From the introduction: Bards from the College of Adventure are explorers and heroes, equally apt to dive headfirst into court, city or dungeon adventure. ... Bards from the College of Dance are exotic and wild. Their moves have long dazzled allies and enemies everywhere, the former by their grace and beauty, the later by the quickness of their blades. ... Bards from the College of Espionage are minstrels who act as assassins, spies or saboteurs. Found in the courts, where intrigue is as common as silk, the successful ones remain keep hiding their true profession.