Barclay

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* Displeased

**Barclay** is one of the three witches of Three's Forest. Like the other two witches of the forest, he has his own vision of beauty and tries to apply it to the forest while trying to counter the other witches' glowshrooms and vines. Although less destructive to the natural environment, his yellow flowers are also cluttering up the forest. He specializes in alchemy and transformation magic.

He has a cottage by the meadow, full of yellow flowers of his own making.

## Personality

Barclay admires the concept of heroes and values honour and tenacity while disliking charm and comprehension, as they do not correlate with his picture of a hero. Apart from this Barclay loves reading, especially about heroes, as well as writing. He has always been curious about acting.

## Background

Barclay went to a prestigious witch academy called Solsthera but dropped out. The tempo was too high, stopping him from perfecting his work. Pinot describes him as naturally gifted, despite always napping through the lessons. After dropping out, he went to see the world and decided to settle down in Three's Forest. He was the last of the three witches to arrive.

## Relationships

**Before The Witches' War:** Barclay has what is initially a negative relationship with the other two witches of Three's Forest. He views Glume as a "true villain" and although he cannot say the same for Mycel, he describes her as shifty.

**After The Witches' War:** After the war, the three witches come together and find that they now enjoy each others company to the point where they can consider each other friends. Barclay admits that he's impressed by both of them and that he can see how their magic is cute in their own way.

Pinot is Barclay's former classmate. They reunite at the end of the Witches' War after it is revealed Pinot has orchestrated the whole conflict. Although Pinot always saw Barclay as his nemesis, Barclay only remembers him as "some guy in his class" and was never aware of any rivalry, ultimately seeing him as harmless. Pinot seemingly has a bit of a crush on Barclay, to which Barclay appears oblivious and has not yet indicated that he returns.

## Chance Machine

Some of the items that Barclay wears can be found in his Chance Machine, together with an assortment of other items. It's unlocked by winning his favor and completing the quest Upheaval with Barclay.  If a different witch is chosen, Barclay's shop can still be unlocked by reaching 500 affection with him.

One spin costs 700. Every 7000 potatoes spent in this shop will let you pick one item for free from the pool of bonus prizes.

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     Barclay's Gray Trousers
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     Barclay's Poppy Garland
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Here are full previews of Barclay's clothing sets:

* Barclay's Common SetGo to File:Barclay-full-set-common.png
* Barcay's Uncommon SetGo to File:Barclay-full-set-uncommon.png
* Barclay's Rare SetGo to File:Barclay-full-set-rare.png
* Barclay's Alchemy SetGo to File:Barclayalchemy.png
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 Affection Milestones

Barclay will send you letters after reaching certain Affection milestones.

How are you today, get into any swashbuckling fun? You're here so often to help me out, it's much appreciated! I actually found these things lying around in the woods the other day, you can take them if you'd like!
How are your adventures? I was wondering if you wouldn't mind coming by to my meadow, I could sure use your help with something! Hope to see you here!
Much Appreciation,
How is your heroic training going?! I can imagine you're pretty experienced at being a good Samaritan by now, benevolence is a great thing! It must be nice to see the world, I'm really grateful for you dropping by so often to help me with things though. I'm happy to have such a good friend. Here's a present for you!
Energetically yours,
 Dear Heroic Friend,
I hope you're having a fun adventure or maybe even saving people in distress! If you get into any danger, just remember I believe in you! I'm sure you'll get through it and help those in need just like you helped me. I'm sure I'd still be bumbling around over here if not for your good deeds. Thank you!! Please take these presents as a sign of our friendship.
Hope to see you again soon!
 Partner-in-heroics,
I probably should've asked for your blessing before I started, but inspiration strikes without warning! You see, I started writing a stage play about your adventures. I thought about writing a novel, but the couple of forays we've made into acting made me want to try out something new. And anyway there's so much action and adventure in your... adventures, so a stage play makes sense! That way people can experience the excitement for themselves.
To be honest, I was in a bit of a writing slump a while ago, before you came to the forest. But then we became friends and you come to the forest from time to time to tell me about everything you've seen and done! It's so fun listening to you describe all these places and people, I wanted to write it down and maybe have other people read it and know how great you are too.
To be even more honest, it's been kind of lonely in the forest. I do like it here! A lot more than I liked Solsthera. But there was always so much going on at Solsthera. Even if it got annoying, there were a ton of things to do and people I had to talk to. Here, I'm pretty isolated despite how busy I am between restoring the forest and writing.
So, thank you for always making time to see me whenever you're in the forest! And if you really don't want me writing a stageplay about you, I'll stop—but at least come by and read what I've written before you decide!
Eagerly waiting,

You almost fooled me, but I see your true nature! Don’t even think about committing any dastardly deeds.
Barclay
 Evildoer,
I don’t know what you’re up to, but it’s only a matter of time before your wicked plans are revealed. The hero (that’s me!) will always save the day!
Barclay
 Nemesis,
Every good hero needs an arch-nemesis (that’s you!) to keep them on their toes. I guess opposing forces and rivalries are necessary to every good story. Do you think people will write stories about the epic battles we’ll have? Good versus evil, light versus dark. We need to have our final showdown somewhere scenic! And then, at the last moment, we’ll reconcile and put aside our differences to save the forest…
Your nemesis,

## Daily Quests

A total of three daily quests, also called errands, can be completed for Barclay each day. The order and kind of quests are randomized. For more information see Daily Quests: Three's Forest.

## Chit Chat

Chit-chatting with a NPC will give you a maximum of +1 Affection per day. They will repeat the same sentences over and over but it’s a nice way of getting to know a bit more about Dappervolk and its inhabitants.

**Low Affection:**

* "*Keep you and your misdeeds far away from me!"*
* "*Why are you here? Go away!"*
* *"Stop pestering me!"*
* *"You're tacky and I despise you!"*
* *"Hmph!"*

**High Affection:**

* *"I wonder if there are real heroes out there somewhere..."*
* *"Life is better when you surround yourself with cute things!"*
* *"Can you come back later? I just found a new story to read!"*
* *"Coordinating the perfect aesthetic is really hard. It has to be perfect!"*

**During The Witches' War:**

* *"I've been having feverish dreams about decorating... DECORATING! I must grow my flowers in every corner... only then will I prevail as the best hero of all time..."*
* *"...Hi, you're my buddy right? We're on the same side?"*
* *"Anyways, my goal for this forest is the greatest, you have to help me achieve it or we're doomed!"*
* *"Benefits to helping me? Peace of mind I guess, also aesthetic superiority."*

**After The Witches' War:**

* *"Who would have thought, a classmate finding me all the way out here?"*
* *"It was nice to see so many world-hoppers coming together to help me, you're a fun bunch!"*
* *"In hindsight, maybe making everything cute isn't the most important thing in the world..."*
* *"Even though Glume lost the final battle, she's just as proud as before. It's kind of reassuring actually."*
* *"Mycel's followers are pretty devoted huh? I wonder what it takes to rally friends together like that, it's a skill a hero needs!"*
* *"Pinot was always an odd one, totally different from me! I've never been odd."*

## Sprites

* Witches' War Neutral
* Witches' War Pleased
* Witches' War Displeased
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## Gallery

Barclay's Adventuring SpriteSketch of Barclay (right) and other charactersSketch of Barclay by FeverwormOriginal Design by FeverwormWitches' War 1st PlaceWitches' War 2nd PlaceWitches' War 3rd PlaceWitches' War Team BannerWitches' War Graphic