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1.
Gale
: Did you feel that? ORI_Gale_IPRD_BlessedByMystra
- 264.
  Gale
  : If I wasn't surrounded on all sides by the darkness of the shadow-cursed lands, I'd think it was Mystra herself brushing against my skin.
  - 388. Player: I felt it too. It was like my skin became charged with something. More alive, somehow., SORCERER, WIZARD
    
    240.
    Gale
    : That's Mystra's power for you. Where there's even a trace of magic, she will be there to bring it to life.
    
    21.
    Gale
    : There's clearly some magic in you, if you were able to sense her presence. But I think I felt something stronger.
    
    217.
    Gale
    : She's left some tiny part of herself to watch over me, I think. A boon to help us reach the Heart of the Absolute in one piece.
    
    298. Player: Unless this 'boon' of hers saves you from detonating the orb, it hardly seems worth it.ORI_Gale_Event_PushAwayFromDeath
    
    323.
    Gale
    : True enough, and somehow I doubt that's an order Mystra will be willing to rescind, no matter how many times I impress her. The stakes are simply too high.
    
    219.
    Gale
    : Strange, though, that she would reward me for such a service now. She's hardly been forthcoming on that front since my banishment...^devnote
    
    105.
    Gale
    : Perhaps I'm overthinking things. A blessing's a blessing. And this one should come in most useful.^devnote
    End
    
    406. Player: Ignore her, Gale. She's trying to manipulate you, to convince you to do as she asked.ORI_Gale_Event_PushAwayFromDeath
    
    337.
    Gale
    : To detonate the orb, you mean?
    
    282.
    Gale
    : You might be onto something there. Though Mystra's intelligent enough not to resort to such overt manipulation.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 105
    
    223. Player: Given all we're up against, I'm grateful for the help.
    
    263. [Jump] Jump to Node 219 (1)
  - 325. Player: I didn't notice anything.
    
    174.
    Gale
    : I'd no idea you were so insensitive.^devnote
    
    65.
    Gale
    : No, don't feel disheartened. Very few are capable of attuning themselves to what I just experienced. A state of affairs Mystra prefers, in all honesty.
    
    Link to Node 217
  - 253. Player: She's not speaking to you, Gale. I doubt she's come to give your arm a stroke.
    
    260.
    Gale
    : Pleasant as that would undoubtedly be, it was no lover's caress I just felt.
    
    Link to Node 217
  - 341. Player: Mystra can't enter the shadow-cursed lands?
    
    394.
    Gale
    : The curse that afflicts the land appears to be a manifestation of an incredible amount of dark magic - the sort manifested through the Shadow Weave.
    
    148.
    Gale
    : It is an altogether different form of magic, drawn from the negative spaces left in the Weave's wake. It is Shar's domain, not Mystra's.
    
    97.
    Gale
    : I'm surprised she would risk making contact here, however briefly.
    
    Link to Node 217
  - 155. Player: Mystra isn't foolish enough to enter the Lady Shar's territory, surely? CLERIC_SHAR
    
    43.
    Gale
    : Mystra and Shar have a rather tense relationship at the best of times. It's best for everyone when they stay out of each others' domains.
    
    115.
    Gale
    : For her to risk coming here, however tentatively, means she came with good reason. Because of what she asked of me.
    
    Link to Node 217
  - 272. Player: I felt it too. A sensation not dissimilar to the sensation I've known when praying in her holy shrine. Though weaker.CLERIC_MYSTRA
    
    114.
    Gale
    : Not weak, but subtle. Mystra knows it is a risk to make herself known here, however briefly.
    
    284.
    Gale
    : After all, this cursed place is not hers but Shar's. Mystra came here with a purpose.
    
    Link to Node 217
  - 320. Player: I felt it too. A sensation not dissimilar to summoning a tendril of the Weave, though weaker., SORCERER, WIZARD
    
    Link to Node 114
11.
Gale
: I can't help but feel like I've been fumbling in the dark for too long, and have just had a lit torch thrust into my hands.^devnoteORI_Gale_State_WillingToDie = False, ORI_Gale_State_SawElderBrain, ORI_Gale_IPRD_Act2End
- 355. Player: What are you talking about?
  - 53.
    Gale
    : The crown. The one the elder brain was wearing. The one I very nearly destroyed.^devnoteORI_Gale_State_SawElderBrain, COL_KethericShowdown_State_ControlledByActiveSpeakerAvatar
    
    191.
    Gale
    : Netherese magic. So pure - so complete - that I didn't even recognise it at first...^devnote
    
    Link to Node 303
  - 376.
    Gale
    : The crown. The one the elder brain was wearing.ORI_Gale_State_SawElderBrain, COL_KethericShowdown_State_ControlledByActiveSpeakerAvatar = False
    
    Link to Node 191
  - 66.
    Gale
    : The elder brain. But more importantly, the crown that it wore. Even without seeing it for myself, I could sense it.ORI_Gale_State_SawElderBrain = False
    
    108.
    Gale
    : Netherese magic. So pure - so complete - that I doubted what I was feeling at first.
    
    303.
    Gale
    : Most Netherese artefacts contain only the faintest amount of their former power - the ghost of an echo of a memory... that crown was different.
    
    404.
    Gale
    : I can't fathom how such a wonder survived - surely everything of its ilk was destroyed along with Netheril itself... but no matter. It exists, and I must learn more of it.
    
    98. Player: Back up a little - why is this crown so important all of a sudden?
    
    Link to Node 289
    
    259. Player: You nearly killed yourself back there. Perhaps take a moment.ORI_Gale_State_SawElderBrain, COL_KethericShowdown_State_ControlledByActiveSpeakerAvatar
    
    56.
    Gale
    : I know what nearly happened... and I'm sorry, for putting you in that position. But I've stepped back from the precipice now. I've seen what may prove to be another way. A better way.
    
    289.
    Gale
    : That crown sits on a gargantuan elder brain bent on destroying us and everything we hold dear. Understanding its true nature might unlock the means of our victory.
    
    225.
    Gale
    : We need to learn more about what we saw. An artefact as powerful as that crown must have been documented somewhere.
    
    254.
    Gale
    : Sorcerous Sundries is no mere trading post. It's been serving the arcane community for centuries.^devnoteLOW_SorcerousSundries_State_Visited
    
    332. [Jump] Jump to Node 236 (2)
    
    208.
    Gale
    : As luck would have it, we'll soon find ourselves near one of the finest book collections this side of Candlekeep - Sorcerous Sundries. I need to go there, and learn all I can.LOW_SorcerousSundries_State_Visited = FalseORI_Gale_State_SentToFindBook
    
    203. Player: Why would a Baldurian magic shop be the first place we look?
    
    236.
    Gale
    : Ha! Sorcerous Sundries is no mere trading post. It's been serving the arcane community for centuries.
    
    Link to Node 200
    
    349. Player: So you just want to go shopping?
    
    176.
    Gale
    : Book shopping. But yes.
    
    200.
    Gale
    : Their collection of rare tomes is unparallelled. Netherese texts are hardly commonplace, but I'm certain they'll have one or two stashed away.^devnote
    
    344.
    Gale
    : I doubt they'll have any books on breaking contracts with devils, though. We'll have to figure that one out for ourselves.HoH_Warlock_State_ContractDestroyed = False, GLO_Monitor_State_MadeDeal
    End
    375.
    Gale
    : You'll have to forgive my eagerness, but if my suspicions prove to hold water, this could be the answer to all our problems.ORI_Gale_State_ReactedElderBrain
    End
    
    4. Player: Let's just get to Baldur's Gate, first of all.CURRENTREGION_BGO_Main_A = False, CURRENTREGION_END_Main = False, CURRENTREGION_CTY_Main_A = False
    
    271.
    Gale
    : Indeed, the journey awaits. One foot in front of the other is tried and true, I find.
    
    Link to Node 200
    
    222. Player: Sounds like an excellent idea.['Gale 1']
    
    305.
    Gale
    : The only kind I have.^devnote
    
    322. [Jump] Jump to Node 200 (1)
    
    363. Player: No, Gale.['Gale -1']
    
    283.
    Gale
    : No...? My needs are modest, but the fruits they could be may prove immense. I can only hope you have a change of heart when the time comes.
    
    122.
    Gale
    : After all, a brief expedition into the bookshelves of Sorcerous Sundries is a small price to pay to save an entire city. Even if you aren't a fan of reading.^devnoteORI_Gale_State_ReactedElderBrain
    End
    
    330. Player: I'm not so sure you're owed any favours just now.ORI_Gale_State_SawElderBrain, COL_KethericShowdown_State_ControlledByActiveSpeakerAvatar
    
    266.
    Gale
    : Likely not. If I've done damage to your opinion of me, then I am truly sorry. But if this crown amounts to what I suspect it is, then your faith will soon be restored, and then some.
    
    408.
    Gale
    : It's clear crown and brain are intrinsically connected, and given the pressing urgency of us smiting the latter, understanding the former could make all the difference.
    
    Link to Node 225
    
    118. Player: What do you suggest?ORI_Gale_State_SawElderBrain, COL_KethericShowdown_State_ControlledByActiveSpeakerAvatar = False
    
    156. [Jump] Jump to Node 225 (1)
    
    186. Player: What do you suggest?ORI_Gale_State_SawElderBrain = False
    
    Link to Node 156
    
    269. Player: So you're dropping the whole 'blowing yourself up' thing? You think I'll just forget about that?ORI_Gale_State_SawElderBrain, COL_KethericShowdown_State_ControlledByActiveSpeakerAvatar = False
    
    Link to Node 192
    
    161. Player: So you're dropping the whole 'blowing yourself up' thing? You think I'll just forget about that?ORI_Gale_State_SawElderBrain = False
    
    192. [Jump] Jump to Node 266 (1)
- 356. Player: You seem in a good mood. I thought you might be more subdued after coming close to blowing up.
  - 373.
    Gale
    : Indeed... under other circumstances, I might have been subdued. Or ashamed. But after what we saw? I must admit I'm excited.
    
    Link to Node 172
- 232. Player: You don't miss the shadow-cursed lands, then?CURRENTREGION_SCL_Main_A = False
  - 243.
    Gale
    : Hardly - I'm more than glad to leave that place behind.
    
    Link to Node 172
- 403. Player: We're not out of the shadow-cursed woods yet, Gale...CURRENTREGION_SCL_Main_A
  - 16.
    Gale
    : Apologies - I got rather lost in the metaphor there. Allow me to provide a map -
    
    28.
    Gale
    : I speak of what we discovered at the heart of this cursed place.
    
    172. [Jump] Jump to Node 355 (2)
- 75. Player: Give him a chance.
  - 285. [Jump] Jump to Node 355 (2)
32.
Gale
: Back on mortal soil once more. I can't believe I saw her, after all this time...^devnoteORI_Gale_Knows_KarsiteWeave, ORI_Gale_State_SwayedTowardsCrown = False, ORI_Gale_IPRD_TalkedToMystra
- 275. Player: How do you feel now you've done it?
  - 350.
    Gale
    : Relieved. Drained. Proud of myself, for summoning the courage to go to her in the first place. And, if I'm being totally honest - a bit light-headed.
    
    360.
    Gale
    : As if it wasn't enough to have seen her again, she didn't exactly summon me there for small talk.
    
    Link to Node 277
- 168. Player: I'm not surprised. Her power felt overwhelming, even from here.
  - 313.
    Gale
    : And what you felt was but the slightest drop drawn from the rushing torrent that is the Weave. I confess, without my former prowess even I struggled to stand her presence.
    
    382.
    Gale
    : The effects on the mortal body of such unfettered magical exposure cannot be overestimated. She held back in order to protect us. To make sure I heard her.
    
    Link to Node 277
- 405. Player: Yes, I'm sure it was very memorable. But did she tell us anything useful?
  - 150.
    Gale
    : She gave us the secret of the orb's power. I'd call that extremely useful knowledge to have.^devnote
    
    277.
    Gale
    : The Karsite Weave, within me this whole time...^devnote
    
    169.
    Gale
    : I knew the orb was no ordinary ball of magic, but for it to be Karsus' malignant creation... gods, how did I not see that?^devnote
    
    58. Player: It's not your fault. You weren't to know.
    
    3.
    Gale
    : But I should have known.
    
    139.
    Gale
    : What right had I to go about declaring myself an archmage, when I was as foolish as a common apprentice in setting such an entity loose?
    
    160.
    Gale
    : At least now I'm armed with the truth. And Mystra's expectations.
    
    106.
    Gale
    : Once I bring the Crown of Karsus to her, I can put everything right. The orb too. I'll be myself again - for all that's worth.^devnoteLOW_StormshoreTabernacle_State_WantsSurrenderCrown
    
    218. [Jump] Jump to Node 299 (2)
    
    96.
    Gale
    : It sounds like the door to redemption is open at last. All I have to do is walk through it, carrying the Crown of Karsus.^devnote
    
    44. Player: Is that what you want?
    
    435.
    Gale
    : Perhaps.
    
    358.
    Gale
    : I see few other options open to me, if I ever want to reclaim those parts of myself the orb snatched away.
    
    299.
    Gale
    : If I ever want to be me again.
    
    175. Player: We're going to cure you - I promise.ORI_Gale_Event_PushAwayFromCrown['Gale 2']
    
    204.
    Gale
    : Thank you.
    
    138.
    Gale
    : There aren't many I'd trust to stand beside me on such a journey. Fewer still who would do so because they believe I deserve such a chance.
    
    Link to Node 335
    
    126. Player: You're a great man, Gale. With or without the orb.ORI_Gale_Event_PushAwayFromCrown['Gale 2']
    
    280.
    Gale
    : I'll have to disagree with you there. Having not one but two parasitic entities within your body does very little for one's faith in one's personality.
    
    50.
    Gale
    : Still, I should take the compliment with the same generosity it was given. So - thank you.
    
    335.
    Gale
    : If I can promise you one thing in return for your faith in me, it's this - I will use everything in my power to ensure we defeat this evil.
    
    369.
    Gale
    : I will not let you down.ORI_State_Recruited
    
    402.
    Gale
    : Now, I believe we've a date with an elder brain to get to. Shall we?
    End
    
    34. [Alias] ORI_State_Recruited = False
    End
    
    Alias to Node 369
    
    239. Player: A better incarnation of you, I hope. Not the impulsive wreck who unleashed the orb in the first place.ORI_Gale_Event_PushAwayFromCrown['Gale -2']
    
    328.
    Gale
    : Impulsive wreck? Gods, you make me sound like something a drunk fisherman scuppered on the banks of the Chionthar.
    
    164.
    Gale
    : Needless to say - I've work ahead of me before I'll feel myself truly redeemed of the damage I caused. But I intend to try.
    
    Link to Node 335
    
    209. Player: And what then? What will you do?ORI_Gale_Event_PushAwayFromCrown
    
    417.
    Gale
    : I - I don't know. It's been so long since I dared to imagine an end to the orb's hunger. I'd better start thinking about it, hadn't I?^devnote
    
    395.
    Gale
    : Imagine - being able to picture one's life ending in something other than a cataclysmic explosion. What a treat.
    
    Link to Node 335
    
    422. [Jump] Jump to Node 59 (1)
    
    432. Player: Then we need to take this chance. You deserve to be cured, Gale.
    
    170. [Jump] Jump to Node 204 (1)
    
    113. Player: When you put it like that, it sounds rather easy...
    
    261.
    Gale
    : Well, what's a ginormous elder brain once you've grappled with your own crippling anxieties?
    
    377.
    Gale
    : It would be quite something to wake up in the morning without regret, and live each day knowing another will follow, like as not.
    
    397.
    Gale
    : To be rid of the orb, and perhaps claim back what it took... To be me again.
    
    189. [Jump] Jump to Node 175 (1)
    
    59. Player: I thought you more ambitious than this, Gale. Why settle for mortality when immortality is on the table?ORI_Gale_Event_PushTowardsCrown['Gale 2']
    
    306.
    Gale
    : I suppose there's no harm continuing to entertain the idea. Quietly.
    
    95. [Jump] Jump to Node 402 (1)
    
    226. [Jump] Jump to Node 249 (1)
    
    178. Player: Sod redemption. With the Karsite Weave and the Crown, you could be a god.NIGHT_Gale_BeMyGod = False
    
    36.
    Gale
    : Were I a more superstitious man, I confess I'd be inclined to see a certain divine destiny in the greatest of Karsus' creations re-emerging at the same time as one another, in the same city.
    
    411. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 129
    
    307.
    Gale
    : What if this is my chance? I'd be a fool not to take it...
    
    316. Player: You'd be more of a fool for chasing godhood. Take up Mystra's offer - it's the best way.ORI_Gale_Event_PushAwayFromCrown
    
    82.
    Gale
    : I suppose you're right. No sense adding the all-powerful goddess of magic to our list of enemies. We've enough of those already.
    
    348.
    Gale
    : Onwards to redemption then. And whatever lies beyond...ORI_State_Recruited
    End
    413. [Alias] ORI_State_Recruited = False
    
    Alias to Node 335
    
    22. [Jump] Jump to Node 335 (2)
    
    391. Player: You're right. This opportunity is too good to pass up. We need to get you that Crown.ORI_Gale_Event_PushTowardsCrown
    
    347. [Jump] Jump to Node 40 (1)
    
    57. Player: And what then? What if you became a god?NIGHT_Gale_BeMyGod = False
    
    71.
    Gale
    : The futures unfolding for us would be infinite - impossible for me to describe. But possible for me to show you.ORI_State_PartneredWithGale
    
    143.
    Gale
    : Find me at a more... private moment, and I will provide a glimpse into what the Crown could mean. For both of us.
    End
    
    116.
    Gale
    : I would be everything. No mere archmage, but the embodiment of a new form of magic, raw potential dancing from my fingertips.ORI_State_PartneredWithGale = False
    
    274.
    Gale
    : I would have back everything I lost and a thousand times more. I would get what I deserved, one might argue.
    
    86. [Jump] Jump to Node 292 (2)
    
    336. Player: It's your decision, Gale.['Gale 1']
    
    33. [Jump] Jump to Node 40 (1)
    
    61. Player: It's all too easy to miss things when we're blinded by desire.
    
    194.
    Gale
    : True enough. There's a reason such unwitting heroes have been the backbone of lyric and legend for as long as both have existed.
    
    343.
    Gale
    : Even so - I was hardly some naive apprentice at the time. I considered myself an archmage, and yet was fool enough to be mistaken for a common conjurer.
    
    Link to Node 160
    
    119. Player: Because you acted the idiot. And paid the price for it too.
    
    374.
    Gale
    : As always, I endeavour to be invigorated by your candour, rather than eviscerated by it.^devnote
    
    309.
    Gale
    : Blunt as your summation is - it's correct. I dared to call myself an archmage while acting the apprentice. The hallmarks of a most excellent idiot, unfortunately.
    
    Link to Node 160
55.
Gale
: If Mystra were here, I don't think she'd be best pleased with me for doing that.ORI_Gale_IPRD_CraftedShadowLantern
- 291.
  Gale
  : She was always rather fond of pixies.^devnote
  - 30.
    Gale
    : Still, I'm sensing no signs of any divine retribution incoming. I'm not quite sure what to make of that.
    
    418. Player: It makes sense. Why punish you when she's already given you a death sentence?
    
    15.
    Gale
    : True enough. She'd certainly not want to jeopardise the completion of this little mission she and Elminster have concocted.
    
    244.
    Gale
    : It may not be the most savoury kind of magic, but it will taste sweet enough if it brings us to the Heart of the Absolute in one piece.
    
    296. Player: I'm not sure I like you using these dark powers. There's something wrong about them.
    
    338.
    Gale
    : We're up against the greatest threat Faerûn has ever faced. I don't mind getting my hands dirty if it gives us a better chance of surviving.
    
    193.
    Gale
    : Refusing to compromise my morals would be rather a selfish thing given how many lives are at stake.
    
    Link to Node 293
    
    248. Player: I love unsavoury things. Don't feel guilty on my account.
    
    300.
    Gale
    : That's good to know. Although, I should say I do what I do out of a sense of utility and pragmatism, not a love of the unsavoury.
    
    Link to Node 428
    
    103. Player: We'll need all the power we can get if we're to succeed against the Absolute. ['Gale 1']
    
    74. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 338
    
    428.
    Gale
    : Whatever advantage I can gain for us, I will. And I refuse to feel guilty for it, no matter how much Mystra's chidings might echo in my skull.
    
    Link to Node 293
    
    213. Player: And beyond it. If Mystra's letting you choose these powers, you have a choice about the orb.
    
    35.
    Gale
    : Quite the pair of legs you've got on you, to make that kind of leap.^devnote
    
    162.
    Gale
    : No, Mystra wouldn't have issued an order like that if she was content for it to be ignored. She meant it. Perhaps so much so that's she's willing to overlook transgressions like this...
    
    Link to Node 293
    
    242. Player: Be sure you understand what it is to use this kind of magic. It corrupts by its very nature., SORCERER, WIZARDWIZARD
    
    Link to Node 81
    
    133. Player: Be sure you understand what it is to use this kind of magic. It corrupts by its very nature., SORCERER, WIZARDSORCERER
    
    81.
    Gale
    : Then thank goodness I have you to keep me in check.^devnote
    
    293.
    Gale
    : Now come, we'd best keep moving. We have many more shadows to face before we reach the Heart of the Absolute.
    End
    
    425. Player: She wants you to obey her command. She's hardly going to chastise you and put that at risk.
    
    361.
    Gale
    : A valid and most astutely observed point.
    
    Link to Node 315
    
    142. Player: It means you're free of her, Gale. You don't live by her doctrine any more.
    
    132.
    Gale
    : It certainly seems that way, doesn't it? And I suspect that suits her rather well for the time being.
    
    Link to Node 315
    
    412. Player: You're in the Lady Shar's territory now. Mystra has no sway here.CLERIC_SHAR
    
    Link to Node 130
    
    23. Player: Mystra cannot reach us in this tainted darkness. Your faith must guide you where she cannot.CLERIC_MYSTRA
    
    130.
    Gale
    : Mystra would certainly exercise caution were she to make her presence felt in these cursed lands. But if she wanted to do so, even Shar couldn't stop her.
    
    67.
    Gale
    : No, if she's remained silent then it goes without saying that such silence carries import of its own.
    
    315.
    Gale
    : So long as I have her mission ahead of me, I suspect she'll not want to distract me with any undue moralising.
    
    Link to Node 244
84.
Gale
: I can't help but feel like I've been fumbling in the dark for too long, and have just had a lit torch thrust into my hands.ORI_Gale_State_WillingToDie, ORI_Gale_State_SawElderBrain, ORI_Gale_IPRD_Act2End
- 324. [Jump] Jump to Node 11 (2)
127.
Gale
: I hope you're here to discuss that contract you just signed. Agreeing to give away our greatest hope of salvation wasn't the wisest of moves.ORI_Gale_IPRD_SignedContractORI_Gale_State_DiscussedLearnedCrownFromRaphael
- 27. [Jump] Jump to Node 364 (2)
151.
Gale
: [TagGreeting] ORI_Gale_IPRD_MetTressym
- 14.
  Gale
  : Tara remains as wilful as ever, but I'm glad you've finally made her acquaintance.ORI_Gale_State_DiscussedTressymEncounter
  - 286.
    Gale
    : Given the length of my time away, I feared she might have given up on me. I should have known better - she'd never do such a thing.
    
    101. Player: So, your last name is Dekarios?ORI_Gale_Knows_TaraMentionedDekarios
    
    13.
    Gale
    : It is. Courtesy of my mother, the inimitable, dare I say it sometimes unavoidable, Morena Dekarios.
    
    390.
    Gale
    : It's been so long since I've used it. 'Gale Dekarios' cuts a poor figure next to the wizarding prowess of 'Gale of Waterdeep.'
    
    207. Player: Gale Dekarios... I think I like him more.['Gale 1']
    
    166.
    Gale
    : You like so many things about me I'd have sooner discarded... Your generosity is quite wonderful.^devnote
    
    426.
    Gale
    : Gale Dekarios likes you too. Very, very much. Though let's keep his existence between ourselves for now.
    
    Link to Node 267
    
    246. Player: Doesn't your mother mind?
    
    340.
    Gale
    : Oh, she's happy if I'm happy. Morena couldn't care one jot what I call myself. Tara's the real stickler for using it. Has done since I summoned her.
    
    80.
    Gale
    : I'd prefer you not follow her example, if that's all the same to you. 'Gale' is more than sufficient.
    
    267. [Jump] Jump to Node 227 (1)
    
    196.
    Gale
    : Was there anything else you needed of me?
    
    278. Player: There was something else on my mind...
    
    251.
    Gale
    : Anything you ask, I'll answer as honestly as I can. I'm an open book, requiring only your gentle hands to turn my pages.^devnote
    
    25. [Jump] Jump to Node 378 (1)
    
    77. Player: Leave.
    End
    
    294. Player: You're right. Just 'Gale' is better.
    
    99.
    Gale
    : I agree. And on the plus side, if I get myself into any truly cataclysmic straits during the remainder of our journey, my family name will go untarnished.
    
    265. [Jump] Jump to Node 80 (2)
    
    19. Player: That's something Tara and I have in common.
    
    145. [Jump] Jump to Node 211 (1)
    
    370. Player: I can see why you love her. She's quite the character.
    
    359.
    Gale
    : That's Tara - loyal, intelligent, brave, and apparently unwilling to follow even the most basic of instructions when her own safety is at stake.
    
    211.
    Gale
    : I wouldn't have her any other way.
    
    227.
    Gale
    : I'd actually been thinking about introducing the two of you anyway. Over a sumptuous home-cooked meal, if that sounds at all to your taste?^devnoteORI_Gale_State_WillingToDie = False
    
    381.
    Gale
    : My tower in Waterdeep boasts an excellent kitchen and a wine cellar to rival Ondal himself. Not to mention a larder stocked with my homemade hundur sauce.^devnote
    
    387. Player: Hundur sauce?
    
    389.
    Gale
    : A Waterdhavian delicacy, spiced to leave exactly the right amount of heat lingering on the tongue, and served with that most sharp-toothed of aquarian residents, the quipper fish.
    
    247.
    Gale
    : I make it to my mother's recipe. It packs quite a wallop. As does she.
    
    Link to Node 128
    
    60. Player: It's a date.
    
    270.
    Gale
    : I can hardly wait.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 128
    
    76. Player: Inviting me to your house for the first time? You must really like me.
    
    212.
    Gale
    : More than you could possibly believe.
    
    Link to Node 128
    
    346. Player: I'd rather we did something just the two of us. Without the cat...
    
    17.
    Gale
    : Ah, you have something more private in mind? No - don't tell me. I'll let my imagination fill in the gaps.
    
    128.
    Gale
    : Now that we've got something to look forward to, I think it's time we went and saved the world. Don't you?['Gale 1']
    
    297. [Jump] Jump to Node 196 (2)
    
    62.
    Gale
    : I always imagined what it would be like when you finally got to meet her. This wasn't quite what I pictured.^devnoteORI_Gale_State_EagerToDie
    
    201.
    Gale
    : I thought we'd be in Waterdeep. You, curled up before a roaring hearth while I prepared us a ridiculously extravagant meal, served with a batch of my homemade hundur sauce.
    
    154. Player: Hundur sauce?
    
    205. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 389
    
    0. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 247
    
    104.
    Gale
    : I fear mine is a dream for another life. But a fine one nonetheless.['Gale 1']
    
    187.
    Gale
    : As for this one, I think we've still got a world to save. Unless there's anything else?
    
    195. [Jump] Jump to Node 196 (2)
    
    202. Player: It's a date.
    
    48.
    Gale
    : I can hardly wait.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 104
    
    339. Player: It could still happen. So long as we find another way to beat the Absolute.
    
    158.
    Gale
    : Gods, I love your optimism. Contagious in the most endearing way.
    
    Link to Node 104
    
    31. Player: Wouldn't you rather imagine something quieter. Just the two of us...
    
    152. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 17
    
    Link to Node 104
    
    79. [Jump] Jump to Node 196 (1)
    
    54. Player: Seemed a fairly ordinary cat to me.
    
    273.
    Gale
    : A tressym. Call her a cat again, and I assure you, you'll fare no better in her estimations than she apparently fares in yours.^devnote
    
    326.
    Gale
    : I know you love me. Perhaps it was too much to expect you to love my cat as well. I mean, tressym.^devnote
    
    237. [Jump] Jump to Node 211 (2)
    
    184. Player: She launched a fireball at me, Gale!WYR_Posthouse_Event_TressymFireballsPlayer
    
    144.
    Gale
    : Oh, I'm sure she had her reasons.^devnote
    
    120. [Jump] Jump to Node 211 (2)
159.
Gale
: [TagGreeting] ORI_Gale_ND_IPRDs_MetTressymORI_Gale_ND_IPRDs_MetTressym = False
- 26. [Jump] Jump to Node 14 (1)
216.
Gale
: The Absolute should be a thing of the past, and I with it... yet at the risk of angering Mystra further, I'm glad it didn't come to that. Given what has come to light.ORI_Gale_State_WillingToDie, ORI_Gale_State_SawElderBrain = False, ORI_Gale_IPRD_Act2End
- Link to Node 324
268.
Gale
: An audience with Elminster is never less than memorable.^devnoteORI_Gale_IPRD_ElminsterVisit
- 45.
  Gale
  : I suppose it's time we dealt with the hollyphant in the room: you have questions for me, and I promise I have answers.^devnoteORI_Gale_Knows_LearnedBackstory = False
  - 234. Player: What's this 'orb' Elminster was talking about?
    
    180.
    Gale
    : Ah. Well, that's rather a long and complicated story.ORI_Gale_State_ReactedBombDisarm
    
    317.
    Gale
    : [TagAnswer] ORI_Gale_ND_Story1
    
    256. [Nested Dialog]
    End
  - 302. Player: You owe me an explanation. Why didn't you tell me the truth?
    
    257.
    Gale
    : I'm sorry, and I assure you - you were never at risk. However, the cause of my condition is... complicated.ORI_Gale_State_ReactedBombDisarm
    
    Link to Node 317
  - 383. Player: You think this is funny? All this time, you could have killed me!
    
    409.
    Gale
    : Not at all. Just some gallows humour for you. I assure you - you were never in any danger. Let me explain.ORI_Gale_State_ReactedBombDisarm
    
    Link to Node 317
  - 134. Player: I have questions, but not about that.
    
    20.
    Gale
    : Hint taken. We'll leave that particular fuse unlit, for now. What do you need of me?^devnote
    
    378.
    Gale
    : [TagAnswer] ORI_Gale_ND_IP_BaseQuestions
    
    163. [Nested Dialog]
    End
  - 177. Player: Not really.
    
    427.
    Gale
    : Oh. Well, in that case, I suppose we'll just move on.ORI_Gale_State_ReactedBombDisarm
    End
- 437.
  Gale
  : I'd have hoped to introduce you to him in less dire circumstances, but those are hard to come by these days.ORI_Gale_Knows_LearnedBackstory
  - 210. Player: I'd always imagined Elminster to be more... imposing.
    
    197.
    Gale
    : The doddering act is merely an illusion, one he's most adept at maintaining. Elminster is the most formidable wizard in the realms, perhaps in existence.
    
    Link to Node 276
  - 47. Player: An old man with a craving for cheese. Hardly the great wizard of legend.
    
    29.
    Gale
    : A wizard doesn't reach Elminster's age without enjoying their home comforts. Those who seek danger over cheese don't tend to live as long.^devnote
    
    276.
    Gale
    : For Mystra to have sent him... The severity of her bidding could not be clearer. Or weigh more heavily on me.^devnote
    
    167.
    Gale
    : Time seems so infinite when you are young... a month is an age, a year is a lifetime... it is a strange feeling, to realise how little of it one might have left.
    
    396. Player: You're seriously considering doing what Elminster said?
    
    416.
    Gale
    : Of course - he offered the clearest solution to our problem. All I have to do is find the right place and time, close my eyes, and let go...^devnote
    
    124.
    Gale
    : Then the slate will be clean, wrongs will be righted, the Absolute will be gone...^devnote
    
    93.
    Gale
    : ...and I along with it.^devnote
    
    215. Player: I don't understand. Can't Mystra just destroy the Absolute? Or Elminster himself?ORI_Gale_Knows_PostElminsterQ3 = FalseORI_Gale_Knows_PostElminsterQ3
    
    85.
    Gale
    : I've no doubt she has the power to do so, but as for the permission... Ao would not look kindly on her meddling in mortal affairs. Divine intervention has a tendency to make things worse, not better.
    
    288.
    Gale
    : As for Elminster... He's saved the realms more times than legend can recount. But to take on a god is no easy feat, even for him. My orb is the best chance we have - and only I can wield it.^devnote
    
    102. Player: So that's it? You're on a suicide mission now?
    
    262.
    Gale
    : Possibly the most spectacular one ever conceived, but essentially, yes.
    
    351.
    Gale
    : I am living on borrowed time, in more ways than one. Perhaps... perhaps this is how it must be.
    
    Link to Node 149
    
    415. Player: There's surely another way.
    
    327.
    Gale
    : If there was, I'm sure the goddess of magic and the greatest wizard who ever lived would have identified it, but alas... only one solution is offered.
    
    Link to Node 149
    
    111. Player: What about me? Am I safe around you?
    
    314.
    Gale
    : That's the one saving grace. It seems the orb is now stable, at least until I get to where I need to be.
    
    149.
    Gale
    : But that remains ahead of us for now. The Heart of the Absolute must be discovered before I can stop its beating.
    
    112. Player: I'll make sure we find it, Gale. I promise.ORI_Gale_Event_PushTowardsDeath
    
    90.
    Gale
    : Then I suppose there is nothing more to be done but find the Heart of the Absolute... and stop its beating.^devnoteORI_Gale_State_ReactedBombDisarm
    End
    
    312. Player: You're not blowing yourself up, Gale. I won't let you.ORI_Gale_Event_PushAwayFromDeath
    
    38.
    Gale
    : Let's save such certainty for the moment such a decision is upon us. You may feel differently, once we know what we're truly up against.ORI_Gale_State_ReactedBombDisarm
    End
    
    379. Player: Whatever you need to do, I'll be there to help.
    
    400.
    Gale
    : I had no doubt I could rely on you.
    
    Link to Node 149
    
    301. Player: I'll leave you to your thoughts.
    
    419.
    Gale
    : Of course. Kind of you to stop by.^devnoteORI_Gale_State_ReactedBombDisarm
    End
  - 199. Player: He didn't seem much a friend, showing up and demanding you kill yourself.
    
    279.
    Gale
    : It's not a demand he wanted to make of me. As Mystra's Chosen, he had no choice but to deliver her message, however much it pained him to do so.
    
    Link to Node 276
  - 281. Player: He sent instruction from Mystra herself. You would be a brave wizard to refuse her.WIZARD
    
    371.
    Gale
    : Brave, or stupid. I've proved myself the latter too many times where she's concerned.
    
    Link to Node 276
  - 290. Player: It was an honour to meet Mystra's Chosen, though his purpose with you was bleak.CLERIC_MYSTRA
    
    235.
    Gale
    : It certainly wasn't the reunion I was hoping for. Though if anyone had to deliver such a message, I'm glad it was my old friend.
    
    Link to Node 276
  - 250. Player: Actually, I was hoping to talk about something else.
    
    380.
    Gale
    : No comment on a visit from the finest wizard in the realms, the famed Elminster of legend and lore? You are hard to impress.^devnote
    
    131.
    Gale
    : So, what did you wish to speak about?
    
    431. [Jump] Jump to Node 378 (1)
329.
Gale
: I can't believe Mystra granted me an audience, and I failed to hear her out.^devnoteORI_Gale_MystraOM_State_RefusedOM, ORI_Gale_IPRD_TalkedToMystra
- 231.
  Gale
  : She won't extend that invitation twice. We'll have to figure things out ourselves from here.^devnote
  - 424.
    Gale
    : At least our conversation needn't come to such an abrupt halt. Unless you'd rather it did, of course.^devnote
    
    190. [Jump] Jump to Node 378 (1)
333.
Gale
: [TagCinematic] ORI_Gale_IPRD_BrainHasCrownOfKarsus_FromRaphaelORI_Gale_State_DiscussedLearnedCrownFromRaphael
- 364.
  Gale
  : You'll have to forgive me, but I'm struggling to understand why you'd agree to just hand over the crown? Especially for a bloody... hammer.^devnoteHoH_Warlock_State_ContractDestroyed = False, GLO_Monitor_State_MadeDealORI_Gale_State_ComplainedContract
  - 423. Player: According to Raphael, that crown destroyed an empire. Imagine what other evil it could do.
    
    109.
    Gale
    : And handing it over to a devil would be a way to prevent it? Come now - you're many things, but never that naive.^devnote
    
    252. [Jump] Jump to Node 319 (2)
  - 230. Player: It's a fair trade. The hammer is more valuable to us than the crown - it offers us a chance of survival. ['Gale -1']
    
    10.
    Gale
    : Oh, yes of course I can see how the hammer we didn't know existed until Raphael generously enlightened us would take precedence.^devnote
    
    319.
    Gale
    : He's always struck me as the trustworthy type.^devnote
    
    224.
    Gale
    : We already know the potential that Crown possesses. We read it, written in Karsus' own hand.ORI_Gale_Knows_ReadKarsusNotes
    
    70.
    Gale
    : I thought you understood that, but it seems I was mistaken.
    
    354.
    Gale
    : If you'd rather put such power in the hands of a devil than in me, your trusted companion, well... that companionship might prove a rather fleeting one.
    End
    
    153.
    Gale
    : For now, our plan must remain the same. We go to Sorcerous Sundries, and learn about that crown. And pray the devil doesn't get there first.ORI_Gale_State_SentToFindBook, ORI_Gale_Knows_ReadKarsusNotes = False
    End
    91.
    Gale
    : I promise you - whatever outcomes we're hoping for in this world-ending endeavour of ours, letting that devil get hold of the crown must not be one of them.ORI_Gale_State_SentToFindBook = False, ORI_Gale_Knows_ReadKarsusNotes = False
    
    228.
    Gale
    : No - what we should be pursuing is knowledge. We need to learn more about that crown.
    
    392.
    Gale
    : We should pay a visit to Sorcerous Sundries. Their book collection is the envy of the Sword Coast - I'm certain the truth lurks somewhere on their shelves.LOW_SorcerousSundries_State_Visited = FalseORI_Gale_State_SentToFindBook
    
    5. [Jump] Jump to Node 344 (1)
    
    245. [Jump] Jump to Node 254 (1)
  - 69. Player: Why are you so certain we should pursue the crown?ORI_Gale_Knows_ReadKarsusNotes = False
    
    414.
    Gale
    : Why are you so certain we shouldn't?
    
    220. [Jump] Jump to Node 319 (2)
  - 8. Player: Don't worry, I said what Raphael wanted to hear. I have no intention of giving him the crown.['Gale 1']
    
    287.
    Gale
    : I'm glad to hear it. But you realise, we can't just tell him we changed our minds.^devnote
    
    345.
    Gale
    : You signed an infernal contract, not some half-baked deal on the back of a napkin. If this scheme of yours fails, the Crown of Karsus is Raphael's, whether you 'intended' it or not.^devnoteORI_Gale_Knows_ReadKarsusNotes
    End
    39. [Jump] Jump to Node 319 (2)
- 107.
  Gale
  : I knew any artefact that could command an elder brain must be close to omnipotent, but for it to be the very crown Karsus forged... it verges on unbelievable.ORI_Gale_State_SentToFindBook = False, ORI_Gale_Knows_ReadKarsusNotes = False
  - 385.
    Gale
    : I assure you - the hammer Raphael offered is mere scrap metal in comparison, whatever use he claims for it.
    
    37. [Jump] Jump to Node 392 (1)
- 365.
  Gale
  : So the devil himself is pursuing the crown. ORI_Gale_State_SentToFindBook, ORI_Gale_Knows_ReadKarsusNotes = False
  - 433.
    Gale
    : As for whether it's truly the Crown Karsus forged? Well, I think it's safe to assume we shouldn't take anything Raphael utters at face value.
    
    353.
    Gale
    : Nor should we have signed any contracts with him, though that particular ship has already hoisted anchor and set sail with full crew and cargo...^devnoteHoH_Warlock_State_ContractDestroyed = False, GLO_Monitor_State_MadeDeal
    
    181. [Jump] Jump to Node 364 (2)
    
    135.
    Gale
    : We must claim the Crown of Karsus for ourselves - before anyone else does.^devnote
    End
- 179.
  Gale
  : With that crown, Karsus almost toppled the gods themselves. We cannot hand such power over to Raphael. We must take it for ourselves.
  End
367.
Gale
: Please - this has gone on long enough.DEPRECATED
- 357.
  Gale
  : I was quite clear about the imperative nature of my request to you, and despite that I've seen neither hair nor hind of a magic artefact.ORI_Gale_Knows_NeedsMagicItems
  - 68.
    Gale
    : Already, I fear I've left my hunger untreated for too long. I need a magic artefact - now.1d923fe2-bf1f-6675-6151-51a6eddbfc99ORI_Gale_ND_IPRDs_GiveMagicItem
    
    49. [Nested Dialog]
    End
  - 100.
    Gale
    : Already, I've allowed myself to go untreated for too long. I fear it's already too late - I've no choice but to depart this company of ours, and pray I find something for myself.^devnote1d923fe2-bf1f-6675-6151-51a6eddbfc99 = FalseGLO_Companion_Leave
    
    147. Player: I'm sorry Gale. I hope you find what you're looking for.
    
    434.
    Gale
    : So do I.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 51
    
    165. Player: Don't go, Gale. I'll help you - you have my word.
    
    46.
    Gale
    : Unless your 'word' is an artefact infused with an unusually high concentration of Weave, it's useless to me.
    
    51.
    Gale
    : I know what I need, and I've spent too long trusting others to find it for me. It's time I shouldered my own burden, and let you shoulder yours. May we both get what we deserve.^devnote
    End
    
    221. Player: Oh, you're still here?['Gale -10']
    
    352.
    Gale
    : Arsehole.
    End
- 171.
  Gale
  : There's something I've been trying to tell you - I have a condition that requires me to consume potent magical artefacts.^devnoteORI_Gale_Knows_NeedsMagicItems = False
  - 72.
    Gale
    : I'm afraid my condition has escalated to the point we may be in some considerable danger. I must ask you to give me a suitable item. Immediately.^devnote1d923fe2-bf1f-6675-6151-51a6eddbfc99ORI_Gale_ND_IPRDs_GiveMagicItem
    
    7. [Jump] Jump to Node 68 (1)
  - 137.
    Gale
    : I'm afraid my condition has worsened to the point I cannot in good conscience stay in this company of ours. I need to leave, and seek an item to consume before it's too late.1d923fe2-bf1f-6675-6151-51a6eddbfc99 = FalseGLO_Companion_Leave
    
    110. Player: Why didn't you tell me? I would have helped you.
    
    206.
    Gale
    : It's my own fault. Somehow I never found the right moment, and now it's far too late.^devnote
    
    64. [Jump] Jump to Node 51 (1)
    
    430. Player: Gods speed, Gale. I hope you find what you're looking for.
    
    342. [Jump] Jump to Node 434 (1)
    
    88. Player: Bye then.['Gale -10']
    
    12. [Alias]
    End
    
    Alias to Node 352
368.
Gale
: The Karsite Weave... I had no idea. Do you realise what this means?^devnoteORI_Gale_Knows_KarsiteWeave, ORI_Gale_State_SwayedTowardsCrown, ORI_Gale_IPRD_TalkedToMystra
- 310.
  Gale
  : The orb is no stray piece of ordinary magic. It is something entirely different - the nascent form of a new divine power.^devnote
  - 321.
    Gale
    : Of course I couldn't control it. I was mortal. But once I reforge the crown, the power of a god will be mine to command. The orb will answer to me.^devnote
    
    401. Player: I'm not sure about all this. I thought the crown a simple artefact, but this Karsite Weave sounds... evil.
    
    198.
    Gale
    : Evil is a reductive term, too often used to dismiss choices the observer lacks the imagination to understand.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 121
    
    407. Player: Wielding enough power to destroy a city? I like the sound of that.['Gale 1']
    
    146.
    Gale
    : So do I. Though I'm not sure that's the purpose I'd apply it to.^devnote
    
    Link to Node 121
    
    258. Player: What are the chances Mystra smites you before you get the chance?
    
    123.
    Gale
    : Slim to none, I hope. Mystra has no right to prevent another ascending to the pantheon. Only Ao can decide that.
    
    Link to Node 121
    
    372. Player: You really expect me to believe you had no idea about the orb's true nature?
    
    87.
    Gale
    : I knew it was powerful, of course, but I could hardly analyse something trapped within my own body.
    
    121.
    Gale
    : Let me assure you - the Karsite Weave has no more inherent evil to it than a - a child in the womb, or an axe half-forged on the blacksmith's anvil.^devnote
    
    436.
    Gale
    : It is a tool, ready to be shaped by its wielder. By me. And you know me to be someone of reasonably sound moral judgement, don't you?^devnote
    
    125. Player: Of course.ORI_Gale_Event_PushTowardsCrown['Gale 1']
    
    Link to Node 241
    
    117. Player: We're usually inclined to agree on moral matters. That's good enough for me.Approval_AtLeast_60_For_Sp2ORI_Gale_Event_PushTowardsCrown['Gale 1']
    
    241. [Jump] Jump to Node 183 (1)
    
    410. Player: Are you forgetting how you came into possession of the Karsite Weave? Your 'good intentions' could have detonated it.
    
    304.
    Gale
    : But they didn't. I always thought it was a miracle that I survived, but I'm starting to wonder if there was more to it.
    
    421.
    Gale
    : What if it chose me?
    
    188. Player: It would make sense. Created by one powerful wizard, why not be drawn to another?ORI_Gale_Event_PushTowardsCrown['Gale 1']
    
    238.
    Gale
    : Precisely. What better person to wield Karsus' magic than one who is unafraid to pursue his ambition, gods and mortals be damned?
    
    Link to Node 129
    
    398. Player: Until recently, it was actively trying to kill you. I doubt it cares whose body it's in.
    
    78.
    Gale
    : I don't think you're quite seeing what I'm seeing.
    
    Link to Node 129
    
    136. Player: You think this is your destiny?
    
    18.
    Gale
    : How can I not?
    
    129.
    Gale
    : Think about it - the Crown of Karsus, the Netherstones, the Karsite Weave - no more than a tadpole's breadth from being reunited.
    
    308.
    Gale
    : This is my chance to get back everything that was taken from me. Everything Mystra denied me. And once I have it, I can forge a better world. Be a better god.
    
    292.
    Gale
    : I want you to help me.ORI_Gale_State_MentionedGodhood
    
    214. Player: No, Gale. This all sounds far too dangerous - Karsus' magic must be destroyed.ORI_Gale_Event_PushAwayFromCrown
    
    399.
    Gale
    : I thought you more ambitious than this. I see I was mistaken.
    
    63.
    Gale
    : Very well. I'll drop the matter - for now.^devnote
    End
    
    366. Player: I'm right beside you. Time to make you a god.ORI_Gale_Event_PushTowardsCrown
    
    Link to Node 40
    
    249. Player: This is your decision to make, Gale. Not mine.
    
    40.
    Gale
    : Well then - what more is there to discuss?^devnote
    
    157.
    Gale
    : All we need to do is stay focused on the task at hand: defeating that elder brain. After that, you can leave the rest to me.^devnote
    End
    
    331. Player: You're turning coincidence into delusions of grandeur, Gale. Stop it.['Gale -1']
    
    141.
    Gale
    : I'm seeing exactly what's before my eyes. If you prefer to keep yours closed - that's up to you.
    
    2. [Jump] Jump to Node 214 (1)
    
    24. [Jump] Jump to Node 249 (1)
    
    229. Player: Fine. If you truly believe this is the path you're meant for - I'll support you. I'll help you ascend to godhood.
    
    173. [Jump] Jump to Node 40 (1)
    
    140. Player: Morals be damned - this is an incredible opportunity. You must take it.ORI_Gale_Event_PushTowardsCrown['Gale 1']
    
    183.
    Gale
    : Gods, it's refreshing to share the company of someone who sees things the same way I do.
    
    420. [Jump] Jump to Node 157 (1)
384.
Gale
: I was supposed to sacrifice myself to stop the Absolute - yet I don't think I could have gone through with it, in truth. And I'm glad that I didn't, given what has come to light.ORI_Gale_State_WillingToDie = False, ORI_Gale_State_SawElderBrain = False, ORI_Gale_IPRD_Act2End
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386.
Gale
: I've been threatened with the sharp end of a dagger before, but never with such a monster as Orin holding the blade. WYR_Orin_IPRD_CompanionReturned
- 92.
  Gale
  : It certainly would have been a disappointment to spend so long resisting the instructions of my own god, only to die as the play thing of someone else's.
  - 41. Player: Are you hurt? Did Orin harm you in any way?['Gale 1']
    
    52.
    Gale
    : I'm not sure I'll ever truly recover from the embarrassment of falling for her tricks, but physically - I'm absolutely fine. Rather well rested, as a matter of fact.
    
    89.
    Gale
    : Whatever modicum of reason lurked in that warped mind of hers led her to spare me, rather than skewering my corpse over her temple door.
    
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  - 318. Player: How did Orin capture you?
    
    Link to Node 295
  - 83. Player: You're lucky I bothered. I didn't think you were stupid enough to let yourself get taken like that.['Gale -1']
    
    255.
    Gale
    : And you're so sure you wouldn't have fallen for her tricks? She might have been a raving lunatic, but she knew exactly how to lower your defences.
    
    295.
    Gale
    : She appeared to me as Elminster. Came to our camp while you were gone, telling me of a Netherese artefact he'd found. One he thought could turn the tide in our favour.
    
    9.
    Gale
    : Part of me thought it was too good to be true, but the greater part decided to trust my old friend. I should have known it wouldn't be so easy.
    
    185.
    Gale
    : I hope we never see Orin's like again. Mind flayers and Absolutists I can handle, but she was nothing but cruelty and carnage. Another whose god should go unworshipped.
    End
  - 73. Player: She made a grave mistake in taking you. One I was happy to punish her for.['Gale 1']
    
    6.
    Gale
    : I'm grateful that you did. Most would have abandoned me to my fate, rather than take on a Chosen of the god of Murder.
    
    334. [Jump] Jump to Node 185 (1)
  - 94. Player: Actually it's not Orin I wanted to talk to you about...
    
    233.
    Gale
    : Glad to hear it. I'd rather leave that creature's memory firmly behind us. What do you need?
    
    182. [Jump] Jump to Node 378 (1)