Guilds of Ankh-Morpork
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In Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of fantasy novels, there are almost 300 Guilds in the city of Ankh-Morpork. These include The:
- Actors' Guild (mentioned in The Truth)
- *Called the "Guild of Actors and Mummers" in The Wyrdest Link.
- Alchemists' Guild
- *Motto: OMNIS QVI CORVSCAT EST OR ("All That Glitters Is Gold")
- *Headed by Thomas Silverfish in Men at Arms and Moving Pictures
- Guild of Architects (mentioned in The Truth
- *Nanny Ogg's Cookbook, The Thieves' Guild Diary and the Death's Domain mapp all quote Guild publication.
- Guild of Armourers
- *Headed by Mr. Burleigh in Jingo
- Assassins' Guild
- *Motto: NIL MORTIFII SINE LVCRE ("No Killing Without Pay")
- *Headed by Lord Downey in Hogfather and subsequent books.
- *Headed by Dr. Cruces in Men at Arms
- *Headed by Zlorf Flannelfoot in The Colour of Magic
- *Headed by Dr. Follett during the reigns of Lord Winder and Lord Snapcase, as seen in Night Watch
- Bakers' Guild (mentioned in Guards! Guards! and Feet of Clay)
- *Headed by Mr. Potts in Feet of Clay
- Bandits' Guild (mentioned in Lords and Ladies)
- Guild of Barber-Surgeons (mentioned in Lords and Ladies and "Medical Notes" in Once More* With Footnotes)
- Beggars' Guild
- *Motto: MONETA SVPERVACANEA, MAGISTER -- ("Spare Change, Guv'ner?")
- *Headed by Queen Molly in Men at Arms
- *Headed by unnamed man in Guards! Guards!
- *The oldest guild in the city.
- Butchers' Guild
- *Headed by Gerhardt Sock in Men at Arms and Feet of Clay
- Carters' and Drovers' Guild (mentioned in The Fifth Elephant)
- Clockmakers' Guild (appears in Thief of Time)
- *Secretary is Mr. Hopkins in Thief of Time
- Council of Churches, Temples, Sacred Groves and Big Ominous Rocks While not a guild, the Council performs the same political role for its member organizations as many of the Guilds do for their members. (Mentioned in Feet of Clay)
- Guild of Confectioners (first mentioned in Thief of Time)
- Guild of Conjurers
- *Motto: NVNC ILLE EST MAGICVS ("Now That's Magic")
- Guild of Cunning Artificers (mentioned in The Last Hero, Thud!)
- Guild of C.M.O.T. Dibblers (mentioned in The Discworld Companion)
- *Presumably headed by Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler
- *The city's smallest Guild (until the establishment of the Victims' Guild)
- Guild of Embalmers and Allied Trades (mentioned in Pyramids)
- *Motto: FARCIMINI ("Stuff It")
- Guild of Engravers and Printers (formerly the Guild of Engravers; featured in The Truth)
- *Motto: NON QVOD MANEAT, SED QVOD ADIMIMVS ("Not What Remains, But What We Take Away")
- *Headed by Ronnie Carney in The Truth
- Guild of Ectysiasts, Nautchers, Cancanieres and Exponents of Exotic Dance (mentioned in Guards! Guards!)
- *Also called the Guild of Exotic Dancers and the Strippers' Guild
- *Motto: NVNQVAM VESTIMVS ("We Never Clothe")
- *Headed by Miss Dixie "VaVa" Voom in Soul Music
- Guild of Fire Fighters (mentioned in Guards! Guards!)
- *In Guards! Guards!, it had been outlawed by The Patrician the previous year, as the Guild would threaten arson to get citizens to pay for a fire protection contract.
- Guild of Fools and Joculators and College of Clowns (described in Wyrd Sisters)
- *Motto: DICO, DICO, DICO ("I Say, I Say, I Say")
- *Headed by Dr. Whiteface in Men at Arms and Fools Guild Diary
- *Secretary and Chief Butt is Geoffrey in Reaper Man
- Gamblers' Guild (mentioned in The Colour of Magic)
- *Motto: EXCRETVS EX FORTVNA (Polite translation: "Really out of luck")
- *Headed by Scrote Jones in The Discworld Companion
- *Headed by Doc Pseudopolis in Feet of Clay
- *Guild headquarters is located across the street from the Alchemists' Guild
- Glassblowers' Guild (mentioned in Thud!)
- Haberdashers' Guild
- Guild of Handlemen (created in Moving Pictures, probably since disbanded)
- Historians' Guild (mentioned in Jingo, The Last Hero, Thief of Time)
- *Likely headed by Mr. Betteridge
- Guild of Lags (professional prisoners, mentioned in The Thieves Guild Diary)
- *Headed by Joe "Lifer" Bushyhead in The Thieves Guild Diary
- Launderers' Guild (mentioned in Guards! Guards!)
- *Headed by Mrs. Manger in Guards! Guards!
- Lawyers' Guild
- *Motto: LVCRE SERMAT ("Money Talks")
- *Headed by Mr. Slant
- Guild of Merchants and Traders (created in The Colour of Magic)
- *Motto: VILIS AD BIS PRETII ("Cheap At Twice The Price")
- *Headed by Antimony Parker in Going Postal
- Guild of Musicians (featured in Soul Music)
- *Motto: ID MVRMVRATIS, ID LVDAMVS ("You Hum It, We'll Play It")
- Guild of Plumbers and Dunnikin Divers (mentioned in Pyramids, Men at Arms)
- *Motto: NON ANTE SEPTEM DIES PROXIMA, SQVIRI ("Not Before Next Week, Squire")
- *Created in the reign of Patrician Vetinari.
- Guild of Priests, Sacedotes and Occult Intermediaries (mentioned in The Discworld Companion)
- *May be the same as the Council of Churches, Temples, Sacred Groves and Big Ominous Rocks
- Rat Guild (alleged)
- Rat-Catchers' Guild (mentioned in Feet of Clay)
- Seamstresses' Guild
- *Euphemistically named; actually a guild of prostitutes (although they have at least one actual seamstress).
- *Motto: NIL VOLVPTI, SINE LVCRE ("No Pleasure Without Pay")
- *Legalized by the Patrician early in his reign.
- *Headed by Mrs. Rosemary "Rosie" Palm
- Guild of Shoemakers and Leatherworkers (mentioned in The Truth)
- *Headed by Tuttle Scrope in The Truth
- Smugglers' Guild (mentioned in Pyramids)
- Tailors' Guild (mentioned in The Fifth Elephant)
- Teachers' Guild (mentioned in Guards! Guards! and Men At Arms)
- *Headed by Master Greetling in Guards! Guards!.
- *The Guild clock strikes noon before any of the others, presumably marking school lunchtime.
- Guild of Thieves, Cutpurses, Housebreakers, and Allied Trades
- *Motto: ACVTVS ID VERBERAT ("Whip it Quick")
- *Legalized by the Patrician early in his reign.
- *Headed by J.H. "Flannelfoot" Boggis in Feet of Clay and subsequent novels.
- *Headed by Urdo van Pew in Guards! Guards!
- *Headed by Ymor in The Colour of Magic
- Guild of Town Criers (mentioned in The Truth)
- Guild of Victims (created in The Thieves Guild Diary)
- *Headed by Echinoid Blacksly (only member)
- *A bizzare counterpart to the Guild of Thieves; you hire Mr Blacksly to suffer an official Guild theft on your behalf.
- Guild of Watchmen (created in The Fifth Elephant, future existence uncertain)
- *Headed by Nobby Nobbs in The Fifth Elephant
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