Lol. It is way to early for me to think about that with this character. I will tell you how I retired previous characters, surprisingly I've only actually killed off two and these were in situations where it was too hard to work with the character or I couldn't get them off the ground.
My draenei priestess back in wow just resolved the issues she had that generated conflict and she disappeared into the background.
My supernatural detective has settled down for now with his girlfriend and a dog and has become more or less a background NPC for others.
I had a stormwind guard turned worgen who eventually retired to a quiet life with his daughter. I don't see retiring a character as having to wipe them of any chance to continue to exist, they're just no longer part of the main story, their interesting life has been settled into something more routine
My draenei priestess back in wow just resolved the issues she had that generated conflict and she disappeared into the background.
My supernatural detective has settled down for now with his girlfriend and a dog and has become more or less a background NPC for others.
I had a stormwind guard turned worgen who eventually retired to a quiet life with his daughter. I don't see retiring a character as having to wipe them of any chance to continue to exist, they're just no longer part of the main story, their interesting life has been settled into something more routine