Power: 5 | Speed: 6 | Rarity: Rare | World Region: The Gale Highways
Origins: Gale Rider operates on the Gale Highways, the major airflow routes through Air territory, and has developed speed along these specific routes that exceeds what most Rare-tier cards achieve in open air. A 5/6 stat line on a track designed for maximum velocity makes this a card that opponents consistently underestimate until the round is already over. The Gale Highways aren't a route. They're an advantage.
Finishing Move: Gale Surge: Accelerates along the Gale Highways – the fastest aerial corridors in the affinity – to a Speed that the stat line of 6 doesn't fully capture. Arrives before the opponent has processed that it started moving.
Synergy & Rivalry: The highway speed option in Air Rares. Water's Wave Knight is its direct mounted-mobility counterpart – two Rare-tier cavalry-style cards who use their respective environmental highways and have an ongoing dispute about whose highway is faster under combat conditions.
