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Look at my babies 🥹🥺💚💚💚

Commission for @taellise !! Thank you so much for commissioning me ♥🥺

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i love Gale BG3 and i love how this turned out but i'm never drawing hair again.

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Gale Guides and Ultimate Gale

This will be my master post, I guess :D Hello! I am the creator of Gale Guides and I want to spread my unhinged nerding about Gale on Tumblr too. Because why not. Maybe someone will find it helpful. But mostly because I want more players to get Ultimate Gale for themselves. Make him seen! Make him alive! He is so worth it! Use my Gale endings part 2 and get him before he is erased!

GaleGuide: Basic Gale Endings Guide Part 1

GaleGuide: Not so basic Gale endings (friend Gale included) Part 2

GaleGuide: Case of a sneaky God

GaleGuide: Difference between Gods

GaleGuide: Scenes in Act1

GaleGuide: How to get all Grove scenes and speed run to the Weave scene

Now look at him!

No mods! He is human and he is God at the same time.

You can hug him! You can kiss him! He will boop you! Tara is happy! But at the same time:

Tav: Are you saying you want to ascend? Claim godhood? Gale: No, not like that. I don’t want to join them. I want to better them. A god’s powers, paired with a mortal conscience, a mortal heart.

This is our better God. He exists within the Game! He is ULTIMATE. He is everything. GET HIM GET HIM GET HIM GET HIM NOW

I hope I don't suck at advertising lmao

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Hi everyone!

Just sharing here the Gale x M!Tav short fic I am writing, "A future worth taking a chance": https://archiveofourown.org/works/53584582/chapters/135639124

The synopsis is:

"The bard Olifyr and the wizard Gale became best friends from the moment they met. However, when Gale was charged with the dreadful task of sacrificing himself to stop the Absolute, they were forced to face their own emotions and comprehend what their friendship truly meant."

This one is planned to have six parts, and it is an excerpt from a larger novel I intend to write one day about my Tav Olifyr, The Fantastic Minstrel. I am using it to practice my English and my commitment with writing larger stories lmao

A curiosity about Olifyr is that, on my first run, Gale’s spell-teaching scene only happened in Act 2, after they were already aware of Mystra’s expectations. This changed the tone of the scene for me, and then I wrote it down to show you how I incorporated it into the final story. The fact that being soft locked on dates with Shadowheart and Karlach was what delayed Gale's romance was also incorporated in Olifyr's tale, but in a different way.

Although it is not required for this fic, I’d like to recommend here The Fifth Reason (https://archiveofourown.org/works/53238040), a one-shot that provides more insight into Olifyr’s back story and his relationship with Gale.

Thank you!

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Hello!

I've been here gathering courage to share, but I finally published a story about Gale and my bard wood half-elf Tav, Olifyr.

And I even drew a little comic to match! hahaha

The fifth reason

Theirs is a angst-fluffy friends to lovers relationship that revolves around Olifyr's troubles with magic, and the summary for this specific story is as follows:

"After Gale of Waterdeep revealed the truth about his past, he feared his friend Olifyr might distance himself from him. However, what started off as a lonely and silent night turned into a fantastical, magical, and very noisy escapade as the bard shared his own tale and explained his reasons for letting Gale stay."

It is literally my first written work since… 2016 I guess? So I kinda insecure, I confess. But I had so much fun getting back to writing that I am afraid I will have to do it more often :P

Hope you like it!

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Gale Sacrifice epilogue letter, romanced, willing to die

Do not misunderstand me - I am not afraid to die. But I am afraid of what I might leave behind me. That my sacrifice might hurt you so that your life becomes an echo of my own, your chest corrupted by heartache as mine once was by the orb.

I hope and pray it is not the case - that in the time since I left you, you have lived a life full of beauty, happiness, and wonder. That is what I will picture when the time comes. Only you. You were all I ever needed.

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oh! you made gale laugh! 🌷💞

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Manbun mod gale on a bi flag 🙏

real

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More Professor Dekarios

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Book of moths

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I requested a Cameo from Tim Downie as a Xmas Gift for myself and wanted to share it here!

The prompt was the following:

"Hi, Tim!

My Tav is Olifyr, a half-elf bard. Led by his mother, his elf family lives in a forest, is polygamous, and very wary of both humans and magic. How would Gale, Oli's boyfriend, try to win them over?

Thanks, and Merry Christmas!"

I am so happy, I loved it! 😆 he really delivered it perfectly! I will treasure it forever <3

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you keep me under your spell

it's like I waited too long

but all the scars you can see

they're permanent and I'm not

I want an innocent love

the rest of time

but all the scars you can see when I take my clothes off

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— Nothing to see here, Mr Dekarios.

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The Artifacts of Karsus and the Crown Of Horns

This post was inspired by several things:

- u/lookitsnichole 's question: if Mystra is melding together with Midnight, why don't we say that Karsus is melding with Gale

- what are the tasks of archmages and Chosens, which made me think about eldritch artifacts thanks to u/Valetheera

- and I would lie if I would say that the situation with Anders & Justice or rather Vengeance was not also in my mind.

What I posit is this:

The idea of Ascension may have been planted in Gale by the Orb & the Crown when he was in close proximity to both of them.

The changes in GodGale are just partly due to ascension and shedding humanity - he is at the minimum greatly influenced by these artifacts. It is possible that they are slowly melding together, or that in time the "Karsus" part can take over completely.

First what are the orb and the crown, and what became of Karsus?

Karsus became a god for an infinitesimally short time, and is considered to be a demi-god. Mystryl sacrifised herself, thus cut all magic and stopped Karsus's spell in the process, and transformed Karsus into stone. Karsus died but he did not go to the Fugue Plane (where souls normally go), but stayed on the Material Plane. His vestige can be called upon by powerful magic users. (Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide).

From the Annals of Karsus

My great spell of transcendence is mine alone, not to be committed to ink and parchment, but I have also forged three supreme enchanted items that are the physical embodiments of my wizardry, and of them I shall make record.

There is a Crown, an Orb, and a Sceptre, each night-alive and with its own power and purpose, and these I call the Regalia of Karsus.

The Crown of Karsus: to attract and absorb magical knowledge, and give the wearer dominion over himself so that he remains his own entity apart from the Weave.

The Orb of Karsus: a storage device or battery that condenses mystic power, ever-gathering so that it must be syphoned at intervals of its excess.

The Sceptre of Karsus: an instrument of projection, a focusing utensil for the precise wielding of unimaginably vast forces. (in Mystra's possession)

Know of these items you must, for if I fail to achieve immortality, they will persist, and I dare say, 'live' on beyond me.

The next question is do we have any other example of something created by a god for nefarious purposes, an evil & intelligent artifact which was capable of corrupting and even transforming the minds of its wearers? Even after the death of its forger?

Say hello to the Crown of Horns!

It was very likely forged by Myrkul (or reforged by him from an ancient Netherese artifact).

This artifact is possessed by Myrkul, sentient and it is capable to interfere with the minds of its wearers.

Following the god's destruction, the vestiges of Myrkul could strongly influence the actions of whomever wore the Crown of Horns, making suggestions within their consciousness, possessing them outright, and even altering their moral and ethical outlook to more closely resemble his own (this is fancy D&D talk for "this artifact will change your alignment to neutral evil"). No individual could remove their crown unless Myrkul's essence wished for his artifact to find a new host.

Laeral Silverhand was one of the Seven Sisters - one of the mortal daughters of Mystra (2.0), who was also a Chosen of Mystra. She was an incredibly powerful mage, and she was specifically gifted in creating artifacts, until she donned this Crown. In her own words:

"We found an artifact, the Crown of Horns, and I in my pride decided that my powers of will and magic were sufficient to counter the evil I sensed within it. I wore the Crown, and it claimed me as its own. Years went by, terrible years during which I lost Laeral and became the Wild Woman, the Witch of the North. I remember little of those years, which in many ways is a blessing."

Theorycrafting time & conclusion

When I look at GodGale I see remnants of Gale in him - he comes back for his love - but I mostly see the terrible, unsatisfiable hunger of the Orb personified as a God of Ambition. HumanGale had ambitions yes, but these ambitions had served a purpose, he wanted to achieve something, he had an endgoal in his mind. GodGale might help a follower to achieve something but that follower won't feel any satisfaction - they will endlessly run after the next thing like a little hampster in their wheel until exhaustion & death.

And I don't think this is truly Gale - this is a vestige of Karsus. The Crown was influencing and corrupting Gale from the moment Gale has got close enough. The Orb would act like a homing beacon to the Crown, and it could amplify its effects.

These artifacts are both capable of being sentient, containing the remnants of their forger - we have precedents for this in the lore, and the Annals of Karsus can be interpreted as proof (see the bolded part.)

And when he ascends? I see an amalgamation of them. I think the Gale part of GodGale is still mostly in charge, but this can change.

There is an interesting thought - we know that Raphael can have an ominous monologue about Mystra if she has the Crown. In that case Mystra had the Sceptre & Crown, and possibly the orb too (we don't know if she simply destroys it or pulls it out of Gale - it might still be intact.) I don't think this will bode well for her for the long run, but we'll see...

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Less than two days after I completed a 20-page study about Gale’s Act 3 quest, my print signed by Tim Downie finally arrived! I feel very rewarded because it was so timely lmao

Now to find a nice frame for it <3

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A (very) long (and probably pointless) analysis of Gale of Waterdeep's Act 3 Quest (Patch 5)

[Original post on Reddit] WARNING: BG3 Act 3 and Epilogue spoilers ahead! Careful!

Hello! I am not very active around here, but let's go!

I was one of the (apparently) few people who managed to obtain Gale's mortal ending back on Patch 2 by choosing to have a neutral audience with Mystra, and not the forgiveness one.

With the same save, I managed to make him return the Crown to Mystra and be cured from the orb, and also leave the Crown in the Chionthar.

On my playthrough it worked normally, and just recently I discovered through Reddit that this route was bugged to some people and Gale chose to ascend even when the player said to him not to.

Knowing this fact and that his quest has been fixed since then, I got really intrigued about how it works and how our choices change the underlying flags and, therefore, Gale's choices.

And then... well... I kinda ended up getting too invested and wrote a 20-page study about Gale's Act 3 quest. Embarrassing, I know :,D

But I am completely normal, I swear! Maybe a tad bit hyper focused about subjects that interest me. Such as, well, Gale Dekarios. And perhaps a bit too curious as well. It is important to notice that I did it for fun. I can't ensure everything I said is 100% correct. I just built some thoughts based on the data I had.

Anyway, here is the link if anyone is curious about my conclusions: 

A (very) long (and probably pointless) analysis of Gale of Waterdeep's Act 3 Quest (Patch 5)

Now excuse me, I am going to touch some grass.

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“Portrait of a Wizard as a Young Man”

A young Gale, before the beard. And the orb.