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Originally Posted by mormegil
Gimli and Merry would rather have adventures than to stay at home with the wife and kids. Which type of man would you truly prefer?
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You're otherlooking one possibly small and academic subtlety, old boy. Neither Merry nor Gimli at the time of the War of the Ring had "wife and kids". Their first loyalty was to their friends in carrying out the Quest of the Ring.
We know nothing *from the book* of Hama's family. As one of the King's closest guards and retainers, he was probably a huscarl of the royal household, forbidden to marry until estates were bestowed upon him. Therefore his loyalty was foremost to his King; and he carried this out pretty ineptly, allowing Wormtongue to gain ascendancy over Theoden through his lack of gumption, and when rescuers arrived trying to bar them from entry and remove their means of defence! Lucky he got the chop;
Roundhead Hama is certainly a liability, and probably a dastardly Cromwellian Republican as well!