To be honest I'm hoping Gale is not Chosen of Mystra or ex-Chosen... that kind of goes against established lore and he should be way more powerful than he is.
I'm not terribly proficient in Realms lore, but Gale's backstory does seem more - I dunno, extreme? - than the others. Lover
and Chosen of a god must be a much rarer thing to achieve than "vampire spawn", "folk hero", "random githyanki" (is Lae'zel special at
all?) and... whatever Shadowheart is. Also, how the heck is our PC supposed to compete with
Mystra. Yeesh.
Gale and Shadowheart seem to have the most well-developed romance tracks so far. Once Wyll's gets unbugged, maybe it'll be up there too. I'd like to see more content for Astarion and Lae'zel but I'm not sure if that's even in the works. And I
definitely hope we'll get more of this stuff in Act II and III;
Original Sin 2 kind of dropped the ball there, IIRC (and I may be remembering entirely wrong, I basically only romanced Ifan).
As far as shady companions go, I think the top spot in this game will go to
the suspicious-looking rodent riding a ranger mount. Far too charming, and talk about unbelievable backstories! Gonna keep my eyes on those two.
