Volo
Volothamp Geddarm has been a staple in novels and sourcebooks since the late 1980s and serves as a meta-narrator, entertainingly introducing players to creatures and places. His trademarks are a big mouth, half-knowledge, and unwavering self-confidence, even if his representations are often unreliable.
Many official D&D sourcebooks, such as the series “Volo’s Guide to …,” are “written by him” and contain humorous footnotes that highlight his personality as a chronicler of the realms who is constantly in search of new stories and adventures.
His notably long life and ability to wiggle out of dangerous situations can be attributed to Volo’s role as the Chosen of the Goddess of Magic, Mystra. This divine connection grants him protection, magical abilities, and an unending curiosity that serves Mystra’s desire to preserve knowledge about magic and the world.
Despite his often clumsy manner, Volo, due to this favor of Mystra, is involved in numerous cosmic events and remains a permanent fixture who is indispensable to D&D players and has long since become a walking meme. Volo is also one of the “planeswalkers” who travel between the planes. You can also meet him in the game Baldur’s Gate 3, where he can accompany you in the camp for a while and keep you quite busy.
