Since then the following missive has arrived from a hybrid character, Ojii-San Tank Engine , who also sent this selfie.
Dear General Mai Hem,
The consequences of the action of your departed archer are of no relation to I. Last I heard the LOTR costume department was giving him a hard time - 'no, no, even with a life devoted to archery, your shoes suck!'. I pity the man. He even attempted to persuade them with information on the whereabouts of two characters from a previous set who are still MIA> They didn't have any of it, muttering to each other how easy it was to get a Jenga piece actor these days,
Ojii-San Tank Engine
It might not be rocket science but I think Oji-San Tank E might be a a non de plume, with a sly reference to Stephenson's famous tanka series of poems in praise of steam.