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| - Susan Sto Helit is a Discworld character. She is the Duchess of Sto Helit and is the daughter of Mort and Ysabell. Or to put that another way, she is the daughter of Death's former apprentice and Death's adopted daughter. Despite having been raised as far away from the occult as possible, taught logic and mathematics and told that fairytales were lies, and even (the coup de grace) named Susan, the most sensible, responsible and un-occult name known in the entire Multiverse, Susan has a few little abilities inherited from dear old Grandfather. (Not Grandad. Never Grandad.)
- Susan Sto Helit (also spelled Sto-Helit), Duchess Of Sto-Helit a 1 squre mile sized Dutcy surrounded by the City of Sto Lat. This Ductchess, was once referred to as Susan Death, is a character who has featured in three of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels: Soul Music, Hogfather, and Thief of Time. She is the daughter of Ysabell, Death's adopted daughter (introduced in The Light Fantastic) and Mortimer, who was briefly his apprentice (in Mort). At the end of Mort they leave Death's domain and become Duke and Duchess of Sto Helit. Susan is their only child.
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| - Susan Sto Helit (also spelled Sto-Helit), Duchess Of Sto-Helit a 1 squre mile sized Dutcy surrounded by the City of Sto Lat. This Ductchess, was once referred to as Susan Death, is a character who has featured in three of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels: Soul Music, Hogfather, and Thief of Time. She is the daughter of Ysabell, Death's adopted daughter (introduced in The Light Fantastic) and Mortimer, who was briefly his apprentice (in Mort). At the end of Mort they leave Death's domain and become Duke and Duchess of Sto Helit. Susan is their only child. She is first introduced as a sixteen-year-old pupil at the Quirm College for Young Ladies in Soul Music, shortly after the death of her parents (Death could not save them, only grant them eternal life at his Domain, which they refused). During this book, Death takes a holiday from his work in an attempt to forget his more troubling memories, thereby creating a metaphysical vacancy in the post, which 'sucks Susan in', as Albert puts it, forcing her to temporarily assume the role of Grim Reaper. After graduating — and despite technically being the current Duchess of Sto Helit — she begins a teaching career, first as a governess (in Hogfather) and then as a schoolteacher (in Thief of Time). She insists on being addressed as "Miss Susan".
- Susan Sto Helit is a Discworld character. She is the Duchess of Sto Helit and is the daughter of Mort and Ysabell. Or to put that another way, she is the daughter of Death's former apprentice and Death's adopted daughter. Despite having been raised as far away from the occult as possible, taught logic and mathematics and told that fairytales were lies, and even (the coup de grace) named Susan, the most sensible, responsible and un-occult name known in the entire Multiverse, Susan has a few little abilities inherited from dear old Grandfather. (Not Grandad. Never Grandad.) She can, for instance, walk through walls, TALK LIKE THIS, see anthropomorphic personifications, stop time, and when Death gets sidetracked (which he inevitably does), she has to do the Duty. Some genetics, as Terry Pratchett notes, are passed on through the soul. Susan was educated at the Quirm College for Young Ladies (the same place that produced the witch Perspicacia Tick), and has been a governess and a school teacher in between collecting the souls of the deceased, saving young musicians from being killed by the Beat (and the clientele of the Mended Drum), saving the Hogfather from oblivion, preventing the shattering of the Universe, and generally doing what she can to reduce the amount of wanton stupidity in the universe. In badfic, Susan is usually an evil bitch. Pterry refers to her as 'steely', but badficcers tend to make her out as an evil know-it-all, or turn her into an uber-Feminist!Sue.
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