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Merry who was born in the hobbit aristocracy
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And hobbits pre-Bilbo and pre-Frodo were how important in the large picture of things? I suppose "aristrocrats" always feel like useless baggage?
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never did anything to benefit anybody but himself.
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Because Merry was so selfish when he left his home to go with Frodo. It was totally for himself that, seeing Eowyn in trouble, he stabbed the Witch-King. And he selfishly refused to accept more than a small gift from Eomer and Eowyn.