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'''Gale''' is an [[Origins|Origin]] character and [[Companion]] in ''Baldur's Gate 3''. He is a [[Human]] [[Wizard]] with the [[Sage]] background. | '''Gale''' is an [[Origins|Origin]] character and [[Companion]] in ''Baldur's Gate 3''. He is a [[Human]] [[Wizard]] with the [[Sage]] background. | ||
{{Q|There's a gust of Weave about you, but it's a mere breeze. I need a tempest.|Gale, in search of powerful magic}} | {{Q|There's a gust of Weave about you, but it's a mere breeze. I need a tempest.|Gale, in search of powerful magic}} | ||
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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
=== Background === | === Background === | ||
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<br>Failing two checks, or choosing to leave him to his fate, will mean Gale falls back into the circle and cannot be recruited. | <br>Failing two checks, or choosing to leave him to his fate, will mean Gale falls back into the circle and cannot be recruited. | ||
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[[The Dark Urge]] has access to an additional option to ''"fantasise about hacking off the hand"''. If this option is chosen, then Gale will not be recruitable – instead the player will receive [[Gale's Severed Hand]] as a souvenir. {{Approval|Lae'zel|+1}} {{Approval|Wyll|-1}} {{Approval|Karlach|-1}}}} | [[The Dark Urge]] has access to an additional option to ''"fantasise about hacking off the hand"''. If this option is chosen, then Gale will not be recruitable – instead the player will receive [[Gale's Severed Hand]] as a souvenir. {{Approval|Lae'zel|+1}} {{Approval|Wyll|-1}} {{Approval|Karlach|-1}}}} | ||
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=== Personality === | === Personality === | ||
Gale is an intelligent, thoughtful wizard, with a good-hearted and peaceful nature. He has a scholarly, slightly pompous speaking style. He speaks openly about himself when asked, describing himself as a "wizard of some renown" who enjoys good wine and ocasionally writing poetry. He frequently shares anecdotes from his youth or his career as a wizard. Like [[Karlach]] and [[Wyll]], he generally approves of the player's good-aligned choices. | Gale is an intelligent, thoughtful wizard, with a good-hearted and peaceful nature. He has a scholarly, slightly pompous speaking style. He speaks openly about himself when asked, describing himself as a "wizard of some renown" who enjoys good wine and ocasionally writing poetry. He frequently shares anecdotes from his youth or his career as a wizard. Like [[Karlach]] and [[Wyll]], he generally approves of the player's good-aligned choices. | ||
=== Gameplay === | === Gameplay === | ||
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* [[Persuasion]] | * [[Persuasion]] | ||
== | == Interactions == | ||
{{SpoilerWarning}} | {{SpoilerWarning}} | ||
=== Personal quest === | === Personal quest === | ||
Over the course of Gale's personal quest, the game offers the player the choice to encourage, guide or simply mistrust him. While Gale can lie about the danger his condition poses to the party, he can eventually open up to the player character and look to them for guidance. | Over the course of Gale's personal quest, the game offers the player the choice to encourage, guide or simply mistrust him. While Gale can lie about the danger his condition poses to the party, he can eventually open up to the player character and look to them for guidance. | ||
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===== Moonrise Towers ===== | ===== Moonrise Towers ===== | ||
* Bring Gale to the hidden room in [[Balthazar]]'s chamber and interact with the ritual circle. He will give you unique dialogue. Then control Gale and interact with the ritual circle to combine a [[Broken Moonlantern]] and [[Dead Pixie]] to create a [[Shadow Lantern]]. | * Bring Gale to the hidden room in [[Balthazar]]'s chamber and interact with the ritual circle. He will give you unique dialogue. Then control Gale and interact with the ritual circle to combine a [[Broken Moonlantern]] and [[Dead Pixie]] to create a [[Shadow Lantern]]. | ||
== History == | |||
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From a young age, Gale was a prodigy with magic, manipulating magic like a skilled virtuoso plays music. He summoned a tressym, Tara, after his parents refused to get him a kitten. Gale's talent eventually drew the attention of the Goddess of Magic, [[Mystra]], who made him one of her Chosen. Mystra became a teacher, muse, and eventually lover to Gale. | |||
Gale, longing to impress his Goddess, begged her to give him access to forbidden levels of magic, which she repeatedly refused. He sought out a tome containing a scrap of Netherese Weave, hoping to impress Mystra by returning it to her. However, when he opened the book, something shot from the book into his chest, and his body became an unwitting host to an extremely destructive Netherese orb. To keep the orb inhabiting and corrupting his body in check, Gale must continually sate it with powerful magical artefacts - if he fails, the orb will detonate, bearing enough destructive power to bring down even whole cities, and Gale with them. As a punishment for his hubris, Gale lost his position as Chosen, and Mystra ceased contact with him. | |||
Prior to his abduction by mind flayers, Gale lived in a tower in [[Waterdeep]]. He and Tara spent most of their time locating magic items for him to consume. After his abandonment by Mystra, Gale became something of a recluse, and describes himself as having few friends. | |||
==Achievements== | ==Achievements== | ||