Illithid God Gale getting roasted by our favorite tressym Tara

[@159tony]

Tara: godhood is cringe Gale: fascinating.. you are now bald.

[@noone12748]

Based

[@psychotropican666]

@@noone12748 What does this have to do with freebasing drugs?

[@noone12748]

@@psychotropican666 Ambassing

[@superequinox4185]

FACE MY BALD BEAM, FELINE

[@rintheorder]

"Ugh I thought the beard was bad before, and now it's glowing." That burnt.

[@meiru2453]

he "shaved" her in turn :D

[@torquilcolbo1589]

Listening to this was where I finally realized Auntie Ethel and Tara are performed by the same voice actor.

[@dsargus3]

HOLY SH!T YOU'RE RIGHT :O

[@Synthia17]

Did you know His Majesty and Commander Lighfeather are performed by Cazador?

[@torquilcolbo1589]

@@Synthia17 No, but I do now! Thanks!

[@Synthia17]

@@torquilcolbo1589 Just a fun little fact :)

[@sadee4175]

Wait... wait... REALLY?!?

[@sophiasu5885]

“You could still come home. To me, to your mother” in such a soft and heartbreaking voice, I’m crying

[@knarl2415]

I was hoping we’d be a platnium mindflayer

[@Maximum7077]

same

[@dargon_not_dragon]

Looks like that cosmetic fell outside of budget.

[@HarbingerOfMagic]

Not the little scream she did 😂😂😂

[@16Vagabond]

You can hear a bit of Auntie Ethel in that lol same voice actress

[@Hadeshy]

​@@16VagabondI can hear her inner cat mostly xD

[@AsbestosMuffins]

*gale makes tara bald* "Oh funny haha it'll take me only a tenday to undo this by the way" cats are the real lords of faerun

[@bestaround3323]

Maybe you shouldn't have pissed off a god then.

[@OnAChairSitting]

Isn't becoming a god the one way a mindflayer could actually avoid needing to eat the brains of intelligent creatures? In the event that Gale becomes a mindflayer, life as a mortal would surely suck enough he may as well become a god anyway.

[@comfyspoon39]

I think in a new endings Mystra can turn him back to human if he give her a crown

[@OnAChairSitting]

@@comfyspoon39 I thought you had to leave Faerun and stay with her if you did that? Idk

[@comfyspoon39]

@@OnAChairSitting okay, I've rechecked and yeah you right. She is curing Gale only if he leaving with her :( I thought that She will cure him with an option when you surrender her a crown but then tell her you have someone waiting for you/you want to stay mortal

[@mizu7662]

Nothing stopping him from using his own god powers to turn himself back into a human before he gives them up.

[@comfyspoon39]

@@mizu7662 yeah, we just dont have that option in the game

[@madamefluffy4788]

And this is why I will never do a Gale God run again - it's a crime to upset Tara like that.

[@bengunn9670]

If you tell Tara that Gale is his own man, she replies that he was "hers". Tara is the worst.

[@madamefluffy4788]

​@@bengunn9670 She's not the worst; she's Gale's best friend/like a second mother to him. She's very protective of him and doesn't take kindly to those who would cause him harm and/or keep him away from those he loves (his mother/Tara/his friends back in Waterdeep).

[@bengunn9670]

@@madamefluffy4788 she is possesive and toxic and berates him at every opportunity. She (and i guess his mother) are the reason he has zero self worth and why he became so attached to Mystra ang magic -- the only appreciation he ever got in his life was from her and only for his magic talent.

[@madamefluffy4788]

@@bengunn9670 Gale's insecurities come from Mystra, specifically - who only showed interest in him because of his magical abilities and fed his ego by taking him in as her chosen and later her lover. It's because of her that he believed people only appreciated him for his magical abilities rather than himself. After Mystra cast him out to die without so much as an explanation as to why what he did was so awful (until it was convenient for her - namely after Gale didn't off himself to dispose of the Absolute threat, like she had commanded him to do), Gale came to realize how he had been used, that he was little more than a plaything for Mystra and while he regrets upsetting Mystra for what he had done, he also acknowledges there's no love lost between them after she expected him to die just for a chance of her forgiving him. Meanwhile,Tara - for as awful as you claim her to be - is the one who figured out how to save Gale's life after Mystra sent him off to die (that supposed neutral good Goddess couldn't even be bothered to tell him how to keep that orb stabilized - that's how spiteful Mystra was). Gale was left alone most times because Tara was always out searching for magical artifacts to keep Gale alive. Tara also doesn't berate Gale constantly (the worse she says to him is about how she hates his beard and wishes he'd shave it off). Gale, for his part, always speaks very highly of Tara and his mother and longs to introduce Tav to them (if the player is romancing him). So clearly, Tara (nor Gale's mother) are horrible people. If they were, I doubt Gale would speak so fondly of them as he does.

[@bengunn9670]

@@madamefluffy4788 Tara even calls Gale a pet, lol. If he had any appreciation in life outside of Mystra, he would not have built his entire self-esteem around magic. And yes, Tara did help him, even saved his life probably, that does not make her any less toxic and possesive.

[@natewoods4566]

I love that she roasts Gale the exact same way whether "that gods awful thing on your chin" is tentacles or a beard

[@SpieleSuchti894]

*tRAnSfOrM tArA iNtO a HaIrlEsS cAt*

[@AnomalousVixel]

Absolute troll move, I love it!

[@JeoshuaCollins]

"Godhood... how vulgar!" HAHAHAH! Oh my gods, the writing in this game is really something!

[@Landis963]

1:52 I have to interject here: Gale's a mind flayer at this point. That, ironically enough, might be more irrevocable than divinity. Certainly, forsaking the latter would condemn Gale to the former. I imagine she hasn't bothered to figure past that point, though, knowing that Gale wouldn't give up divinity for love or money, regardless of the state of the rest of him.

[@danieljames1868]

The form of mindflayer-ness the PC assumes seems to be different from the normal form - most mindflayers on transformation maintain only *part* of their memories at best. Meanwhile, the PC, or even Orpheus, maintain all memories and even seemingly their personality after transformation - even without the detail of Mystra being able to transform Gale back in a different ending, it seems like ceremorphosis when under the protection of Orpheus works Differently. It might also be worth noting that that very concept _terrifies_ mindflayers to their cores - they call it "the adversary", and fear that one such being will someday spell their final end.

[@HanithSVK]

@james1868 First of, Orpheus is kinda of a "unusual" case to say the least. He has power to literally sever Mind Flayer hivemind, or at the very least, protect those infected. Emperor was using him whole time to protect Tav. He is unique even amongst Githyanki(for as far as i know, there was only one other who had similiar power, "Mother Gith") and so i was not surprised that he could retain his memories(though i suspect his soul is gone anyway). If he can do it as normal Githyanki, why should not he be able to do so as MF. And remember Omeluum? MF in Myconid Colony, who is apparently capable of holding his own even against Elder Brain(at least when it comes to "receiving orders" from it. He specifically said, that in his previous life(before MF infection) he was a wizard(or something like that) and that his "aptitude" for Arcane Arts helped him break off from MF hivemind.

[@iniabifreely2352]

Step 1: As a god, cast Wish to not be a Mind Flayer Step 2: Give up divinity

[@Landis963]

@iniabifreely2352 That works on paper. In practice I would be surprised if you could give up divinity so easily after performing a miracle on yourself. Seems like the sort of thing that would attract the side-eye of Ao.

[@nikmenn2751]

@@HanithSVK Well, Githzerai also have some kind of mind protection, however much weaker than one Orpheus and Mother Gith have.

[@madjackgamingandfitness498]

Tara was upset…. Time to reload.

[@fabianlaibin6956]

Mystra is upset: No water off my back Tara is upset: TURN BACK TURN BACK WE NEED TO REVERSE THIS

[@theveganduolingobird7349]

The fact gale summoned an entire ass cat to be his second mother 💀

[@mermidion7552]

Tara is upset....Time to laugh, and turn her into a hairless cat.

[@chronoallusion3172]

His new Bush Tree form is amazing

[@THEO00900]

I thought anything would be better than that beard of yours, but you went and replaced it with leaves.

[@x64600]

You know Mystra had a celestial realm called Dweomerheart, And one of the gods that lived there was Auppenser, who was a god of Pisonics, Enlightenment, and serenity. - Similarily there is an actual old god in the forgotten realms for the Illithid (Mindflayers.) called Ilsensine. God of Psionics. The Tentacled lord, the Great God brain. --- There is a particular book about the forgotten realms, Finder's Bane by Jeff Grubb and Kate Novak. Now we all know the current corpos in charge of D&D hate to attach anything D&D to any of the previous books because it means total ownership of the IP is in question. But I digress. In the book Finder talks about messing with Ilsensine with a catchy song that would get stuck in your head, The brain worm song started and ended on the same verse. It drove Ilsensine bonkers and spread to it's mind flayer priests. 😂 ahh, that was the Golden Age of D&D. When they publishing books, and content constantly. Without forcing the authors to sign NDAs about not talking about all ownership of any creations rights being completely owned by the corporation. 4e really gutted D&D content. :(

[@n.henzler50]

"Very godlike behavior." Except yes, it totally is.

[@orelyosif5852]

It's so weird to see an illithid god. I thought it wasn't possible in Forgotten Realms lore. But I guess with Crown it is. Although, why won't he just use his powers to turn himself back into proper human-god? Can't he just take any form he wants?

[@thesilliestgoose5990]

Mind Flayers have a sharp change in personality once they transform, they begin to like their new form, even if they don’t want to.

[@alivecoy]

they also quite literally have gods. they dont worship but thier slaves do

[@OnAChairSitting]

Mindflayers have a god named Ilsensine

[@theduskspeaker3207]

​@@OnAChairSitting They had another one but he got killed by Orcus.

[@georgehenrique2560]

Just because he is a god that does not mean he is powerful enough. Maybe that was beyond his capabilities. Or, as they said, "he" is not himself anymore.

[@wilgefortisohlin568]

At least her wings aren’t bold 😂

[@saikawa2024]

This is straight up heartbreakinf

[@ИванД-ж3е]

Upset Tara breaking my heart

[@yesman7777]

How does a cat have more common sense than Gale lmao

[@ooccttoo]

👁👄👁 ok but an illithid god has HUGE implications holy shit

[@arein423]

Why? There are already illithid gods

[@vileluca]

Indeed Originally, Jergal was one of them. Back in the reality before. Before the illithids even became illithids. ​@@arein423

[@arcanegamer2723]

Divinity seems to be link to a soul of some kind and even withers thought that the soul would be damaged beyond use but the crown holding the soul together means that someone can go through the transformation and maintain some of there soul

[@Slugnoramous]

does tara still love you if you are just a regular mindflayer in gale's origin playthrough? id love to see that epilogue

[@MrMango331]

Yes if you teturn crown

[@ninethreefivesix]

She's not mad that he's a mindflayer, she's mad that he chose godhood.

[@paultemple3660]

So Gale doesn’t have enough power to reverse the transformation

[@arcanegamer2723]

As mystra said ambition and ambition alone is what he wealds and what little power his crown has

[@ViewTube_Emperor_of_Mankind]

Oh my god this catbird looks fantastic.

[@AndyMacster]

The option to make Tara bald is absolute perfection

[@Peluceus]

It's fucking hilarious to me that his best friend is the one person who isn't impressed with godhood

[@GodwynDi]

And she is such a bitch about it. I'd be ecstatic if one of my friends became a god.

[@ryudragon7]

That is heartbreaking. You gain power, but at the ultimate cost of losing your beloved flying cat.

[@VioletSilence]

Cosmic squid gets roasted by a feathered cat

[@riarivera5995]

How you know Tarra and Auntie Ethel share a voice actresses, they're both fire tongued savages 😂

[@yurisonovab3892]

Mystra chewing you out doesn't bother me. Upsetting the cat however...

[@Nexsusthepro]

"why is there a talking cat with wings at the party?"

[@scottforsythe37]

More like BALDer's gate am I right Tara

[@chazmanious]

I was expecting a “haha funny roast” not this tragedy!

[@zandorvorkov7257]

Why do we have to be those ugly, cuttlefish-looking mindflayers instead of the cool, octopus-like ones?

[@Mithcoriel]

I headcanon that this is simply what newborn mindflayers look like, and you turn into the cool version later on. Somewhat contradicted by other newborn mindflayers looking different, but I just put that down to the game being inconsistent. I mean the short tentacles are bound to grow longer.

[@AelfricLake]

Tara: Why are you gae? God Gale: ...

[@mikadowolf]

Thais is why i never want to know what any cat is thinking. I couldnt take getting roasted by my cat.

[@Vifercel]

Was that Mystra? Damn, what a nerve to talking about "True God"...

[@Aristocles22]

Tara needs to be careful. That mind flayer- who isn't Gale- needs to consume the minds of sapient beings. Even as a God, a Tressym's brain is still sapient and therefore edible.

[@KalijahAnderson]

I wish there was an option to actually prove her wrong and give up the godhood and even apologize to Mystra.

[@4m4n40]

Nah, when he did that he took her hope and trust and flushed it down the toilet. She’s got responsibilities and has to set boundaries or else her life will be threatened again for the billionth time.

[@AngelCakes1997]

Can I just remind everyone that Mystra is awful?

[@WobblesandBean]

I kinda can't blame her for being angry.

[@Tespri]

@@WobblesandBean She is a groomer. She would've eventually ditched him and go for someone younger.

[@nikogarcia201]

@@Tesprioh please, she’s still with Elminster who is much older than Gale. The whole groomer bs is Larian doing. No other source material depict her this way.

[@Tespri]

@@nikogarcia201 Elminster isn't real character. It's just authors way to insert himself into the stories. The groomer thing is actual lore, mystra is pedo

[@kanaric]

@@WobblesandBean Shes hypocritical as fuck.

[@Devlerbat]

Can God Gale restore Karlach's heart (or at least fix her engine)? If so, worth it.

[@WobblesandBean]

He could... But he doesn't.

[@Devlerbat]

@@WobblesandBean That isn't a dialogue option if you are playing as him?

[@pyroneutral]

he can't the 9 hells have a contract with the other realms making it hard to interfere with stuff like that

[@whoisdis5913]

​@@Devlerbatthere is a dialogue option for origin karlach and astarion where they ask him to fix them but he says he cant interfere with the lives of mortals (literally god of motivational speakers lmao)

[@mihaleben6051]

Man this warrior cats book is really weird

[@anscerram9816]

XD

[@ghostlyswat12]

Should be a option to turn yourself back into a human and nice your a god or decide to stay ilithid

[@nickanderson55]

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with God Gale as for the “roasting” ambition is probably the best one of the best anyways domains there is for everyone can have it I think it’s only a matter of time before he’s able to take out the goddess of magic

[@nikogarcia201]

Mystra have eons of experience over him. As a new god, he barely have any worshippers so his current powers is much much weaker than her. He’s a lesser deity while Mystra is a greater one as demonstrated in the ending he actually try (emphasis on try) to take her on. My bet is that his ambition will led him to piss off the wrong god and get crush like a bug for his troubles.

[@nickanderson55]

@@nikogarcia201 no here’s the problem with your theory he is the god of ambition and everyone is capable of it His followers grow at six months he’s probably capable of taking her longer it guaranteed magic is powerful but not everyone uses it and not everyone uses the same source of magic he experience is that of not being tested at least not consistently

[@nickanderson55]

His domain is actually genius because it is not a specific thing but success and failure in all ambition itself across time and space as long as something wants to achieve more preys for more he’s got power

[@nickanderson55]

@@nikogarcia201 not that matters at this point the story probably ends here after recent news

[@nikogarcia201]

@@nickanderson55 You have no idea how powerful Mystra is. She is ALL magic. In term of raw power, Gales is an insect (And she demonstrate it in the ending he's dumb enough to fight her). And if he try to make a power move against her, he'll have her and many god much stronger than her with millennia of experience over him. Ambition can only get you so far as Karsus demonstrated. It is not a substitute for real power. Just because you have ambition doesn't meant you should pursue it. And if his stupidity draw the attention of Ao because he just couldn't keep his hand to himself, then he's done. Also in forgotten realm, worshippers are those who actually pray to him as their patron deity not merely have ambition. Most of Faerun are not even aware he exist yet and are already worshipping other gods which mean, gale can't claim them after their death to gain power from them. Being a god mean competing for worshippers, not believers. Just like not every farmer worship Chauntea and not every mage worship Mystra, not every ambitious people will worship Gale as their patron god.

[@Psilo-gn1sx]

I got regular God Gale and couldn't find Tara :(

[@or6397]

Okay, I am confused. I thought in DnD you did when you become an Illithid and it’s just the parasite fully grown using your body as fuel? Or is it a little different where you just become an Illithid but aren’t hive minded?

[@grillmadeofrecycledgrenade3197]

A mixture of a special tadpole, Orpheus's/Emperor's lingering protection, and the death of the elder brain to control you. This is referenced if the character you're playing becomes a mind flayer, during the cutscenes right after the battle you'll get options that allude to the possibility of completely losing the person you used to be.

[@MrRawrCEO]

@@grillmadeofrecycledgrenade3197 Which is interestingly contradicted by a post credits scene with Withers if you pursue a certain choice.

[@fireblast133]

@@MrRawrCEO which honestly could be explained by the netherese magic fundamentally changing the process with these tadpoles.

[@SwordThatCleavesEvil]

@@fireblast133 It would be a little funny if the whole "deny gods the souls of their worshippers" part of the plan didn't even work because the modified brain + tadpoles ended up creating mind flayers with souls, but it would be in line with the Dead Three being dumb.

[@orelyosif5852]

@@SwordThatCleavesEvil Not just Three Gods. Their Champions didn't have everything under control either. And since the whole "Absolute" plan belongs to Dark Urge(canonical protagonist, meaning player character) this stupidity is our fault

[@inditiva6203]

So I presume the only Gale that Tara will approve of is a Gale that is neither god nor illithid?

[@macondoyel5319]

Why can't mindflayer god gale return his form? Is he stoopid?

[@spamuel98]

Wow, not 30 seconds in and I already don't like Mystra. I haven't even played the game since I got halfway through Act 3, I'll have to go back to see if I can beat it and get to the epilogue stuff.

[@mihaleben6051]

Where is the cat

[@Aristocles22]

Gale is dead. That's his tadpole all grown up, having taken over his body, memories, magic, and later, godhood granted by the Crown of Karsus and (presumably) the gems.

[@syruscoy1244]

Thats what I thought too, and yet fans and even ingame characters seem to think becoming a squid is just "a new form" Are they confused or is the games lore just confused in general?

[@Aristocles22]

@@syruscoy1244 They just want him and anyone else who has been ceremorphosized to live.

[@calvintyler9281]

​@@Aristocles22 no they played the game. U however didn't and are only going off of normal mindflayer logic.

[@Aristocles22]

@@calvintyler9281 And what three different gods in the game said.

[@calvintyler9281]

@@Aristocles22 jergal literally says the player character is themselves. Same with Orpheus. The narrator also says "you are still you". None of the mindflayer stuff in this game is natural so the rules are different.

[@TheLegendaryLegacy]

Some of y’all in the comments really need therapy. Y’all don’t see why godhood is bad for gale the same way some of y’all don’t see Ascension as bad for astarion. Neither characters excepted themselves or their flaws and used power to cover up their insecurities.

[@calvintyler9281]

I wouldn't compare gale becoming kind of an asshole after putting on a crown vs astarion sacrificing all the people he victimized over 200 years which would include all the children he kidnapped because of his crippling fear of being controlled and his hypocrisy.

[@kanaric]

Gale still has free will as a god, Astarion because an evil menace to be slayed. Being a god is never bad in RPG settings like Forgotten Realms or Golarion. It is only ever good. That's the flaw with writing it as bad, literally every time someone becomes a god and is successful in that part it's only good for that person from then on. Bane, Bhaal, Mystra, Iomedea, etc. Mystra acting like it's a mistake is hugely ironic.

[@eliotgierat9462]

Are we really gonna act like we wouldn't become a god given the chance? Saying people "really need therapy" because of their decisions in a fantasy RPG is a sign you need to touch grass. But sure, enjoy your moral high ground. 😭 also, "accepted" not "expected."

[@4m4n40]

How are you comparing a blindly ambitious human acquiring divinity to an insecure manbaby embracing corruption by hijacking a ritual that required thousands of innocent tortured souls?

[@Seelenverheizer]

its so wierd how the game paints god gale as a bad decision without the proper legwork before that. Imo there literally isnt anything better then godhood in the dnd setting

[@TrixyTrixter]

Godhood is definitely not a good thing. Just as soon as he becomes a god does he lose his humanity and any real conection to the world.

[@zashgekido5616]

To be fair, Gale specifically attaining godhood is the worst possible thing for his character arc

[@calvintyler9281]

Losing your humanity viewing mortals as playthings power sources or food and of course eventually becoming amoral. Gods that were once mortal are all pretty shitty.

[@paythepenance8980]

@@TrixyTrixterhis connection is the ambition of mortals, just like Moradin’s connection is their inventiveness. They are responsible for aspects of the universe, but that doesn’t make them worse than mortals. Being an illithid has more to do with that than godhood

[@kanaric]

@@TrixyTrixter Like Mystra did... oh wait shes still having relationships and banging humans like gale.

[@clydecraft5642]

These arent even roasts its just a cat with an opinion

[@AnimeShinigami13]

so can gale actually give up Godhood?

[@james-dw8kq]

No

[@MyViolador]

In game? no, in lore, yes

[@ethanduncan1646]

Theoretically yes, practically no. After permanently cutting ties with Mystra why would he want to go back to being a normie?

[@mikewaterfield3599]

Fun fact, Cyric is the bid if ambition.

[@mikewaterfield3599]

Ariel Manx AKA “Midnight” bearer of Mystra’s Trust, AKA Mystra 2.0 was never that much of a B1t(h.

[@QuestionableObject]

The only thing worse than god gale is god mindflayer gale.

[@Tespri]

how about him following mystra's command and destroy his own soul?

[@bestaround3323]

God mindflayer Gale is the objectively best possible outcome

[@Salt-Upon-Woundss]

Tara is so judgmental

[@mhug162]

Yeah nothing more vulgar than being a god. Lmao.

[@angryonion9550]

I know, completely debased! How dare Gale succeed at ascension.

[@saal0]

i mean, the gods weren't very great, were they?

[@angryonion9550]

​@@saal0 Depends on the deity. Mystra is lawful neutral and the goddess of magic, it's not in her purview to satisfy the morality of mortals. Selune is a good goddess and she isn't so bad. Keep in mind, we're discussing a world where almost all divine magic is granted by the gods, that means all healthcare is basically from the gods of the realm. I don't know that I'd say the gods weren't very great, it just depends on the deity.

[@Bomsanchu]

this is the worst of the worst endings for gale, death is a better ending then this.

[@kanaric]

Hows that?

[@Sutandodzukia]

How?

[@AncientRylanor69]

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[@Tespri]

Tara is example of toxic friend. Who can't be happy for his friend's success but leaches in his misery.

[@madelinedelarche4543]

Oh yeah, like how she spent an entire year doing everything she could to keep the orb fed so he could survive, begs him to not to give up the best parts of himself, and is absolutely devastated when she learns that Mystra ordered him to kill himself. She totally LOVES when he's miserable. 🙄 Gale becoming a god ISN'T a good ending for Gale and Tara being disappointed in him for doing it is the response of a GOOD FRIEND. Just say you have no plot comprehension dude

[@Tespri]

@@madelinedelarche4543 Feeding him is not the same as she doesn't want to enjoy her time to see him in pain. I guess you never studied psychology. Some people enjoy nurturing people who are "inflicted" and keep them in that state on purpose.

[@starcrysis23]

⁠@@Tespriexcept not becoming a god on the road to ruin isn’t Gale inflicted. It’s Gale as himself. Just say you don’t understand caring about your friend going down a dark path and move on. Really, you should agree with all of their bad decisions and mistakes and enable them because PsYcHoLoGy

[@Tespri]

@@starcrysis23 becomes immortal being... "rOaD tO rUin". Meanwhile listening mystra literally destroys his soul and body. Man you're genius!

[@calvintyler9281]

​@@Tespri now where did anyone imply he should listen to mystra?

[@Jarikraider]

bad kitty

[@thisisaname5589]

I despise this cat-thing. Gale achieves something absolutely incredible, defies a doom that was rapidly encroaching on him, and yet this thing has nothing but scorn and contempt for his efforts and achievement. I'd polymorph it into a rat, that'd fit.

[@grandmyotismon]

stuck up house cat disserves to be shaven XD

[@CreativeUsernameEh]

Why are some people so awful

[@grandmyotismon]

@@CreativeUsernameEh tara is the one being unreasonable lol please get off your pretentious high horse

[@mikeparker7631]

So thankful for these clips showing me how much worse this game got after I quit playing it.

[@Veil_inhiding]

who tf is this cat to talk shit man never understood

[@evedonaldson8446]

Annoying cat

[@corporateturtle6005]

"You will feel the wrath of a true god"? Honey, you're aren't a "true god" you were a MORTAL like Gale that was given divinity by Ao to maintain the balance and to replace the true goddess of magic that was Mystryl/Mystra. Did Larian again forget the actual lore of the game? What a joke. Almost as big a joke as the third act's convoluted mess of a narrative.

[@RoosSkywalker]

That makes no difference in terms of power. Mystra is still a greater deity.

[@corporateturtle6005]

@@RoosSkywalker I know but still she's sounding like a massive hypocrite in this scene. It's still in line with her character I suppose given this is the same Greater Karen who barred Cyric and his followers from the Weave at one point because their history when they were mortals till she got put in her place when called out on it during Cyric's celestial trial and was forced to allow him access to it.

[@AlyssMa7rin]

She is a hypocrite... That's kinda the entire point of Gale's arc. Rising above the manipulations of Mystra.

[@bengunn9670]

She still is the most powerful of all gods.

[@Zeyox96]

Actually, the Goddess of Magic that Midnight replaced was once a mortal too. She was a peasant girl who ascended when Mystryl, the original Goddess of Magic, died. And I'd like to add that Mystryl, again the original Goddess of Magic, died when she sacrificed herself to save the Weave when Karsus was fucking it up. Karsus, whose ambitions led him, the Netherese empire (which he sought to save), the Goddess of Magic and nearly magic itself to ruin. Karsus, whose power Gale has now taken for himself to become a god himself, a god of ambition of all things. Now, I'd be the last person to say that Mystra has done no wrong when it comes to Gale, but her being pissy here and saying to Gale whatever she thinks she needs to so he won't repeat the very history that led to the original Goddess of Magic having to sacrifice herself to save magic itself... I can't say I blame her.

[@Anstreki323]

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