Mort (Wikipedia)

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Mort is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett. Published in 1987, it is the fourth Discworld novel and the first to focus on the character Death, who only appeared as a side character in the previous novels. The title is the name of its main character, and is also a play on words: in French and Catalan, mort means “death”. The French language edition is titled Mortimer, and the Catalan language edition is titled Morth.

Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (allthetropes.org) The third NES entry of the epically long Castlevania series, and a prequel to the original. This game chronicles the exploits of Trevor C. Belmont (Ralph C. Belmondo in Japan), grandfather of the original game’s Simon Belmont. In 1476, Trevor, who has “a long history of fighting the forces of evil”, is called forth by the citizens of Wallachia to defeat Dracula. The game chronicles his journey across the land to the titular Castlevania, and his subsequent infiltration of the castle and battle with Dracula.

“It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever,” he said. “Have you thought of going into teaching?” Terry Pratchett, Mort
Although the scythe isn’t pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasants’ revolt will know that in skilled hands it is fearsome. Terry Pratchett, Mort
“You’re dead”, he said. Keli waited. She couldn’t think of any suitable reply.