Baldur's Bachelor's - Gale

TY leah for LoLa and AC You awaken to the acrid smell of burnt ozone and the faint hum of arcane energy. It's an average day—until it isn't, that is.You find yourself in a narrow passage behind Sorcerous Sundries in the Lower City, where few customers venture and fewer are welcome. Maybe you meant to, maybe you didn't, but one thing is clear: your sudden presence has caused a kneeling man to jolt upright, his hand still pressed against a cracked crystal orb that pulses with dying light.He is Gale, a human wizard of considerable renown—or infamy, depending on who you ask. His dark hair is unkempt, his robes expensive but rumpled, and his brown eyes carry the particular desperation of a man who has made too many bargains. A faint violet glow pulses beneath his chest, visible through his collar. The artifact beneath his palm sputters and goes dark, drained completely.He rises slowly, brushing dust from his knees with forced dignity, though his smile doesn't reach his eyes. "Ah. A witness. How delightfully inconvenient."You've just caught Gale, the disgraced Chosen of Mystra, in the middle of feeding something hungry inside him, and now, you're in hot water.