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Synopsis:
Volo's dialog after the goblin hunt celebration party. Occurs whether tieflings or raiders win, with a variation for whether we've met Volo or not. This is his fallback in being added to our camp.
In the tiefling victory variation, Volo is sitting at his desk and thinking/writing an account of our victory that day. As we approach he should set down his pen and turn to speak with us, only returning to work again once he's dismissed us.
In the goblin victory celebration, Volo is standing in a cage much like the one in which he is placed in the goblin camp. In this case, he does not wish to be freed. He isn't writing anything or holding anything, but hands off his notes off-screen if intimidated into doing so.
3. : Quite a display that was - usually I'm the one providing the drama on nights such as these.devnoteCAMP_GoblinHuntCelebration_State_DrowBetrayalOverCAMP_GoblinHuntCelebration_HasMet_VoloAfterBetrayal, GLO_Volo_HasMet
42. : I do hope you didn't catch anything. I'm sure an itching conscience is quite enough.devnoteCAMP_GoblinHunt_State_DrowPartnerEnd
91. : What a fun friend you've made.devnoteEnd
22. : [TagGreeting]
GOB_VoloBallad_State_PlayersMetVoloGLO_Volo_HasMet
87. [Jump]
Jump to Node 68 (1)
41. : You should get some rest. You've had such a big day.devnoteCAMP_GoblinHuntCelebration_HasMet_VoloAfterBetrayal, CAMP_GoblinHuntCelebration_State_DrowBetrayalOverEnd
55. : See your guests aren't bored. The last thing we want is for them to make their own fun.CAMP_GoblinHuntCelebration_HasMet_Volo, DEN_AttackOnDen_State_RaiderVictoryEnd
57. : Ah, the guest of honour arrives! I've been observing the festivities from a sensible distance.DEN_AttackOnDen_State_RaiderVictoryCAMP_GoblinHuntCelebration_HasMet_Volo
49. : Volothamp Geddarm - realm-renowned author, auteur and now, it appears, very much your captive.GLO_Volo_HasMet = False, GOB_VoloBallad_State_PlayersMetVolo = FalseGLO_Volo_HasMet
45. Player: How did you get here?GLO_Volo_HasMet = False
60. : I'd heard tell of a goblin camp that had been overtaken by some new upstart god.
75. : When I came to investigate, they invited me to stay. Rather permanently.
18. : It seems that following one story has tipped me head-long into another - yours. And I truly can't wait to write it.
84. Player: Don't you want to join in the celebrations?
10. : My friend, I am engaged in celebration in its purest form - commemoration.
0. : I'm writing an account of your glorious victory.
78. : What you did at the grove... I rather think the world should remember, don't you?devnote
62. Player: I'd rather no one knew.
106. : Your modesty does you credit, my fine friend. But bards and biographers need sordid details.
92. : The grove, for example. Its destruction was quite necessary to your purpose, I have no doubt.
51. : It's simply that, for the life of me, I cannot imagine what that purpose was. Could you elaborate?devnote
- Link to Node 80
- Link to Node 6
- Link to Node 69
- Link to Node 98
104. Player: The world will know my name. I don't need you for that.
96. : I have no doubt! But such grand deeds as yours often require... interpretation. The grove, for example.
71. : The unenlightened might see your actions there as no more than aimless slaughter. devnote
32. : I know you had a purpose. Though I'll grant that I'm quite in the dark as to what it was. Might you elaborate?devnote
80. Player: I don't need to justify myself to you.
88. : Of course not! I am only here to bear witness.
70. : It is for Kelemvor to judge you, when the time comes. May he do so justly.devnoteEnd
6. Player: I need the goblins to believe I'm on their side.
33. : Ah, a ruse! You've played the part admirably, if I may say so. devnote
47. : These beasts appear quite convinced that you're a comrade in arms. Just as the tieflings were, I expect.devnote
73. : But rest assured that your story is in safe hands. Volothamp Geddarm knows exactly what you are.devnoteEnd
69. Player: I didn't mean for any of this to happen.
28. : Of course you didn't. History is but a series of accidents, after all, both happy and heinous.
56. : But I daresay you're committed now, my friend. So chin up, look around, and remember your role, hm?devnote
46. : That way, perhaps we'll both survive the night.End
98. Player: Give me your notes. I'll decide what you write.
81. : I appreciate your editorial instincts, but Deneir himself does not get a peek at my early drafts.
64. Player: And the goblins? Should I tell them what you're writing?GOB_HasVoloGoblinManuscriptCopy['Shadowheart 1', 'Karlach -1']
14. : Ah, well - no need to involve your guests, I should think.
5. : Here - you can keep that copy. The details are very much burned into my memory.devnoteGOB_HasVoloGoblinManuscriptCopyGOB_GiveVoloGoblinManuscriptCopyEnd
74. [Alias]
GOB_HasVoloGoblinManuscriptCopy = FalseEnd
29. Player: Maybe I'll keep you in this cage for good.GOB_HasVoloGoblinManuscriptCopy['Shadowheart 1', 'Karlach -1']
16. : ...Perhaps I spoke in haste. Your insights would, of course, be most welcome.
- Link to Node 5
- Link to Node 74
30. Player: Fine. Keep your scribbles.
94. : Should my writing favour facts over form, it is only to keep pace with events.
95. : You have been quite busy, after all.End
101. Player: Leave.End
59. Player: You make that sound like a threat.
20. : I am simply saying that you are a creature of ambition. Drive. Intent.
34. [Jump]
Jump to Node 92 (1)
4. Player: Who locked you up?
90. : Fear not! I am content - and quite forgotten - where I am. Better in a cell than in a stew, what?
36. : But I'd rather talk about you. If I'm to write an account of the battle, I'll need details while they're still sticky.
17. Player: Open the cage.
103. : NO! I mean to say - I am quite content behind bars. A precautionary measure, you understand.
26. : I can't rightly document your deeds from the bottom of a goblin cookpot, after all. Ha ha.devnote
68. : Aha, there you are! Come now, settle in.GLO_Volo_HasMetCAMP_GoblinHuntCelebration_HasMet_Volo
72. : I do hope you have partaken of something bracing? This may well take us all night.
82. Player: And by 'this', you mean...?
11. : Why - your naming, quite obviously.
102. : That ballad was but a crude preview, a frame without its crowning jewel - your nom de guerre.
85. Player: Shouldn't we be celebrating?
107. : But I am engaged in celebration of the purest form - commemoration.
67. : If we are to write your legend in the stars, then we must first give you a name.
48. [Jump]
Jump to Node 102 (1)
50. Player: I have other things to do.
53. : The very heart of my dilemma! You are the do-er of deeds, I the mere chronicler.
31. : But how am I to ensure your most-deserved renown without a suitably thrilling title?
44. : Something iconic, but not too much of a mouthful. We don't want to exclude the common-folk, after all. I intend this tale to enrapture all.
99. Player: I already have a name.
27. : A wonderful one indeed - but your deeds loom larger than life now, my friend. You simply must have a title to match.
54. Player: I get it. Something flashy and made up, like 'Volothamp Geddarm'.
100. : Exac-tly wrong, my friend! I urge you to leave the fact-finding to experts, hmm?devnote
83. : Now, back to your revels. I have some details of your victory to rearrange.End
43. [Jump]
Jump to Node 44 (2)
35. Player: What about 'Grovekeeper'?
61. : 'Grovekeeper'? Are you a gardener? We aim to cultivate mystery, not... shrubbery.
7. : No, your actions in the grove were most heroic, but I am afraid this a matter of style, not sentiment.
76. : Back to the revelry with you! I'll give the matter some thought in small council.End
25. Player: 'Goblinsbane' has a nice ring to it.
77. : Not to meddle in your side of this partnership, but slaying goblins is not exactly the stuff of legends, is it?
37. : After all, I'm quite certain I once saw one expire from the strain of spelling his own name.
39. : No, I'm afraid that won't do. You shall simply have to go out and slay something decidedly more dramatic.End
1. Player: I didn't ask anyone to write my story.
86. : And do you think Volothamp Geddarm got where he did by waiting to be asked?
38. : No, no - it is for you to slay the dragons, and for me to worry about the accolades.
24. : ...Actually slaying a dragon would prove quite helpful, mind.End
2. Player: You have something in mind?
52. : Far too much - this is the very problem. If you could set aside your many triumphs, carry out one defining act...
15. : Not to belittle your achievements to date, of course! But besting a dragon, a giant, a god perhaps... hmm.
8. : I must deliberate. Go - enjoy your evening! I shall have work for you in the days to come.End