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Wyrd Sisters

Death List 6.1

Definitely died - on page

• King Verence of Lancre - killed by a dagger in the back (pg 8)
• A servant - crossbow bolt through the back (pg 14)
• Bentzen - a dagger in the back (pg 16)
• Duke Felmet - fell to his death into the river Lancre (pg 234)

Definitely died - off page (ie referred to by someone)

• Champot - his nephew cut his head off while he was asleep (pg 18) [1]
• The Vitoller's daughter - died (pg 36)
• Thargum, past king of Lancre - King Verence's father poisoned him (pg 53)
• The twins (the tiny ghosts, the toddlers) - infanticide(?) (pg 82)
• Queen Berney (670-722) - dead (pg 83)
• Goodie Whemper - died while testing whether a broomstick could survive having its bristles pulled out one by one in mid air (pg 95)
• King Gruneberry the Good (906-967) - dead (pg 133)
• Queen Grimnir the Impaler (1514-1553, 1553-1557, 1557-1562, 1562-1567, 1568-1573) - dead (pg 136)
• King Murune (709-745) - met a terrible fate involving a red hot poker, a privy, 10 pounds of live eels, a 3 mile stretch of frozen river, a butt of wine, a couple of tulip bulbs, a number of poisoned eardrops, an oyster and a large man with a mallet (pg 136)
• Aliss (Black Aliss) Demurrage - shoved into her oven by a couple of kids (pg 140)

Might have died

• Lady Felmet - possibly eaten by rabbits and other fluffy creatures in the forests of Lancre (pg 248 & TDC pg 97)

Death toll?

• Some people were executed for spreading malicious lies. ie that Felmet killed the King (pg 53)
  
  
• The schoolboy assassins whose piping voices became noticeably fewer towards the end of the year because the assassins believe in competitive examination (pg 149)

The Undead

• King Verence -a ghost
• Champot - a ghost
• The Twins - ghosts
• The Troglodyte Wanderer - a ghost
• Men without their heads - ghosts
• A screaming women in a chariot - a ghost

[1] although it is also claimed that he died of gout ( TDC pg 51)

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