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Ardashir
Senior Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 02 Aug 2006 : 18:14:06
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Just wondering -- it's been years since anything has been written about poor brave Volo. Whatever became of him "in game"? Did Elminster finally get tired of protecting him, did the mages he slandered in his Guide to All Things Magical finally catch up to him, or has he settled down somewhere?
Personally I like to think that the roguish Volo is still writing his travel guides, he's just hiding out from all the people he offended.
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Arkhaedun
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 02 Aug 2006 : 18:18:10
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| If I remember correctly, Elminster had turned him into a lawn ornament at his tower for a while, "for his own good" but had recently allowed him to roam free again, though some other scribes will have to aid me in citing a reference for this. |
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Ardashir
Senior Scribe
USA
544 Posts |
Posted - 02 Aug 2006 : 18:24:24
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Originally posted by Arkhaedun
If I remember correctly, Elminster had turned him into a lawn ornament at his tower for a while, "for his own good" but had recently allowed him to roam free again, though some other scribes will have to aid me in citing a reference for this.
Hmm, Elminster must be getting testy in his old age. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 02 Aug 2006 : 18:41:40
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Originally posted by Arkhaedun
If I remember correctly, Elminster had turned him into a lawn ornament at his tower for a while, "for his own good" but had recently allowed him to roam free again, though some other scribes will have to aid me in citing a reference for this.
A frog to be exact but he's been returned to normal and he's still out there, somewhere. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 03 Aug 2006 : 01:24:45
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In March '04, THO revealed this little tidbit about the current activities of Volo -
"As for Volo: I once heard Volo called the “Geraldo Rivera of the Realms,” but I think that’s a trifle unfair to the real Mr. Rivera. Volo is a young, amoral rogue itching with the need to learn secrets and trumpet them to the world. A minor mage and major rogue, he wanders Faerun penning acidic travel guides (the Volo’s Guides, which are available as downloads and are ESSENTIAL to making a Realms campaign seem colourful and ‘real’). There’s even a Volo’s Guide to Baldur’s Gate II, which was meant to go with the computer game. Volo went so far as to write a book entitled Volo’s Guide To All Things Magical, and was threatened (by various wizards) with dire consequences if it was ever published.
Inevitably, it was, and as a result Volo (for his own protection, the Old Mage insists) spent some time as an ornamental frog sculpture in Elminster’s pond. He’s free again now, and I fear we’ve all not heard the last from Volo. :}"
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"Ed tells me Volo was freed almost two years ago, Realms-time, but there’s “free” and there’s “free,” if you know what I mean. Readers of Ed’s 2003 Spin A Yarn story know what he was briefly up to (and what most of the Seven Sisters think of him), and Ed tells me he also appears in the ‘thus-far-unseen, but handed in months ago’ 2004 Spin A Yarn story. I know some scribes will leap to tell me these stories aren’t canon, but to them I reply: this is VOLO we’re talking about, people! Volo!
P.S. There are several unpublished New Adventures of Volo DRAGON columns floating around in the WotC vaults, and some HORRIBLE poetry penned by Volo, too. To say nothing of a fragmentary ‘heaving bosoms’ broadsheet serial he started, ere one of his imprisonments . . .
love to all,
THO"
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scererar
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 03 Aug 2006 : 05:45:42
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Originally posted by Arkhaedun
If I remember correctly, Elminster had turned him into a lawn ornament at his tower for a while, "for his own good" but had recently allowed him to roam free again, though some other scribes will have to aid me in citing a reference for this.
yah, I see that yard Gnome on commercials every once in a while, causing all sorts of trouble  |
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 Aug 2006 : 08:11:51
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quote:
Originally posted by Arkhaedun
If I remember correctly, Elminster had turned him into a lawn ornament at his tower for a while, "for his own good" but had recently allowed him to roam free again, though some other scribes will have to aid me in citing a reference for this.
 Well that certainly makes me chuckle. Good ol' El |
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Wandering_mage
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 03 Aug 2006 : 19:59:16
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| I think the Realms could use some more of Volo's writing. I view his material as essential to knowing the Realms. Let the rogue Volo know that he is needed for his talents in being nosy and a quick writer! |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
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Posted - 03 Aug 2006 : 20:07:34
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| Let Wizards of the Coast know the same. As I have understood it, we should not hold our breath waiting for them to publish another Volo guide. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 04 Aug 2006 : 01:14:13
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Originally posted by Jorkens
Let Wizards of the Coast know the same. As I have understood it, we should not hold our breath waiting for them to publish another Volo guide.
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Dhomal
Senior Scribe
USA
565 Posts |
Posted - 04 Aug 2006 : 05:20:39
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Hello-
Maybe someone who feels so inclined could run an article proposal by the Dragon staff - for -- Volo's guide to Impiltur!!! With some of the attention its been getting in Dragon/Dungeon lately - it might not be a hard sell!
While *I* like the idea, others may not. Also - while I wish I had the time to devote to working on it myself - I don't. If I thought I had the time - I would not have dropped the idea in plain sight!
(* Though - a simple "thanks for the inspiration" note would be appreciated! LOL *)
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Whatever happened to Volothamp Geddarn?
