The Auditors of Reality are fictional godlike beings in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of fantasy novels. Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948 is an English fantasy, Science fiction, and children's author. Discworld is a comedic Fantasy Book series by the British author Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat They are one of the major recurring villains in the series, although they lack the necessary imagination to be evil.
The Auditors of Reality are supernatural entities and the celestial bureaucrats. The most general definition of an audit is an evaluation of a person organization system process project or product Reality, in everyday usage means "the state of things as they actually exist" The term supernatural or supranatural ( Latin: super, supra "above" + natura "nature" pertains to entities events An entity is something that has a distinct separate Existence, though it need not be a material existence Bureaucracy is the structure and set of regulations in place to control activity usually in large organizations and government They make sure that gravity works, file the appropriate paperwork for each chemical reaction, and so forth. Gravitation is a natural Phenomenon by which objects with Mass attract one another A chemical reaction is a process that always results in the interconversion of Chemical substances The substance or substances initially involved in a chemical reaction are called The Auditors hate life, because it's messy and unpredictable, which makes them fall behind on their paperwork; they much prefer barren balls of rock orbiting stars in neat, easily predictable elliptical paths. Life is a state that distinguishes Organisms from non-living objects such as non-life and dead organisms being manifested by growth through Metabolism In Physics, an orbit is the gravitationally curved path of one object around a point or another body for example the gravitational orbit of a planet around a star A star is a massive luminous ball of plasma. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the Energy on Earth In Mathematics, an ellipse (from the Greek ἔλλειψις literally absence) is a Conic section, the locus of points in a They really hate humans and other sentient beings, who are much more messy and unpredictable than other living things. Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus
One could almost call the Auditors collaborating "gods" of physics, except that the discworld definition of "god" does not include them, as they do not derive their existence from human belief. Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. Indeed, the Auditors find belief inherently repulsive. Belief and imagination are the ultimate mess: They shape and reform the physical world in almost infinitely varied and complex ways. Where the Auditors see a fragment of carbonaceous chondrite heated by the friction of atmospheric entry, imagination sees a falling star. Imagination is the ability to form Mental images/sounds/feelings or the ability to Spontaneously Generate images/sounds/feelings within one's own Mind Where the Auditors see a random cleft in granite, imagination sees a dark cave haunted by monsters. To the Auditors, this is infuriating; after all, how can one catalogue or quantify a dragon, a basilisk, poetry or Justice? The Auditors existed long before humans and would be quite happy to exist long after them. Terry Pratchett 's Fictional Discworld has a large number of creatures and plants unique to it or its parasite universes (such as Fairyland or Death's Domain In European bestiaries and Legends a basilisk ('bæzɪlɪsk from the Greek βασιλίσκος basilískos, "little king" JUSTICE is a Human rights and law reform organisation based in the United Kingdom.
Fortunately for humanity and every other living thing, the Auditors can't simply wipe out life, because that's against the Rules; the Auditors can't break the Rules because, in a certain sense, they are the Rules. Unfortunately, a loophole exists in the Rules which allows the Auditors to influence humans into doing what they cannot do directly; in several of the Discworld novels, the Auditors hire humans to perform tasks that will make the world less "messy", paying them with the gold they created out of thin air using their abilities to manipulate reality.
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Description
Being personifications of a concept, the Auditors have no fixed shape. When they manifest in the world, however, they almost always appear as empty grey cowled robes, an appearance which conveys drabness and dullness rather than danger. They do not speak, but rather impart the memory of having spoken directly into people's minds. Pratchett represents this idiosyncratic form of communication in simple plain text, without quotations, and italicized in some books. In Typography, italic type /ɪˈtælɪk/ or /aɪˈtælɪk/ refers to cursive Typefaces based on a stylized form of calligraphic Handwriting. They are, in a sense, similar to the Things from the Dungeon Dimensions in that they represent a higher abstract principle hostile to ordinary mortal life, but from the opposite direction of Law rather than Chaos (see Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion series). See also Discworld (world The Discworld, the fantastical setting for Terry Pratchett 's bestselling series of novels of the same name, Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society Chaos (derived from the Ancient Greek, Chaos) typically refers to Unpredictability, and is the antithesis of Cosmos. Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939, in London) is an English writer primarily of Science fiction and fantasy who has also For the video game see Eternal Champions The Eternal Champion is a fictional creation of the author Michael Moorcock and is a recurrent feature in The History Monks classify the Auditors and the Things from the Dungeon Dimensions as the same class of being, dhlangs or evil spirits, but see the Auditors as the most dangerous, at least according to Lu-Tze, who names them the "Enemies of Mind". The Order of Wen the Eternally Surprised, better known as the History Monks, and also sometimes referred to as the Men In Saffron (see Men in Black) and No Such Monastery Lu-Tze is a character in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett.
The Auditors have no discerning characteristics among themselves and function as a collective; when one speaks, it speaks for all of them, and each Auditor works uniformly with countless numbers of other Auditors. When discussing matters and making choices they work in groups of three. One to agree, one to disagree and one to mediate the two, thus covering all angles of possible debate to find the best solution. In the rare cases when an Auditor appears to develop an individual personality (such as using a personal pronoun to refer to itself or experiencing an emotion) it instantly ceases to exist, because to be an individual is to live, and to live is to die. This happens because, as far as the Auditors are concerned, to have a personality is to be a living being with a beginning and an end. The intervening time between them seems infinitely small to entities who have experienced eternity. This does not seem to have any impact on the rest of the Auditors except maybe as an example to be avoided, because another Auditor immediately takes the place of its vanished colleague. In the Discworld novel, Thief of Time, they temporarily inhabited human bodies they had made from the constituent elements and tried to discover how and why humans act as they do. Thief of Time is the 26th Discworld Novel written by Terry Pratchett. But as they soon discovered, merely taking on the forms (as Myria LeJean did before them) causes them to naturally start assuming the same 'messy' traits they had been trying to avoid—particularly emotions: a 'messy' trait of particular shock to ones unused to the experience. See also Anthropomorphic personifications (Discworld, Death (Discworld, Discworld gods The Auditors of Reality are fictional godlike beings in
Relationship with Death
Interestingly, the primary opponent of the Auditors' plans for eliminating life is Death. Death, is a Fictional character in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series Death does not see himself as the enemy of life, but rather an integral part of it, giving rest to the old and weary, and ensuring that the world doesn't become completely stuffed with life. He has also, over the millennia of performing his function, developed a certain fondness for the humans he ushers into the world beyond. AfterLife is a film drama set in Scotland directed by Alison Peebles made in 2003 about an ambitious Scottish journalist forced to choose between This conflict is all the more fascinating because Pratchett has hinted (in The Discworld Companion) that Death and the Auditors may be related beings. The Discworld Companion is an Encyclopedia of all things Discworldian created by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs. The Auditors are the executive arm of the Old High Ones, the eight beings who create and shape the universe. See also Discworld (world#Magic The Discworld gods are the fictional deities from Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series of fantasy Death ultimately answers to the eighth of the Old High Ones, Azrael, the death of universes, or perhaps multiverses, as Terry Pratchett sometimes refers to the universe as in the Discworld. See also Discworld (world#Magic The Discworld gods are the fictional deities from Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series of fantasy
Appearances in the Discworld novels
The Auditors of Reality have appeared in the Discworld novels Reaper Man, Hogfather, Thief of Time and The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch. Reaper Man is a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. Published in 1991 it is the 11th Discworld novel and the second to focus on Hogfather is the 20th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. The Hogfather is also a character in the book representing something Thief of Time is the 26th Discworld Novel written by Terry Pratchett. The Science of Discworld III Darwin's Watch is a book set on the Discworld, by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen.
In Reaper Man, they decide that Death has become too sympathetic toward humans, and therefore force him to retire. Death, is a Fictional character in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series However, following the intervention of Azrael, Death of the Universe and ruler of all Deaths, this decision is overturned, allowing Death to return to his job. See also Discworld (world#Magic The Discworld gods are the fictional deities from Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series of fantasy
In Hogfather, the Auditors attempt to destroy the Hogfather, whom they see as a symbol of humanity's 'messiness' (i. e imagination), and hire Mr Teatime, an Assassin, for the job. Imagination is the ability to form Mental images/sounds/feelings or the ability to Spontaneously Generate images/sounds/feelings within one's own Mind Teatime steals millions of teeth from the Tooth Fairy's castle, and, through sympathetic magic, takes control of the children to whom the teeth belong, forcing them to cease believing in the Hogfather. For other uses see Tooth Fairy (disambiguation. The tooth fairy is the concept of a Fairy which gives a child a gift in exchange for a Tooth When Susan Sto Helit, Death's granddaughter, stops Teatime, the Auditors break their own Rules by sending a few of their number to attack the Hogfather directly. Susan Sto Helit (also spelled Sto-Helit) once referred to as Susan Death, is a Fictional character who has featured in three of Terry Pratchett In the forms of dogs, they pursue him through snowy mountains, but Susan saves him, leaving the Auditors stranded on the other side of a deep ravine. A mountain is a Landform that extends above the surrounding Terrain in a limited area with a peak Death prevents them from escaping or returning to their true forms, causing them to fall to their deaths in the ravine.
In Thief of Time, the Auditors decide to stop time, so as to stamp out humanity's 'messy' nature. One of their own, who refers to herself as Myria LeJean, assumes human form and hires Jeremy Clockson to build a clock which will halt the passage of time. See also Anthropomorphic personifications (Discworld, Death (Discworld, Discworld gods The Auditors of Reality are fictional godlike beings in This article contains brief biographies for characters from Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series With the help of Susan, Lobsang Ludd, the Horsemen of the Apocralypse and the disillusioned Myria, this plan is foiled. The Order of Wen the Eternally Surprised, better known as the History Monks, and also sometimes referred to as the Men In Saffron (see Men in Black) and No Such Monastery
In The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch, the Auditors influence Charles Darwin to write a book entitled The Theology of Species, instead of his original book The Origin of Species. Charles Robert Darwin (February 12 1809 &ndash April 19 1882 was an English naturalist, who realised and demonstrated that all Species of life Charles Darwin 's On the Origin of Species (published 24 November 1859) is a seminal work in Scientific literature and arguably the This is intended to cause a delay in the technological development of the humans on Earth, and so prevent them from being advanced enough to leave this planet when it becomes uninhabitable. Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001
Myria LeJean / Unity
Appears in Thief of Time. Thief of Time is the 26th Discworld Novel written by Terry Pratchett. She makes her entrance as a stunningly attractive woman with long black hair, eccentric mannerisms and seemingly unlimited wealth. Myria, in fact, turned out to be the first of The Auditors to inhabit a human body for the purposes of manipulating Jeremy Clockson to stop Time, and to gain an understanding of humans. See also Discworld (world#Magic The Discworld gods are the fictional deities from Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series of fantasy This article contains brief biographies for characters from Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series
She initially gave a distinct impression of being inhuman despite her looks, but as time passed she not only learned to be a better mimic, but began to be lured into humanity. Both terrified and fascinated by such things as individuality (something that had been completely foreign), the subconscious, flavor, culture and emotions, Myria gradually gave up her Auditorial traits. The term subconscious is defined as existing or operating in the Mind beneath or beyond Conscious Awareness. Flavor or flavour is the sensory impression of a Food or other substance, and is determined Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate" generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic An emotion is a mental and physiological state associated with a wide variety of feelings thoughts and behaviours
As Jeremy's project neared completion, Myria had proceeded from discarding her vessel when not required to experimenting with eating. In general terms eating (formally ingestion) is the process of consuming Food to provide for the Nutritional needs of an Animal, particularly She found herself increasingly dismayed with, and eventually in open rebellion against, the 'collective' of The Auditors. Forming an unlikely alliance with Susan Sto Helit and Lu-Tze, she contributed her knowledge of her former 'race' to the trio. Susan Sto Helit (also spelled Sto-Helit) once referred to as Susan Death, is a Fictional character who has featured in three of Terry Pratchett Lu-Tze is a character in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. Susan immediately recognized Myria's name as a crude pun on "Myrios" - "innumerable" and "Legion" and partially overcame her hatred of the Auditors to rename her Unity. See Legion (disambiguation for other concepts with this name Legion, also known as the Gerasene demon, or translated as Lots
While the Auditors were foiled, Unity was left a traitor and in her own estimation "hideously insane". All her attempts to understand a species she had joined as an adult without any kind of childhood having failed, and with Jeremy, the object of her affections, permanently out of the picture, she finally chose to die. Child article read through the various talk pages for the debate -- it's been put on and removed twice With the assistance of the personification of Kaos, she committed suicide in a giant vat of chocolate (for an Auditor, even an ex-Auditor such as Unity, the powerful experience of the flavor of chocolate is fatal). An anthropomorphic personification is a natural process endowed with human form and personality
She explains that she was always an individual, even as an Auditor, her evidence is that she survived her dreams, when all other Auditors would perish; being creatures of order and perfection, the chaos of the human mind when it is left to wander will kill them. After she died, she was met by Death, indicating that she had become a genuine person with a soul and possibly faced reincarnation. Death, is a Fictional character in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series
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