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Truly what was Thistle's crime but loving too much- oh he went too far, he killed the main party- so did rabbits with knives for feet, okay. he was the equivalent of a teenage boy who watched his father get brutally murdered and then became burdened with the weight of his nephew's life. He was the only elf in a nation of humans. His younger brother became his older brother in what must have felt like a blink. Delgal begged him to save everyone's lives so he did. And despite all his work, despite doing what he was asked to do, Delgal still chose to die.
How could you ask him to give that up? Have you never loved to destruction? Sunk your nails into the present out of fear for the future? Have you never loved so intensely that anything but total reciprocation felt like a betrayal? He gave everything for his nation and they resented him, how could he forgive that? He lasted 1000 years as a dungeon lord and all he wanted was to protect his people in the only way he knew how.