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Originally posted by IrisAnne:
Hey, check this out. I was just reading a book about English history and I came across this sentence: "From medieval times up until the early seventeenth century, the Anglo-Scottish Borderlands were overrun by raiding gangs of outlaws and bandits (known as reivers) whose whole way of life was based on rustling, feuding amongst themselves, terrorism and blackmail

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Okay, that oddly makes me feel better. Even since they talked about Reavers on the show, I've been driving myself nuts trying to think why that word sounded familiar. That may be why.

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Originally posted by Saint Jayne:
I was never sure of the real-life link, but there is an extensive line of Reaver lead figurines (I guess they're pewter now) for D&D. I just stared at them, then shook my head and said, "nahhhh, couldn't be."

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I haven't asked permission to post the Reiver website or to quote from the book, which pretty much pegs ME as a reiver.

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