I love the first time when he dies and you have to do the whole crazy routine to resurrect him. What's a little weird is that in my last run I never got that one, but maybe that's cause he ate all 3 artifacts before dying or something? Not sure, but I did enjoy that quite a bit the first time around. I love all the book stuff and his running commentary.
My current theory is, that you only get the "In Case of Death" quest if he dies before the orb get stabilised. Yurgir bombed him away on my Tactician run recently which was his first death and it produced neither projection nor aura.
But the first time I got the quest was very special to me. I hadn't completely understood all the mechanics yet and Gale got pushed into the Chasm by one of Dror Ragzlin's goons. He was the first one who had really died on me and I was scared that he was gone for good. Seeing his stupid projection filled me with so much joy and relief, I would have hugged it, if there had been an option.
