Characters in Interesting Times

Rincewind

A cowardly, perpetually unlucky wizard who has survived by sheer accident and now finds himself teleported to a distant continent.

Also in The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Sourcery, Eric, The Last Continent, The Last Hero, Unseen Academicals, Raising Steam

Lord Hong

The calculating, Ankh-Morpork-educated Grand Vizier of the Agatean Empire, secretly engineering the peasant uprising to seize the Empire for himself.

Cohen the Barbarian

The ancient, toothless barbarian hero who resurfaces with his Silver Horde — a gang of very old but very dangerous warriors — to conquer the Agatean Empire.

Also in The Light Fantastic, The Last Hero, Troll Bridge

Twoflower

The world's first tourist, now back in his homeland, whose naive revolutionary handbook has inspired an uprising he never intended.

Also in The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic

The Luggage

The indestructible sapient chest, which has been living in the Agatean Empire since the end of The Light Fantastic and is not happy about it.

Also in The Colour of Magic, Eric

Mustrum Ridcully

The pompous, vain Archchancellor of Unseen University who sends Rincewind on his perilous mission to the Agatean Empire.

Also in The Last Continent, Lords and Ladies, The Last Hero, Unseen Academicals, Moving Pictures, Reaper Man, Raising Steam