When on the Avatar of Boris challenge path, your trusty minstrel Clancy follows you in place of any familiars. Clancy will perform functions similar to a familiar and will change functionality depending on what instrument he is holding.
Clancy plays an uplifting tune on his crumhorn. Did you ever blow on a comb with wax paper over it? Yeah, that's basically what it sounds like.
Clancy plays you a tune on his crumhorn. It's a particularly farty-sounding instrument, which always lifts your spirits after a hard battle.
You smile as Clancy belts out some hilarious farty sounds on his crumhorn. There's a minstrel that knows his audience.
Clancy plays you a tune on his crumhorn, which is an instrument that wins awards for silliness in all three categories: name, appearance, and sound.
Clancy plays a tune on his crumhorn to raise your spirits. The tune is pretty awful actually, but the sight of him playing such a silly instrument always makes you smile.
Clancy plays you a tune on his crumhorn. He can't really smile while he's doing it, but the curve of the horn looks like a smile, so that's all right.
Clancy strums his fat lute and sings a little tune about bright copper kettles and brown paper packages.
Clancy strums his fat lute and sings about wealth and all the great things it can buy, like axe-polish and sandwiches.
Clancy strums his fat lute and sings a tune about the glories of battle with a worthy opponent, especially one with nice possessions.
Clancy strums his fat lute and sings a song about how great it is to own things, and to get new things for free by looting the corpses of your enemies.
Clancy strums his fat lute and sings about how every day is like Crimbo for a mighty warrior, with every foe being a present, and their skin the wrapping-paper.
Clancy strums his fat lute and sings about the ancient treasures of long-forgotten kingdoms, and how you're eventually going to get around to going and digging them up.
Clancy strums his fat lute and sings a song about how material wealth can't bring you happiness -- this time remembering to add the bit you made him write, about how he was just kidding and actually it totally can.
Getting your Attention
Periodically, Clancy wants your attention. His image changes depending on the instrument he is holding:
Clicking on the alert image will result in some dialogue:
Clancy does not level up like other familiars. He will encounter special adventures throughout the Kingdom that will serve to make him a better bard. In addition the Song of Accompaniment and More to Love skills will increase his level.
Attempting to equip Clancy with a familiar item, even a non-familiar-specific one such as a miniature gravy-covered maypole, results in the message "You don't equip that item on the familiar that you don't have with you. Maybe you should take one out of your terrarium."
