[arcticstorm]

Bombadil was one of my favorite minor characters, because he just seemed to have an extremely jovial spirit in the most dangerous of times. His intervention at the barrow and giving the hobbits their blades was very influential in the defeat of the which king in ROTK.

my other favorite minor character was Gildor, he and his band of elves were very helpful in getting the hobbits to crickhollow, without his intervention, I beleive that the blackriders may have overtaken them and retrieved the ring before leaving the Shire.