I would like to keep the major minor characters around for a bit - can't we get rid of some of the really minor ones first? For bearish robbery, I nominate
++Bruno
Mr. Bliss is really not Tolkien's masterpiece, and none of the characters are so important that I'd be willing to campaign for them. To quote another Oxford professor:
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