"It had struck him late, that all-mighty Boxer that tended to uppercut males of all Races at exactly the most awkward and unfair of times in their lives. Or at least, that’s what they all thought at the moment they felt the impact in the form of a crackling voice and pimples." I love that!
Am I to assume that Talamaria is really northern England, based on James' and other character's accents?
Death is one of my favorite characters especially in the Sam Vimes books.
Pratchett's Death of the Disc was a major influence on my own presentation of the Old Grim One, yes!
"It had struck him late, that all-mighty Boxer that tended to uppercut males of all Races at exactly the most awkward and unfair of times in their lives. Or at least, that’s what they all thought at the moment they felt the impact in the form of a crackling voice and pimples." I love that!
Am I to assume that Talamaria is really northern England, based on James' and other character's accents?
Much of Tamalaria's western half has an English/Irish coded nomenclature, yes.