Characters in The Last Hero

Cohen the Barbarian

The oldest living hero on the Disc — nearly ninety, mostly toothless, still genuinely dangerous — on a final, grandiose quest to die well.

Also in The Light Fantastic, Interesting Times, Troll Bridge

Rincewind

Sent on an impossible mission to stop Cohen, and not at all surprised to find himself doing so.

Also in The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Sourcery, Eric, Interesting Times, The Last Continent, Unseen Academicals

Leonard of Quirm

A polymath inventor — the Disc's Leonardo da Vinci — pressed into designing a flying machine to intercept Cohen in time.

Also in Jingo

Sam Vimes

Along for the mission whether he wants to be or not, increasingly aware that Cohen may have a point.

Also in Guards! Guards!, Theatre of Cruelty, Men at Arms, Feet of Clay, Jingo, The Fifth Elephant, Night Watch, Monstrous Regiment, Thud!, Where's My Cow?

Carrot Ironfoundersson

Captain of the Ankh-Morpork Watch, sent by Lord Vetinari aboard the Kite to stop Cohen and the Silver Horde.

Also in Guards! Guards!, Theatre of Cruelty, Men at Arms, Feet of Clay, Jingo, The Fifth Elephant, Night Watch, Thud!

Havelock Vetinari

Also in Sourcery, Guards! Guards!, Unseen Academicals, Moving Pictures, Men at Arms, Feet of Clay, Jingo, The Fifth Elephant, The Truth, Night Watch

The Librarian

The orangutan Librarian of Unseen University, who stows away aboard the Kite.

Also in The Light Fantastic, Sourcery, The Last Continent, Guards! Guards!, Unseen Academicals, Moving Pictures, Reaper Man, Small Gods, Lords and Ladies, Men at Arms

Mustrum Ridcully

Also in Interesting Times, The Last Continent, Unseen Academicals, Moving Pictures, Reaper Man, Lords and Ladies, Soul Music

Ponder Stibbons

Also in The Last Continent, Unseen Academicals, Lords and Ladies, A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices

Nuggan

Also in Monstrous Regiment

Death (Discworld)

Also in The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Sourcery, Mort, The Last Continent, Guards! Guards!, Moving Pictures, Death and What Comes Next, Reaper Man, Men at Arms