His Grace the Duke of Ankh Sir Samual Vimes We fist meet Sam Vimes lying in a gutter at the begining of Guards! Guards!.
Since then, Sam Vimes's fortunes have changed dramatically.
He started out a drunk, in charge of a Watch that most people pretended didn't exist.
But now he is married to the richest woman in Ankh-Morpork,
has a position of influence in the city, and has been made a Duke by the Patrician.
Despite despising dwarfs, trolls, Assassins, monarchy, the Patrician and the undead,
Vimes is generally fair in his policing - and he always gets his man, woman or golem,
even if it sometimes takes a while.
He is respected by all the Watchmen, and has a talent for upsetting important people, which is perhaps why the Patrician likes him so much.
This is one of my all time favorite characters
