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Kite

2010-10-05T23:08:01Z

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{{spoilersfor|''[[Book:The Last Hero|The Last Hero]]''}}

'''The Kite''' is one of the few fortunate inventions by [[Leonard of Quirm]] that got a succinct rather than descriptive name. It also has the distinction as Leonard's only successful flying machine. It is constructed by teams of artificer apprentices on a flotilla on the way to the Edge of the [[Discworld (world)|Disc]]. The Kite is made of very well-varnished wood that does not catch fire, and sufficiently air-tight to go into the void space. Its main components are:
*part shaped like a giant eagle, with wings that can be winched inward and folded up; the crew's cabin is contained in this part.
*the dragon pods associated with this part.
*part shaped like a giant salmon in the grasp of the aforementioned giant eagle, containing more dragon pods.

The Kite is powered by, yes, [[swamp dragons]], the very explosive animal. Leonard has managed to feed them a diet that gave them very hot flames without even a tiny burp.

As each module is used up, the dragons inside are released and allowed to flutter/glide/drift unhurt back down to the Disc. It is understood that Lady [[Sybil Ramkin]] insisted on this as her price for providing the dragons in the first place.

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A Discworld take on the Space Shuttle and its fuel tank and rockets?

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Sideney

2010-10-05T22:35:57Z

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|title= Sideney
|photo= Sideney.jpg|Sideney, as drawn by [[User:Knmatt|Matt Smith]]
|name= Sideney
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|race= [[Human]]

|occupation= Student Wizard
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|residence= [[Ankh-Morpork]]

|death= Probably killed by his own nightmare in the [[Tower of Teeth]]
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|marital status= Presumably single as he is a wizard

|books= {{H}}
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Mr Sideney was a student wizard who needed to earn a lot of money very fast to pay off his debts to [[Chrysoprase]] during the events of {{H}}. Foolishly he decided to join Mr [[Teatime]]'s scheme to inhume the [[Hogfather]]. His part in it is to open the magically sealed locks at the top of the tower in the [[Tower of Teeth]]. Having done so he flees, and then finds that he has returned to his infant school, is five years old again, and is at the mercy of the school bully.

[[Category:Discworld characters|Sideney]]
[[Category:Human characters|Sideney]]
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Medium Dave Lilywhite

2010-10-05T22:34:27Z

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[[image:Mediumdave.jpg|200px|left]] One of the very competent, slightly thuggish individuals hired by Mr [[Teatime]] in {{H}} to help him reach, enter and desecrate the [[Tower of Teeth]]. Turned out he was very competent at dying in his own head as he is effectively destroyed by his own imagination.

By the hardly educated standards of Ankh-Morpork's society of the differently legal, he was considered an intellectual. This largely had to do with have proper spelling for his tattoos and his concern for his less intelligent brother, [[Banjo Lilywhite|Banjo]].

Picture by [[User:Knmatt|Matt Smith]]

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