The last of the Ramkins, one of Ankh-Morpork's oldest aristocratic families, and wife of Commander Vimes. She breeds swamp dragons - small, unstable, and prone to exploding - with genuine affection and encyclopaedic expertise. She is large, warm, practical, and considerably more formidable than her gentle manner suggests. Her marriage to Vimes is one of the great partnerships in the Discworld novels: she is his anchor, his conscience, and occasionally his only check on his worst impulses.