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Volothamp "Volo" Geddarm

Writer
NPC
Waterdeep in Sword Coast

Volothamp Geddarm, or more often Volo for short, is a widely traveled human wizard and sage of Faerûn. He is a legendary traveler, explorer, and rogueish mage, and is most famous, or infamous, for his guidebooks, including the controversial and notorious Volo's Guide to All Things Magical.

Bibliography

  • The Duchess Spanks Bank, as "Valhalaeria the Vaunted."
  • Dungeonology: an adventurer's guide to adventuring.
  • On Goblins: My Life Among the Conquering Host: an all-encompassing guide to goblin society.
  • Shalana Slides on the She-Dragon's Scales, as "Valhalaeria the Vaunted."
  • Volo's Big Book of Space: a work covering spelljamming.
  • Volo's Complete Guide to the Behaviour of Nymphs: a reluctantly unpublished work, deemed "too naughty" by Elminster, that eventually saw the light of day as a bestselling chapbook titled Nymphs in Need (of my Embraces) under Volo's pen name of "Valhalaeria the Vaunted" (used for more salacious works).
  • Volo's Guide to All Things Magical: first written c. 1356 DR and rewritten with the help of Elminster in 1367 DR.
  • Volo's Guide to the Bloodstone Lands: written 1360–1362 DR but unreleased and held by an unknown party.
  • Volo's Guide to Calimport: written 1364–1365 DR but all final drafts were destroyed by Calishite pashas and Rundeen agents and only notes and an old draft remained.
  • Volo's Guide to Cormyr: written 1367–1368 DR.
  • Volo's Guide to the Dalelands: written 1368–1369 DR.
  • Volo's Guide to the Frozenfar: published 1364 DR.
  • Volo's Guide to Good Rulership: published 1377 DR.
  • Volo's Guide to the Lands of Intrigue: written 1369–1370 DR with an abridged version released by Elminster.
  • Volo's Guide to Magic, Appendix III: published before 1374 DR.
  • Volo's Guide to Monsters: a treatise on monster lore, with annotations and comments by Elminster, published sometime in the late 1480s or early 1490s DR.
  • Volo's Guide to the Moonsea: written 1357–1358 DR but unreleased and suppressed by the Zhentarim.
  • Volo's Guide to the North: written 1365–1366 DR.
  • Volo's Guide to Ormpur: written based on a tour of the city of Ormpur in Lapaliiya with Mirt the Moneylender.
  • Volo's Guide to the Planes: A work consisting of several volumes covering both the Inner and Outer Planes. A revised edition was also available.
  • Volo's Guide to Rhyming Incantations: published 1371 DR.
  • Volo's Guide to the Serpent Kingdoms: written 1374 DR, after Volo's visit to Samarach.
  • Volo's Guide to Spirits and Specters: an unfinished book that lacked substantial information about insubstantial supernatural beings.
  • Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast: written over 1366/1367 DR.
  • Volo's Guide to the Vast: written 1358–1360 DR, but unreleased with the original held by a resident of Ravens Bluff.
  • Volo's Guide to Waterdeep: written 1363–1365 DR.
  • Volo's Guide to Westgate and the Dragon Coast: written 1360–1362 DR or 1362–1363 DR on commission by a noble of Yhaunn.
  • 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.
  • Wyrms of the North: a chapbook surveying some of the more prominent dragons of the Sword Coast.