This is why I love Gale the most. Everything people dislike about him is a really just a front he’s projecting as “Gale of Waterdeep”. When you get to know him and uncover Gale Dekarios, he’s so likable. My favorite is when you convince him not to go after the crown because you love him as he is, and then take him with you to confront Lorroakan, and he’s like “Ugh, is this what I sounded like? Thanks for checking me on that. This is cringy.”
pretty much every origin companion (except karlach) puts on a front when you first meet them and it is up to the player to peel back the layers and uncover the teddy bear inside
He was never as bad as Lorroakan, though. Even at his worst, Gale was still leagues better than that twat. Lorroakan is the literal embodiment of ego and arrogance. He literally admits that the only god he worships is the one that looks back at him in the mirror every morning. That said, I do love that both of them have a bit of a back and forth, sniping at each others weaknesses, with Lorroakan calling Gale 'Mystra's little lapdog' and Gale recognizing Lorroakan for the arrogant twat he is.
Aw damn, I only read the books AFTER i beat Lorroakan, so getting the crown was still very much on his mind. Missing that bit of dialogue isn't a big deal, ultimately, but I am a little bummed about it lol
Just the fact that he has a home and is offering to cook you a meal is so comforting and reassuring? Like I know where I’ll be going once all the madness is over with.
And then there's me playing as Wyll hoping Gale won't leave me if I become Grand Duke of Baldurs Gate, bc the cities are quite far away from each other and I'm afraid he just wants to go back to Waterdeep 😭
I accidentally romanced Gale when trying to romance Astarion. I can't help it that Gale wants to be swept off his feet by a big, lawful stupid hero who stops to help literally every NPC in existence. One minute, I'm learning magic from my best friend, and the next we're giving psychic smooches in a crypt, covered in the blood of grave robbers while withers rattles away in the background.
That was my romance with Gale as big, buff, extremely charismatic and just as dumb dragonborn sorceress. Bonus point for bullying him for being a wizard nerd A bhaalspawn turned to the path of friendship and goodness by the impromptu brain surgery her sister gave her. Also picking the "helpful lovable idiot" options in dialogue with Jaheira was hilarious. It's like having one Minsk was enough, she was not enjoying the idea of having two lmao
This is really sweet~ I like that he calls his mom 'unavoidable' when it's his tressym-mom that keeps teleporting all over the place to bring him magic items and tell him to shave 😅
The playful deep voice when he says “Gale of Waterdeep”? The “Gale Derkarios likes you too”? The sassy noise he makes before he says “let my mind fill in the blanks”? I CANNOT POSSIBLY LOVE THIS PIXEL MAN ANY HARDER!!!!! 😫
See like, how could you NOT fall in love with Gale after conversations like these?!? He’s just so sincere and it feels like he truly cherishes you- like he’ll start talking about something deep, go off on a little tangent or say a one-liner, and then come back around to say the most romantic things ahahhhhhh
He gives off mild r/nice guy vibes. Talk to him once, go to bed with another person, and he's insulted. But if you get past that either by staying friends or romancing him, he's a great guy!
I think that's more so just his personal boundary. He's one of the few (if not the only) purely monogamous companions, so it's understandable that he'd be hurt if you ran off with someone else after initiating his romance. I do absolutely agree that it can come off as r/nice guy very early game. I never actually played the game during his buggy romance era either, so my experience with his character was never tainted lol.@@choryllis6646
@@lozpopo Not the full quote - but this line after spending the night with him and commenting about how he flatters Tav for their part in the love making; with Tav pointing out Gale did most of the work. 'Besides - given my propensity for verbosity; it should come as no surprise I have a practiced tongue' I mean - just, damn.
Gale beofre this dialogue: "the situation is quite desperate. Not sure we can save the world" Gale after this: "oh yes, Imma bed Tav after I save the world. Consider the world saverd, then"
How do people dislike this man? When you meet him sure he shows off as a wizard with hubris the size of a skyscraper but just like every other character there are layers to him you got uncover yourself and send time with the character the true Gale is a man that simply wishes to have some confidence in himself and his own abilities that is why he is so determined to get the crown he felt betrayed by the woman he worshipped and loved and believes all he is good for is to blow himself up that is why he wants to become a god but you his friend the one that truly sees his value, the one that has stuck by his side since day one and his possible lover knows he is better than that and you can teach him to see himself like that as well its honestly beautiful that each character in game has such a human feel to them with there own journey even someone like Wyll who is seen as your generic typical good guy there is more to him than meets the eye (pun not intended)
A lot of people are so turned off by his need to consume magic items; which is still weird. They don't seem to understand or care that you only have to give him three, before the "problem" is solved, or that any little thing with so much as a +1 to dexterity on it will do.
Really? I find magical items like every 5 minutes in act 1 I barely use them anyway i dont see why they are complaining not to mention its not like you have to give them immediately to him unless your talking to him but even than you can do a persuasion check to let him wait longer
@@lastassassin4443 I know. Crazy, ain't it? Of course, I kind of liked it better, back in EA. I had more of a reason to acquire the Necromancy of Thay book, since it was something he could consume, and I rarely had to give him a second item before finishing the demo. But if I did, there was always the necklace in Dror Razglin's treasure hoard and the hood that the myconids give you for dealing with the dwarves on the beach.
He's very... forthcoming about his interest in you, which I found very creepy I also dislike how you when you try to behave like a friend, he always tries to be "something more" You can hug shadowheart even as a friend You can stay close to Karlach even as a friend But when you want to do the weave thing with Gale he gets a hard-on
@@foulweather22 same can be said about all companions there horny as fuck for the player you can also hug gale in the epilogue and treat him as a ordinary friend he maybe a bit clingy but in fairness all he wants is to be seen more than just a bomb and the greet wizard of waterdeep he is insecure and wants people to like him that may come off as pushy but its a understandable reason not to mention he knows when to back off
I think Gale doesn’t want people who know of his mother to be like “oh are you related to the other Dekarios” and then compare their abilities or anything. Gale is a bit self conscious and he uses the pompous twat act (“Gale of Waterdeep”) to cover up his insecurities. But he shows his true personality (the awkward cute one who goes on rambling and wants to show you pretty magic) when he is alone with you and being sincere. He will also “still love you if you turn into a worm” (illithid) and will also still want to take you home to meet all his family and cat. Also his cat is so cool, she has wings! (She is actually a Tressym)
As an Astarion girlie, lemme just say: I see you Gale fans (do y'all have an official name like Gale Storms or something? That'd be cool). I see you with the nose boops and home-cooked meals and Gale's monologues and The Smexy Scene. 100% Absolutely loving this for you. Get that magic nerdy man!
Thank you! We call selves in X as Galenation and Galemancers. And did you know we all will have new kiss animations, multiply for Gale and Astarion and for all companions. Valentine Day Patch is coming next week.
@@Onakita Galemancers and Galenation! That's awesome. Hold up...new kiss animations beyond the ones we already got? So we get to switch between animations at random in-game or are they gonna replace them?
@@Onakita Challenge accepted. And tysm for the tidbit of info. Wishin' you all the best when it comes time for them animations. Smooch yer Gale with the passion of a thousand waterfalls! XD
"Morena" means brunette in Portuguese; not just any brunette, but a mixed brunette. His father is unknown, and that's probably why Gale says he's not father material...because he himself didn't have one. Relatable af
I missed this part because I had Gale speak to Tara on his own (I had thought my Tav was with him; but she wasn't). Next playthrough, I'll make sure my Tav is present and agree to have dinner with him, Tara and/or his mother, as introducing a SO to ones family is one step away from popping the question - and my Tav would never dream of denying Gale of that opportunity).
I never finish anything. It's my personal flaw, literally cannot. I swear the only reason i made it successfully through a single playthrough is because i found out *spoiler* that there was and ending where gale proposes. I was like bet. Forget saving the world i'm snagging me a dorky wizard. But i mean we can save the world too.
I get that completely, I have several started play throughs with some of the characters in mind for specific romances (Accidentally stumbled into a Wyll romance, when I wanted to romance Astarian) and Gale caught me by surprise same with Shadowheart and Karlach is just ahhh, they are all amazing
Just yesterday I met Tara for the first time but in the very same dialog for some reason I didn't have the option to ask him about the surname! Only the other three. Why??? We are romancing and intimacy is 100
everyday i wake up and listen to this video (spoilers ahead) I also like how here he says 'gale dekarios' pale in comparison to 'gale of waterdeep' but in one of the endings he says the latter sounds a bit pompous and decides to go with dekarios instead... man I love him so much
So... who's his father? He says he gets his last name from his mother, but last names are normally paternal, so that raises some questions. He also never mentions his father, IIRC.
@@Onakitahaaa. That explains where I heard the name before. It was from Tara. God, Gale is lucky to travel with such a dense adventurer like me. When she called him Mr. Decarios it didn't even occured to me he never told me his name before lmao
If you're romancing Gale and have him in your party when doing a side quest looking for letters, you find his Tressym (cat) on the roof on a building nearby eating the carrier pidgeons. :)
This dialogue is bugged and not trigger properly, to trigger it you need a debug console and a special command line. When I will be at home I will post instruction, but it can be done only on PC.
To get it You need to instal script extender with a console. And before to talk to Tara set right flag in cosole by paste this particular command in script extender. Osi.SetFlag("9ccec403-dc18-661d-ed53-e5472b8145b4", GetHostCharacter()) After setting this flag go talk to Tara and new dialogue will be in Your game
@@Onakita I got it without any commands, didn't even know about having to trigger anything, right after we talked to his cat, pardon me, tressym. And I wasn't even romancing him. I do like curry, so you are on, Gale, show me the kitchen, I want food.
I just had this converstaion, again. So funny....just to realize, they broke the Kiss me - Opion in the romance dialogue You can pick it, but the animation fails to appear. Very frustrating if you're in act 3 already. Seems the Patch made things worse instead of better with Gale :( I'm really mad at the developers, i hope they fix that soon
Oh, so that's an universal problem? For Astarion it plays a different kiss animation than usual. I hope it gets fixed soon, if there ever was a reason for a hot-fix it's broken kisses. Pun intended.
@@anska7475 It should be a reason, it disturbs the immersion when a dialogue just rudely ends if you expect a reaction :P What does it look like for Astarion?
@@MoonsongReverb With Astarion the player character usually kisses him after asking if it would be alright. There is one point, right before the final battle, when he kisses the avatar instead and that's the animation I get since yesterday's patch. It's weird because in the dialog still asks if it would be ok to kiss him. ^^;
I'm in late Act three and my tav and Gale are a thing but i feel like I've still missed so much dialogue! Or.... Maybe I've just forgotten it😅. There's a lot in this game.
Because he wanted to appear as a significant somebody instead of Gale of Clan Dekarios, which spreads throughout Faerûn. He wanted to be THE Gale to make everyone sees him for his greatness, his magic and his power.
Can anybody tell me how to trigger that scene? I already looked on the internet and found nothing, I romanced him, met Tara and nothing happened. I'm desperate 😭
@@keetard So...? I was kinda joking, but they really could have just left his surname out of the title. Gale makes a point of not telling you early on, so it's kinda lame to just go casually spoil it for everyone. Anyway why are YOU so pressed? weirdo 😂
