- Hydra is the largest of the 88 modern constellations, measuring 1303 square degrees, and also the longest at over 100 degrees. Its southern end borders Libra and Centaurus and its northern end borders Cancer. It was included among the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy. Commonly represented as a water snake, it straddles the celestial equator.
- Twoflower (Wikipedia)
Twoflower is a native of the Agatean Empire, on the Counterweight Continent, living in the major sea port of Bes Pelargic where he works as an “inn-sewer-ants” clerk where he calculates the level of insurance premiums. The first tourist ever on the Discworld, he wrote “What I did on my Holidays” after his return to the Empire.