How is Volo alive?

[Orion Invictus]

Do humans live longer in this setting or something?

[Mike Garrison]

Plot-armor magic.

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by Mike Garrison:

Plot-armor magic.

So he was enchanted to become ageless or something?

[Ольга Крематорий]

Could he even be a spirit? He has been exposed many times to situations in which a person in general cannot survive, especially if you read his guidebooks (yes, he is still a liar, but nevertheless, he has lived too long)

[TheOrneryClam]

This explains it well -> https://www.sageadvice.eu/how-is-volo-still-alive-in-the-current-forgotten-realms-setting-has-his-lifespan-been-extended-by-magic/

Other than that, who knows.

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by Хинкаль сигма:

Could he even be a spirit? He has been exposed many times to situations in which a person in general cannot survive, especially if you read his guidebooks (yes, he is still a liar, but nevertheless, he has lived too long)

He's not a spirit, no, since he CAN die. But if he was a "living witness" to something that happened over a century ago, then, by all accounts, he should have died of old age, or at least show SOME signs of aging.

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by TheOrneryClam:

This explains it well -> https://www.sageadvice.eu/how-is-volo-still-alive-in-the-current-forgotten-realms-setting-has-his-lifespan-been-extended-by-magic/

Other than that, who knows.

Can anyone transcribe what it says there? My privacy blocker automatically blocks embedded Xitter content.

[TheOrneryClam]

It's fairly easy to live more than 100 years in Faerun. There could be multiple explanations but it's most likely a hilarious one with Volo.

[TheOrneryClam]

Ed Greenwood

"Sure you can ask, and I’ll answer, too. You’re far from the first, so here’s one of my more recent Twitter answers:
Volo is unwittingly one of Mystra's 'Weave anchors,' invested with her divine fire, which has kept him alive on…"

"…quite a few improbable occasions.
He was trapped in stasis (thanks to Elminster) when the Spellplague hit, and his Weave anchor-status kept the stasis magic from going wild and harming him (or ending prematurely). So he stayed…
#Realmslore"

"...El warned Volo. Thrice. The fourth time was: spend time as a statue, and so, be shut up when you wouldn;t shut yourself up.
#Realmslore"


"…himself) El knew Volo’s special status (Mystra wanted some “secret” Weave anchors no one would guess, and Volo was one of them), so couldn't. So: on ice instead.
#Realmslore"

"Elminster didn't do that because he obeys Mystra.
As to why Our Lady of Mysteries didn't want Volo to stay a statue forever...you'll have to ask her.
(I'll just be over here, getting started on your tombstone. ;} )
#Realmslore"

[TheOrneryClam]

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Originally posted by TheOrneryClam:

This explains it well -> https://www.sageadvice.eu/how-is-volo-still-alive-in-the-current-forgotten-realms-setting-has-his-lifespan-been-extended-by-magic/

Other than that, who knows.

Can anyone transcribe what it says there? My privacy blocker automatically blocks embedded Xitter content.

I pasted above for you

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by TheOrneryClam:

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Can anyone transcribe what it says there? My privacy blocker automatically blocks embedded Xitter content.

I pasted above for you

Thank you.

[TheOrneryClam]

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Originally posted by TheOrneryClam:

I pasted above for you

Thank you.

No problem. Figured the author of forgotten realms themselves would hold some answer 🤣

[Quacksalber]

How is everyone not still alive when there are scrolls of resurrection xD

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by EH!:

How is everyone not still alive when there are scrolls of resurrection xD

Money. Those things are expensive.

[TheOrneryClam]

Originally posted by EH!:

How is everyone not still alive when there are scrolls of resurrection xD

Because unfortunately they do not work if the creature has died of old age lol

[Lani]

Originally posted by TheOrneryClam:

Ed Greenwood

"Sure you can ask, and I’ll answer, too. You’re far from the first, so here’s one of my more recent Twitter answers:
Volo is unwittingly one of Mystra's 'Weave anchors,' invested with her divine fire, which has kept him alive on…"

"…quite a few improbable occasions.
He was trapped in stasis (thanks to Elminster) when the Spellplague hit, and his Weave anchor-status kept the stasis magic from going wild and harming him (or ending prematurely). So he stayed…
#Realmslore"

"...El warned Volo. Thrice. The fourth time was: spend time as a statue, and so, be shut up when you wouldn;t shut yourself up.
#Realmslore"


"…himself) El knew Volo’s special status (Mystra wanted some “secret” Weave anchors no one would guess, and Volo was one of them), so couldn't. So: on ice instead.
#Realmslore"

"Elminster didn't do that because he obeys Mystra.
As to why Our Lady of Mysteries didn't want Volo to stay a statue forever...you'll have to ask her.
(I'll just be over here, getting started on your tombstone. ;} )
#Realmslore"

So, plot armour made by Ed Greenwood :-)