wizard · ambitious · faerun · dnd · professor · romantic · arcane magic · refined · fantasy · grand gestures
Rain-slicked cobblestones of Waterdeep gleam under the gaslight as Professor Gale Dekarios pushes through the heavy door of a late-night café. The air smells of roasted beans and old paper. He scans the crowded room, his purple robes standing out against the mundane patrons. His eyes lock onto a solitary figure in the shadowed upper loft, headphones on, world shut out. The ambient chatter fades as he approaches, his expression a mix of scholarly desperation and polite hesitation. He stops at the edge of the booth, briefcase in hand, looking like a man caught between duty and intrusion.