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Bard's College
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition guide · Enrolling in the college in Solitude
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The Bards College in Solitude is the center of musical and poetic learning in Skyrim, located near the Blue Palace. Speak to Headmaster Viarmo to apply for enrollment, which initiates a quest to retrieve King Olaf's Verse from Dead Men's Respite. Completing this and other faculty fetch quests rewards you with widespread skill increases and full membership.
- Region
- Solitude
- Getting there
- Inside the city of Solitude, east along the main road leading toward the Blue Palace, located on the right just past the market and the graveyard
- Connects to
- Solitude, Solitude - Bards College
- Related quests
- Tending the Flames · Finn's Lute · Pantea's Flute · Rjorn's Drum
- Services and people
- Viarmo · Giraud Gemane · Pantea Ateia · Inge Six-Fingers · Speech training (Giraud Gemane)
Items
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Shops and people
- Giraud Gemane: Master-level Speech training
- Pantea Ateia: Master-level Restoration training
- Jorn: Master-level Alchemy training
Tips
- Do not rush to complete the faculty's instrument recovery quests immediately; each completed instrument quest rewards a +1 boost to an entire set of six related skills, making them ideal to turn in when those skills are at higher levels.
- You must listen to Viarmo recite the restored verse to Jarl Elisif the Fair before the final Burning of King Olaf ceremony can take place outside the college grounds.
Not listed for this area: secrets, enemies.
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