Her name is misspelled twice as 'Sibyl' in Despite her high-class upbringing she has displayed a resourcefulness (including an instance where she attacked abductors looking for a sacrifice) that attracted the attention of Sybil's actions as a wife are more to do with a sense of duty and tradition than with necessity; she doesn't need to cook, as she has a phalanx of servants to do so for her, and yet she cooks for her husband because she believes that is what wives do.

Sybil maintains a number of close (female) social contacts from her school days, which, thanks to the kind of school she went to (The Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. He remains in his soul a copper. His Grace, The Duke of Ankh, Commander Sir Samuel "Sam" Vimes is a fictional character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. Vimes, who was about to retire following his marriage to Lady Sybil, was given the resurrected rank of Commander, putting him in charge of the Night Watch and the Day Watch. He also received a Vimes took a great interest in the restructuring of the Watch, placing new Watch Houses where they were needed and supervising the creation of both a Watch Academy and a Despite being viewed by many of the Discworld's more Machiavellian power brokers as easy to fool, Vimes is more cunning than he appears. Vimes is depicted in the novels as somewhere between an Inspector Morse-type 'old-school' British policeman, and a film noir-esque grizzled detective. Lady Sybil is a remarkably patient woman; she spent nearly the entirety of Sybil maintains a number of close (female) social contacts from her schooldays, which, thanks to the kind of school she went to (The Quirm College for Young Ladies), are now all strategically placed in the highest levels of power across the Sybil tries her utmost to get Sam to take some time off in almost every book, but for the most part, Sam finds an excuse to stay on the job.

Terry Pratchett commented that the Vimes character made setting a story in Ankh-Morpork very difficult as it is almost impossible to create a story involving any sort of crime or politics without it rapidly becoming a Watch book.While there have been a number of amateur stage productions of the books, a professional adaptation of Watson, J., Lydon, S. J. and Harrison, N. A. Lady Sybil Ramkin is first introduced in Guards! Lady Sybil is about 40 years old when she first … Lady Sybil is the last scion of one of the oldest clans of the Ankh nobility, the Ramkins (while there are still a few of the old noble families around, there are also many new nobility, civic figures given Lord titles by the Patricians down the ages). His years of practical experience give him a foundation of hard-headed realism on which he bases much of his more idealistic beliefs. Lady Sybil Terry Pratchett Discworld Word Nerd Geek Girls Disney Characters Fictional Characters How Are You Feeling Fan Art Romantic And the world turned towards morning. As of his latest promotion, his full name and title is: "His Grace, His Excellency, The Duke of Ankh; ““ Vimes grasped her hand. She donated her childhood home, Pseudopolis Yard, to the Watch after their original headquarters was burnt by a dragon. She is an amateur soprano, and also enjoys spending time with Vimes when he is not on the job (which is very rare because there is always crime in Ankh-Morpork and crime does not take a rest whenever Vimes does). In Vimes' involvement in preventing a pointless war with His role as Duke of Ankh largely involves diplomacy (his visit to Überwald in Since his son's birth, Vimes discovered a new cause in life: arriving at home every day at six o' clock sharp to read Vimes is, much to his own horror, becoming a politician.

Sybil also darns her husband's socks (she is far too genteel to damn them), even though she is rich enough to ensure he never need wear the same pair twice in his life, and as a result they no longer fit his feet properly, though he doesn't have the heart to tell her. He chokes off those little reactions and impulses, but he knows what they are. … (2001). Being a significant figure on the world stage just means he finds bigger crimes. The ramekin is built to withstand extreme heat, such as the flare of a torch used to light the Crème Brûlée - or a blast of fire from a dragon, an occupational hazard for dragon conservationists like Lady Sybil. During the first 25 years of his term in the Watch, Vimes rose to Captain of the Night Watch, a position that he attained about ten years prior to the events of The Watch was given a new headquarters, Pseudopolis Yard (an allusion to the name of the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police: As part of an equal-opportunities drive required by the Patrician, the Night Watch under Vimes eventually took on extra staff in the form of a werewolf, a dwarf and a troll (and later a gargoyle, a gnome, a golem, an Igor, a zombie, and a vampire).