Death (Discworld)
Death has appeared in every Discworld novel, with the exception of "The Wee Free Men" and "Snuff", and had a possible cameo at the end of "Johnny and the Dead" (the character was not identified, but spoke in unquoted small caps). The Discworld books with Death as a leading character, starting with "Mort" in 1987, are:
Discworld characters
His people also have a superstition that if you die holding a potato, you will be reincarnated. His belief in this is quite firm, as "since they've believed it for centuries, it must be right". He is killed by Mr Pin near the end of the novel and used for a life raft as molten lead flows around the pair. Unfortunately, Mr Pin also steals his potato shortly before killing him, but Mr Tulip manages to retain the memory of a potato in the afterlife. Death, perplexed at the concept of a soul having a strong but completely vague belief and noticing Tulip's showing some remorse, allows him to reincarnate as a woodworm. His final thought in the novel is that 'this is —ing good wood!'