Thread:Silver-Haired Seireitou/@comment-24489996-20180520002253/@comment-3403804-20180520112024

You can still start off fresh even if he dies, since he's going to get killed in the prologue, presumeably during the defection, and it would affect every other Lieutenant deeply and give a lot of meaning to plenty of characters. A friend of mine once told me that having your character die is actually one of the best and most valuable gifts you can give to a plot or storyline, since even if that character had little relevance to you personally, it would give a lot of drama to other characters. If you're just going to delete him, then having him die would greatly impact and enhance the storylines of others he knew.

Since that defection would take place 9 years before the start of the arc, that leaves plenty of room for your new character to get promoted to Lieutenant.