| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
Its name is German for across the woods, as a play on Transylvania, which is Latin for the same. In fact, this name was actually used for Transylvania in some documents from the 13th century. The region is not as much based on real Eastern Europe than on the Hammer Horror stereotype of the area.
The region was previously ruled by an Unholy Empire (with a two-headed bat as its symbol), but it has since collapsed leaving it fragmented and chaotic. Although Ûberwald has a large human population, they play a secondary role in the region's history. It is ruled by its dwarfs, vampires and werewolves; while there are a few human barons, they tend to be uninterested in politics, preferring experimental surgery and Meddling In Things Man Was Not Meant To Know with the help of their Igors.
Carpe Jugulum dealt with a family of vampires from Überwald attempting to take over Lancre. The novel The Fifth ElephantThe Fifth Elephant is the 24th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. Synopsis: Samuel Vimes, Commander of the City Watch of Ankh-Morpork and Duke of Ankh, thought that things were bad enough when he was forced to go to Uberwald a largely wild territory on a was set mostly in Überwald, and details a power-struggle between the dwarfs, with involvement by vampires and werewolves.
Many characters in the books, including AnguaDiscworld characters Shapeshifting Delphine Angua von Uberwald is a character from the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett. She is a werewolf and a member of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. She first appeared in Men at Arms''. Angua and all her family are we, Cheery Littlebottom, Igor and Otto ChriekIn some of Terry Pratchett's works, Otto Chreik is a vampire. Specifically, he is a "teetotaller," also known as a "Black Ribboner. Quite simply, Black Ribboners are vampires who have forsworn blood (much like some humans forswear meat). They replace thei hail from Überwald.
Discworld locations