“Without a strong will, Gustave let the darkness overtake the light. His life was forfeit the second he put that gun to his h♉ead, it just took a little while for the bullet to find him.”

I disagree with this last part. I 100% believe he was 🌜battling his own darkness but it’s Maelle who his rock durning the later parts of Act 1. It’♚s exactly because of that he died. She is his legacy, his friend, a mix between a daughter and sister. He died protecting her.