Bards College (Location)

Bards College is a Location and also a Faction in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Several Quests include visiting several of the notable NPC's that are located here. It is recommended to do these quests early on as they are good for training but you should become Thane of Solitude first as otherwise you glitch out of being able to buy the house there.

Characteristics
The Bards College is where any aspiring bard starts his career in tale-telling or song. Almost all Bards found in Skyrim were trained here and will instruct you to inquire within or travel here if they are asked about their background. Located near the Blue Palace inside the walls of Solitude. The Building is large but contains no notable loot. This is located directly next to the player purchasable house: Proudspire Manor.

Joining the Bards College
Upon arriving at the bards College, the player is able to seek admittance. The head master Viarmo will task the player with retrieving a document lost long ago, detailing treacheries committed by Olaf, a former king. The document can be found near Dead Man's Respite. Once retrieved and returned to Viarmo, the player must help him fill in the gaps that are rampant in the document. Once forged, the headmaster takes the player to the Jarl, to try and reinstate a festival that was cancelled.

Joinable Faction
The Bards College is also a faction that the player can gain favor with and join.

Quests

 * Tending the Flames
 * Find Finn's Lute
 * Find Pantea's Flute
 * Find Rjorn's Drum

Bugs

 * Quest items (Finn's Lute, Pantea's Flute, and Rjorn's Drum) may be not removable from the inventory after completing their associated quests (PS3, Xbox, PC). (The quest items are actually ID'd as a regular flute, drum, and lute. Console command can remove them, player.removeitem X 1, where X is the item ID.

Lute: 000dabab Drum: 000daba9 Flute: 000daba7)


 * If you take the quest for the College of Winterhold to retrieve a staff and retrieve Pantea's Flute at the same time, you will be unable to retrieve the flute later.

Notable Inhabitants

 * Aia Arria
 * Ataf
 * Bendt
 * Geraud Gemane
 * Illdi
 * Inge Six Fingers
 * Jorn
 * Pantea Ateia
 * Viarmo