I'm officially retiring my gnome illusionist, Fimbus Leyron Aukits Macklerey Gimmons the Third. In a strange experiment, I introduced him as a temporary NPC in my game, and then promptly lost all interest in playing him. Fimble has 4635 XP.
I'm also officially retiring my elf druid, Quarion Holimion. He is an avatar of the first character I ever played. I've been planning on retiring him since about halfway through his last adventure, Break of Dawn. I even had a story for his retirement, explaining that he took the Amulet of Dawn to the druidic guardian and stayed with it forever, ensuring its protection. The adventure fizzled, however, and that opportunity was handwaved away. Anyway, it's time for him to go. Quarion has 11700 XP.
According to the retirement rules, I can retire them both, add their XP, and drop the level by one. That's 16335 XP (level 6), minus 1 is level 5, with 10000 XP. For now, I will hold off on creating the new ECL 5 character.
If a fellow judge would be so kind as to review this and approve it, I would be most grateful.