Ankh-Morpork, the oldest city in Discworld, is on fire. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. The Mob Film Company and Sky One have produced a two-part adaptation, combining both The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic, directed by Vadim Jean and broadcast over Easter, 2008. Instead, the reason the novel is titled as it is has more to do with the properties of octarine than the actual shade of the color itself. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. Thanks to a game between the gods, a troll is put in their path leading to an unfortunate series of events involving a mother bear, a pack of wolves, a poisonous snake, and the Rincewind is found guilty of injuring the tree during his mad dash to escape the wolves, but before the dryads can execute him, they open a portal to show him Twoflower's fate in the Temple. Discworld is held up by four elephants that ride on the back of Great A'Tuin, a giant turtle that swims through the cosmos. This is where it all begins -- with the tourist Twoflower and his wizard guide, Rincewind.

Close Search It even made its way into the video game scene as a text adventure for all you old-school gamers out there. A cowardly wizard is roped into a life of adventure. At least, that's what it looks like to Rincewind (4.4.28). Twoflower is kidnapped by a group of thieves lead by Ymor, though, and brought back to the Broken Drum. They are caught by the Circumfence, a net circling much of the Disc's edge, and picked up by a sea troll named Tethis.Tethis takes them to his house located on a crag right on the edge. The Discworld floats through space on the back of four elephants that, in turn, stand on the back of the Great A'Tuin, the cosmic turtle. By entering your email address you agree to receive emails from Shmoop and verify that you are over the age of 13. Meanwhile, Rincewind and Kring—mostly Kring—defeat a dragonrider and force him to bring them into the dragon's lair. Hrun accepts just as Rincewind and Twoflower swoop in on the dragon to "save" him from his terrible fate—thanks, guys—and as they fly away from Wyrmberg, the power to create the dragon dissipates, and it disappears. Using the dragon, he rescues Rincewind right when he loses his duel.Hrun defeats both of Liessa's brothers, and Liessa offers to marry him. It only gets weirder from here. He's stopped at the city gate and brought before the Patrician, though, who offers Rincewind a classic Choosing the former, Rincewind brings Twoflower on a tour of Ankh-Morpork's sites: the taverns, brothels, and merchant quarters. Before all that, though, perhaps it's best to begin with the novel that started it all.But wait a second… Unless you're horribly (by which we mean Sure, fantasy stories might not be set in the real world, but they are, in their own way, entirely about reality. The characters of


On a world supported on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown), a gleeful, explosive, wickedly eccentric expedition sets out. He also explains to them that they are now officially slaves of the Kingdom of Krull.Rincewind and Twoflower are picked up by Krull's hydrophobic wizards, whose powers result from their massive loathing of water. Rincewind explains to Hrun not to say the number eight but doesn't warn his sword, Kring, a sword with the magical ability to talk incessantly.And the tour of Discworld continues with Hrun in tow, who is paid to protect the tourist with pictures of himself striking heroic poses.The travelers make it to Wyrmberg, an upside-down mountain housing a warrior nation of dragonriders. It only gets weirder from here.On the Disc is the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork, and it's here that a man named Twoflower begins his journey as the world's first tourist. The Discworld floats through space on the back of four elephants that, in turn, stand on the back of the Great A'Tuin, the cosmic turtle.
But what does greenish-purple have to do with the book The Color of Magic? By entering your email address you agree to receive emails from Shmoop and verify that you are over the age of 13. David Jason starred in the role of Rincewind.