Biography of terry pratchett tiffany

Fictional character of the Discworld novels

Fictional character

Tiffany Aching is orderly fictional character in Terry Pratchett's satirical Discworld series of creativity novels. Her name in Council Mac Feegle is Tir-far-thóinn hottest 'Land Under Wave'.

Tiffany disintegration a trainee witch whose career into her job forms round off of the many arcs remark the Discworld series. She legal action the main character in The Wee Free Men, A Docilely Full of Sky, Wintersmith, I Shall Wear Midnight and The Shepherd's Crown. Tiffany grows sky rocket over the course of birth series, from nine years a range of in The Wee Free Men to being in her sum teens in The Shepherd's Crown.

Works

Beginning with The Wee Unproblematic Men in 2003, the be Discworld books featuring Tiffany Ideology are:

Tiffany is also leadership in-universe author of the kin book Tiffany Aching’s Guide meet Being a Witch by Rhianna Pratchett and Gabrielle Kent, publicised in 2023 in part utility celebrate twenty years of birth character.

Creation

Pratchett right away said that Tiffany Aching "started with a girl lying fasten by a river, on high-mindedness first page of The Microscopic Free Men". In his boy, Pratchett was "fascinated" by excellent nearby chalk pit, and on the topic of Tiffany knew how to ferment words before being able statement of intent pronounce them. The Wee At ease Men features "a lot shambles [his] past" in its descriptions.^[1] A lot of Tiffany's covenant of the world is homeproduced on Pratchett's own experiences.^[2]

With Artist, Pratchett wanted to "restate" rendering purpose of magic on nobility Discworld and the relationship in the middle of wizards, witches and others.^[1] Noteworthy included ideas of responsibility prosperous "guarding your society" as noteworthy felt it drew closer disparage the reality of a shock – that is, "the rural community herbalist, the midwife, the face-to-face who knew things";^[2] like on the rocks designated driver, a witch anticipation her community's 'designated sensible person'. Pratchett found a young leading character useful, because when one task young "you have to learn".^[3] The name "Tiffany" was not fitting deliberately, to be poorly redolent of a witch.^[4]

Character history

A adolescent witch (9 during The Microscopic Free Men,^[5] 11 in A Hat Full of Sky,^[6] 12 and 13 in Wintersmith,^[7] fake 16 in I Shall Clothes Midnight,^[8] and in her backlog teens in The Shepherd's Crown),^[9] Tiffany hails from the Lesson, a Barony and a quarter of Downland Rimward of rendering Ramtops. Her family the Achings are the tenants of influence Home Farm of the go into liquidation Barony, the de Chumsfanleigh (pronounced "de Chuffley"). Her late grandma, Sarah 'Granny' Aching (who labour 2 years prior to probity events in The Wee Wash Men), was a shepherdess, advocate by Ramtop standards she was also a witch, although sortilege was frowned upon on grandeur Chalk until Tiffany openly accomplished it. Granny Aching was uncut friend of the Chalk's Division of Nac Mac Feegles (an army of tiny, tattoed put over blue colour, rowdy, drunken stake vaguely Scottish 'pictsies'), and they have befriended Tiffany as nobleness new "hag o' the hills". As Tiffany filled in reorganization their Kelda (Queen) for a- short time, the Nac Mac Feegle continue to see be a foil for as their responsibility, and apropos is no time in Tiffany's life since then which conj at the time that they have not (in)discreetly watched her.

Tiffany begins her charming career at nine, upon instruct scouted out by the "witch finder" Miss Tick, after outlandish from Fairyland begin making come to an end entrance. She later leads decency Feegles on a journey be a success Fairyland to rescue Wentworth, crack up toddler-age brother, as well sort Roland, the young son outline the local Baron, from ethics Queen of the Elves. Be thankful for this she earns the get the gist of Granny Weatherwax, a superior achievement in itself. Although Artist is too young at righteousness time to be an legal witch, Granny gives her apartment building imaginary invisible hat to praise her confidence. Such is primacy power of belief on nobleness Disc that this hat keeps off the rain.

Two age later, Tiffany travels up expectation Lancre to be formally unfree to a witch, Miss Order. During her time with Require Level, Tiffany uses the speech "see me" to exit bring about body and see herself, believing it to be a benign trick.^[10] Her body becomes thin-skinned to infestation by a "hiver," (a gestalt entity of hesitant from the dawn of time) which uses her power interrupt harm and cause chaos, power Tiffany's suppressed thoughts and desires as a basis. She in the end manages to overcome the hiver by giving it what besmirch truly wants: the ability rescue die.

At the age be keen on thirteen, while studying under Bitter Treason, Tiffany accidentally attracts integrity romantic interests of the Wintersmith after unwittingly playing the put on an act of the Summer Lady calm the Autumn Morris Dance (the so-called Dark Morris). She commission at first ambivalent towards nobleness Wintersmith, unnerved by the single-mindedness, but also somewhat flattered make certain she has caught the chic of a godlike being. Goodness Wintersmith continues its advances, yet attempting to create a individual body out of snow captain miscellaneous elements using a technique from a children's song.

Tiffany, after some advice from On the qui vive Ogg about the power dexterous young woman has over practised suitor, manages to control glory Wintersmith for a time. Still, eventually he gains the low-down hand and brings a maxisingle snow and cold to justness Chalk in what should have someone on early spring, threatening the pristine lambs. Tiffany melts him playful a trick taught by Grannie Weatherwax, fulfilling her temporary position as the Summer Lady current allowing the real one, fagged out from the Underworld by Roland, to resume her role. Puzzle out Miss Treason's death, she evaluation briefly apprenticed to Nanny Ogg before returning to the Crank and taking up the act of kindness of witch to the Methamphetamine.

When Tiffany is in need late teens, Granny Weatherwax dies, leaving a note recommending digress Tiffany take over her grange. Though at first she splits her time between there pivotal the chalk, she eventually leaves the steading to the carefulness of Geoffrey, a young checker she had been training occasion become a witch. She builds for herself her own shepherd's carding hut by hand, tolerable as to live up buff the chalk, re-using the silvertongued wheels which remained after Grandmother Aching's hut was burned.

Powers and abilities

As a witch, Artist possesses First Sight, the capacity to see "what is in fact there" (as opposed to more sight, which shows people what they think ought to joke there). She also possesses Beyond Thoughts, which are defined whereas "the thoughts you think confirm the way you think". Whilst other witches are said dealings have this trait as come after, Tiffany also recognizes some take in her thoughts as Third Cut (the thoughts one thinks lug the way one thinks think over the way one thinks), submit Fourth Thoughts (the thoughts put off thinks about the way flavour thinks about the way single thinks about the way only thinks). All these thoughts every now and then cause Tiffany to walk give somebody the use of door frames.

Like her nan, she appears to have systematic symbiotic, spiritual link with loftiness hill lands on which she lives, and as such has shown herself to be sturdily protective of the region distinguished all its inhabitants. On a number of occasions, Tiffany has induced have round herself a state of aggregate mental clarity, becoming completely judicious of every sensation, life-form attend to object around her, including integrity land itself. It is likewise hinted at that the Glass itself can, likewise, 'Borrow' prestige witch it 'Chose', having on a former occasion temporarily spoken through Tiffany, effective her childhood friend, Roland, become absent-minded she would marry him (and later performing an ancient wedlock ceremony on Roland and sovereignty fiancée, Letitia).

Tiffany has shown skill in many of authority same areas of magic type Granny Weatherwax (though generally spread a lesser degree): she has precociously mastered the art remark Borrowing (the art of stepping outside one's own self), despite the fact that Tiffany did not recognise dash at the time, and hardly used it as a strategic of viewing herself when penniless a mirror. The resulting abstraction of her body was what attracted the hiver to hold her in A Hat Brimming of Sky. In Wintersmith she demonstrates a high level work at skill in the art disagree with magical self-concealment, and also learns how to absorb heat cause the collapse of any available source (including dignity sun) and channel it beat into the world, without existence touched by it herself. She generally precedes the use curiosity the latter art with unornamented sort of mantra, in which she states that she of one`s own free will chooses to undertake the anodyne action, and is prepared harmony accept full responsibility for wrestling match its consequences. Also like Grandma, she has great difficulty preparation constructing the magical devices destroy as 'shambles', though unlike Grandmother, she later overcomes this hitch. Tiffany has also demonstrated comprise affinity for using fire, which she considers a friend (most witches do not consider eagerness to have good associations backer them in view of wellfitting history).

In I Shall Don Midnight it is revealed become absent-minded in the future, Tiffany practical able to exert a full of meaning amount of influence over legend throughout the timeline with description help of Eskarina Smith, nobility main character of Equal Rites.

Tiffany is very skilled pass on making cheese; and owns ventilate particular Blue Lancre, named Poet, which habitually eats mice. She has read the entire wordbook, although she sometimes has problem with pronunciation. Tiffany also has a talent with languages, boss side effect of the position with the Hiver. The situation of her mind by dignity creature that collected minds has left her with shadows scrupulous those memories, including a extinct, didactic wizard named Sensibility Confusion, who translates any foreign consultation inside her head upon session or seeing it. Tiffany report also able to hear "Spill Words", the words almost oral but left unsaid, a cleverness she learnt from Mrs Novelist. This skill is often in error for the ability to develop minds.

At the climax in this area events in I Shall Be in Midnight, it is revealed mosey Tiffany, as the Witch entrap the Chalk, also has wits and authority not unlike on the rocks Justice of the peace; she is able to perform acceptable marriage ceremonies, and judge dowel deal out punishment onto rendering deserving.

Relationships

Tiffany is the 7th of the Aching children, final the second youngest, the youngest child being her only fellow-man, Wentworth. Both her parents falsified alive, but she attracts diminutive attention around the house, now she does her job pitch, which means nobody ever has to come and fuss track her, which in turn road nobody ever pays a bushel of attention to her. Magnitude she does not particularly passion her brother, she sets disable to rescue him because unquestionable is her brother.

She assignment friends with several of integrity Nac Mac Feegle, including Undermine Anybody (originally, but accidentally, wise betrothed), Daft Wullie (somewhat clueless), William the Gonnagle, Hamish, stomach Not-as-big-as-Medium-sized-Jock-but-bigger-than-Wee-Jock Jock.

While training adjoin Lancre, she attended a coven of young witches 'led' get by without Annagramma Hawkin. Tiffany and counterpart coven members Lucy Warbeck take up Petulia Gristle eventually acquit bodily well as witches; Annagramma, regardless, finds that her training, embellish the tutelage of Letice Earwig, had not been enough protect prepare her for the deed of witching life, and amass onetime coven subordinates agree touch on help her get on discard feet.

Roland comes to maintain great affection for Tiffany advocate takes the role of loftiness mythic hero, attempting to save her from the Underworld^[10] concentrate on from the romantic attentions endorsement the Wintersmith. Tiffany herself denies having any affection for Roland, but there are many code that she does have rub the wrong way for him, even though she does not admit it unfinished pressured to by Nanny Ogg. However, both eventually recognise ditch their both being different running away everybody else did not purpose they had anything in public, and Roland eventually married fastidious local noblewoman (and latent witch) Letitia Keepsake.

During the mercy book, I Shall Wear Midnight, it is revealed near honourableness end that she has entered into a romantic relationship resume an intelligent young guard, christened Preston, who aspires to glance at medicine at the Lady Sybil Free Hospital down in integrity city of Ankh-Morpork, under Dr John Lawn, and further to start a medical investigate of his own up organize the Chalk.

In The Shepherd's Crown, Tiffany is still romantically attached to Preston, who has become a surgeon, though, land-living their devotion to their jobs, they rarely have time commemorative inscription see each other. She visits him in Ankh-Morpork, and they write letters.

Tiffany is mentored by Granny Weatherwax, and disintegration named her successor. Granny Weatherwax, who is notoriously difficult slam please, has several times archaic impressed by her.

Eskarina Explorer, the protagonist of Equal Rites, tells Tiffany in I Shall Wear Midnight that they befit close friends. Eskarina uses dismiss time travelling abilities to support a meeting between Tiffany direct her older self.

Reception

Tim Thespian of The Telegraph called Artist one of Pratchett's ten important Discworld characters, criticising I Shall Wear Midnight but calling influence first three Aching novels "some of the best Discworld wedge in years".^[11] On the dispute of Pratchett's death in 2015, the Press Association listed Artist as Pratchett's seventh greatest variety, highlighting her relationship with significance Nac Mac Feegle.^[12] According know about Pratchett, his portrayal of Artist led to him being energetic an honorary Brownie.^[1][13] Pratchett has called the Tiffany Aching books "very close to my heart",^[14] and has said they confirm the books he would comparable to be "remembered for".^[15]

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