SpringWeave

Wizard Yearner - Precanon Connoisseur - Cleric Fan I write Gale precanon fic

[c-e-p5315]

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Hello there!

Welcome to my little corner where I share my brainrot! I'm in the midst of writing a fic series wherein I attempt to flesh out Gale's backstory along with that of my OC. This is where I will post new chapter announcements, status updates, behind-the-scenes content, and more than likely a fair amount of musings and ramblings.

Below is the list of works I currently have, both completed and WIPs. Links to AO3 are provided.

Tidal Fates of Mortal Days: WIP Series

Part One: Threads of Fate

Pairing - Gale x OC

Rating - Mature

AO3 Tags - Alternating POV; Pre-canon; Fluff and Angst; Mutual Pining; Friends to Lovers, Eventual Happy Ending (but first some yearning); additional tags on AO3

AO3 Summary -

Set in Waterdeep well before The Crisis of The Absolute… Gale Dekarios is ambitious. He knows he is on the cusp of greatness. But his aspirations have been stifled by a command to wait for something he cannot control. The restlessness is starting to take its toll. Eliwyn Torleth is content. But her parents do not think a young elf should live so long in the same human city. So, she must leave home behind and build her life anew. When their paths cross on the streets of Waterdeep they quickly form a bond. Soon, a dormant promise stirs and it expects to be honored. A choice must be made: mortal love or divine devotion? OR: The Forgotten Realms equivalent of two young professionals navigating the challenges of establishing their careers and finding love.

Chapters - 32

Words - 169,797

Status - COMPLETE

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Part 2: Shores of Will

Pairing - Gale x Mystra; OC x OC

Rating - Mature

AO3 Tags - Pre-canon; Alternating POV; Yearning; Fluff & Angst; Adventure; additional tags to be added

AO3 Summary -

Five months have passed since a divine command came between Gale and Eliwyn. Now, Gale is set on fulfilling his destiny as the First of Mystra’s Chosen. He is sure his endeavors will prove his worth, but keeping the approval of a goddess is no easy undertaking. Meanwhile, Eliwyn seeks a new path of her own. Guided by her faith but restricted by her vow to do no harm, she ventures into the wide world. Dangers lurk around every bend in the road. Luckily, she does not face them alone. Set against the backdrop of a newly reordered realm of the gods and a land rebuilding after a century of conflict, Eliwyn and Gale will see old faces and meet new friends. Yet beneath the turbulent waters of their journeys, something stirs. Even the waves of fate will break upon the shores of will… But for how long?

Chapters - 8/?

Word Count - 33,703

Status - updating when I can!

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Prelude of a Springlady: WIP Series

Pairing - OC x OC; OC & Wyll

Rating - Teen & Up

AO3 Tags - Fluff; First Love; Grief/Mourning; Religious Imagery/Symbolism; additional tags to be added

AO3 Summary -

A collection of scenes and vignettes providing a glimpse into Eliwyn’s past. PLEASE NOTE: This series was born of a writing event on the Real Housewives of Baldur’s Gate discord server. This series is largely meant to be enjoyed alongside my main fic, Threads of Fate. If you have not yet read the main fic you are of course welcome to continue reading this series, but please be aware that much of it may not entirely make sense. I also highly recommend you begin with Part 1 of the series if you have not yet read ToF.

Number of works - 26

Word Count - 30,772

Status - I have a few more prompts to finish, but this is very much a side project. It'll get finished eventually!

[c-e-p5315]

My first Self-Indulgent Sunday!

Thank you for the tag @kt-catt!

Since this is my first, I think maybe I’ll use it as a chance to introduce my OC.

Tumblr, meet Eliwyn Torleth!

Race: Sun elf Birthday: Alturiak 1373 DR Class: Cleric Background: Acolyte Occupation: Cleric of Lathander

Eliwyn’s Bio:

Eliwyn was born the fourth child to Eliseth and Annwyl Torleth shortly after The Retreat. The Torleths arrived in Baldur’s Gate with the intention of embarking for Evermeet from Grey Harbor. But a last minute change of heart by her father resulted in the family dividing. The eldest Torleth girls left with their husbands and children for the secluded elven isle. Eliseth, Annwyl, and their son Taran stayed behind. Eliwyn was born two years later.

Her father, a member of the Iyrandrii and a former guard of that isolated realm, joined The Watch of the Upper City. The oversar at the time took notice of Eliseth’s skill. As he had no successor, he declared Eliseth as such and a few years later Eliseth took over as one of the generals of The Watch.

Eliwyn’s younger decades in Baldur’s Gate were happy ones. Her later years, however, were marred by her first experience with loss. Growing up among humans meant that, all too soon, her friends passed on.

It was during this time, perhaps the darkest in her life at that point, that she threw herself into her faith. She had been taught of both the elven and Faerûnian pantheons, but ultimately chose to become a follower of Lathander, like her father. After saying goodbye to the last of her first friends she decided to join Lathander’s clergy. She worked and worshipped as a Dawn Priest at The Rose Portal under the various Dawnmasters who served as rectors.

Not long after turning one hundred, Eliwyn’s parents determined she had been in Baldur’s Gate for too long. They were concerned about the impact that witnessing several generations of humans come and go was having on her. So, with the help of Dawnmaster Malcolm, Eliwyn sent a letter to The Spires of the Morning in Waterdeep stating her desire to become a Dawnbringer, a speciality priest of Lathander.

On the fourteenth of Tarsakh, 1485 DR she arrived on the bustling and somewhat disorienting streets of Waterdeep.

This is where her story truly begins and continues in my fic Threads of Fate!

*** The absolute gentlest of tags here, seeing as I am a baby Tumblr and my playground is still quite empty. If you’ve already been tagged for this don’t mind me! @alliskit, @thesanguinesonnet, @bladesingerlily, here is your excuse to self-indulge if you’d like one!

[chaoswritesthemultiverse]

One of Gale's many kinks is yearning.

(@dr4gonwriter I believe you described this as gale coded, and I very much agree)

[c-e-p5315]

Want to read about Gale and Mystra getting together?

Me neither!

But I’m going to write it anyway!

This chapter I’m working on has been such a slog because I truly do not want to write it. When I decided to do a full blown sequel of my fic detailing Gale’s pre-canon life I originally was going to just hand wave over this whole situationship. My beta reader, however, had other thoughts. Once again, she encouraged me to stretch my limits for one does not improve without at least some level of discomfort.

Not to mention I have always wondered what Gale was getting up to as a Chosen of Mystra. If playing him as origin Mystra mentions them going on adventures together, and that further sparked my curiosity (and now creativity). So here we go folks! A snippet from my upcoming chapter in which Gale and Mystra set off on the first of their adventures and start blurring the boundaries between gods and mortals!

*** She turns on her heel, a curious expression passing over her as she stares at him.  “Yes…yes, that is a brilliant idea!  Only, it is not Elminster who will go.  It will be you, Gale.”

A grin spreads across his face.  The gods cannot read minds, yet she has clearly intuited his.  “My lady, I was very much hoping you would grant me such a mission.”

With a swift swirl of her star-specked gown, Mystra settles onto the couch beside him. She leans forward.  Her eyes, mere inches from his, dance with exhilaration. “Would you permit me to accompany you?  I will aid you, and then I shall take the scroll with me to be kept safely here in my domain.”

The prospect of finding a Nether Scroll is thrilling in and of itself, but to do so at the side of the goddess of magic leaves him agape and void of words. Why, he shall be the only mortal other than Elminster to earn the boast of Mystra’s adventure if companion. “Of course. I…well, I am honored indeed,” Gale manages to stammer.

“Will you tell me,” she says in a soft voice, sliding the book back into his hands, “how long did it take you to decipher this?”

“Well, I…I did not have Tara around to time me, unfortunately,” he says with a chuckle.  “But once I had all my sources, I’d wager about a half hour.  Probably less.”

The exhilaration that livened her eyes deepens into something else.  The cool silver warms.  “Extraordinary,” she whispers. 

[matlasaya]

There are endless worlds out there

[lowrifaberart]

If Gale ain’t glowing I don’t wanna know.

But then he always is ✨✨

[lady-sapphyre]

[kt-catt]

New Chapter: Further Research Required

The Joy of Extradimensional Spaces

"This book is called The Joy of Extradimensional Spaces," he explained. "I had some ideas for the tower, but this is a subject with which I am unfortunately unfamiliar beyond the basics. I never really had a need for extra space living on my own, but now—" He paused, with the slight self-consciousness of a man still adjusting to the particular happiness of now. "Well. I thought it might be nice for us to have a little courtyard, which the architecture of the tower quite obviously doesn't support. And perhaps a new music room for you, where you wouldn't be bothered by the sounds of the tower. One with a spot for me, of course, so I may watch you when you invite me." He smiled with the boyish delight that appeared whenever a new idea genuinely seized him. "I have other ideas too, but I thought I’d better learn how much I can feasibly accomplish before I go setting myself up with projects for the next year or ten."

Alyss echoed his smile back at him, delighted by his delight. "What wonderful ideas. I'm sure you can do any of them you set your mind to, but perhaps start with just the two? I'm not sure I can keep track of too many little pockets in our tower, and I don't want your next adventure to be rescuing your lost wife from an interdimensional labyrinth."

"Nor I,” Gale said. "I've only just convinced you to marry me. It would be highly irresponsible and more than a little devastating to lose you now. Perhaps I should also research navigational devices and recall spells. Oh!" He caught himself. "But before I grow too distracted by my own plans, see here."

He drew her attention to the margins of the page, where someone had written in a dense, cramped hand quite different from the main text. The symbols and abbreviations were layered so tightly together that at first glance they looked almost decorative.

"The main text is interesting enough," he said. "It’s a thorough treatment of extradimensional spaces, how they're constructed, how they're sustained, and the theoretical underpinnings of the Magnificent Mansion spell in particular. Worthy scholarship." He tapped the margin. "But this is something else entirely."

He turned back several pages to show her the pattern of it. The marginal notes appeared at irregular intervals, sometimes a single line, sometimes a dense cluster that nearly overwrote the original text.

"It's arcane shorthand. A personal notation system, by the look of it. Scholars develop them sometimes when they're working quickly and don't want to be understood at a glance. This one seems to be part cipher, part abbreviation, and part personal vocabulary. Whoever wrote this was working fast and thinking faster." He pointed to a recurring symbol, a small looping mark that appeared at the start of each cluster of notes. "This appears to be a kind of anchor point. The same symbol begins each new entry. And here—" he moved his finger to a series of tightly packed characters "—I can make out what I believe are spatial coordinates of some kind. But the rest of it..." He sat back. "The rest requires a second pair of eyes and, I suspect, considerably more patience than I am currently capable of mustering alone." He tilted his head, resting it against hers.

"You have a musician's eye for pattern," he said. "And you definitely have more patience than me. Will you help me work through it?"

Gale and Alyss start their research at Candlekeep but get derailed by the marginalia in Gale's book. An unexpected option for adventure presents itself and of course they take it. [Read on AO3]