I'm at a loss for words...
So I finally decided to play Lethal difficulty, was having a pretty good run. And it was all thanks to Norm, he was probably my best character, my favorite character. He was there for my very first community and I thought it'd be fun to bring him with me. He's been around the block helping other communities I made and players I've met. I played as him probably longer than any of my other legacy characters.
So here's what happened, I had the game public so I could ask for help, because I've been struggling with the difficulty. Suddenly I had to use the bathroom and quickly turned off multiplayer and paused the game, or so I thought, Norm was alone and defenseless, he was getting attacked while I was busy. And I learned what happened though a damn achievement, I started freaking out and ran back to my room too see the character select screen. I was at a complete loss trying to understand what happened, but he was dead and there was nothing I could do. I actually started crying because it hurt so much that I got angry. I loaded up on a stockpile of guns, bombs, and consumables before heading to his body. I expected a hoard, a feral, even a juggernaut, but no... it was just one stupid zombie. One zombie took out my favorite character, my best friend within thisgame. I stood there watching it and Norm wander about for a bit before killing them both. (Norm's on the left and the zombie is on the right.) I wish I took pictures of him, I wish I double checked but there's nothing to do, he's gone and all I have left of him is this shitty achievement mocking me about his death.
TLDR: Lost an amazing legacy character due to a poorly timed bathroom break and negligence of not checking if the game was paused properly.