years of stealing magic items eventually earned Havi connections with certain groups – one being the local theives’ guild. at one point he hired a thief to get certain item for him (he wasn’t about to go do it himself)

the thief he hired was named Meril, and she showed interest in the items Havi requested she snag. and we all know how Havi gets when people ask about his magic shit

so they hit it off fairly well! and Havi kept returning to Meril for jobs that needed to be done. as you could expert, Tanum and Meril became good friends. (Tanum tried getting Meril to put in a good word for him at the thieves’ guild; but every time he mentioned it, she would burst into laughter and the conversation wouldn’t go any further. he was always v salty about this)

after a month or so, Meril asked Havi out. he was 25, yet this was his first Real Relationship – which made it not the Best one. their relationship wasn’t bad (they had a lot of fun together, really) but Havi wasn’t super quick to open up – emotionally nor intimately – which caused some problems. he eventually proved too boring for Meril’s exciting lifestyle, and they broke up after almost a year.

the split wasn’t messy, but they aren’t exactly close friends anymore. they would still see each other on occasion, but Havi’s jobs for Meril trickled to a halt. eventually Havi stopped his pursuit of magical items via thievery, and he started focusing more on his magic studies than acquiring cool magic things he wasn’t allowed to own.

there’s actually a fanfiction that beautifully covers all of this!!! please read it.