Twoflower - Discworld Character Biography
Character Bio
Discworld's first tourist, an insurance clerk from the mysterious Counterweight Continent. His naivety, optimistic outlook, and complete lack of common sense frequently get him into dangerous situations that Rincewind reluctantly rescues him from.
Physical Appearance
Twoflower is a short, cheerful, somewhat naive tourist from the distant Agatean Empire. He wears loud, brightly colored, Hawaiian-style shirts paired with shorts and comfortable sandals. Often sporting large, round glasses and a broad, excited smile, Twoflower usually has a floppy straw hat and carries an iconograph—a Discworld-style magical camera—around his neck, eager to capture every moment.
Twoflower Appears In These Discworld Books
- 1
The Colour of Magic
Follow Rincewind, the inept wizard, as he unwittingly becomes a tour guide to Twoflower, Discworld's first tourist. Together, they stumble from one absurd danger to another across the strange flat world balanced atop four elephants riding a giant turtle.
Satirizes tourism and cultural misunderstandings, exploring how fear and ignorance shape human interactions.
Main characters: rincewind, twoflower, the luggage, hrun the barbarian, the patrician and liessa wyrmbidder
- 2
The Light Fantastic
Continuing their chaotic journey, Rincewind and Twoflower must save Discworld from imminent doom. A mysterious red star threatens to collide with the planet, and their misadventures might be the key to survival if they can stay alive long enough.
Examines fatalism, destiny, and humanity's impulse to face impending disaster with denial or absurdity.
Main characters: rincewind, twoflower, the luggage, cohen the barbarian, trymon and galder weatherwax
- 17
Interesting Times
Rincewind is reluctantly summoned to the distant Counterweight Continent embroiled in revolution, prophecy, and chaos. He must survive politics, warfare, and assassination attempts usually by accident.
Satirizes revolution, political manipulation, and propaganda, revealing the absurdity and dangers of ideological extremism.
Main characters: rincewind, twoflower, cohen the barbarian, the silver horde and lord hong