Moist von Lipwig

Moist von Lipwig is a fictional character from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. He is the protagonist of the novels Going Postal, Making Money, and Raising Steam.

Background and execution

Little is known about Moist von Lipwig's past. He originally comes from Überwald, specifically from a town called Lipwig. He lost both his parents at an early age, and was raised by a grandfather who bred dogs. He attended school in Überwald, and had bad memories of his second year school mistress, Frau Shambers. He was bullied at school, but ran away at the age of 14, and became a travelling conman. In Making Money he alluded to living through the chaos of the breakup of the Unholy Empire, and having to do anything at all to survive, though he may have been lying. At some point he met and associated with Cribbins, another criminal who taught him everything he (Cribbins) knew. But their association ended, and later Lipwig developed a dislike for Cribbins, reflecting that the teaching took "about ten minutes, and a year to forget some of it," and that Cribbins is "the sort that gives criminals a bad name."