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1. In geology, detritus is the name for loose fragments of rock that have been worn away by erosion.

2. ( Biology) Detritus is organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals. This detritus is an important source of nutrients for so-called "detritus feeders" or detrivores. These form, in many ecosystems, the base of the food chain. What is left behind by the detrivores is then further broken down and recycled by "decomposers", such as bacteria and fungi.

3. Detritus is also a character in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett.

Detritus is a trollDiscworld peoples Trolls in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, unlike the monstrous trolls of folklore and J. Tolkien, have been subverted into a moderately civilised race. Trolls have grown to overcome those vicious stereotypes of yore and have lived ve. He started off as a thug, whom people hired to beat other people up. He then became a bouncer or rather, splatter, at the Mended Drum.

In Moving PicturesMoving Pictures can refer to any of the following: Moving Pictures is a 1981 album by Rush. Moving Pictures is the name of a novel by Terry Pratchett. Moving Pictures was the name of an Australian music group. Moving pictures is an alternative name for fi he was used by Dibbler as hired muscle in his takeover of Century of the Fruitbat Pictures. While in Holy Wood Detritus met and fell in love with another troll called Ruby who insisted that he got a better job than hitting people for money.

As a result he joined the Ankh-MorporkAnkh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which features in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of fantasy novels. As cities go, it is on the far side of corrupt and polluted, and is subject to outbreaks of comedic violence and brou-ha-ha on a fairly regular City WatchThe Ankh-Morpork City Watch (originally the Night Watch) is a fictional police force within the Discworld series of books by Terry Pratchett. The watch is based in the city-state of Ankh-Morpork The watch is led by Commander Samuel Vimes. Second in comman, and made friends with the dwarf Cuddy in Men at ArmsMen at Arms is the 15th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. Synopsis: Captain Samuel Vimes, commander of the Ankh-Morpork city watch, is confronted by new problems. Just having been married to Sybil Ramkin, he returns from retirement to lead the Watch aga. When we next see Detritus in Feet of Clay, he is a Sergeant. He accompanied Samuel VimesHis Grace the Duke of Ankh Commander Sir Samuel Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is a fictional character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. He first appeared in the novel Guards! Guards . Character background Sam Vimes was born in Cockbill Street to Uberwald for the Bonk negotiations.

Detritus is following the convention of trolls (a geological race) of adopting geological names.

In contradiction to his species preference, his weapon of choice is not a club, but rather a converted siege-crossbowThe ballista ( Latin, from Greek ballistes from ballein "to throw") is a powerful weapon conceived as a giant crossbow, to eject heavy darts singly or in groups. It is also sometimes referred to as a bolt thrower''. Roman ballista fired large stones, rath. Originally this fired a blunt but enormous metal bolt, but after further modifications he made it to shoot a large bundle of wooden bolts at once and renamed the bow as the " Piecemaker ", due to the incredible destructive power of the new configuration of the bow.

Due to the various different forces they are under, the bolts, once fired, quickly become an expanding cloud of high-speed burning wooden shrapnelShrapnel in the strict sense, is shot deliberately included in a landmine or shell intended to be scattered by the explosion. The pellets in the Claymore mine used by the United States meet this definition. More loosely, the term is used to refer to any f. It has been known to remove several archery targets, the bunker wall behind them, the gulls above them, the werewolves' castle in Überwald's gate, an entire chimney, a weathercock, large parts of roofing, sundry pigeons that happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and practically all of Sir Samuel VimesHis Grace the Duke of Ankh Commander Sir Samuel Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is a fictional character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. He first appeared in the novel Guards! Guards . Character background Sam Vimes was born in Cockbill Street' shrubbery. It has on occasion been fired at people, but Vimes has generally forbidden this except in special circumstances (such as during the initial attempt to catch Carcer in Night Watch (novel)). He prefers to allow Detritus to use it when trying to get into a building, as it is able to open both the front and back doors at the same time.