Guards! Guards! The Safest Place In Ankh Morpork

Guards! Guards! The Safest Place In Ankh Morpork

Vimes is shocked when he discovers that the Patrician considered the possibility of being overthrown and thrown into prison. Because of this, he took precautions. Now the palace dungeon is the safest place in Ankh Morpork.

There really isn’t any good way to do the best reveal in the book besides just showing the door. If I’m going to nitpick I’m not sure if I put quite enough bolts.

In my defense, the other takes I’ve seen of this didn’t do much better.

discworld wpmorse illustration pen and ink prison dungeon door cell bolts bars locks
It was a perfectly normal dungeon door, but it all depended on your sense of perspective.
In this dungeon, The Patrician could hold off the world.
All that was on the outside was the lock.
All the bolts and bars were on the inside.
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