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Synopsis:

Volo is a canonical character in DnD. He's known for being the realm's go-to guy for compiling information. In this take, he fulfils that role but puts a twist on what he sees. He's keenly curious for facts but likes to embellish them. A bit like Gilderoy Lockheart. He IS talented, but his reputation has gotten away from him, too. In this dialogue, Volo will offer to put his knowledge at your service if you confide you've been infected with a mindflayer. He'll perform an icepick lobotomy that'll leave you without an eye or much in the way of apology from Volo. He should be clever, a little arrogant, very English, and very fun, without being a cartoon character.

55. [Alias] REALLY_ALFIRAGLO_Volo_HasMet
End
- Alias to Node 112
57.
Volo
: Ah, my good fellow!GOB_VoloBallad_State_SentToPartyCampGLO_Volo_HasMet, GLO_Volo_HasMet_Personally
- 42.
  Volo
  : Quite the cosy set-up you have here. I'll just make myself comfortable - thank you so much.
  - 145. [Alias] 9d2506a6-fc08-6625-7877-37d138229182_MentionsMindFlayer = False9d2506a6-fc08-6625-7877-37d138229182_MentionsMindFlayer
    
    Alias to Node 97
    
    115. [Jump] Jump to Node 108 (2)
86. [Alias] GLO_Volo_HasMet = False, GOB_VoloBallad_State_PlayersMetVolo = FalseGLO_Volo_HasMet, 9d2506a6-fc08-6625-7877-37d138229182_FirstTimeMetVoloInThisDialog
- Alias to Node 108
- 97.
  Volo
  : I was just settling in and reviewing my latest findings. Mind flayers, cultists, and of course, your esteemed company!9d2506a6-fc08-6625-7877-37d138229182_MentionsMindFlayer = False9d2506a6-fc08-6625-7877-37d138229182_MentionsMindFlayer
  - 167. Player: Has your research turned up anything that might help with this parasite problem?GLO_Volo_State_Researching, GLO_Volo_StartON = False
    
    81.
    Volo
    : Not yet, I'm afraid. But my expectations are very, very high!GLO_Volo_State_Researched = False
    
    120. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 164
    
    178. [Jump] Jump to Node 110 (1)
  - 113. Player: I want help with my parasite. By any means necessary.GLO_Volo_RefusedOperation = False, GLO_Volo_State_Researching = False, GLO_Volo_Event_BackedOut
    
    32. [Alias] GLO_Volo_Examined, GLO_Volo_State_Researched, GLO_Volo_Event_BackedOut
    
    Alias to Node 164
    
    20. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 10
    
    122. [Jump] Jump to Node 10 (2)
    
    187. [Alias] GLO_Volo_Examined
    
    Alias to Node 164
    
    204. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 128
    
    95. [Jump] Jump to Node 128 (2)
    
    44. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 164
    
    124. [Jump] Jump to Node 198 (1)
  - 79. Player: What do you know about mind flayers?GLO_Volo_KnowsTadpole = False, GLO_Volo_Knows_CampSite, GLO_Volo_RefusedOperation = False
    
    70.
    Volo
    : Why, I'm practically an expert. They've tentacles, you know. Quite shocking.
    
    195.
    Volo
    : The druid Halsin had some kind of mind flayer specimen in a jar in his quarters. A replica, no doubt, but truly fascinating to see up close.
    
    89. Player: I fought one of them.
    
    24.
    Volo
    : Here?! On the Sword Coast? Impossible.
    
    138. Player: Not only have I encountered a mind flayer, I've killed one.
    
    121.
    Volo
    : That... that can't be...
    
    203. Player: I was captured by mind flayers before. I'm lucky to be alive.
    
    6.
    Volo
    : You're mad. But...
    
    130.
    Volo
    : Tell me: have you noticed any residual psionic malaise since the alleged encounter?
    
    94. Player: I have. And the mind flayer infected me with a parasite.
    
    207. [Jump] Jump to Node 181 (1)
    
    185. Player: Malaise is one word for it. More like... psychic transference?
    
    179.
    Volo
    : Curious.
    
    99.
    Volo
    : Illithids - their technical name - form a hivemind. One shouldn't be able to hear their dark whispers... unless...
    
    74. Player: ...Unless you've been infected with one of their parasites.
    
    131. [Jump] Jump to Node 181 (1)
    
    172. Player: Say nothing.
    
    153.
    Volo
    : Hm. Are you familiar with the process of ceremorphosis? That is - what happens when a mind flayer parasite infects a living host.
    
    29. Player: Ceremorphosis? I'm listening.GLO_Volo_Ceremorphosis = FalseGLO_Volo_Ceremorphosis
    
    77.
    Volo
    : I can't attest to the specifics. But I do know that not long after insertion, the host (that's you) turns into a mind flayer.
    
    65.
    Volo
    : As there's not a tentacle on your head, I can only assume you haven't been infected.
    
    118. Player: I'm familiar - I've been infected.GLO_Volo_KnowsTadpole
    
    2. [Jump] Jump to Node 25 (1)
    
    177. Player: Leave.GLO_Volo_DeniedTadpole
    End
    
    104. Player: No. Haven't noticed anything like that.
    
    21. [Jump] Jump to Node 153 (1)
    
    61. Player: I killed a mind flayer in its lair, aboard a nautiloid.
    
    87.
    Volo
    : You're either an excellent storyteller... or you've experienced something quite exceptional.
    
    82.
    Volo
    : Hrm...
    
    Link to Node 130
    
    47. Player: I've also been infected with one of their parasites.
    
    127. [Jump] Jump to Node 181 (1)
    
    37. Player: A mind flayer planted one of their larvae in my brain.
    
    181.
    Volo
    : That's quite impossible. You'd have undergone ceremorphosis by now.GLO_Volo_KnowsTadpole
    
    103. Player: Ceremorphosis? Tell me more.GLO_Volo_Ceremorphosis = FalseGLO_Volo_Ceremorphosis
    
    83.
    Volo
    : I can't attest to the specifics. But I do know that not long after insertion, the host (that's you) turns into a mind flayer.
    
    117.
    Volo
    : As there's not a tentacle on your head, I can only assume you haven't been infected.
    
    111. Player: If only your disbelief could alter facts.
    
    25.
    Volo
    : If what you say were true, you'd be a mind flayer by now.
    
    154.
    Volo
    : You. Infected by a mind flayer. It's ridiculous...
    
    209.
    Volo
    : ...isn't it?
    
    14. Player: Examine me. Find out for yourself.
    
    50.
    Volo
    : Perhaps that's for the best. I'd be irresponsible not to debunk such a strange claim.
    
    88. [Visual State]
    
    164. [TagCinematic]
    
    198.
    Volo
    : If I just peer in your eye, I could quickly...^devnote
    
    39.
    Volo
    : Oh... my... dear... sweet... GODS!GLO_Volo_Examined
    
    64. Player: I want rid of this thing by any means necessary.GLO_Volo_Examined, GLO_Volo_LobotomyPatient = False, GLO_Volo_StartON = False
    
    128.
    Volo
    : If we managed it, we'd have a specimen of incredible rarity on our hands.
    
    Link to Node 0
    
    Link to Node 110
    
    205. Player: Quit the shouting. Can you help?
    
    15.
    Volo
    : I... I mean... I mean yes, I suppose I can.
    
    0.
    Volo
    : I'll need to research the particulars, however. Give me a bit of time, and I'll have this little issue sorted.GLO_Volo_State_Researched = FalseGLO_Volo_State_Researching
    End
    110.
    Volo
    : My research turned up a rather brilliant technique that seems quite actionable.
    
    171.
    Volo
    : It's not too deep. Just behind the orbital socket. I could attempt an extraction. I've a needle in my tunic, after all...
    
    Link to Node 125
    
    10.
    Volo
    : The creature's in your brain, somewhere behind the orbital socket. I could attempt to remove it. I've a needle in my tunic...
    
    125. [Visual State]
    
    156. [TagCinematic] ^devnote
    
    137. Player: How many times have you done this before?
    
    150.
    Volo
    : I assure you, I've dreamt of it a thousand times over.
    
    168. Player: Do it.REALLY_WYLL = False, CANTLOSEEYE = FalseGLO_Volo_Event_BackedOut = False
    
    22.
    Narrator
    : *Volo carefully holds one of your eyes open and begins to prod uncertainly with the needle.*^devnoteNARRATION
    
    151. Player: Endure the discomfort. Let him carry on.
    
    194. [Visual State]
    
    67.
    Narrator
    : *The needle finds the gap between eyeball and socket. Volo frowns and begins to push.*NARRATIONGLO_Volo_StartON
    
    174. Player: Clench your fists.
    
    63.
    Narrator
    : *Pain shoots through your body as the needle snags on your optic nerve.*NARRATION
    
    48.
    Volo
    : I think I have it!GLO_Volo_Step2
    
    197.
    Narrator
    : *The needle see-saws back and forth, plucking the nerve like a harp string.*NARRATION
    
    208.
    Volo
    : Oh bother. There's some obstacle in the way. I shall need a more robust implement.
    
    144. Player: Hold as still as possible.
    
    210. [Visual State]
    
    116.
    Narrator
    : *Volo carefully withdraws the needle from your eye. Then, reaching into his bag, he produces an ice pick.*^devnoteNARRATIONGLO_Volo_Step3
    
    176. Player: Eye the implement, but allow him to proceed.<br>GLO_Volo_Step4 = False
    
    186.
    Narrator
    : *Volo slowly brings the ice pick closer to your eye.*NARRATIONGLO_Volo_Step4
    
    16.
    Volo
    : Now. Don't move.
    
    133. Player: Hold your breath.
    
    165. [Visual State]
    
    49.
    Narrator
    : *Cold metal presses against the skin beneath your brow, and then...*^devnoteNARRATIONGLO_Volo_Step5['Astarion -1', 'Lae'zel -1', 'Shadowheart -1', 'Karlach -1']
    
    68.
    Narrator
    : *Tap. Tap. STAB.*^devnoteNARRATION
    
    35.
    Volo
    : Do you feel that? I believe we have the blighter on the run!GLO_Volo_Step6
    
    8. Player: Pblblblblblbl...
    
    60.
    Volo
    : I agree! It's a feisty critter. Just... a little... further...GLO_Volo_Step7
    
    190.
    Narrator
    : *Volo tears the pick from your brain with a violent jerk; your eye plops down into the mud.*^devnoteNARRATIONGLO_Volo_OperationComplete, GLO_Volo_OperationFailed, GLO_Volo_LobotomyPatient
    
    18.
    Volo
    : Drat!
    
    188.
    Narrator
    : *He pauses, looks down at your eye, and recoils slightly as it sinks into the mud.*^devnoteNARRATION
    
    123. [TagCinematic] ^devnote
    
    147. [Visual State]
    
    5.
    Volo
    : There appears to be an amount of... cosmetic damage.^devnote
    
    206. Player: YOU KNOCKED MY BLOODY EYE OUT!
    
    107.
    Volo
    : Please, try not to overexert yourself. You're in a rather fragile state at present.
    
    Link to Node 11
    
    72. Player: All is well. I think.
    
    91.
    Volo
    : Oh. Fantastic! That squint does wonders for your gravitas, in my humble opinion.
    
    146.
    Volo
    : Though, erm, perhaps there's something we can do...
    
    136. [Jump] Jump to Node 11 (2)
    
    211. Player: I can't seem to see through one of my eyes.
    
    45.
    Volo
    : Yes, quite. There is some... mild trauma.
    
    11.
    Volo
    : I can't help but feel partly responsible. Perhaps there's something more I can do...
    
    175. [TagCinematic] ^devnote
    
    134.
    Volo
    : Take this. A far superior relic to that old jelly you were chained to.
    
    106.
    Volo
    : Try it on for size. And, erm, it was... very nice to have met you.
    
    36.
    Volo
    : I'm sure you'll sort out your little brain problem one way or another. Far away from here, if you've a heart.
    
    173.
    Volo
    : Terribly sorry, my friend.
    
    Link to Node 12
    
    33. Player: Looks like I'm going to need to find help elsewhere...
    
    54.
    Volo
    : Perhaps you should visit a healer? You could have them check on your eye at the same time.
    
    Link to Node 11
    
    26. Player: Kssssssssssssssssss.
    
    Link to Node 60
    
    80. Player: Ackack?
    
    Link to Node 60
    
    41. Player: Hnnnngggg...
    
    Link to Node 60
    
    199. Player: Stop. This is never going to work.
    
    214.
    Volo
    : Are you sure? If I don't intervene, the parasite will continue to gestate inside you.
    
    85. Player: I don't have much choice then. Fine, continue.
    
    69. [Jump] Jump to Node 49 (1)
    
    152. Player: Leave.GLO_Volo_RefusedOperation
    
    114. [Alias]
    End
    
    Alias to Node 166
    
    201. Player: No, no. This is too much. Knock it off.
    
    119.
    Volo
    : Are you certain? We're nearly there...
    
    161. [Jump] Jump to Node 176 (1)
    
    43. Player: Leave.GLO_Volo_RefusedOperation
    
    92. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 166
    
    13.
    Volo
    : As you wish. But when your skin starts to peel away, remember - Volo offered to help.
    End
    
    62. Player: That obstacle is my eye. Stop at once.
    
    1.
    Volo
    : Stop? Now?!
    
    27. Player: Keep going.
    
    34.
    Volo
    : Wise.
    
    30. [Jump] Jump to Node 116 (1)
    
    40. Player: Yes. We're done here.GLO_Volo_RefusedOperation
    
    3. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 166
    
    28.
    Volo
    : Regrettable. Mark my words - ceremorphosis will be far more painful than this procedure!
    End
    
    7. Player: That's enough. Stop.
    
    96. [Visual State]
    
    202.
    Volo
    : But - I nearly have it!
    
    4. Player: Let him continue.
    
    58.
    Volo
    : Very good.^devnote
    
    53. [Jump] Jump to Node 63 (1)
    
    100. Player: I said stop.GLO_Volo_RefusedOperation
    
    166. [TagCinematic] ^devnote
    
    78.
    Volo
    : As you wish, my friend. When the transformation occurs, I can only hope you are far away from me!
    End
    
    93. Player: Do you have the faintest idea of what you're doing?
    
    163.
    Volo
    : Don't fidget! The needle must slip behind your eye, not through it!
    
    Link to Node 194
    
    46. Player: This parasite is unusual. I have it on good authority that extraction is currently impossible.GLO_Halsin_Knows_PlayerTadpoleCondition, GLO_Daisy_State_TriggerDaisyMissionStatement, ORI_Laezel_State_HadDaisyMissionStatement = False
    
    200.
    Volo
    : You won't find a more learned opinion on this matter, I assure you.
    
    182. [Jump] Jump to Node 168 (1)
    
    23. [Jump] Jump to Node 162 (1)
    
    105. [Jump] Jump to Node 143 (1)
    
    160. Player: Leave.GLO_Volo_Event_BackedOut
    
    213. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 166
    
    212.
    Volo
    : You only have a matter of days to live. Don't dally, my friend.
    End
    
    73. Player: This parasite is unusual. I have it on good authority that extraction is currently impossible.ORI_Laezel_State_HadDaisyMissionStatement
    
    Link to Node 200
    
    196. Player: I'd rather get a second opinion.
    
    Link to Node 200
    
    162. Player: No - I only have one good eye left.CANTLOSEEYEGLO_Volo_RefusedOperation
    
    Link to Node 75
    
    143. Player: Sorry, but I have no eyes left to spare.REALLY_WYLLGLO_Volo_RefusedOperation
    
    75. [Jump] Jump to Node 166 (1)
    
    139. [Jump] Jump to Node 160 (1)
    
    71. Player: Leave.GLO_Volo_Event_BackedOut
    
    141. [Jump] Jump to Node 166 (1)
    
    157. Player: Of course. Utterly ridiculous.
    
    142.
    Volo
    : Still... there'd be no harm in my taking a teensy look, would there? I know all the signs...
    
    Link to Node 88
    
    84. Player: Doubts aside, you should keep your distance from me.
    
    56.
    Volo
    : Hrm. I'd be irresponsible not to debunk such a strange claim.
    
    155. Player: Relent.
    
    191. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 164
    
    102. [Jump] Jump to Node 198 (1)
    
    109. Player: I don't want you poking around in my head.
    
    148.
    Volo
    : As you wish. But I'd be quite careful to whom I go spreading such rumours.
    
    76.
    Volo
    : Ridiculous though such a claim may be, a mind flayer is a terrible thing to be.GLO_Volo_Event_BackedOut
    End
    
    170. Player: Leave.GLO_Volo_Event_BackedOut
    End
    
    149. Player: Never mind.
    
    126.
    Volo
    : Hmph.
    
    Link to Node 154
    
    135. Player: And their parasites? Do you know anything about them?
    
    98.
    Volo
    : As a matter of fact, I do. But why do you?
    
    66. [Jump] Jump to Node 24 (2)
  - 129. Player: How did you find the camp?GLO_Volo_Knows_CampSite = FalseGLO_Volo_Knows_CampSite
    
    184.
    Volo
    : Finding is my job, my friend. If there's anything in the world worth knowing, I assure you, I do.
  - 19. Player: Who are you?9d2506a6-fc08-6625-7877-37d138229182_AskedVoloWhoIsHe = False, 9d2506a6-fc08-6625-7877-37d138229182_FirstTimeMetVoloInThisDialog9d2506a6-fc08-6625-7877-37d138229182_AskedVoloWhoIsHe
    
    101.
    Volo
    : Volothamp Geddarm, realm-renowned author, auteur, and tastemaker, at your service.
    
    9.
    Volo
    : Once I've written you into one of my books, there won't be a tavern in Faerûn you can enter without receiving a hero's welcome.
  - 132. Player: Leave.
    End
108.
Volo
: Yes, my friend?GLO_Volo_HasMet
- Link to Node 97
112.
Volo
: My friend! How do you fare?GLO_Volo_Examined, GLO_Volo_HasMet
- 180. [Alias] 9d2506a6-fc08-6625-7877-37d138229182_MentionsMindFlayer = False9d2506a6-fc08-6625-7877-37d138229182_MentionsMindFlayer
  - Alias to Node 97
  - 52. [Jump] Jump to Node 108 (2)
169.
Volo
: [TagGreeting] 9d2506a6-fc08-6625-7877-37d138229182_OUTDATED
- 159.
  Narrator
  : *He taps the pick and your eye springs from its socket, dangling wetly on your cheek.*^devnoteNARRATION
  - 90. Player: You're very responsible, so speak up.
    
    59.
    Volo
    : Take this. A far superior relic to that old jelly you were chained to.
    
    183.
    Volo
    : Hm. I... seem to have misplaced it. It was a fine bauble, a replacement for your eye.
  - 31. Player: Perhaps not. You've done enough.
    
    189.
    Volo
    : Have it your own way! The important thing is we've learned a great deal about these parasites.
    
    158.
    Volo
    : Specifically, how not to extract them.
    
    51. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 175
    
    Link to Node 140
    
    38. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 140
    
    17. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 183
    
    140.
    Volo
    : I must depart soon, but I insist you take this. You'll thank me when you try it on for size.
    
    12.
    Volo
    : Ta!GLO_Volo_OperationComplete, GLO_Volo_OperationFailed
    End
192. [Alias] REALLY_JAHEIRAGLO_Volo_HasMet
End
- Alias to Node 112
193. [Alias] REALLY_MINTHARAGLO_Volo_HasMet
End
- Alias to Node 112
215. [Alias] REALLY_HALSINGLO_Volo_HasMet
End
- Alias to Node 112