▁squ ared . ▁To ▁prevent ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁s our cer ers , ▁therefore , ▁w iz ards ▁are ▁not ▁allowed ▁to ▁marry ▁or ▁have ▁children . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁few ▁pages ▁of ▁the ▁novel ▁deal ▁with ▁a ▁s our cer er ' s ▁father ▁who ▁che ats ▁death ▁by ▁making ▁a ▁prop he cy ▁that ▁Death ▁must ▁honour ; ▁the ▁alternative ▁is ▁to ▁risk ▁destroy ing ▁the ▁Disc world . ▁ ▁The ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁novel ▁de als ▁with ▁the ▁s our cer er ' s ▁plan ▁to ▁have ▁w iz ards ▁rule ▁the ▁Disc world , ▁and ▁the ▁efforts ▁of ▁a ▁small ▁group   – ▁including ▁R ince wind ▁the ▁W izard , ▁N ij el ▁the ▁Dest roy er ▁and ▁Con ina ▁the ▁H air d ress er , ▁daughter ▁of ▁C ohen ▁the ▁Bar bar ian   – ▁to ▁th wart ▁those ▁plans . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁many ▁references ▁to ▁ge asa ▁in ▁the ▁text , ▁which ▁are ▁id ios ync r atic ▁curs es , ▁v ows ▁or ▁oblig ations ▁placed ▁upon ▁a ▁person ▁( us ually ▁a ▁hero , ▁such ▁as ▁C ú ch ul ain n ▁in ▁Irish ▁myth ology ). ▁ ▁Plot ▁Death ▁comes ▁to ▁collect ▁the ▁soul ▁of ▁I ps l ore ▁the ▁Red , ▁a ▁w izard ▁who ▁was ▁ban ished ▁from ▁Un seen ▁University ▁for ▁marry ing ▁and ▁having ▁children , ▁something ▁forb idden ▁for ▁w iz ards . ▁B itter ▁over ▁this ▁fate , ▁I ps l ore ▁v ows ▁to