![]() ![]() Simon is a natural talent who invents a whole new way of looking at the universe that reduces it to component numbers. While there, Esk witnesses the progress of an apprentice wizard named Simon, whom she had met earlier, on her way to Ankh-Morpork. Esk is unsuccessful in her first, direct, attempt to gain entry to the University, but Granny Weatherwax finds another way in as a servant. As Esk grows up, it becomes apparent that she has uncontrollable powers, and the local witch Granny Weatherwax decides to travel with her to the Unseen University in Ankh-Morpork to help her gain the knowledge required to properly manage her powers.īut a female wizard is something completely unheard of on the Discworld. ![]() Since Billet notices his mistake too late, the staff passes on to her. However, the newborn child is actually a girl, Esk (full name Eskarina Smith). ![]() ![]() This signifies that the child is destined to become a wizard (on the Discworld, the number eight has many of the magical properties that are ascribed to seven in the real world), Billet wants to pass his wizard's staff on to his successor. The wizard Drum Billet knows that he will soon die and travels to a place where an eighth son of an eighth son is about to be born. ![]()
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