Susan

Duchess Of Sto-Helit, was once referred to as Susan Death, is a character who has featured in three of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels.

She is first introduced as a sixteen-year-old pupil at the Quirm College for Young Ladies in Soul Music, shortly after the death of her parents. During this book, Death takes a holiday from his work in an attempt to forget his more troubling memories, thereby creating a metaphysical vacancy in the post, which 'sucks Susan in', as Albert puts it, forcing her to temporarily assume the role of Grim Reaper. After graduating—and despite technically being the current Duchess of Sto Helit—she begins a teaching career, first as a governess (in Hogfather) and then as a schoolteacher (in Thief of Time). She insists on being addressed as "Miss Susan".


Personality and traits
Susan is tall and thin; in The Discworld Companion, Pratchett describes her as "attractive in a skinny way." Her hair is pure white, but with a streak of black running through it from end to end. It tends to rearrange its style of its own accord depending on her mood or actions. Her age is uncertain, although as of Thief of Time she is probably in her early to mid twenties. Despite her relative youth, she projects a sense of great age. Susan possesses a birthmark that shows itself only when she blushes; it consists of three finger-like marks that were left on her father when Death slapped him. These marks glow when Susan is angry, as mentioned in Soul Music. She has on several occasion demonstrated a preference for the color black.

Paired with Sirius