Susan Sto Helit

Susan Sto Helit
Discworld character
First appearance	Soul Music
Created by	Terry Pratchett
Information
Description	Death's adoptive granddaughter; a stern schoolteacher, has pure white hair with a single black streak through it
Associations	Death (adoptive grandfather) Death of Rats Mort (father) Ysabell (mother)
Location	Quirm College, Sto Helit, Ankh-Morpork
Also in	Hogfather, Thief of Time
Notes	Duchess of Sto Helit Wields a fireplace poker against monsters Portrayed by Michelle Dockery in the Sky One TV miniseries of Hogfather, titled Terry Pratchett's Hogfather

Susan Sto Helit (also spelled Sto-Helit), once referred to as Susan Death, is a fictional character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of fantasy novels. She is the "granddaughter" of Death, the Disc's Grim Reaper, and, as such, has "inherited" a number of his abilities. She has appeared in three Discworld novels: Soul Music, Hogfather, and Thief of Time. She is also referred to (though not by name) at the end of Mort, when her father invites Death to her christening. She is one of the Discworld series' principal protagonists. Being both human and supernatural, Susan is frequently (and reluctantly) forced away from her "normal" life to do battle with various malign supernatural forces or, barring that, to take on her grandfather's job in his absence. Death tends to employ her in his battles against the Auditors of Reality, particularly in situations where he has no power or influence. As the series progresses, she also begins to take on roles educating children, so that, as Pratchett mentions in The Art of Discworld, she has "ended up, via that unconscious evolution that dogs characters, a kind of Goth Mary Poppins".

Susan is the daughter of Ysabell, Death's adopted daughter (introduced in The Light Fantastic), and Mort, who was briefly Death's apprentice in the book Mort. At the end of Mort they leave Death's domain and become Duke and Duchess of Sto Helit. (We learn in Hogfather that the family motto is Non Temetis Messor: "Don't Fear the Reaper.") Susan is their only child.

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