What is Rincewind?
{{no sources|date=March 2024}} '''Rincewind''' is a [[fictional character]] created by [[Terry Pratchett]] for his ''[[Discworld]]'' series. He is the [[protagonist]] of the early books. ==The Colour of Magic== In the first ''Discworld'' book, ''[[The Colour of Magic]]'', Rincewind was once a [[student]] at a [[magic]] [[university]]. He was very bad at being a [[wizard]]. His [[friend]]s [[dare]]d him to look in a dangerous forbidden [[spellbook]] called The Octavo. When Rincewind looked in the book, one of its eight [[spell]]s jumped into his head. Because of this,he could never learn any new spells. It also made him forget all the spells he already knew. After this, Rincewind was [[banish]]ed from Unseen University. He started to earn [[money]] as a [[translator]]. He pretended to be a wizard who became a [[tour guide]] for Twoflower, the [[deuteragonist]] of the book. ==The Light Fantastic== In the [[sequel]] ''[[The Light Fantastic]]'', Rincewind has to stop an [[evil]] wizard named Trymon and save the [[Discworld]] from being destroyed. ==Mort== Rincewind is in the book [[Mort]] but is not an important character. ==Sourcery== Rincewind is the [[protagonist]] of the book ''[[Sourcery]]''. In the book, he teams up with a [[warrior]] [[woman]] and a [[man]] who has no idea how to be a [[hero]]. They join together to stop the [[Discworld]] from being destroyed. ==Eric== In the book, [[Eric (Discworld)|Eric]] which is a [[parody]] of [[Faust]], Eric tries to raise a [[demon]] from [[Hell]] but gets Rincewind instead. ==Interesting Times== In the book ''[[Interesting Times]]'', Rincewind meets Twoflower again. Rincewind accidentally gets involved in a [[revolution]] on Twoflower’s home [[continent]]. ==The Last Continent== In the book [[The Last Continent]], Rincewind accidentally ends up in the [[Discworld]] version of [[Australia]] while the other [[wizard]]s are looking for him. ==The Last Hero== In the [[novel]], [[The Last Hero]], Rincewind and Carrot are the characters who try to keep Cohen the Barb