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Rincewind is in his early thirties with mousy brown hair, brown eyes and wispy whiskers that have delusions of being a beard. He is of average height and, unlike most other wizards, has the build of a marathon runner. This is due to his habit of running from any danger and despite his best efforts he seems to be continually in danger. Due to this he always appears travel worn at best and travel chewed up and spit out at worst.

While he is a wizard (and if you don't believe him, his hat reads "Wizzard") he has no magical aptitude. In fact it has been theorized that when Rincewind dies, the average level of magic within the human race will go up.

Rincewind is polite, harmless and does his best not to be noticed. He is neither the brightest torch on the wall nor the sharpest knife in the alley yet he always manages to come out, if not on top of any given situation, at least in a better situation than previously. In many ways his is the wisdom of the fool.

He is street smart (as anyone who grew up in Ankh-morpork) and world wise with a unique aptitude to intuitionally grasp the immediate basics of any language* and fluency only slightly less quickly, and appears to have the ability to blend in with any situation.

His philosophy of life is very simple; when running, "to" is never important, what matters is "from". He also believes firmly there is no cause worth dying for as there are many causes but you only have one life.

Rincewind was raised by his grandfather in Ankh-morpork (having no personal experience of either parent) until he began attending the Unseen University where the highest score he received was 2% for spelling his name right. Though he holds the position of an alumnus of that institution, he was in fact expelled after he read a page of the Octavo on a bet and one of the eight great spells of the Creator forced its way into his mind and scared away any other spells that might have been there. In fact the spell still sits there in his mind brooding. He currently makes a living of sorts by capitalizing on his innate gift for languages.

It is this gift for languages that lead him to his first adventure and since then he has gone from one adventure to another and he really would like it to stop now. Unfortunately for him, the mysterious goddess known as The Lady, or She-Who-Shall_Not-Be-Named, has taken an interest in him which only leads to more interesting times for Rincewind as she uses him as an instrument for the changes she wishes to take place on the Disc.

Rincewind is coming in from the end of The Color of Magic. More about Rincewind can be found here. For the curious, his voice sounds just like Nigel Planner, aka Neal from The Young Ones.

*The essentials being how to scream for help, or, in point of fact, how to scream - not as simple as it sounds owing to the existence of Discworld languages such as that in which "Aargh!" means "Quick! More boiling oil".

Rincewind is from the Discworld series of books, and is the property of Sir Terry Pratchet. He appears here solely for the purpose of role-playing in milliways_bar  and mixed_muses , no profit is expected but if by some minor miracle a profit is had it shall be forwarded to the proper authorities parties.

Additionally, all icons are Troy Larkin and are taken from the short film Run Rincewind Run! which is owned by Snowgum Films and not me.