Cuddy and Detritus are forced to work together, resulting in them becoming friends as they overcome their deep-seated racial enmity. When a string of seemingly random murders occur among the Guilds of the city, Lord Vetinari forbids Vimes to investigate in a successful ploy to ensure Vimes does investigate. He also must deal with a new group of recruits that he has been required to take on for the sake of diversity: Cuddy (a dwarf), Detritus (a troll), and Angua (a werewolf-but Carrot is unaware of this, and believes she is included because she is female).
Meanwhile, Captain Samuel Vimes, captain of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, prepares for his imminent wedding to Sybil Ramkin, the richest woman in Ankh-Morpork. He researches the history of the royal family and determines that Carrot Ironfoundersson is in fact the rightful heir to the throne. Also notable is the only appearance of Lance-constable Cuddy (also promoted to Acting-constable).Įdward d'Eath, an Assassin and son of a down-and-out noble family, becomes convinced that the restoration of the Ankh-Morpork monarchy will solve the social change in the city which he blames for his family's humbling. Lance-constable (in the course of the novel promoted to Acting-constable) Detritus is introduced as a new member of the watch as well, though he had already appeared in other Discworld novels, most notably in Moving Pictures.
Lance-constable Angua von Überwald, later in the series promoted to the rank of Sergeant, is introduced in this book.
It is the second novel about the Ankh-Morpork City Watch on the Discworld. Men at Arms is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the 15th book in the Discworld series, first published in 1993.
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