Gaelan Bayle

Gaelan Bayle is a member of the Shadow Thieves who lives in Athkatla's Slums District during the Shadows of Amn campaign.
The first time the party leaves Waukeen's Promenade during Chapter 1, the only option is to enter the Slums District. Immediately after this, Gorion's Ward encounters Gaelan. This encounter is unavoidable. Gaelan claims to knows how to rescue Imoen and will take the party to his home to propose a deal.
He will tell the protagonist that a group will help facilitate an opportunity to rescue Imoen for . After the deal is struck, a cut-scene plays, initiating Chapter 2 of the game. Further into the adventure, he will later reduce the price to . Once the party gathers and actually pays the fee, Gaelan will reveal that he is working for the Shadow Thieves and will refer the Gorion's Ward to Aran Linvail to further the main quest.
==Related Quests==
After the initial talk, Gorion's Ward may ask Gaelan for "help finding work" to raise gold. Gaelan has several suggestions to get the party started, including the person who can initiate the Stronghold Quest most relevant to the PC's class (e.g., for a Fighter, he will mention "a girl named Nalia" at the Copper Coronet). In case of a multi- or dual-class PC, Brus may direct them towards the initiator of the Stronghold Quest for their second class upon exiting his house (e.g., for a Fighter / Mage, Gaelan will mention Nalia and his nephew Madeen). Others sources of work mentioned include:
*"a boy from Umar Hills" (Delon) who needs someone to Investigate the Deaths in the Umar Hills
*"a messenger from Trademeet" (Flydian) who mentions Animal trouble in Trademeet
*"The churches need aid too", either against each other, or with the Unseeing Eye
==Notes==
Gaelan has two creature files, with the only differences as follows:
#GAELAN.cre is used before the deal is offered, and will continue to be used afterwards, if Gorion's Ward sides with Gaelan and the Shadow Thieves. In this case:
#*He has an undroppable helmet to prevent critical hits.
#*He also has an undroppable ring which helps to prevent his death as an essential NPC.
However,
#*If the player can still somehow manage to kill Gaelen (possible only in the Classic game), he is worth (not 1,300). This has been fixed in the Enhanced edition of the game to make him invulnerable.
#*Finally, in the classic game, he has a "Blank" for "Kit" as opposed to None, True or Swashbuckler.
#GAELAN2.cre is only used if the protagonist sides with Bohdi and the Vampires. In this case, he can be killed normally since he no longer has the helmet or ring, and his kit is Swashbuckler. In all other creature file values, his statistics, abilities and equipment remain the same.
==Gallery==
Gaelan Bayle NPC BGII Gaelan Bayle's House.png|Gaelan Bayle inside his home
==Mod content==
===Mods:===
Sword Coast Stratagems has an optional component regarding Gaelan Bayle:
Increase the price asked by Gaelan Bayle (BG2, BG2EE, BGT)
This component aims both to make it more realistic for the player to linger in chapter 2 of SoA (which in gameplay terms is often rather tempting but is hard to justify on roleplaying grounds) and to add an extra challenge by restricting the player's wealth in the first part of the game. As everyone knows, in the unmodded game Gaelan asks the player to provide 20,000gp. With this component installed, he will want more - between 40,000gp and 120,000gp, depending on which option you choose during installation.
Gaelan Bayle is also assigned an SCS Thief AI script for improved tactical combat behavior, and weapon proficiencies and thieving skills are adjusted (and used by the script) commensurate with the Rogue's experience level. He will also utilize potions in his inventory for invisibility and backstabbing opportunities, and to heal himself. Backstabbing attacks will be used if he is able to achieve invisibility.
The Rogue Rebalancing mod makes further revisions to Gaelan and provides additional support in his home should he be attacked.
With the Alternatives mod, if the party accepts the tasks proposed by "Aster", then Gaelan Bayle can be attacked and killed. The MINHP1.ITM is removed from his creature file.
===Gallery:===
GAELAN BAYLE.jpg|thumb|Gaelan Bayle from Portraits Portraits Everywhere
rrgaels.jpg|thumb|Gaelen from Rogue Rebalancing
rrgaelsTPS1.jpg|thumb| Gaelan from The Picture Standard for BGEE 1 & 2
Category:Shadow Thieves