Gale was the archmage at Blackstaff in Waterdeep while in a relationship with the Goddess of Magic, Mystra. In search of power and to gain her approval, he mistakenly caused an orb of magic to lodge in his chest. Mystra asked him to use his orb as a bomb to save the world from the Absolute, which would kill him in the process. A last-resort sacrifice. He is tall, with long shaggy brown hair and a beard. He has big brown eyes. Charming, intelligent, and funny