Sourcery | Characters & Character Analysis

Sourcery Characters

Rincewind

Rincewind is the least talented wizard at the Unseen University. He spends a great deal of the story trying to justify the fact that he is a real wizard. We only see one time when he even attempts any magic which is an accident when it happens. When he decides that he must face the sourcerer and will surely die he doesn't try magic but uses his sock with a brick in it. The fact that he was the least of the wizards may be the thing that made him the only one who could save them.

Rincewind is naturally a coward and wants desperately not to have anything to do with the Archchancellor's hat or the sourcerer. The reader will see him try to run, hide or ignore the things that his conscience knows he must do. There are many opportunities for Rincewind to put himself before everyone...
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