Nijel the Destroyer

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Nijel the Destroyer is a fictional character appearing in Sourcery, a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett.

Nijel met Rincewind in a snake pit and they escaped together. He fell in love with Conina at first sight, and she with him, and Pratchett's patented irony shows in their matching. He is a clerk who wants to be a Barbarian Hero and is currently half-way through a book on the subject. She is a Barbarian Hero who wants to be a Hairdresser but can't due to her genes. Nijel wears a thick, wooly loincloth that is actually a pair of underpants that he wears because 'mother insisted'.