Polly Perks

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{{Character Data
|title= Sergeant Polly "Ozzer" Perks
|photo= Howe pollyperks.jpg|Polly Perks as drawn by [http://www.john-howe.com/ John Howe]
|name= Polly Perks
|age= 19
|race= Human

|occupation= Soldier, formerly barmaid
|appearance= Plain, skinny, boyish, blonde

|residence= [[The Duchess]] Inn, [[Munz]], [[Borogravia]]

|death=
|parents= Mother dead, father courting
|relatives= [[Paul Perks]], brother; Cousin Vlopo.
|children=
|marital status=

|books= [[Monstrous Regiment]]
|cameos=
}}

'''Polly Perks''' is a sergeant in the [[Borogravia|Borogravian]] [[Tenth Foot]] regiment, known colloquially as the Ins-and-Outs or the Cheesemongers. She originally enlisted in order to search for her brother, [[Paul Perks|Paul]], who at that time was missing in action; [[Nuggan|Nugganatic]] law would not have allowed her to inherit the family business without him and the inn could go to Cousin Volopo, a notorious drunkard. However, under the instruction of the legendary [[Jack Jackrum|Sergeant Jackrum]], she discovered an aptitude for the soldiering life she'd never suspected she had, and even after she was found out for a woman, she fought to stay on as a soldier. She was allowed to do so primarily owing to the intervention of the dead Grand Duchess [[Annagovia]].

Polly gained a certain amount of notoriety on the international stage as the young soldier who kneed Prince [[Heinrich]] of [[Zlobenia]] in the groin, through the medium of a ''[[Ankh-Morpork Times|Times]]'' political cartoon, drawn by [[Fizz]]. On her advice, Jackrum went into retirement with his family after the end of the present conflict. When Heinrich seemed likely to invade again, however, he sent her his cutlasses and, far more significantly, his book of names of officers he knew to be women. With a metaphorical torch passed, and in possession of a great deal of potential blackmail material, she therefore came out of her relative inactivity back at the family inn (with her brother home and safe) for a future career of unknown, but presumably interesting, nature.

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