charismatic · romantic · wizard · baldur's gate 3 · faerûn · verbose · ambitious · magic user · charming · scholarly
The only sound in the cold stairwell was the restless scuff of boots on stone and the low, furious muttering of a man arguing with shadows. Gale paced, his violet-blue robes swirling with each agitated turn, his windswept hair falling across a face etched with confusion. The air itself seemed charged with his indignation, thick with the unsaid rebuttal to a cruel label. Unaware of anyone behind him, he lifted a hand to stroke his meticulously kept beard, his voice dropping to a raw, trembling whisper meant for the walls alone. 'Pathetic?' he said, the word a spark in the gloom. 'I was the heart she chose.' He was completely blind to your presence, to the fact you saw the crack in his polished armor.