![]() ![]() The books then follow the extremely cynical Vimes as he rises through through the ranks of the police force and of society (much to his lower-class displeasure) and the expansion of the City Watch itself under his command, from four scorned coppers to an institution of disc-wide repute. Instead, Carrot takes as his mentor the alcoholic and abject Captain of the Night Watch, Sam Vimes. ![]() In any other book Lance-Corporal Carrot would be the hero of the story, arriving into the big city abuzz with rumours about a missing royal scion, with uncertain parentage but sporting a crown-shaped birthmark, undeniable charisma, and a sword that is uniquely not at all magical. The Watch books begin as a clever satire of heroic fantasy when Carrot Ironfoundersson, an earnest and orphaned human raised by dwarves arrives to Ankh-Morpork and joins the current Night Watch. Of course, this on its own is nonsense Latin, so any resemblance to the phrase “Make my day, punk” is purely coincidental. They appear to have lost a bit off them end since then, however, as its current motto is the truncated ‘Fabricati Diem, Pvnc’. ![]() In days of yore, the motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch was that of its founder King Veltrick “Fabricati Diem, Pvncti Agvnt Celeriter” (“Make the Day, the Moments Pass Quickly”). This book is dedicated to those fine men. Whatever the name, their purpose in any work of heroic fantasy is identical: it is, round about Chapter Three (or ten minutes into the film) to rush into the room, attack the hero one at a time, and be slaughtered. They may be called the Palace Guard, the City Guard, or the Patrol. ![]()
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