#wyvspeaks

polite, sincere, gentle != lawful good.

he wants to be lawful…but he demonstrably follows his conscience over systems or rules whenever they conflict. see: the kagha dialogue where he calls her a demon for punishing arabella, the eagerness to kill the entire goblin camp, the fact that he sold his soul at 17 instead of relying on the Flaming Fist or other “official” defenses to protect the city, + more. he suggests drowning gortash in his own blood. he is a ok with ignoring procedure as long as it aligns with what he personally thinks someone deserves.

in game, he carries himself with the wisdom and experience of someone much older. and you forget, little by little, that he’s only 24. that it’s only been seven years since he was pacted to Mizora at 17.

at seventeen years old, wyll lost everything that usually defines a young man, in one day. his soul, sold to mizora for the safety of his city. his autonomy, now on a devilish leash. the wholeness of his body, a blade ruining his right eye. his only family, who disowned him. his home, where he was banished from. his entire future and place in the world. at 17, wyll, a child, was homeless, recently half blind, and absolutely, completely alone in the world except for the devil who owned him.

and then we meet him at 24, in game. he’s made a name for himself, because he had to. because there was no space left for just “wyll ravengard” to exist. and you easily forget, with his courtly charm and scars of experience, that he is only a few years from adolescence. you forget that he’s never gotten to just be a young man. you forget that at 18, 19, 20, he was bleeding for the sake of protecting others instead of figuring out who he is. he never had time to grieve any of it.

Gale is Absolutely Convinced he can win her over with the next story, by being empathetic and reasonable. Minthara refers to him only as “the wizard”, and tells him in Menzoberranzan, parents kill the third born son as he is “useless even for breeding” and then tells him he has the aura of a third child about him. This absolutely does not sway his resolve to befriend her.

remember how wyll sacrificed his freedom for the rest of his life in exchange for the safety of baldur’s gate?

remember how wyll, an exile of his own city and family, lived nomadically for years, traveling the Sword Coast saving others?

remember how easy it is to make wyll realize karlach is innocent and spare her, even though he knows he will suffer greatly for it?

remember how wyll makes no regretful or bitter comment about his choice to save karlach, even when he is tortured in the hells and transformed into a devil?

remember how wyll still is willing to sacrifice the rest of his life in service to mizora to save the life of his father, who disowned and exiled him?