For starters, what are your standards on "Minor Characters"? XD
Anyway, Rawlins' first appearance is in Dead Beat and I believe Stallings first appears in Grave Peril, not Fool Moon. And Bianca first shows up in Storm Front.
Where does
Bianca appear in
Storm Front? I think that she is mentioned in there, but not actually encountered....
I would have to read the whole story to find it, and you might be able to answer quicker than I can find it.
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Humm, I suppose that I now have three terms - Least Character - Minor Character - Major Character.
Although
Spike played the part of "Thug's Aid" in
Storm front and "Dead Clue Person" in
Fool Moon, he was forever a
Least Character.
Someone that Harry was aware of, but did not really affect him much.
I suppose that I would consider a
Minor Character someone that
Harry interacts with more then once, but does not really have a lot of impact on Harry - or the Story.
Harry encounters the Carpenter Family as a Whole (I forget which book) - Molly as a
Minor Character in
Death Masks, and Molly as a
Major Character in
Proven Guilty.
I would also say that
Charity is a
Least Character until
Proven Guitly, where as the
Minor Character of Avenging Mother she
rocks!!
But, does her status change to
Major Character? I would say, "Not yet."
As for Rawlings - You are forgetting the
Battle of S.I. in
Fool Moon - where everyone went up against the Loup Garu.
We met a lot of the Characters that were supporting Murphy in the
Fight Against the Monsters.
They may not have had much mention, but they were there. Like being
Least Characters, promoted to
Minor Characters when the Story focused on them.
A bit extreeme on the point, but the Q was - "When is the first time you see these people?"
Major Characters are those that we see interacting with Harry a lot, and make an impact on him, and the Story.
Like with
Nicodemus - although
Harry only encountered him in
Death Masks, Old Nick really made Harry realize the Truth of his Life, and face those facts. Old Nick changed
Harry - and not just because he gave
Lashiel to him.
As for
Lashiel, I would have to say that Harry
keeps her as a
Minor Character; someone that is there, but does not control him - or change the Story.
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Now - my Question would be do we list each catagory - Least Characters - Minor Characters - and Major Characters?
I don't know if I would want to list every Character that Harry has
ever encountered.
