depressed charlie, thandi returns to faerun, tbo offshoot
After Thandi’s departure, Charlie was lost. He was like an unanchored boat, drifting away from everything. No resistance. No arguing. He barely spoke. Never smiled.
For months after that, he could barely take care of himself. He was a zombie, lost in grief. He had thought that she loved him.
And she left. Without a word on why, how long, if she’ll ever return. Thandi simply… ceased existing in his world. And he could not recover. Not on his own. Not for years.
He couldn’t reason it out. Had he not given her enough? Had he not impressed upon her the extent of his love? Had he given her the impression that he didn’t care? Could he have done more?
Agony was his only friend. He refused others. He couldn’t bear to see anyone, to hear one more it’ll be okay, you’ll find someone new. As if he could! As if Thandi was someone who could be replaced!
No.
He turned inward. There’s nothing left for him to do. He simply looked around him one day and concludes that there’s nothing worth staying human for.
So he walked in the woods and that’s the last anyone ever saw of him.