lord downey first appears in "men at arms", makes his first appearance as guildmaster in "feet of clay", and appears again in "hogfather". he also appears in "night watch" as a student bully, and in "making money" as head of the assassins' guild. his first name is unknown, but he is mentioned by the initials d.downey in the assassin's guild yearbook, when discussing edificeering. in the sky one adaptation of "hogfather" downey was played by david warner.