[Kalimac]

Sorry, but I never liked him too much. He was wonderfully portrayed, but he was definitely one of those characters who is great for interpretation and horrible to think about standing next to you. If I'd been Sam I doubt I would have resisted the temptation (especially at the last, on Sauron's Road) to kill him, or at least tie him up or handicap him in some way so he couldn't come after me and possibly shove me into the Cracks of Doom. And yes, this would definitely have doomed the Quest. Still, he didn't know how it would end. To be honest (if callous) I would very likely have felt sorry for him and his life of enslavement to the Ring, but that feeling would only have really developed once he was safely incinerated in Orodruin and I was back in the Shire, without the prospect of being taken by the throat unawares.