I'm so thrilled that the OCs came across as not only necessary, but fun. Because when I read a fic, I'm really, really wary of OCs and I usually don't care about them. But in this case, I felt like the use of OCs would be a good way to define something about Arthur, and to close out the beginning of the story. So if they themselves were interesting, that's all I wanted to accomplish. :) So, thank you for that! ^_^