Igor (Discworld) - Appearances in Novels

Appearances in Novels

One Igor went with Samuel Vimes to Ankh-Morpork. He now works for the Ankh-Morpork City Watch and is a prominent bio-artificing specialist. This Igor appears in The Fifth Elephant, The Truth, Night Watch and Thud!. He shows a disregard and scorn for traditions of Igors, such as lisping, which he sometimes forgets or neglects to do, and reverence for anyone with a title in their name. Interestingly, young Igor's father admitted that young Igor was too modern for Überwald, but respected his skills (saying he's never known anyone as good at "really tiny thtitching"), though he generally disagrees with many of his practices, such as breeding body parts. Also known to breed swimming potatoes for instant Fish N Chips. Also, this particular Igor can call upon aid from other Ankh-Morpork Igors if he thinks it'll be needed—although the other Igors enjoy this; practising surgery and giving a hand to people who need it (possibly because it was just cut or pulled off in a street fight) is something the Igors live for.

When the Magpyr family went to Lancre they naturally brought along their Igor, who is more traditionally-minded than his employers and has a dog named Scraps (or "Thcrapth") that he built himself. See Carpe Jugulum.

Another Igor shipped himself to Ankh-Morpork to assist Jeremy Clockson in building a glass clock, as told in Thief of Time. This Igor is a member of an organisation called We R Igors (slogan: "A Spare Hand Where Needed", c-mail: yethmarthter@uberwald). Note that c-mail is the Discworld's equivalent to email.

A Borogravian member of the clan served in the Cheesemongers with Polly Perks, in the book Monstrous Regiment.

Reacher Gilt, Chairman of the Grand Trunk Company in Going Postal employed an Igor, as does the horse dealer Willie Hobson.

There are supposedly several Igors at the Free Hospital, because of this Lord Vetinari has ruled that if anyone is so badly injured that an Igor is needed to save them then the crime should be considered murder, as without the Igor this would be the case.

Confusingly, the barman at Biers (a pub in Ankh-Morpork catering to the undead) is named Igor, but is not an Igor, and reacts poorly when this suggestion is made. He appears in Feet of Clay, Hogfather and Thud!.

An Igor works at the Royal Bank of Morpork and assists Hubert Turvy in the creation and maintenance of the Glooper, a device that models (and modifies) the economy of the entire city as they happen.