"And it had been Ron who had joked and laughed and nudged him and stubbornly knocked down his walls and dragged him out of his shell and shown him what family and friendship were." Harry and Ron friendship moments throughout the series. Ch. 7 The Poisoned Mead: Missing scene after Ron's poisoning.
A tragic incident causes Gale's life to take a complete U-turn, sending him tumbling into a dark abyss. "That was what you lived by, wasn't it? 'Free or Dead? Tell me, are you free now?" Sometimes you just can't escape your shadows.