![Mort (Discworld, #4, Death, #1)](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1551151112l/6567818._SX98_.jpg)
When we first meet the eponymous character, he's "tall, red-haired and freckled with the sort of body that seems to be only marginally under its owner's control; it appeared to have been built out of knees." Nonetheless, the lad is taken on as an apprentice by Death. It's a sort coming-of-age story for Mort, but the book's star character is really Death.