The Vimes family's butler and gentleman's gentleman, a man of impeccable domestic service who conceals a violent past as a street fighter in the rougher parts of Ankh-Morpork. He can fold shirts with surgical precision and also knows how to make weapons of limited but specific destruction out of common kitchen utensils. Scarred, tattooed beneath his spotless cuffs, and utterly loyal to the Vimes family, he serves as Sam Vimes's batman, bodyguard, and occasional conscience. He has an understanding with Purity, Lady Sybil's maid.