Volothamp Geddarm
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Volothamp Geddarm

Volo

Volothamp Geddarm or Volo for short, is a legendary traveler and storyteller, and is most famous for his line of  "Volo's Guide To:" books.

History


The esteemed researcher, traveler, and writer, Volothamp Geddarm, angered many of Faerûn's mages when he published the infamous Volo's Guide to All Things Magical. Wizards felt that Volo exposed their secrets via the book and actively sought to punish the man. The Simbul of Unknown was amused by the commotion caused by the hapless bard. She transformed Volo into a bird and made him fly into a wall as a punishment. The Witch-Queen dispensed some other magical chastisement on the writer, yet in the end, she gifted him an enchanted etched stone with a sly smile. The Simbul told Volo in a soft voice that his survival might depend on the stone's magic. She also warned the man that were he ever foolish enough to anger every spellcaster on Toril, no trinker would be enough to save his hide.


After the party helped him save his friend Floon he gifted them Trollskull Manor as a reward before heading off to Unknown.

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Appearance

Hair
Brown, big beard, a but unkempt

Height
Short and Stout

Personality

Personality
He was oft portrayed as the quintessential "go-to guy" of the Realms even if his information was, at best, half-accurate. He was too curious for his own good.

Notable Works

  • Volo's Guide to All Things Magical: First notable work. 
  • Volo's Guide to Cormyr
  • Volo's Guide to the Dalelands
  • Volo's Guide to the Frozenfar
  • Volo's Guide to Good Rulership
  • Volo's Guide to the Lands of Intrigue
  • Volo's Guide to the North
  • Volo's Guide to Rhyming Incantations
  • Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast
  • Volo's Guide to Waterdeep
  • Volo's Guide to Westgate & the Dragon Coast
  • Volo's Complete Guide to the Behaviour of Nymphs: A reluctantly unpublished work, deemed "too naughty" by Elminster, that eventually saw the light of day as a chapbook under Volo's pen name of "Valhalaeria the Vaunted" (used for more salacious works).
  • Volo's Guide to Monsters: A treatise on monster lore, with annotations and comments by Elminster. Sometime in the late 1480s or early 1490s DR, Volo sold autographed hardcover copies to travelers and nobles in Port Nyanzaru for 50 gp.
  • Volo's Waterdeep Enchiridion: A chapbook designed to be a visitor's guide to Waterdeep. It was expected to serve the reader until Volo's Guide to Waterdeep, long out of print, was updated and re-released.
  • Volo's Guide to Spirits and Specters: An unfinished book that lacked substantial information about insubstantial supernatural beings. He initially bought Trollskull Manorin hopes of discovering more things about ghost as it was supposedly haunted. But without any success.
  • Volo's Guide to Baldur's Gate: WIP

Title
Volo

Type
NPC

Races
Human

Gender
Male

Appearance

Hair
Brown, big beard, a but unkempt

Height
Short and Stout

Personality

Personality
He was oft portrayed as the quintessential "go-to guy" of the Realms even if his information was, at best, half-accurate. He was too curious for his own good.