He comes from the overseas Agatean Empire, where he was working at an insurance (inn-sewer-ants) company and is the first tourist ever on the Discworld.

His adventures begin when he decides to visit the city of Ankh-Morpork, where he meets the inept wizard Rincewind, whom he hires as a guide. Throughout the first two novels, he is followed by The Luggage, a box which is moving on hundreds of little legs, carrying his belongings.

Twoflower is the optimistic but naive tourist (probably alluding to stereotypical American or Japanese tourists). He often runs into the danger, being certain that nothing bad will happen to him, as far as he is not involved. He also believes in the goodness of human nature and that all problems can be resolved, if all parts show a good will and cooperate.

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