Been seeing the original sketch get some attention lately and I forgot that I had colored it ages ago. Uploading the colored version since I figured this one is easier to look at.
A lot of fan-works seem to assume that Gale comes from a wealthy family, while this dialog seems to contradict that. (Read bottom to top). I think Gale growing up poor makes more sense, if he had come from wealth I doubt it would be such a big deal that he forgos his last name in favor of “Gale of Waterdeep”.
The Dekarios clan is probably completely unremarkable to most, and that’s why Gale tries to distance himself from it. Maybe the clan is a wandering group or agriculturally focused. Something humble that higher wizard society wouldn’t really appreciate.
No I don’t think that Gale enjoying a glass of wine or a comfy clothes or good books is him being “wealthy coded”. Poor people can enjoy those things as well and I’m certain he got a taste for “finer” things while with Mystra as she could probably conjure anything she wanted.
Day 13 with a rather special guest- Espeon. This may be 'just an Espeon', but not just any ol' clairvoyant creature: my very first starter Pokemon. Went with a lineless approach, very shaped!
Legit though, I managed to get from Gale of Darkness to Pokemon Violet recently and... man. Time flies. 20 years almost, and Orre's music still hits me to this day.
TL;DR
Espeon is super special to me as a starter from my very first Pokemon game and we need Orre to come back.