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And now the last, short test:

Does setting characters On-/Off-Stage affect the save file size?

There doesn't seem to be a difference. Although I created a whole ghost town in Silverglen, even set all Luculla characters off-stage, there was no save file reduction. The size remained 6,33 MB (without new variables) / 6,51 MB (with new variables). Saving, reloading and saving didn't make a difference either.
And one related note to this: even off-stage characters will still receive events! Global characters from every point of the world, local characters from the same level. They respond like they do on-stage, which raises the question of this command's use: to me it seems there's no other use than keeping them away from world interactions (on the stage), but not from communication.

Edit: Maybe Osiris cares. Has to be investigated, yet.