Windle Poons
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Windle Poons is one of the main characters in the Discworld novel Reaper Man written by Terry Pratchett. He was a wizard at the Unseen University until the age of 130, whereupon he died. This was his first role in the novel. For the rest of the time, he is unwillingly undead, due to Death's absence. After his 'death', his senses are quite enhanced from their 130-year-old state although his appearance is somewhat unsettling, mostly from a failed attempt at preventing rotting via an advanced form of biofeedback (basically, controlling the reactions of your organs voluntarily).
After numerous attempts to take his own life...or after-life...he joined a band of undead misfits and eventually helped to defend the city of Ankh-Morpork against the additional lifeforce on the disc.
Before Reaper Man, Windle Poons appeared in one other Discworld novel, Moving Pictures. His physical and mental state then could be described as invalid, deaf, wandering of mind and hot on the ladies behinds in his weelchair. Like most of the UU staff, he has also made an appearance in the Discworld computer games, mainly voicing a paranoid fear of having his staff taken away and, when engaged in conversation, constantly returning to the subject of pickles.