Characters in Thief of Time

Susan Sto Helit

Death's granddaughter, now a schoolteacher of unusual children, whose supernatural heritage she keeps rigorously suppressed until events make suppression impossible.

Also in Soul Music, Hogfather

The Auditors

The Auditors of Reality, bureaucratic beings who despise the untidiness of life and commission the perfect clock to stop time.

Lobsang Ludd

A young thief and History Monk novice whose unusual relationship with time makes him the only person who can stop the perfect clock.

Jeremy Clockson

A clockmaker of genius who has been commissioned to build something that should not exist — a perfect clock. His obsession and innocence make him dangerous.

Lu-Tze

The History Monks' most senior operative — who presents himself as an elderly sweeper. Lobsang's mentor and one of the series' great comic sages.

Also in Night Watch

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Nanny Ogg

Also in Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad, Lords and Ladies, Maskerade, Carpe Jugulum, The Sea and Little Fishes, Wintersmith

The Death of Rats

Also in Reaper Man, Soul Music, Hogfather

Ronny Soak

The forgotten fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse, who left before the others became famous and now lives quietly as a dairyman.

Monks of History

Also in Night Watch

Lady Myria LeJean

A wealthy patron who commissions the clockmaker Jeremy Clockson to build an impossibly accurate clock.

Death (Discworld)

The anthropomorphic personification of Death, who watches over events as the Auditors move against time and his granddaughter Susan is drawn in.

Also in Guards! Guards!, Mort, The Colour of Magic, Death and What Comes Next, Men at Arms, Reaper Man, The Light Fantastic, Feet of Clay, Soul Music, Hogfather