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Malanthius
Learned Scribe
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 Posted - 03 Aug 2007 : 14:39:16
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Does anyone have a reference to the recent history and whereablouts of elminster's least favorite ahem "sage" ?
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2007 : 14:53:25
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Have you been reading the recent "Volo's Guides" in the last few issues of DRAGON? Also, 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P.S. There are several unpublished New Adventures of Volo DRAGON columns floating around in the WotC vaults, and some HORRIBLE poetry penned by Volo, too.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"
See Ed's other compiled reply files for more [recent] tidbits about Volo.
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Edited by - The Sage on 03 Aug 2007 14:56:27 |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2007 : 15:46:20
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Note that Marco Volo is really Marcus Wands. This thread started to confuse me because I thought it was about Wands and not Volo. |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6680 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2007 : 22:46:27
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If you read the new Shadowdale adventure very, very carefully, you might get a little sneaky peek at Volo's current situation - if the tidbit survived the editor's pen, that is.
-- George Krashos
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"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus |
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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
1720 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2007 : 23:34:56
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Oh, how I so much dislike those editor hands! Cut, cut, cut....... whycan they not accidentally leave all like it was intended, for once.
*sighs*
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Malanthius
Learned Scribe
144 Posts |
Posted - 04 Aug 2007 : 10:37:58
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6680 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2007 : 12:20:11
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And sure enough, it did get cut. Oh well, that's what Eric gets for being super-sneaky. 
-- George Krashos
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"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36910 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2007 : 16:07:10
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Originally posted by George Krashos
And sure enough, it did get cut. Oh well, that's what Eric gets for being super-sneaky.
-- George Krashos
Any chance you can tell us what was there, or is it NDA? |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2007 : 17:14:27
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Ah... but then we know what Eric's like. He enjoys hoarding these little tidbits until he has a time to express them elsewhere. Perhaps, when he has another opportunity, we'll see this "Volo" material included in a future source...
I certainly hope so. I've been itching for some further mention of Volo's current adventures for quite some time. 
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Edited by - The Sage on 05 Aug 2007 17:16:05 |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 09 Aug 2007 : 00:00:30
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Originally posted by The Sage
Volo is a young, amoral rogue itching with the need to learn secrets and trumpet them to the world.
I know that's from THO and/or Ed Greenwood, but I have to admit I never quite thought of Volo as "amoral", per se. No doubt he's expaserating and probably unfair to certain people, but after reading about Vhostym from the Erevis Cale series...well, let me just say there's amoral and there's amoral (Vhostym took amorality to a repugnant, absolutely disgusting degree).
I think Volo has a heart, he's just a pest (though not to all!--what would I do without his guides?). |
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Edited by - Rinonalyrna Fathomlin on 09 Aug 2007 00:00:52 |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 09 Aug 2007 : 00:02:04
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Originally posted by Kuje
However,
Note that Marco Volo is really Marcus Wands. This thread started to confuse me because I thought it was about Wands and not Volo.
I always thought that adventure title ("Marco Volo") was a bit weird and real-worldish, although it is memorable. |
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Edited by - Rinonalyrna Fathomlin on 09 Aug 2007 00:02:24 |
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09 Aug 2007 : 08:31:03
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
I always thought that adventure title ("Marco Volo") was a bit weird and real-worldish, although it is memorable.
Well met
Aye, it never particularly worked for me either. In fact it always made me cringe at the mention of the name. When preparing to run this adventure series, I often thought of changing the name   |
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LucianBarasu
Fellaren-Krae Co-ordinator
USA
214 Posts |
Posted - 09 Aug 2007 : 23:35:58
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Indeed the name alone, when readin it upon the shelf, makes my mind imagine the slightly pudgy bearded man leaping into a pool with his eyes closed shouting "MARCO!"...
Needless to say the name doesn't sit well with me either. |
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Fellaren Krae Project Co-Ordinator
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 10 Aug 2007 : 00:19:44
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| I wouldn't be opposed to renaming the adventure, myself. I like funny names, trust me, but come on..."Marco Volo"? |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
1720 Posts |
Posted - 10 Aug 2007 : 09:35:57
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I'm sorry! I just cannot draw any connection here........
*ATTENTION READERS: watch out for dripping sarcasm*
I actually did find the name - while certainly not realmsian - at least, let's say, "illustrative" in that way that it leaves little doubt about what this fellow does in his prime time..... |
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Marco.... Volo?
