| rdfs:comment | - Volothamp Geddarm, or Volo for short, was a legendary traveler and storyteller, and was most famous for his guidebook published by Tym Waterdeep Limited.
- Volothamp Geddarm or simply Volo as shown in-game, is a famous story teller and traveler. Volo is the author and illustrator of many guide books and maps of Faerûn. Two of Volo's maps come printed, within special editions of the Baldur's Gate game. Much of the Instruction Manual to the game is also written from Volo's point of view. In BG:EE, he can't be damaged. He is not immune nor does he have special resistances; when you hit him with a spell or with a weapon, the damage simply doesn't happen, and no message is displayed. You can pickpocket him an aquamarine gem.
- Volothamp Geddarm—"Volo" for short—is arguably one of the two most lasting fictional characters created by Ed Greenwood for the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting, along with Elminster. Himself, Volo was a too-curious-for-his-own-good travelling scholar and minor wizard. Always on the lookout for an exposé, he all too frequently was at odds with Elminster, who preferred some things to be kept in the dark. He has also had several adventures of his own, as told in Once Around The Realms and The Mage in The Iron Mask.
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| abstract | - Volothamp Geddarm, or Volo for short, was a legendary traveler and storyteller, and was most famous for his guidebook published by Tym Waterdeep Limited.
- Volothamp Geddarm—"Volo" for short—is arguably one of the two most lasting fictional characters created by Ed Greenwood for the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting, along with Elminster. It is through Volo's perspective that Greenwood authored his detailed Forgotten Realms lore-books of the Volo's Guide series: Volo's Guide to Baldur's Gate (note that this, and its sequel, relate to the city and not the computer game), Volo's Guide to Cormyr, Volo's Guide to the Dalelands, Volo's Guide to the North, Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast, Volo's Guide to Waterdeep, Volo's Guide: the Sword Coast No 2, and Volo's Guide to Baldur's Gate II. Himself, Volo was a too-curious-for-his-own-good travelling scholar and minor wizard. Always on the lookout for an exposé, he all too frequently was at odds with Elminster, who preferred some things to be kept in the dark. In fact, it was his assembling his "first" guide—Volo's Guide To All Things Magical—that put him on the "path" to making his other guides. As for Elminster, it is he who edits every guide that Volo has published, as evident in the many footnotes in each, including Volo's Guide to All Things Magical, which almost got Volo killed making it. "Volo" is not to be confused with "Marco Volo", real name Marco Wands, of the Wands family of Waterdeep. A trouble-making bard, Wands gained Volothamp's moniker after he stole an artifact from a powerful wizard, and laid the blame on the far more infamous scapegoat of the real Volo. Pursued by the mad mage and his forces, and protected by adventurers hired by his father, Marco came into his own at the finale, when the artifact was revealed as containing a god from another world, who had come to Toril along with Marco's family. The Sunstaffs, as they were known then, had through the generations been destined to keep the god imprisoned, and Marco awakened to his destiny with the help of the adventurers, Volothamp himself, and the gods Tyr, Sune, and Corellon Larethian. He has also had several adventures of his own, as told in Once Around The Realms and The Mage in The Iron Mask.
- Volothamp Geddarm or simply Volo as shown in-game, is a famous story teller and traveler. Volo is the author and illustrator of many guide books and maps of Faerûn. Two of Volo's maps come printed, within special editions of the Baldur's Gate game. Much of the Instruction Manual to the game is also written from Volo's point of view. In BG:EE, he can't be damaged. He is not immune nor does he have special resistances; when you hit him with a spell or with a weapon, the damage simply doesn't happen, and no message is displayed. We can meet with Volo in-game. He is at the Belching Dragon Tavern, in Nashkel. If you speak with him he will tell you stories and information about the Sword Coast, most of them useful for your quest. You can pickpocket him an aquamarine gem.
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