Gale Dekarios

Gale Dekarios was an ambitious human wizard who lived in Waterdeep and the Sword Coast during the late 15 century DR.

Description
The aspiring sage had a full brown beard and matching hair, brown eyes, and light skin. He wore a blue-purple robe. The curious mage wished to become the greatest wizard Faerûn had ever seen.

Activities
In addition to his magical studies, Gale enjoyed drinking wine and writing poetry.

Relationships
As a result of being denied a pet cat as a child, the young Gale conjured his own tressym, named Tara.

According to Gale, he had an intimate and loving relationship with the goddess Mystra. She was so taken with his skill that she revealed to him arcane secrets that were kept away from many others. This intimacy remained until the day of his folly, leaving the foolish wizard heartbroken.

History
In his youth, Gale was a prodigal practitioner of the Art. He likened his skill as a wizard to that of an actual artist, who manipulated the Weave in the same manner a virtuoso did music.

After he was spurned by the goddess Mystra, Gale sought to win back her affection. He sought out an ancient "tome of gateways" that contained within it a portion of the Astral Plane, described as a "fragment of primal Weave locked out of time", separated from the former goddess of magic. He wanted to reunite Mystra with her missing piece of magic, but failed in his endeavor.

As a result of his failed labor of love, Gale's body became the host to a Netherese destruction orb. The orb would continuously beat, absorbing energy from the Weave, counting down to an ultimate destruction that was capable of tearing down cities. Unknown to him, the orb did indeed contain a piece of ancient Weave—but it was the Weave of Karsus, which still sought to supplant the original Weave as its maker once intended. The orb could only be stabilized by allowing it to break down parts of the Weave around it, and as it began by draining Gale's own connection to the Weave he found his magical abilities greatly weakened.

In the, Gale was taken prisoner by illithids upon a nautiloid. A mind flayer tadpole was inserted into him through his eye, an act that would normally begin the process of ceremorphosis. However, the spelljammer was taken down by a host of devils and crashed into the Sword Coast, on the northern bank of the River Chionthar.

Rather than become a mind flayer himself, Gale was granted limited psychic powers, akin to those others referred to as True Souls of the Absolute. He soon met up with another passenger of the ship, who shared his mysterious new power.

Appearances

 * Video Games
 * Baldur's Gate III
 * Card Games