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[ExoGeniVI]

No spoilers about the game. Just a definition of "Bard" In the Dragon Age Universe

[boissiere]

interesting but useless imo.

[Dio Demon]

Orlesian spy/assassin

[Han Shot First]

A bard is a minstrel who acts as an assassin, spy or saboteur. It is also one of the specializations available for the rogue class in Dragon Age: Origins.

 

A bard is something of a curiosity even in the courts of Orlais, where intrigue is as common as silk. Musicians and troubadours, doubling as spies, exploit their access to powerful nobility to glean secrets for employers who are usually nameless even to the bard. The nobles welcome such entertainers with full knowledge that any could be a bard; the thrill of outwitting a spy is a notion the Orlesian aristocracy can hardly resist. Unfortunately, when they finally realize that a master bard has been among them, it is usually too late. Bards use music to soothe hearts and cloud minds; in combat, their abilities to inspire allies and distract foes are legendary. Beyond their music, they are masters of dirty fighting, stealth and larceny.

 

In other parts of the world, bards are less prominent but no less dangerous. Bards travel wherever secrets have value: in Ferelden, they once played fairs and graced the courts of banns and arls, listening for secrets that could be used to sway the fiercely independent nobility. Outside of Orlais, most traveling entertainers are now merely musicians, but that only makes the spies more difficult to detect.

 

Interestingly, for all its pretensions the life of a bard is one that is strangely open to all. Indeed, for all that a bard's training makes him or her a spy, it also makes them a storyteller receptive to the legends of all cultures and their preservation.  Skilled players are welcomed, whether human, elven or dwarven, mage or mundane, and female or male.

 

Wiki - Bard

[DaySeeker]

And awesome- or could be, but I like playing as someone who relies on charisma and wit.

[Kantr]

No spoilers about the game. Just a definition of "Bard" In the Dragon Age Universe

The forums aren't your personal Search Engine. Use Google and/or the DA Wiki next time

[Muspade]

Someone who sleeps with you, does mercenary work and assassinates people for you.

[Mightylink]

Someone who sings and sounds like a completely different voice actor wile singing (Leliana, Origins)

[TheJiveDJ]

Whats a bard? Sit back and enjoy this educational video, friend.

 

[ExoGeniVI]

Lol thanks guys but the reason i asked you people is because bard may mean something else in the Dragon Age universe and leanna was an assassin/priest so i just wanted to know more of the da lore

[Dracon525]

technically Leliana was never a priestess, she never took any vows. She kinda just... Lived there lol

[Decepticon Leader Sully]

Whats a bard? its a what you get when you take your top off in an pub in Itally.

[DracoAngel]

Lol thanks guys but the reason i asked you people is because bard may mean something else in the Dragon Age universe and leanna was an assassin/priest so i just wanted to know more of the da lore

 

Leliana was never a priestess. She was a Lay Sister, she never took any vows.

 

And if you talk to her she does admit to being a bard and will even explain what a bard is. Originally when you ask her about being a traveling minstrel and mistakenly call them spies, she will correct you that those are bards. And she will even teach you how to be one if your a rogue.

[Todd23]

A mage who can sing. Like the Anders from Awakening.

[BroBear Berbil]

A mage who can sing. Like the Anders from Awakening.

 

W...what?

 

Anyway, in DA they're court spies and sometimes assassins who inspire their party by sounding like they're passing a kidney stone.

 

 

Varric isn't a bard by the DA definition, but he's closer to what a traditional RPG bard would be. A poet and storyteller, though he's not a singer.

[Asdrubael Vect]

No spoilers about the game. Just a definition of "Bard" In the Dragon Age Universe

Orlais version of Antivan crows

 

it is a assasin/prostitute/spy/thief...who serve for Orlais nobles

 

their work is kill or lie and sleep with someone and steal somethink valuable from someone