I killed Jan off at another game once. He'd been there 9 months, and had lost... well, less friends than he's lost at Riv now, but the death toll was climbing. He grabbed the one person left he liked, carefully put her down (her player was dropping too), and then went on a delighted NPC killing spree in the cafeteria so the heroes would gang up and kill him. It was bittersweet, but I had no regrets right up until I started the log and his new roommate was like WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?? DDD: and tried to protect him, and then I felt not a little bad.

There's an end to every story, right? Unless, of course, said character pops up again in private musebox adventures involving the Totally Awesome Boat Team Justice Group...