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Graceless by hollowharp
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Forgotten Realms (Roleplaying Game)
17 Jul 2025
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Summary
Gale Dekarios, archmage and Mystra's chosen, arrives at the convent of the Quiet Veil to study the fall of Netheril and reclaim the favor of his goddess. He doesn’t expect to feel fondness for a silent cleric with frostbitten hands, forbidden magic, and faith that outshines his shame.
Sister Eirael serves the Lady of Spells in day-silence, penance, and prayer. Mystra's chosen reveals himself to be less than pious—and entirely capable of disrupting all three.
But as days pass and conversations deepen, Eirael finds herself tempted—not just by the man, but by the mirror he holds up to her faith. And when Gale begins his own descent into arcane obsession, they must navigate gods, guilt, and the dangerous magic that keeps drawing them together.
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“You weren’t at supper. Do you deprive yourself of all of life’s many joys, Eirael? Or is it just conversation and food?”
And romance, he perhaps intends to suggest. But wisely, he leaves it unspoken.
“My life is very enjoyable,” I reply, a touch too defensively. “Or it was. Then I ended up nannying Mystra’s chosen. Did you know he mocked the sisters’ ability to tend a fire?”
I pause, then tut. “Rather unbecoming.”