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Reg Shoe
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| Name | Reg Shoe |
| Age | |
| Race | Zombie |
| Occupation | Watchman |
| Looks | Graygreenish skin, occasionally bits of him fall off |
| Residence | Ankh-Morpork |
| Death | Some 30 years ago in the Glorious Revolution |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | |
| Children | |
| Marital Status | single |
| Books | Reaper Man, most Watch books |
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The first zombie member of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. Originally a dead rights activist (founder of the Fresh Start Club), Reg Shoe has been organizing meetings, trying to rouse the dead from their graves, and complaining about the Watch treating undead citizens unfairly. When once he complained to Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson, Reg Shoe was offered a position in the Watch so that he might give insights on how matters can be better handled. He then quickly became the main source of complaints made to the Watch by undead citizens. On the whole, however, Reg is considered by Commander Vimes to be a good Watchman. For him, there is no worry of death and little of injury; he can always sew himself back together, providing the pieces can be located. For a while, before an Igor was recruited into the Watch, Reg may have served as the Watch emergency surgeon. This probably reduced the amount of (reported) injuries, since the sight of a zombie licking the thread before starting to sew you up would be quite unnerving...
As much of an idealist and wannabe revolutionary in life as he is in death, Reg Shoe was repeatedly struck by crossbow bolts while fighting Carcer Dun and his men shortly after the Glorious Revolution in Ankh-Morpork, an event which led to the rise to power of Mad Lord Snapcase, Vetinari's predecessor. This was only a temporary setback, however, as his revolutionary zeal caused him to ignore the wounds and continue fighting. After dying completely during the battle, he returned as a zombie shortly later. He is the only Hero of the Revolution who maintains his own grave in Small Gods' Cemetery, where he spends one day every year in solidarity with the others who fell alongside him.
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On revolutionaries and footwear:- one of the great leaders of the Mexican revolution was called Zapata[1] by his followers. Zapata is Spanish for "Shoe".
We get the English word sabotage from French civil disturbances and revolutions. The wooden clog worn by workers was called un sabot. Such a sturdy piece of wood could be used, in extremis, to terminally clog up and block industrial machinery if jammed firmly into the gears. Hence sabotage - or vandalism with footwear harnessed to a revolutionary cause.
