It Claps for Thee

## Description

*Having completed their quest with frankly unusual efficiency, the Dragon Friends find themselves with loose ends to tie and goodbyes to make.*

## Synopsis

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## Cast

### Dragon Friends

* Philge
* Bobby Pancakes
* Freezo
* Baston

### NPC's

* Byron Vowell, Baston's progeny
* Strahd von Zarovich, leader of the Freeborn and still not a vampire
* Tim (*voiced by Scott Edgar*), a Freeborn-aligned soldier fighting in the trenches of what used to be Svalich Woods
* Beelzebub (Beez), a Freeborn-aligned soldier and Tim's best mate, looking to monetize the invention of a bayonet-spear once the war ends
* Philip Borov, also known as the Mayor and Happy Larry, leader of the Freeborn forces in Barovia

## Places

* Barovia (25 years after the fall of the Netherese Empire)
	+ Bellenok Mountains
	+ La Rune's Landing

* Barovia (127 FR - *Fall Reckoning*)
	+ Bellenok Mountains
	+ Svalich Lines (trenches)

## Themes, tropes and running jokes

* Kiss The Ham: Freezo again offers up the ham in return for something.
* *Are You a Vampire Yet*: Strahd finally has enough in this episode and demands to know why and how he becomes a vampire, which the Dragon Friends realize they don't really remember. After some jokes about putting garlic in a suicide pill for emergencies (like a spy) or putting it in the skin of one's gentleman, Baston passes on the Namesword of Sergei von Zarovich to his son Byron, both as a parting gift and a way to act should Strahd become a vampire anyway.
* *Ask the Renee*: Ben tries to again consult Renee, this time on whether or not Strahd's tattoo of a Barovian man looking like Baston is on Strahd's bottom or not.

## Trivia

* Scott Edgar of Tripod provides the musical accompaniments for this and the previous episode.
	+ This specific episode, Scott also voiced one of the NPC's, Tom.
* Some important changes of this new timeline are revealed.
	+ Strahd, in the timeline of the eternal Netherese Empire, had a tattoo of a Barovian man looking like Baston on his body. It at the very least is not on his bottom.
	+ Sergei von Zarovich, Strahd's brother, has been married to Patrina Velakovna, with Strahd not being jealous.
	+ Without Strahd being jealous (or being a vampire), he never cast the city of Carcosa into a desolate plane. As a result, the Carcosans have grown to become a major power in Faerûn. It also means Daggerford hasn't been constructed, since it was built in the place where Carcosa once was.
	+ Patrina is a Lady of Carcosa. Although unknown whether she also was one in the original timeline, the vampire Strahd wanted to marry her in Carcosa. Patrina is however an important figure and her body missing creates complications.
	+ The Freeborn, as they continue to exist as a power, now are in struggle with the Carcosans over the missing body, triggering the Second Age of Ruin. This conflict of wizard trench-warfare has been ongoing for the last one hundred years.
	+ The calendar starts at year 1FR, which stands for *Fall Reckoning*. In the original timeline, this was *Dale Reckoning*.

## Quotes

* When the Friends wonder whether or not they're in the present, Philge wisely notes: "*It always the present. And every day, a gift*".