the city watch is one of the greatest success stories. in the beginning, it consisted of the day watch, popinjays headed by captain "mayonnaise" quirke (rich, thick, oily, and smelling slightly of eggs) and the night watch, three unemployable men; then-captain vimes, who was a drunk, sergeant colon, whose idea of major crime would be the theft of a bridge and corporal nobbs, who has a certificate to prove that he's probably human. the addition of lance-constable carrot was the catalyst for their reformation over the course of the novel "guards! guards!". over the course of time, the watch has grown under the leadership of commander samuel vimes to the most modern police force on the disc.