Susan Sto Helit

Susan Sto Helit
Discworld character
Actress Michelle Dockery in character as Susan Sto Helit in a promotional shot for the SkyOne adaption of Hogfather.
First appearanceSoul Music
Created byTerry Pratchett
In-universe information
SpeciesHuman
GenderFemale
FamilyDeath (adoptive grandfather)
Death of Rats
Mort (father)
Ysabell (mother)

Susan Sto Helit (also spelled Sto-Helit), once referred to as Susan Death, is a fictional character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of fantasy novels. She is the granddaughter of Death, the Disc's Grim Reaper, and has a number of his abilities. She appears in three Discworld novels: Soul Music, Hogfather, and Thief of Time. Being both human and supernatural, Susan is frequently and reluctantly forced away from her attempts at normal life to do battle with malign supernatural forces or to take on her grandfather's job in his absence. Death tends to rely on her in his battles against the Auditors of Reality, particularly in situations where he has no power or influence. As the series progresses, she also begins to take on roles educating children, so that, as Pratchett mentions in The Art of Discworld, she has "ended up, via that unconscious evolution that dogs characters, a kind of Goth Mary Poppins".