Intuitive understanding of the arcane; absorbing magic as strength; greater connection to magic in the natural world or others
AFFLICTION ◎ Arcane Hunger
Desperation or unrestrained ambition; inability to satisfy magical hunger or knowledge; exhaustion without sustenance
Rough ideas:
(★) The Herald, The Lonely Wizard, The Summoned who seeks all answers, the Shadow of Gale Dekarios. Gale is all spells, no physical weapons. Illusions, great feats of magic, powerful potions, translating ancient texts and imparting ancient wisdoms -- but particularly illusions. Gale has a powerful understanding of everything around himself, a strong connection to magic, but when you are around him yourself it's sometimes hard to discern what is real and what isn't. He's trying to put on a good show, to cover his ever increasing exhaustion and weakness.
(★) All things can be Questioned and All Questions must be answered
(★) Potentially considering Gale betraying Thorne to help one of his friends (Astarion), and committing some heinous war crime in the process of saving them (whether actually necessary or not). He's... loyal. Torn between Astarion and Haelva in their messy divorce, desperate to be loyal to both of them yet unable to people-please his way through all that and slightly scared of himself he retreats to a tower he constructs, protected by powerful magic. As well as a physical withdrawal, Gale retreats inward. Instead, he throws all his power into research.
(★) Yet as his despair grows, so do the shadows around his tower. In his desperation to seek answers to unanswerable questions, Gale ignores all wisdom. Some say he sleeps no more, and that the very land around his tower seems to dim and be drained of magic -- maybe even life itself.
(★) Those who are brave enough to cross the choking, misery-inducing darkness bring the Herald all manner of magic artefacts. Yet nothing seems to please him anymore, no joy can be found. Still, he offers his blessing to those who seek understanding. Their minds are opened, they find understanding, yet sometimes they find too much understanding. Sometimes, equally, their answers only invite more questions -- incite a growing existential crisis that may or may not reflect Gale's own.
(★) Decide which bit earned the forbidden moniker. Was it some magic he used when betraying Thorne? Is it something he's pursued in his fixation on the Singularity, in his desire to understand Everything? ... Both?
PATRON INFO / PLANS
BLESSING ◎ Arcane Bond
AFFLICTION ◎ Arcane Hunger
Rough ideas:
(★) The Herald, The Lonely Wizard, The Summoned who seeks all answers, the Shadow of Gale Dekarios. Gale is all spells, no physical weapons. Illusions, great feats of magic, powerful potions, translating ancient texts and imparting ancient wisdoms -- but particularly illusions. Gale has a powerful understanding of everything around himself, a strong connection to magic, but when you are around him yourself it's sometimes hard to discern what is real and what isn't. He's trying to put on a good show, to cover his ever increasing exhaustion and weakness.
(★) All things can be Questioned and All Questions must be answered
(★) Potentially considering Gale betraying Thorne to help one of his friends (Astarion), and committing some heinous war crime in the process of saving them (whether actually necessary or not). He's... loyal. Torn between Astarion and Haelva in their messy divorce, desperate to be loyal to both of them yet unable to people-please his way through all that and slightly scared of himself he retreats to a tower he constructs, protected by powerful magic. As well as a physical withdrawal, Gale retreats inward. Instead, he throws all his power into research.
(★) Yet as his despair grows, so do the shadows around his tower. In his desperation to seek answers to unanswerable questions, Gale ignores all wisdom. Some say he sleeps no more, and that the very land around his tower seems to dim and be drained of magic -- maybe even life itself.
(★) Those who are brave enough to cross the choking, misery-inducing darkness bring the Herald all manner of magic artefacts. Yet nothing seems to please him anymore, no joy can be found. Still, he offers his blessing to those who seek understanding. Their minds are opened, they find understanding, yet sometimes they find too much understanding. Sometimes, equally, their answers only invite more questions -- incite a growing existential crisis that may or may not reflect Gale's own.
(★) Decide which bit earned the forbidden moniker. Was it some magic he used when betraying Thorne? Is it something he's pursued in his fixation on the Singularity, in his desire to understand Everything? ... Both?
(★) This Vibe.
These are all rough ideas so SUBJECT TO CHANGE, TBC, ETC ETC
Also I am sure this tower has a cat.