Bards College (Faction)

Description
The Bards College is a joinable faction that appears in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

It is a guild of bards and speakers. Players may join the Bards College by completing a quest for the guild's headmaster, Viarmo. The Bards College is located in Solitude.

History
The Bard's College was first formed during the Second Era as part of the Guilds Act

Joining the Bards College
Upon entering the Bards College, the player can request admission to the Bards College from Viarmo. He will ask you to go to Dead Men's Respite to retrieve the missing verses from a poem about King Olaf One-Eye, called King Olaf's Verse. However, some of the verses are missing, so the player has the option to make up their own lines for the poem, so that it can be read to Solitude's Jarl. The player must then attend the burning of Olaf's effigy, and speak to Viarmo to join the Bards College.

Quests

 * Tending the Flames - Admittance quest
 * Finn's Lute
 * Pantea's Flute
 * Rjorn's Drum

Members of the Bards College

 * Aia Arria
 * Ataf
 * Bendt - Chef
 * Geraud Gemane - Dean of History
 * Illdi
 * Inge Six Fingers
 * Jorn
 * Pantea Ateia
 * Viarmo - Headmaster

Other Bards

 * Karita - plays in the Windpeak Inn in Dawnstar
 * Lisette - plays in The Winking Skeever in Solitude
 * Lurbuk gro-Dushnikh - plays in the Moorside Inn in Morthal
 * Mikael - plays in The Bannered Mare in Whiterun
 * Sven - plays in the Sleeping Giant Inn in Riverwood
 * Talsgar the Wanderer - A wandering Bard found all over Skyrim.

Bugs

 * You may get the quest to 'investigate the bards' college' but you may not have the speech option to join the college.
 * After completing Finn's Lute, Pantea's Flute, and Rjorn's Drum, their respective quest items will remain in your inventory. The player cannot remove them as they are still marked as quest items. Fortunately, their weight values do not count towards your carrying capacity.