Does Twoflower come back?
Eventually, after many adventures and saving the world, Twoflower decides to return home to the Counterweight continent. Twoflower appears again in the book Interesting Times.
Where did Twoflower come from?
Twoflower grew up in the seaport of Bes Pelargic in the Agatean Empire. As a child, he read The Octarine Fairy Book, and gained a love of dragons despite the fact that his sister told him they did not exist.
What I did on my holidays Discworld?
This book was written by Twoflower after his return from Ankh-Morpork to the Agatean Empire. It is the narrative of the adventures that befell him during his holidays in Ankh-Morpork and other parts of the Discworld (actually the adventures from the books The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic).
What is the Agatean Empire?
The Agatean Empire is similar to feudal Japan or Imperial China, most obviously in the vast wall that surrounds it, and the belief that anyone from outside the Empire must be an invisible vampire ghost (probably a play on gwailo, lit. ghost man). The name is a pun on the term “Jade Empire,” referring to Ancient China.
What is Agatean gold?
Agate is a common rock formation, consisting of chalcedony and quartz. The crust of the Agatean Empire is composed largely of gold, octiron and other heavy metals. In Ankh-Morpork and its environs, the Empire is known as the Aurient – ‘the place where the gold comes from’ (a pun on Orient and aurum, the Latin for gold).
What is Discworld?
Discworld is a comic fantasy book series written by the English author Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat planet balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle.
How has the Discworld series been adapted?
The series has been adapted for graphic novels, theatre, computer and board games, and television. Discworld books regularly topped Sunday Times best-sellers list, making Pratchett the UK’s best-selling author in the 1990s.