (pg 128)

Weems - eaten by Luggage (pg 143)

A man with a star painted on his forehead - zapped by Rincewind (pg 151)

A 'star' person - sword through the stomach (pg 159)

Ymper Trymon - fell to his death (pg 199)

A member of a crowd - eaten by Luggage (pg 212)

Lemuel Panter - turned into a statue (pg 194)

Ganmack Treehallet - as above

Four other senior wizards - as above

Jigald Wert - turned into a statue then smashed into millions of pieces (pg 213)


Definitely died - Off page (ie referred to by someone)


Olaf Quimby II - killed by a disgruntled poet during an experiment to prove the disputed accuracy of the proverb 'The pen is mightier than the sword' (pg 14)


Might have died
More 'star' people - Cohen was setting about them with his sword (pg159)

More members of the crowd - they were trying to open Luggage to get the Octavo and may have been eaten as well (pg 212)

Cohen attacked several druids at a virgin sacrifice and may have killed some of them (pg 75-76)


Death toll?


10,000 slaves died building the Great Pyramid of Tsort (pg 35)

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Death List 3.1 - Equal Rites

Definitely died - On page
Drum Billet - died of old age (pg 12)

A dozen gnolls - zapped by Esk's staff (pg 104)


Definitely died - Off page (ie referred to by someone)


A wizard - started to read the Necrotelicomnicon and let his mind wander. The next morning they found all his clothes on the chair with his hat on top of them and the book had a lot more pages
(pg 151-152)

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Death List 4.1 - Mort

Definitely died - On page
King Olerve the Bastard of Sto Lat - killed by a crossbow bolt (pg 51)

Three thieves - killed in the shades (pg 64)

Ammeline 'Goodie' Hamstring - died of old age (pg 83)

Abbot Lobsang - died of old age (pg 87)

An assassin - killed by Mort (pg 91)

A man - executed in Pseudopolis (pg 129)

An old lady - died of old age (pg 129)

Grand Vizier Nine Turning Mirrors - poisoned (pg 220)

A female servant - poisoned (pg 232)

A night soil entrepreneur - died from a heart attack (pg 260)

The Emperor of Bes Palargics Chief Torturer - fell into a pit of acid (pg 261)

Duke of Sto Helit - died from a heart attack (pg 261)


Definitely died - Off page (ie referred to by someone)


Three people - the Duke of Sto Helit is a handy man with a bottle of poison. Fifth in line to the throne last year, now second in line (pg 49)

The king's assassin - poisoned (pg 52)

King Antorollo of Ankh - died (pg 98)

Ysabell's parents - killed crossing the Great Nef (pg 123)

A man - died (pg 126)

A girl - drank poison (pg 126)

A girl - jumped of a cliff (pg 126)

A girl - drowned herself (pg 126)

A girl - killed herself (pg 126)

A man - killed himself (pg 126)

A man - drowned (pg 127)

A person - died from an ague (pg 128)

Queen Ezeriel of Klatch - poisoned by a snake she sat on (pg 161)

A wizard - left in Pork Passage, Honey Lane and a couple of other places (pg 163)

23 people - Cripple Wa had them murdered (pg 164)

Catroaster - found floating face down in the Ankh (pg 193)

A Tsortean King - He had to be dead. He was already pickled (pg 226)


Might have died


A nightwatchman - "Twelve o'clock and all's arrrrrgghhhh....." (pg 156)


Death toll?
There is a promising war in Klatchistan (pg 45) and several plague outbreaks (pg 45) mentioned.

A famous shipwreck occurs in the Bay of Mante (pg 39). This presumably included a large loss of life. Otherwise why is it famous?

The Schism of the Turnwise Ones, a pizza related Jihad, resulted in the deaths of some 25,000 people. The result being that the faithful were allowed to add a small bayleaf to the pizza (pg 109)

Five generations ago one of Kelly's ancestors halted his band of nomadic cut-throats a few miles from Sto Lat. They proceeded to attack and take control of the city (pg 114).

The runners up in the Citys eternal and Byzantine gang warfare were drifting down the Ankh river with lead weights tied to their feet (pg 155-156).

A number of servants had been poisoned to accompany the dead king (pg 231).

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Death List 5.1 - Sourcery

Definitely died - On page
Ipslore the Red - struck by lightning (pg 11)

Virrid Wayzygoose - zapped by Coin (pg 26)

Skarmer Billias - zapped by Coin (pg 36)

A thief [1] - frozen to death by the Archchancellor's hat (pg 57)

Leader of the Klatchian Slavers - eaten by Luggage (pg 87)

Miskin Koble - zapped by a wizard (pg 90)

Spelter - killed by Coin's staff (pg 121)

Half a dozen of the Seriph's guards - zapped by wizards (pg 146)

A wizard - zapped by Abrim the Grand Vizier of Al Khali (pg 175)

Another wizard - zapped by Abrim (pg 175)

A wizard - eaten by Luggage (pg 202)

Another wizard - eaten by Luggage (pg 202)

Abrim - zapped by Marmaric Carding (pg 228)

Marmaric Carding - zapped by Coin's staff (pg 229)


Might have died


A number of men [2] - possibly killed by Conina (pg 54)


Death toll?
An unknown number a Klatchian slavers were killed by Conina or eaten by Luggage (pg 87-88)

An unknown number of wizards fell to their deaths when Coin's tower vanished (pg 244)

When Coin transformed Ankh-Morpork into a white, clean and beautiful place, a number of citizens may have been killed or worse.

During the Magic War massive destruction was caused to Ankh-Morpork, Quirm and Al Khali.
It is highly likely a large number of the citizens would have been killed.

The Ice Giants went on the march stopping just short of the cities on the Sto Plain. An unknown number of people would have been crushed beneath the ice.


[1] Larry the fox, Fezzy the stoat or something
[2] thieves, murderers, muggers etc. Dwellers of the Shade

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Death List 6.1 - Wyrd Sisters

Definitely died - On page
King Verence of Lancre - killed by a dagger in the back (pg 8)

A servant - crossbow bolt through the back (pg 14)

Bentzen - a dagger in the back (pg 16)

Duke Felmet - fell to his death into the river Lancre (pg 234)


Definitely died - Off page (ie referred to by someone)


Champot - his nephew cut his head off while he was asleep (pg 18) [1]

The Vitoller's daughter - died (pg 36)

Thargum, past king of Lancre - King Verence's father poisoned him (pg 53)

The twins (the tiny ghosts, the toddlers) - infanticide(?) (pg 82)

Queen Berney (670-722) - dead (pg 83)

Goodie Whemper - died while testing whether a broomstick could survive having its bristles pulled out one by one in mid air (pg 95)

King Gruneberry the Good (906-967) - dead (pg 133)

Queen Grimnir the Impaler (1514-1553, 1553-1557, 1557-1562, 1562-1567, 1568-1573) - dead (pg 136)

King Murune (709-745) - met a terrible fate involving a red hot poker, a privy, 10 pounds of live eels, a 3 mile stretch of frozen river, a butt of wine, a couple of tulip bulbs, a number of poisoned eardrops, an oyster and a large man with a mallet (pg 136)

Aliss (Black Aliss) Demurrage - shoved into her oven by a couple of kids (pg 140)


Might have died


Lady Felmet - possibly eaten by rabbits and other fluffy creatures in the forests of Lancre
(pg 248 & TDC pg 97)


Death toll?
Some people were executed for spreading malicious lies. ie that Felmet killed the King (pg 53)

The schoolboy assassins whose piping voices became noticeably fewer towards the end of the year because the assassins believe in competitive examination (pg 149)


The Undead


King Verence -a ghost

Champot - a ghost

The Twins - ghosts

The Troglodyte Wanderer - a ghost

Men without their heads - ghosts

A screaming women in a chariot - a ghost

[1] although it is also claimed that he died of gout ( TDC pg 51)

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Death List 7.11 - Pyramids

Definitely died - On page
King Teppicymon XXVII - fell to his death attempting to fly (pg 49)

The High Priest of Cephut - eaten by a crocodile (pg 182)

The High Priest of Bunu (?) - eaten by crocodiles (pg 183)


Definitely died - Off page (ie referred to by someone)


Artela - eaten by a crocodile (pg 17 & 25)

Johan Ludorum - Arthur's father. Sons of dead assassins get free scholarships and Arthur was on one (pg 45)

An expert from the Guild of Plumbers & Dunnikindivers - Dios had him eliminated (pg 103)

Patricio the 23 stone Despot of Quirm - the largest client of an inhumation (pg 252)


Might have died


G. Cheesewright - may have failed the final Assassins Guild exam (pg 45)

The Undead


King Teppicymon XXVII - a ghost and then a mummy

The XXVI other Teppicymons - mummies

Queen Far-re-ptah aka Grandma Pooney - a mummy

King Ashk-ur-men-tep - a mummy

King Psam-nut-kha - a mummy

Queen Cleph-ptsh-re - a mummy

Queen Khat-leon-ra-pta - a mummy

Kheneth XIV - a mummy

All the other Khenths - mummies

A number of other mummies bringing the total to 1397 undead (Teppic was the 1398th monarch).

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Death List 8.1 - Guards! Guards!

Definitely died - On page
Zebbo Mooty - incinerated by the dragon (pg 38)

6 men of nefarious occupation [1] - incinerated by the dragon (pg 74)

Brother Watchtower - incinerated by the dragon (pg 183)

Brother Plasterer - as above

Brother Doorkeeper - as above

Brother Dunnykin - as above

The High Priest of Blind Io - incinerated by the dragon (pg 215)

The 'King' - incinerated by the dragon (pg 212)

A man - incinerated by the dragon (pg 241)

Lupine Wonse - fell to his death (pg 299)


Definitely died - Off page (ie referred to by someone)


Herbert 'Leggy' Gaskin - killed in the line of duty (pg 25)

Carrot's parents - killed by bandits (pg 27)

Skully Maltoons mother - died in a freak accident involving a wet floor, the cat
and a vat of Mrs M's Expectorant Lozenges (pg 232)

Nersh the Lunatic - assassinated former ruler of Ankh-Morpork (pg 232)

Giggling Lord Smince - as above

31 people - killed in 1321 when Frenzied Earl Hargath ordered a small cloud to be stoned to death (pg 289)

[1] thieves, murderers, muggers etc

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Death List 9.1 - Eric

Definitely died - On page
Quezovercoatl - squashed by Luggage (well his corporeal body was) (pg 66)

Captain Disuse - eaten by Luggage (pg 77)

The 3 members of Captain Disuse's squad - eaten by Luggage (pg 77)


Definitely died - Off page (ie referred to by someone)


Ponce da Quirm - drank from the Fountain of Youth without boiling the water first (pg 140-141)


Might have died
Lavaeolus - he's in hell (pg 142)


Death toll?
The Tezuman people engaged in a prolonged war with just about everyone else bringing death & destruction to thousands of moderately blameless people (pg 57).

Those searching for the Fountain of Youth with Ponce da Quirm. They got religion (pg 58-59).

The Tsortean Wars. The Ephebians invaded, thousands of men fought each other and Tsort was burned down.

The Tezumen poisoned all their priests and set about killing as many people as they liked (pg 152).

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Death List 10.1 - Moving Pictures [1]

From the book by Terry Prachett

A Ridcully the Brown Production

(fade in)

Goddes and men said it was notte to be, but I would notte listen!
A storie of deth that bridges spaes and tyme!
Thys maye shok you!
With a 1,000 elephants!


Scene 1: Definitely died - On page


Deccan Ribobe - died of old age (pg 10)


Scene 2: Definitely died - Off page (ie referred to by someone)
Tento - died of old age (pg 11)

'Numbers' Riktor - when a wizard dies all his papers were stored in one of the outlying reaches of the library (pg 147)

A bloke in Ankh - snuffed it (pg 168)

Achmed the Mad - the About the Author section of the Necrotelicomnicon spontaneously combusted shortly after his death (pg 174)

Uncle Oswald - Ginger went to his funeral (pg 243)

At least 2 yetis - squashed by elephants (pg 250)


Scene 3: Death toll?


A large number of people were found dead in a huge underground movie theatre in Holy Wood
(pg 231)

The Ankh-Morpork Civil War took place between 8:32 pm Grune 3, 432 and 10:45 am Grune 4, 432 (pg 201). In a practical sense the score was Humans 0 - Ravens 1000 (pg 216). The famous fire was started by both sides at the same time to stop the city falling into enemy hands. The death toll was not too high as most of the city was too damp to burn


The End


(fade to black)

Starring: (in order of appearance)
Deccan Ribobe as himself
Tento as himself
'Numbers' Riktor as himself
A bloke in Ankh as himself
Achmed the Mad as himself
Uncle Oswald as himself
Yeti 1 as itself
Yeti 2 as itself

Screenplay: Ridcully the Brown
Assistant Producer: Ridcully the Brown
Executive Producer: Ridcully the Brown

Director: Ridcully the Brown

[1] The Directors Cut

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Death List 11.1 - Reaper Man

Definitely died - On page
Windle Poons - died of old age (pg 25 and pg 285)

Miss Flitworth - died of a heart attack (pg 272)


Definitely died - Off page (ie referred to by someone)


'Scratcher' Hocksole - went away (died) in the year of the Intimidating Porpoise (pg 19)

Ridcully's Uncle - after half a pint of wow-wow sauce on a big meal, he had a charcoal biscuit,
lit a pipe and disappeared in mysterious circumstances, although his shoes were found on the roof the following summer (pg 66)

A man - killed in a freak shower of goulash in Quirm (pg 92)

14 people - died at the hands of Chume the Notorious Herring Thrower (pg 92).

Rufus the smuggler - died in an avalanche (pg 125)

A man in a cell in a tower - died of old age (pg 135-136)

Mr Cake - been dead 10 years (pg 154)

One-man-bucket - run over by a cart in Treacle Street (pg 176)


The Undead


Ixolite - a banshee

Schleppel - a bogeyman

Mrs Drull - a ghoul

Count & Countess Notfaroutoe (Doreen & Arthur Winkings) - vampires

Windle Poons - a zombie

Reg Shoe - a zombie

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Death List 12.11 Witches Abroad

Definitely died - On page Desiderata Hollow - died of old age (pg 17)

A vampire (in bat form) - eaten by Greebo (pg 74)

Big Bad Wolf - decapitated (pg 130)

A thief - decapitated by an axe (pg 165)

The Duc of Genua - turned back into a frog and squashed (pg 259)

Baron Saturday - claimed by Death (pg 267)


Definitely died - Off page (ie referred to by someone)


Granny Hopliss - passed on (pg 21)

Mrs Singe - passed on (pg 21)

Mabel 'Gammer' Peavey - died mountain climbing (pg 21)

Nanny Ogg's Great Aunt Sophie - passed on (pg 35)

Auntie Em Ogg - passed on (pg 36)

A king - some king who died (pg 87)

Two coachmen - turned into beetles and trod on (pg 212)


Might have died


The Baron (Saturday) - poisoned (pg 182)

Lily Weatherwax - inside the mirror. Is she dead?
The answer to that is somewhere between yes and no (pg 278)


The Undead


Baron Saturday - a zombie

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Death List 13.11 - Small Gods

Definitely dead - On page
Brother Sasho - killed by the Quisition (pg 20-21)

General Iam Fri'it - killed by the Quisition (pg 98)

A guide - killed by Vorbis (pg 198)

A watchman - killed by vorbis (pg 199)

A handful of Ephebian guards - killed by the Omnian army (pg 200)

Private Dervi Ichlos - an arrow through the chest (pg 206)

The Captain of the Fin of God - drowned when the ship sank (pg 239)

Bosun Coplei - as above

The Mate - as above

Deacon Cusp - fell to his death (pg 335)

Vorbis - hit between the eyes by 2 pounds of tortoise travelling at 3 metres a second from a great height (pg 346)

Brutha - died of old age (pg 379)


Definitely died - Off page (ie referred to by someone)


A person - assassinated (pg 8)

Brother Murduck - killed by Vorbis (pg 195)

Koomi of Smale - cut up into small pieces by the Omnian church (pg 118)

A person - entered the labyrinth of Ephebe without a guide and was decapitated
after 19 paces (pg 150)

A man - stoned to death (pg 187)

Prince Lasgere of Tsort - stabbed in the ear with a dagger (pg 232)

Om's first believer - stoned to death (pg 321)


Might have died


'Charcoal' Abraxas - might have been killed by lightning (pg 188)

A man - Vorbis asked one of the head inquisitors if they new where he lived (pg 314)

Another man - the last man who knew how the gate worked was probably tortured to death years before (pg 329)


Death toll ? (referred to or otherwise)


The crew of the Fin of God - drowned (pg 239)

A third of the men of the Omnian army who set up the supply line through the desert - died of heat, dehydration, wild animals and worse.

Thousands of people were sacrificed to a god (pg 264)

Over the years the Quisition had weeded out all the good smiths (pg 323)

The gods start fighting during the invasion of Omnia by Ephebian, Tsortian and Djelibeybian forces. A massive storm occurs and many ships are sunk or smashed into the dunes.

A number of holy wars are referred to with presumably a large number of fatalities.
These included:

- The Crusade against the Hodgsonites (pg 48)
- The Subjugation of the Melchionites (pg 48)
- The Resolving of the false prophet Zeb (pg 48)
- The Correction of the Ashelicans (pg 48)
- The Shriving of the - (pg 48)
- Omnia conquering Istanzia (pg 262)

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Death List 14.1 - Lords & Ladies

Definitely died - On page
William Scrope - killed (run through) by a unicorn (pg 39)

An elf - crossbow bolt through the eye (pg 274)

Another elf - stabbed with an iron knife (pg 276)

Yet another elf - killed with a crossbow bolt (pg 277)

One more elf - whacked in the face with a crowbar while flying a yarrow stalk which resulted in him plummeting earthward (pg 302)

A couple of elves - shot by an arrow (pg 339)


Definitely died - Off page (ie referred to by someone)


Lucy Tockleys mother - died (pg 75)

Magrat's mother (Simplicity Garlick) - is dead (pg 168)

Sobriety Ogg - dead for 30 odd years (pg 200)

Queen Amania - hid in a heavy chest and died of suffocation or starvation or dehydration (pg 233)


Might have died


A separate elf - fell down the garderobe into a pit that had not been emptied for a couple of weeks (pg 262)

3 elves - squirted with Mr Brooks wasp squirter (pg 272)

An anonymous elf - took a gyrfalcon in the throat (pg 281)

7 elves - attacked by the Lancre Morris men (pg 296)

A number of elves - dispatched by the librarian (pg 317)

A generic elf - had his head smacked into the underside of a branch by the librarian (pg 336)

A different elf - collapsed when hardly touched with a sword (pg 337)

Not the same elf - keeled over (pg 345)


Death toll?


When the elves interrupted the performance of the play Jason Ogg was dealing to some elves hitting four of them with another elf (pg 291). He may not have been the only one.

The Lancre Morris men also started attacking the elves (pg 296)
but the exact number (after the initial 7) is unknown.

Nanny Ogg also refers to having buried a few husbands and 1 or 2 kiddies (pg 355).

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Death List 15.11 - Men at Arms

Definitely died - On page
Beano the Clown - hit on the head a bit too hard (pg 31)

Bjorn Hammerhock - shot by the gonne (pg 81)

Bundo Prung - died when an armadillo fell on his head (pg 105)

Lettice Knibbs - shot in the head with the gonne (pg 165)

Acting Constable Cuddy - fell to his death (pg 339)

Edward d'Eath - stabbed in the heart (pg 348)

Dr. Cruces - stabbed through the chest (pg 360)


Definitely died - Off page (ie referred to by someone)


The 36th Lord d'Eath - died (pg 8)

37 Klatchians - killed by an ancestor of Lord Rust who was armed with nothing more than a pin
(pg 19)

An alternate universe Carrot - died in uniform age 70 in an unlikely accident involving an anteater (pg 21)

Sergeant Kepple - found dead on the floor (pg 53)

Lozenzo the Kind - had his head chopped off (pg 70-71)

3 gardeners - claimed by the 50 ft deep hoho (pg 77)

A man who patted Big Fido - they only found his belt buckle, in a tree, not even a tree near here (pg 112)

Scurrick - a dead watchman (pg 214)

Sergeant Maroon - a dead watchman (pg 214)

Corporal Curry - a dead watchman (pg 214)

15 people - poisoned by Mr Downey (pg 281)


Might have died


Mr Hong - disappeared in the terrible 5 minutes after opening the Three Jolly Luck Takeaway Fish Bar on the site of the old temple in Dagon Street on the night of the Winter Solstice when it also happened to be a full moon (pg 197)


Death toll?
Lord Monflathers (the first Duke) led 600 men to a glorious and epic defeat at the Battle of Quirm (pg 20).

The Battle of Koom Valley (pgs 415, 417) between the Dwarves and the Trolls. The only known battle in history where both sides ambushed each other. Given the nature of the two sides there was probably a large loss of life.

The battle between the Dwarves and Trolls near Quarry Lane (pg 209). Referred to as the quickest, nastiest and above all narrowest battle ever held in the city. Again a high death toll is assumed.


The Undead


Mr Ixolite - a banshee

Mrs Drull - a ghoul

Mr Morecombe - a vampire

Mr Bleakly - a vampire

Reg Shoe - a zombie

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Death List 16.1 - Soul Music

Definitely died - On page
Mort - died in a coach accident, it went over a cliff, hit the dried river bed below erupting into fragments and bursting into flames (pg 9)

Ysabell - as above

An old man - died of old age (pg 99)

Volf 'The lucky' Volfssonssonssonsson - hacked into pieces (pg 105)

Mr Clete - died when his cart went over a cliff (pg 368)

Satchelmouth Lemon - fell over a cliff (pg 368)


Definitely died - Off page (ie referred to by someone)


Grandad Lezek - dead (pg 52)

A person - an hourglass vanished with a small pop (pg 78)

Vincent the Invulnerable - stabbed (pg 253)

Nudger Malik - stuck full of arrows (pg 296)


Might have died


Brother Charnal - stole the alter gold from the Temple of Offler, had it made into a horn and played magical music until the gods caught up with him and pulled his... (pg 219)

The De Bris gang - found without any teeth (pg 200)

Scum - was thrown into a lake (pg 367)


Death toll?


Some peasants who wanted to stop being peasants revolted. And since the nobles won they stopped being peasants really quickly (pg 45).

There is an ongoing inter-tribal scuffle between the Vasung & Bergunds. The most recent scuffle
(pg 102) saw the combatants picked up by 7 valkyries who had to make several trips (pg 104). The scuffles originated 100 years ago when one side invaded the others village and there was a bit of a massacre. The others then returned the favour and after that there was some residual bad feelings. The tribes seem to have been fighting and killing each other on and off for these 100 years. There would have been a significant loss of life.

Klatch is incipiently at war with the D'regs and Hersheba. Hersheba is at war with Klatch and the D'regs. The D'regs are at war with everyone including themselves. This is due to the D'regs being either Klatchian D'regs or Hershebian D'regs depending on what side of the border they're on at the time.

Famous composers hang on to life for a long time. Most of them are deaf as posts when DEATH comes calling (pg 153).

The D'regs attacked the Klatchian Foreign Legion (pg 295). A large number of the Legion were killed.

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Death List 17.1 - Interesting Times

Definitely died - On page
A guard - attacked by Cohen. Was generally around the place. Here and there.
Certainly hanging around (pg 69)

A tea girl - decapitated by Lord Hong (pg 75)

Guard Captain Four White Fox - had his throat cut (pg 133)

An assassin - killed by Lord Hong (pg 172)

A plump courtier - to be killed slowly over several days with lots of boiling oil (pg 177)

A guard - killed by a sword through the back (pg 193)

Another guard - dead (pg 194)

Yet another guard - dead (pg 210)

2 more guards - dead (pg 211)

Another 2 guards - dead (pg 215)

The Emperor - killed by Lord Hong's men (pg 219)

The Lord Chamberlain - killed with a knife (pg 231)

Lord Nine Mountains - poisoned (pg 247)

A soldier - killed by Hamish's axe (pg 302)

3 samurai - beheaded by Cohen (pg 303)

6 more samurai - killed by the rest of the Horde (pg 303)

Lord Fang - eaten by Luggage (pg 329)

Lord Hong - blown up by the Barking Dog (pg 341)

'Teach' Saveloy - blown up by the Barking Dog (pg 342)


Definitely died - Off page (ie referred to by someone)


Lord Hong's father - killed by Lord Hong (pg 38)

5 other people - also killed by Lord Hong (pg 38)

An officer - executed (pg 74)

30 rebels - executed in Sum Dim (pg 82)

Mr Whu - his funeral is taking place (pg 128-129)

Favourite Pearls parents - died, the cadre was all she had (pg 161)

A tax collector - the description of what Truckle and Bruce the Hoon's Skeletal Riders did to him involved sweeping arm movements (pg 188)

The Emperor's nephew - killed by the Emperor (pg 191)

Mrs Twoflower - dead (pg 194)

The Mad Bishop of Pseudopolis - killed in his bath (pg 213)

29 people - they incorrectly answered the question "Would you rather die than betray your Emperor?" (pg 217)

Bruce the Hoon - last seen with his head on a spike (pg 221)

Two Fire Herb - was taken away to have his head cut off. (pg 229)

The Green Necromancer of the Night - the description of what Cohen did to him made someone sick (pg 244)

Lady Two Streams - taken to the dungeon and given poisoned food to eat (pg 247)

All 4 of the- - killed by Truckle (pg 250)

Voltan the Indestructable - dead (pg 317)

Immortal Jenkins - dead (pg 317)

Crowdie the Strong - eaten by the Terrible Man Eating Sloth of Clup (pg 319)

Organdy Sloggo - died from metal poisoning. 3 swords through the stomach (pg 319)

Slasher Mungo - presumed dead in Skund as they only found his head (pg 320)

Gosbar the Wake - died in bed (pg 320)

Big Nurker - choked to death on a fishbone in his gruel (pg 320)

6 trolls - killed by Nurker (pg 320)


Might have died


4 guards - attacked by Cohen (pg 69)

A shopkeeper - Old Vincent set him on fire (pg 158)

Captain Nong - may have been eaten by Luggage (pg 328)


Death toll?


Millions of people butchered or tortured to death by the Hongs, the Sungs, the Tangs, the McSweeneys and the Fangs (pg 11).

People who couldn't write a decent poem to save their lives and sometimes hadn't (pg 74).

The assassins occasionally sent against Lord Hong who were sufficiently competent to keep him interested & observant & entertained (pg 80-81).

Caleb the Ripper killed more than 400 men with his bare hands (pg 87).

Truckle the Uncivil cut the heads off the Mad Demon-Sucking Priests of Ee (pg 134).

The Red Army crushed all the Bandit Chiefs (pg 150). A large number of deaths probably occurred.

People were taken into the Forbidden City and only bits of them were seen again. Usually their heads on spikes over the gates (pg 154).

People eaten by Truckle's dog (pg 159).

The Emperor played chess with live pieces (pg 163).

2 dozen ninjas attacked the Silver Horde. At least one wasn't killed (pg 199-204).

Bruce the Hoon and 1000 men attacked Al Khali (pg 221)

Cohen did something nasty with his thumb to the Mad Snake Priests of Start (pg 243).

Cohen always kills Grand Viziers as soon as he meets them (pg 244). Given his long life and the large number of Grand Viziers this would be a quite impressive total.

Cohen has killed 2,000 or 3,000 people not counting Dwarfs or Trolls (pg 272).

The Silver Horde (all 7 of them) battled the 5 armies (all 700,000 of them) during a fierce storm. The 7,000 members of the Red Army were also later involved. The Red Army trod on people and killed others in a more traditional manner. Soldiers were also killed by exploding Red Army soldiers (the Golems) and more soldiers were killed in brief inter-army battles & by their own sides (friendly stab). The exact death toll would be quite large - however the Silver Horde suffered no casualties.

There was a skirmish in Bes Pelargic in which a couple of streets were destroyed (pg 342).

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Death List 18.2 - Maskerade

Definitely died - On page
Mr Pounder - a rope dropped around his neck, the other end attached to some sandbags.
They went down. He went...up (pg 89/119)

Dr Undershaft - strangled to death (pg 105/140)

Mr Salzella - died of a heart attack(?) (pg 268/358)


Definitely died - Off page (ie referred to by someone)


Reg Plenty - was working late up on the curdling vats, "tripped", fell and... (p. 57/76)

A tenor - crushed to death by Dame Violetta Gigli (pg 104/138)

A man - beaten to death and thrown into the river (pg 123/163)

A man - was going to be run over by a cart the next day (pg 124/164)

An old man - died when a ballerina was flung into his lap (pg 153/204)

A piccolo player - his liver was fried and eaten on a cymbal for one wrong note too many.
I guess he died (pg 254/339)

3 violinists - a conductor skewered them on his baton (pg 254/339)


Might have died


A deputy stage manager - stabbed with a prop sword (pg 57/76)

A seamstress - stitched herself to the wall (pg 57/76)

The man who worked the trapdoor - had an.....accident (pg 57/77)


Death toll?


Black Aliss turned people into gingerbread (pg 8/11)

A number of people over the years have had.....accidents at the Opera House.


The Undead


Mr Morecombe - a vampire

Mr Honeyplace - a vampire

Mr Slant - a zombie

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Death List 19.1 - Feet of Clay

Definitely died - On page
A beggar - got drunk, shanghaied aboard a merchantman bound for strange & foreign parts,
met lots of young ladies who didn't wear many clothes and eventually died from stepping on a tiger (pg 9/12)

Father Tubelcek - had his head smashed in (pg 10/14)

Mr Hopkinson - beaten to death with a loaf of dwarf bread (pg 18/26)

Mr Carey - had his neck broken (pg 257/369-370)


Definitely died - Off page (ie referred to by someone)


Corporal Nobbs' grandmothers - he went to their funerals (pg 20,68/28-29,97-98)

Edward St John de Nobbes, Earl of Ankh - died without issue (pg 40/57)

57 trolls - killed by B'hrian Bloodaxe with his Battle Bread at the Battle of Koom Valley (pg 43/62)

M. Guillotin - died with his head on (pg 55/79)

Colonel Shrapnel - not blown up (pg 55/79)

Colonel Gatling - wasn't shot (pg 55/79)

Sir William Blunt-Instrument - killed with a blunt instrument (pg 55/79)

Sconner Nobbs - on his death bed (pg 71/102)

A couple of thieves - found in the Shades with not a drop of blood left in their bodies (pg 87/125)

3 people - were beheaded (pg 155/223)

Mrs Easy - poisoned, Vimes went to her funeral (pg 163,167/236,241)

William Easy - poisoned, Vimes went to his funeral (pg 163,167/236,241)


Might have died


The last man who made a height joke at Wee Mad Arthur's expense. No one knows what happened to him because he was never found (pg 175/252)


Death toll?
Lord Rust shot his servants for putting his shoes the wrong way round (pg 14/20)

The Cenotines died out through 500 years of waging some of the bloodiest wars on the continent (pg 91/131)

General Tacticus was made King of Genua & promptly declared war on Ankh-Morpork
(pg 158/227)

The royal line of Genua died out through years of inbreeding (pg 158/227)


The Undead


Dragon King of Arms - a vampire

Mr Schleppel - a bogeyman

'Charlie' - a bogeyman

Shlitzen - a bogeyman

Mr Slant - a zombie

Mr Bleakly - a vampire

A vampire with very little common sense in the job selection department


The Golems


Dibbuk - head smashed in with a drop hammer (pg 138/200)

The golem who worked in the stonemasons yard - crushed under a two-ton block of lime
(pg 150/216)

The golem who worked at the docks - last seen in the river striding towards the sea (pg 150/216)

The golem who worked at the timber merchants - sawed its own head off (pg 150/216)

3 golems - found smashed in the streets (pg 163/236)

4 (5?) more golems - had been smashed by others or taken their own lives (pg 178/257)

Meshugah, the Golem King - had his head smashed in (pg 260/373)

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Death List 20.0 - Hogfather

Definitely died - On page
Ernie the Carter - stabbed with a dagger (pg 41)

A guard - stabbed with a dagger (pg 64)

Another guard - stabbed to death (pg 158)

Mr Brown - thrown down a flight of stairs and broke his neck (pg 158)

Chickenwire - eaten by a wardrobe (pg 232)

The Bogeyman - died of extremely old age (pg 251)

Mister Teatime - poker through the chest (pg 275)


Definitely died - Off page (ie referred to by someone)


Sir George - decapitated (pg 20)

An old man - killed (pg 20)

A maidservant - killed (pg 20)

Ventre - he died (pg 47)

The Hogfather - dead (pg 66)

The 'late' Burgholt Stuttley Johnson - dead (pg 79)

Aaron Fidget - aged 8 going on, oh about 45 (pg 97)

Ma Lilywhite - died (pg 102)

Glossy Ron - strangled with his own leg (pg 102)

Ridcully's uncle - drank a whole bottle of Wow-wow sauce as a hangover cure.
It seemed to cure him. He looked very peaceful when they came to lay him out (pg 119)

Twyla's uncle - died (pg 221)

Susan's grandmother - died (pg 248)


Might have died


Catseye - the shadows leapt at him and just his boots remained (pg 220)

Peachy - the Scissor Man was after him (pg 220)

Archchancellor Buckleby - there hasn't been a corpse in a wardrobe since that business with Archchancellor Buckleby. We all warned him that the lock was too stiff. Was it his body? (pg 234)

Sideney - attacked by 'Ronnie' Jenkins (pg 241)

Medium Dave - clutched his chest and vanished (pg 245)


Death toll?


Mister Teatime and his gang dealt to a number of tooth fairy guards (pg 60)

Millions of full lifetimers pinging out of existence (pg 77)


The Undead


Shlimazel - a bogeyman

A bogeyman - a bogeyman

The Bogeyman - a bogeyman

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Death List 21.1 - Jingo

Definitely died - On page
A thief - a real, if rather deceased, unlicensed thief turns gently on the roof of the thieves guild
(pg 11)

Ossie Brunt - his corpse found lying in a mess of fallen masonry (pg 59)

Daceyville 'Snowy' Slopes - was decapitated (pg 86)

Private Ginger Hobbley - decapitated by 71 Hour Ahmed (pg 239 or 240)

Private 'Spider' Webb - decapitated by 71 Hour Ahmed (pg 239 or 240)


Definitely died - Off page (ie referred to by someone)


Smelly Slider - got hit by a falling bedstead (pg 73)

Colon's great grandad - was killed when struck by 17 arrows (pg 122)

A printer - death by suicide of the only person to attempt to set up a printing press (pg 149)

Topless Harry - swung across into another ships rigging with a cutlass clenched between his teeth... (pg 162)

A man - killed by 71 Hour Ahmed (pg 228)

The village of El-Ysa - 5 men, 7 women, 13 children and 31 camels killed when someone poisoned the village well. (pgs 229 & 237)

19 Klatchians - killed by Sergeant Willikins and his men (pg 240)

5 soldiers - killed in a skirmish with a klatchian patrol (pg 240)

Corporal Littlebottom - died in alternate universe (pg 256)

Sergeant Detritus - died in an alternate universe (pg 256)

Constable Visit - died in an alternate universe (pg 256)

Constable Dorfl - died in an alternate universe (pg 256)

Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson - died in an alternate universe (pg 256)

Commander Vimes - died in an alternate universe (pg 256)

10 (?) people - 17 people were lost in skirmishes of one sort another during. 7 are mentioned above. (pg 279)


Might have died


It is said Leonard of Quirm blew up the Alchemists Guild using nothing more than a glass of water, a spoonful of acid, two lengths of wire and a ping pong ball. Someone might have died. (pg 66)

Blind Hugh - said to have passed away (pg 74) yet mentioned later (pg 152)


Death toll?


The warship Mary Jane sank 400 years ago. (pg 20)

Ankh Morpork has tended to wage war on those they haven't occupied. The slaughter of thousands tends to stick in the memory. (pg 20)

The big plague. (pg 28)

Sweeny Jones was killing people. (pg 79)

Charcoal Tuesday. After that people noticed the flaw in paying people by the number of fires they put out. (pg 95)

Sybil Rankin's grandfather led an expedition to Howondaland in order to find some sworn enemies. (pg 105)

Rankin regiments had fought the city's enemies all over the Sto Plains and had inflicted heroic casualties, quite often on people in the opposing armies. (pg 105)

The countries of Smale and Elharb only stopped fighting 10 years ago. (pg 111)

Colon spent some time in the military with the Duke of Eorle's First Heavy Infantry and the Duke of Quirms Middleweight Infantry. There were probably casualties. (pg 120-121)

Nobby used to come back from battle with equipment no longer required by the former owners. (pg 123)

A commander of a Klatchian detachment had been pacifying various recalcitrant parts of Klatch for a long time. (pg 206)

Prince Arkven's wife Tistam used to ride into the battle with her husband and, according to legend, killed 10,000 men. Legends are prone to inflation though. (pg 218)

There is good historical evidence that Queen Sowawondra of Sumtri had more than thirty thousand people put to death during her reign. (pg 218)

People who neglected to follow the unwritten rules of Mrs Palm and her committee of very experienced ladies attracted the attention of the Agony Aunts, Dotsie and Sadie, and may or may not be seen again. (pg 220-221)

General Tacticus took the Pass of Al-Ibi outnumbered ten to one. (pg 242)

Lord Pinwoe's cavalry were killed charging the full might of the Pseudopolitan army. (pg 242)

The entire Tsortean army was defeated by a mere one hundred Ephebians. Although some commentators believe the earthquake helped. (pg 242)


The Undead


Mr Slant - a zombie

Reg Shoe - a zombie


The Golems


Constable Dorfl

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Death List 22.2 The Last Continent

Definitely died - On page
A man - bitten by a spider. turned green with yellow blotches and died. (pg 90)


Definitely died - Off page (ie referred to by someone)
Wally Sluvver - three years of tutorials post mortem. (pg 33)

Senior Wrangler's aunt - a pineapple got her. She was told that wasn't the way you're supposed to eat them. (pg 46)

Senior Wrangler's uncle - a crate of prawns dropped off a crane onto his head. (pg 47)

Mustrum Ridcully's grandfather died at a result of a snakebite after unwisely shouting at said snake. (pg 99)

Larrikin Larry - was hanged. they had to search the roof all arvo to find his head. (pg 188)

Tinhead Ned was also mentioned as being hanged in the same town as Larrikin Larry (pg 188)

A man - Death was due to meet him inside a crocodile. (pg 190)

'Rubber' Houser - was propelled backwards out of a fourth-floor window by the pent up force of his experimental 256-line machine. (pg 236)


Might have died


Strewth - dug up luggage. His hat went flying into the air then Luggage emerged. He may have been eaten. (pg 30)

The Egregious Professor of Cruel and Unusual Geography - may have been eaten by a dinosaur. (pgs 79,84)

Mr Whitlow - he's assumed to be dead. (pg 165)


Death toll?


The remains of an expedition to find the Lost Reading Room were found.(pg 24)

Rincewind had eaten things with more eyeballs than the Watch had found after that business with Medley the Medical Kleptomaniac. It's likely that at least some of the people who supplied the eyeballs are dead. (pg 53)

Road gang chasing Mad and Rincewind. Leader shot one of his men when he got bitten by a spider. This caused a multiple cart pileup. Rincewind asked what he was to do with the bodies indicating more than one death. (pg 90)

Followers of the god of evolution were slaughtered by the followers of the god in the next valley.
(pg 123)

The city of Quint. The god was having one of those days. It was mostly made of mud. Afterwards it was mainly ceramics. (pg 163-164)

Death has an appointment in the city. There was a fight over the last bottle of beer. (pg 268)

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