Volo

Personality Wise: Volo is described to be cordial and charming, outwardly he appears very polite and formal. He makes himself out to be helpful by assisting where he can, with tradable goods or with his vast knowledge of legends and tales. Secretly Volo is obsessive and can be seen as cruel, he wants (or wanted) to destroy the world and rebuild it from scratch as one without hardships or struggle. As well meaning and good as these intentions may seem he isn’t afraid to hurt others or lie about things if it can get him closer to his goal. It is unknown if this is still his mission or if he’s on a different path now.

Appearance Wise: Volo is a 6’3ft, tall man, with blonde hair and grey eyes. Usually he’s seen wearing the Ginkgo Guild Member outfit. His fringe covers his left eye usually, being tied up at the back under his cap.

Backstory Wise: You and Volo had first met not long after you fell through the space-time distortion and got your starter. Upon leaving the village Volo offered to battle you, using his Togepi. He rewarded you with five Potions for your victory. During your mission to meet Mai from Fieldlands Camp, Volo appears taught you about Back Strikes and how to use them in Pokémon capturing and battle. Later, when you were about to leave Jubilife Village in order to calm Lord Kleavor, Volo arrives to wish you good luck, prays that you’ll use the Back Strike right, and gave you Super Potions. After calming down the first Noble Pokémon, Volo greeted you upon your return to the village and asks to see the two Plates the player obtained from Wyrdeer and Kleavor, respectively. Volo is constantly watching over you, giving you items and helpful advice for your journeys, usually he stays away from the action but watches out for you. When Kamado exiled you from Jubilife Village, Volo was the one who sought you out, offering his aid. He brought you to the Ancient Retreat and introduced you to Cogita, a descendant of the Celestica people who has been teaching Volo the mythology of Hisui. Volo accompanied you to Lake Verity, Lake Valor, and Lake Acuity as together you follow Cogita's advice to seek out the Red Chain. He also took up temporary residence at the Ancient Retreat to stay with you, offering to sell the you items due to their inability to access Choy's shop in the village. Once the Red Chain is assembled, Volo — eager for a chance to see history unfold — followed you to the Temple of Sinnoh on your mission to prevent Kamado from attacking Dialga/Palkia in a misguided attempt to close the space-time rift. He again sells items just before the final ascent to the temple. After Origin Forme Dialga/Palkia is captured, Volo enlisted your help for a mission to locate the remaining Plates. He splits up with the you to conduct his own research while leaving you to seek out various Legendary Pokémon and assembles the missing Plates. Together you later met up at the Ancient Retreat again, where they discover that Cogita possessed one of the Plates all along, using it as a cutting board while unaware of its true significance. With only the Spooky Plate remaining, Volo asked you to meet him at the Celestica Ruins. There, he muses about the existence of a Pokémon that could equal Dialga and Palkia, yet was banished to a world on the opposite side of the real one, named Giratina. He grows excited and begins to lose his composure at the thought of how close to uncovering the truth about Hisui's mythology he is. Expressing frustration at the state of the world, he explains that he always sought answers when he faced difficulty in his life and asked you where a creature like Giratina that wants to fight Arceus might appear, deducing that it would be the Temple of Sinnoh. At the temple, Volo observes that it is now ruined, turned into a site where "pillars now turned into spears stab into the heavens". Dropping his false persona, Volo confesses that in order to meet Arceus, he contacted Giratina and had it tear open the space-time rift, which directly caused the Noble Pokémon to rampage and led to the player's arrival in Hisui. He discards his Ginkgo Guild uniform and reveals that he possessed the Spooky Plate all along, demanding that the player hand over the rest so that he may meet and subjugate Arceus, then use its power to destroy and recreate the world. Although he offered you a chance to stop him by defeating him in battle, he adds that he will not hesitate to use force to collect the Plates for himself. After a long, difficult battle, Volo angrily lashed out at you, furious that you seemingly arrived from the space-time rift solely to get in his way. However, he excitedly notes the creeping presence of an eldritch being arriving at the ruined temple. Giratina emerges from a portal, and Volo takes control of it, commanding it to strike you down. A battle against Giratina ensues, but just as it is seemingly defeated, it unleashes its true strength and transforms into its Origin Forme. When Giratina finally falls in battle, it reverts into its Altered Forme and flees, causing Volo to fully lose his composure. Denouncing Giratina for fleeing from a human, he cried out in vain to Arceus, desperate to know what qualities it sees him as lacking, and wondering if his defeat means the world does not need to be remade. Volo surrenders the Spooky Plate to the player, telling them that his story ended when he was defeated by them. However, when the player's Celestica Flute transformed into the Azure Flute, Volo realised Arceus has chosen the player over him and lashes out again, refusing to stay and watch as they realise his dream of meeting Arceus. Before departing, Volo swears that he will discover all of Hisui's mythological secrets and conquer Arceus, no matter how many years, decades, or centuries it takes him. You haven’t seen Volo since, but he’s still around, part of you hopes your paths will cross again.

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