Though in a Way I agree with the point that Voltar is Different now...
I was talking with Dess before.. We're thinking that Voltar has somewhat become a caricature of himself. too much emphasis on making jokes on RPG cliches and such and being a stereotypical merchant.
It would have been awesome if Voltar was also like the other Arctic foxes and was technical minded as well. He could be used as way of explaining the concepts of magic and tech in the Cf universe (like in Tales of the Questor)