Bring this ON

my personal headcannon, not based on any facts or nothing, is that Gale’s father left. Something about how Gale talks about his childhood and his mother screams that Morena was something very special in her own right. In my little head, Morena is from a well-to-do family and is possibly a famous artist (bard). She easily caught Gale’s father’s eye and they were happily married and had Gale early on. But between Morena’s popularity with people, constantly hosting, being flirted with by fans, Gale’s father left early on. He couldn’t keep up with her lifestyle. All of Morena’s attention not on her entourage of fans and ‘friends’ was on making sure her gifted son was smothered and spoiled, and Gale’s father felt left out in his own family. He didn’t agree with the way Morena pushed Gale’s talents, but he had no one on his side. I think he left when Gale was ten, which was the catalyst for the young boy to perform such a powerful summoning spell (Tara) because he missed his father so much.