Does Elminsters Immortality Not Come From His Being A Chosen Of Mystra? So *bonks U With My Angst Hammer*

does elminster’s immortality not come from his being a chosen of mystra? so *bonks u with my angst hammer* Gale probably feels even MORE inferior since having been cast aside. immortality was in his grasp and then it was taken away. he was at one point expecting to live for much longer than he will now

domestic bloodweave scenario in which as gale ages he becomes obsessed with finding magical ways to extend his lifespan, cripplingly afraid of becoming obsolete in astarion’s immortal eyes

you can’t even fathom the problematic things me and my mutuals are romanticizing

gale thot: im your man by mitski is massively gale-coded

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Gale's Revelation (cut scene from Early Access)

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Gale: (upon propositioning the player and being rejected in favor of another) I.. I see. He's a lucky man. Loyalty is such a... Such a very rare commodity.

Gale: Apologies, I really did think you and I... But no. Perhaps it's for the better. In fact I'll let you be the judge of that. After all, I still have a story to tell.

Gale: It is a story full of answers long overdue. It is the story of a man who fell in love with a goddess.

Player: Very well, I'll play along. Regale me, Gale.

Gale: Thank you.

Gale: Once upon a time, not quite that long ago, there lived a wizard in a tower. The wizard was what one might call a prodigy, who from an only age could not only control the Weave, but compose it, much like a musician or poet. Such was his skill that it earned him the attention of the mother of magic herself. The Lady of Mysteries. Mystra.

Player: What did Mystra's attention feel like?

Gale: Love.

Gale: Perhaps it was not quite love, but, you see, the wizard was but a very young man. It was most certainly love to him. Mystra showed him the secrets beneath the veils. The gossamer veils first, draped across the Weave. The delicate veils next, draped across her body. 'Chosen One' she whispered, as she slipped them off completely.

Player: The veils draped across the Weave?

Gale: Indeed. What most wizards perceive is but the ripple of the Weave's surface. Untold wonders lie beyond. I enjoyed them for a while. As we enjoyed each other.

"God, his knees are starting to hurt."

based on @troutsoup's writing! love the exploration of gale's childhood... an extra level of horror that mystra visited him in the form of a child

me n the besties cooking up the most rancid toxic unhealthy relationship bw aus like 'yeah we love these characters!'