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It’s probably due to the word batard in French meaning something of a dual nature or dubious origin (and can therefore also be used for our more usual use of the word bastard).

As the bastard, or hand a half, sword is halfway in length between the single handed long sword and the two handed great sword and could be used either way. The French specifically call it an epee batard and IIRC correctly there’s a type of French bread called a batard which is like a hybrid of a loaf and a baguette.

It’s an interesting question… until not many years ago, you couldn’t even be a police officer in the UK if you had visible tattoos.

I believe the rule now is they can’t be “inappropriate” if visible.

Probably a Hardy Boys book, I used to devour those as a pre-teen.

Great game with very emotional storytelling.

For those that remember the late TotalBiscuit, it was his favourite game.