Bards' Guild

The Bards' Guild is a guild for the storytellers of Duilintinn. It is one of the three major guilds of House Jameson.

## Guild Hubs

The Bard’s Guild’s major hub is located in the main courtyard of Noefrach in House Jameson. It shares a similar architectural style to the other buildings in the city and shares the courtyard with House Jameson’s other major guilds.

Since House Jameson covers such a long, thin region of mountainous terrain, the region’s major guilds all have secondary hubs in the town of Teannta, located close to the intersection of the main southern road and the road along the Agrona River, near Fort Conchúr. This is more accessible to residents living in the western half of House Jameson.

Finally, like all of Duilintinn’s officially recognized guilds, the Bard’s guild has a hub representing itself on Guild Row in Cordoire’s Administrator’s District. Here, the guild can advocate for its members in the political sphere of Duilintinn’s national capital.

## Apprenticeships

Like most other guilds in Duilintinn, the Bards' Guild connects students pursuing higher education with members who need additional help and/or wish to pass on their knowledge to the next generation.

Most bards have their apprentices shadow them as they spread stories and messages throughout the land, but many also take the time to gather other bards and their apprentices to teach the group good writing and oratory techniques, having them practice amongst each other.

## Culture

### Jurisdiction

Many people get confused between the difference between House Jameson’s three major guilds and who they are meant to represent. The Artisan’s Guild, Bard’s Guild, and Grand Troupe are all related to creative fields, after all. The specific jurisdiction of each guild pertains to the technical definitions of the six major titles taken by those who work in these creative fields, which describe either the goals or the chosen medium of the user.

Goal-Based Titles:

* Bards are those who use any or multiple creative mediums to share and spread the tales and legends of the kingdom.
* Entertainers are those who use whatever medium(s) they prefer to share and spread joy and entertainment throughout the kingdom.

Medium-Based Titles:

* Authors are those who almost exclusively use a written art form.
* Artists are those who almost exclusively use a visual art form.
* Minstrels are those who almost exclusively use a musical art form.
* Performers are those who almost exclusively use a theatrical art form.

Generally, you take one of these titles only if you are specifically focused on such topics. For example, if you use your creative medium for both entertainment and to spread information, you probably wouldn’t take any goal-based title. Alternatively, if you use multiple mediums to spread information, you’d probably just call yourself a “Bard,” possibly with an additional title describing your specific interests (i.e. Bard Researcher or Bard Historian).

These definitions help to inform the specific focus of each guild. Two of these guilds - The Bard’s Guild and Grande Troupe- take on members with specific creative goals, regardless of medium. As the name implies, the Bard’s Guild takes on those with the bardic focus of spreading information and stories, while the Grand Troupe is the guild for Entertainers.
By contrast, the Artisan’s Guild is the only guild which specifically focuses on a medium - that being visual media such as sculpture, paints, textiles, metalworking, etc. However, since visual arts is such a broad category, the guild hardly lacks for a diversity of members

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