Bolo Maximus

Bolo is an Aeorian woman living in Avalir at the time of Exandria Unlimited: Calamity. She attends an eve of Replenishment party as the date of acquaintance Loquatius Seelie, who is uncertain of her name. She wishes to be a reporter, similar to Loquatius.

As an NPC, Bolo is played by Brennan Lee Mulligan.

Description
Loquatius Seelie described Bolo as "gorgeous", though it is unclear if this is true or if he is merely complimenting his date. She has a thick, vaguely Slavic accent and a dead-eyed stare. Bolo is interested in becoming a reporter and is quite blunt.

Biography
Bolo and Loquatius met once prior before the events of Exandria Unlimited: Calamity through friends. She attended the party at the Palazzo Por'co as his plus one and got into a minor argument with the hodmedods over drinks. Cerrit Agrupnin found her suspicious and spoke to her, and she asked him to destroy the hodmedod. Cerrit then angrily asked Loquatius who Bolo was, and Laerryn did the same. Cerrit continued watching her throughout the night. When Loquatius returned to the Herald's Tome building much later in the night, having left the party some time earlier, he instructed Aria to ignore any calls from Bolo. Aria said that Bolo had been calling her all night, and Loquatius told her to throw out all the messages, then changed his mind and wanted one of Bolo's messages.

The author of the Cognouza journal that Lucien found, which began his connection to the Somnovem, wrote of an inscription on a mural in Aeor that read "FAMILY MAXIMUS ON THE EVE OF SOLSTICE: GLORY TO GORUS AND VITALIO MAXIMUS, WEALTH AND LONG LIFE TO THEIR OFFSPRING, MORBO, SILIO, AND BOLO."

Behind the scenes
Bolo was created on the spot by Brennan Lee Mulligan off the immediate memories of successful friends with difficult dates when Loquatius mentioned he was unsure of her name. He specifically mentioned a friend who brought someone to a board game night who had a dead-eyed stare and asked why they liked the board games. He additionally mused that Bolo is an example of a "mania" players have for a character that they know a Dungeon Master did not create beforehand.

Appearances and mentions

 * Exandria Unlimited: Calamity

Quotations

 * "This bag is giving me a hard time."

Trivia

 * Luis Carazo, a player in Exandria Unlimited: Calamity, named Bolo as a "particular favorite" among the non-player characters in Exandria Unlimited: Calamity. Aabria Iyengar, another Calamity player, named Bolo as her one favorite non-player character and particularly loved the dead-eyed stare Brennan went into before roleplaying her; she said that Bolo is "perfect" and was "devastated" that she wasn't able to talk to her due to narrative pacing. Brennan also named Bolo as one of his beloved favorites.
 * Brennan hoped that his decision for Bolo's accent causes Matthew Mercer to play all Aeorians with vaguely Slavic accents going forward.
 * Brennan gave his various, somewhat conflicting ideas on Bolo's ultimate fate, most of them joking:
 * She died in the fall of Avalir.
 * She "definitely, definitely makes it out, for sure" and is "100% alive".
 * She died twelve hours after the fall of Avalir because she was struck by a wagon.
 * She was a skilled Aeorian spy who was searching for arcane tech, and she teleported out of Avalir after stealing something necessary for one of Aeor's multiple projects.
 * She was a polymorphed greatwrym dragon who is immune to fire damage and simply flew away. Brennan and Sam additionally joked that this was the origin of dragonborn. Brass, gold, and red dragons are immune to fire.
 * She was undead, thus dead the entire time.
 * Madeleine Roux, who wrote in a reference to Bolo in The Nine Eyes of Lucien, said during the broadcast of that if Brennan described Bolo, she would "hand to God" cosplay as her.