 He is also quite fond of the Librarian, dismissing a rather snide question about whether it's appropriate for UU's librarian to be an ape with the response, ""... he's the only one of you buggers who's awake more'n an hour a day"".He also gets along with Watch Commander Samuel Vimes, despite the latter's legendary dislike of magic, as both of them share the belief that the most important thing about magic is knowing when not to use it.His father was a butcher ("Unseen Academicals)", and his brother is Hughnon Ridcully, High Priest of Blind Io, and Ankh-Morpork's religious spokesman.