At that time, the city's postal service had long since ceased operation, the remaining two employees doing useless things punctiliously every day. When Lipwig woke up, Vetinari offered him a job as Ankh-Morpork's Postmaster General which Lipwig could take or reject of his own free will (the alternative being, essentially, death, again of his own free will).

In Going Postal, Lord Vetinari, the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork arranged to have Lipwig survive his hanging. It was under the name Albert Spangler that he was captured in Ankh-Morpork and was to be hanged, in the beginning of events in Going Postal. He also used a number of aliases, including Albert Spangler. He has become an expert forger and uses a wide range of inks and papers that he stores in what he calls ' Mr. Lipwig uses his lack of memorability to his advantage in the use of a selection of easily removable distinguishable features, such as fake glasses and even ear hair wigs. On Watch reports across the continent he was anywhere between, oh, about six feet two inches and five feet nine inches tall, hair all shades from mid-brown to blond, and his lack of distinguishing features included his entire face.' (In Going Postal he claims his actual age is 26). According to the numerous descriptions handed in to various watches across the Plains ' He was 'about'. But their association ended, and later Lipwig developed a dislike for Cribbins, reflecting that the teaching took ' about ten minutes, and a year to forget some of it,' and that Cribbins is ' the sort that gives criminals a bad name.' ĭuring his time as a conman, Lipwig took advantage of the fact that he has no notable physical traits and is easily forgettable. At some point he met and associated with Cribbins, another criminal who taught him everything he (Cribbins) knew. In Making Money he alluded to living through the chaos of the breakup of the Unholy Empire, and having to do anything at all to survive, though he may have been lying. He was bullied at school, but ran away at the age of 14, and became a travelling conman. He attended school in Überwald, and had bad memories of his second year school mistress, Frau Shambers. He lost both his parents at an early age, and was raised by a grandfather who bred dogs. He originally comes from Überwald, specifically from a town called Lipwig. Little is known about Moist von Lipwig's past. A 'reformed con-man' who is one of the major characters of the series, von Lipwig is the protagonist of the novels Going Postal, Making Money, and Raising Steam. Moist von Lipwig is a fictional character from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. Moist von Lipwig on the cover of Making MoneyĪnkh-Morpork Post Office, Royal Mint, and Bank

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