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Volo
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Japanese: ウォロ (Volo) English, German, Brazilian Portuguese: Volo French: Percupio Korean: 월로 (Volo) Chinese (Mandarin): 望羅 / 望罗 (Wàngluó) (more on Bulbapedia) |
| Occupation: | Ginkgo Guild Merchant |
| Relationships: | Cogita (likely a member of his family) Cynthia (Pokémon) (likely descendant) |
| Fandom: | Pokémon |
| Other: | n/a |
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Volo is a character from Pokémon Legends: Arceus, released in 2022. He is initially presented to the player, (either as Akari or Rei,) as only a merchant of the Ginkgo Guild. Later, it's revealed he's very knowledgeable about Hisui's history and is one of the strongest trainers in the region.
Volo is considered a fan favorite and is the focus in many fanworks, more-so than any other PLA characters aside from Ingo and Akari.
He is heavily implied to be Cynthia's ancestor, but this is technically fanon.
Canon Overview
[characterization, story role, further important appearances]
Relationships
F/M | NL
- Volo is most commonly paired up with Akari, forming WielderShipping[1]. In Japanese, this is called ウォロショウ (Voloshou), ウォショ (Voshou), or ウォロ主♀ (Volo x Female Protagonist).
M/M | Yaoi
- Volo is also shipped with Adaman, forming AppraisalShipping. In Japanese, this is most often called ウォロセキ (Voloseki), meaning Volo is the seme and Adaman is the uke in the coupling.
- Volo is also shipped with Rei, forming ChosenMerchantShipping. In Japanese, this is most often called ウォロテル (Voloteru) or ウォロ主♂ (Volo x Male Protagonist), meaning Volo is the seme and Rei is the uke in the coupling. The opposite is also commonly shipped and is written as テルウォロ (Teruvolo) or 主♂ウォロ (Male Protagonist x Volo).
- Volo is also shipped with Ingo, forming CrazyTrainShipping. In Japanese, this is most often called ウォロノボ (Volonobo), meaning Volo is the seme and Ingo is the uke in the coupling.
- Volo is also shipped with Ginter[Notes 1]. In Japanese, this is most often called ギンウォロ (Ginvolo), meaning Ginter is the seme and Volo is the uke in the coupling. The opposite is also commonly shipped and is written as or ウォロギン (Vologin).
- Volo is also shipped with Emmet, forming TrainwreckShipping. It appears to not be shipped in the Japanese side of the fandom.
Gen | Combi
- Volo's gen relationship with Akari is also popular. It may be tagged as Akari & Volo in fanworks.
- Volo's gen relationship with Cogita, who's implied to be a member of his family, is also popular. It may be tagged as Cogita & Volo in fanworks.
- Volo's gen relationship with Ingo is also popular. It may be tagged as Ingo & Volo in fanworks.
Less Popular Relationships
More can be found on Neverending Romance, a community-created relationship name list.
Popular Tropes & Fanon
- Immortal Volo: Since he swears to discover all of Hisui's mythological secrets and conquer Arceus, no matter how many years, decades, or centuries it takes him, after he's defeated, some fans headcanon that he became immortal after the battle due to his sheer will or that immortal Volo would be interesting to explore in fanworks. Some have him live until the modern day, meeting Emmet in Unova on his travels and/or being immortal alongside Akari. Some works have him exist in other time periods.
- A related headcanon is that Cogita is also immortal and wrote the old verses.
- Giratina Volo: Some headcanon that he's the human form of Giratina. Related is the headcanon that he's a physical form of Arceus.
- Race-coding: Volo, along with the rest of the Diamond and Pearl clans, as well as Cogita, is often considered to be Ainu-coded (Indigenous) as well as Greek-coded, since the Celestica culture itself is inspired by ancient Greek culture
- Neurodivergent-coding: Volo's sudden turn on Akari has been interpreted by some fans as a bout of psychosis.
Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta
[discourse, trivia, popular memes, character analysis, fan reactions, really anything]
Example/Notable Fanac
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Fan Communities/Fan Events
- Volotober, Archived version, an Inktober-inspired event which took place in 2024.
Fan Blogs
Fan Art
Fan Craft
- A papercraft commission of Volo from Pokemon Legends: Arceus by yutaan, Archived version (2022), papercraft fan art.
Wikis
- Volo on Bulbapedia
- ウォロ on PixivEncyclopedia
- Volo on Shipping Wiki
Notes
- ^ no used name for them has been coined in Neverending Romance as of February 2025.