Esmerelda Weatherwax. Granny Weatherwax, known to all, and not least herself, as the most competent witch on the Discworld.
Granny Weatherwax is the daughter of Violet Weatherwax, and was initially trained in witchcraft by Nanny Gripes and subsequently other witches who taught her all they knew, after which she taught herself and was a remarkably apt pupil. She is nominally the village witch of BAD ASS in the kingdom of LANCRE, although for practical purposes she regards the whole kingdom – and indeed, anywhere else she happens to be – as her rightful domain.
