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* The nameless bard in ''Literature/TheLastHero''. It's not clear whether he was one before he got shanghai'd by the Grey Horde, but at the end of the story it's implied that he'd be singing their saga all over the Disc.
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* The nameless bard in ''Literature/TheLastHero''. It's not clear whether he was one before he got shanghai'd by the Grey Silver Horde, but at the end of the story it's implied that he'd be singing their saga all over the Disc.Disc. Notably, he starts off looking pretty much like the page image, but ends the story looking more like a Viking skald.
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* Fflewddur Fflam is a self-styled bard and the tritagonist in ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron''. Fflewddur has a magic harp that will break a string or two every time Fflewddur tells a lie or colors in the facts, which he does somewhat frequently (i.e. exaggerating his own courage or musical talent).
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* In ''Theatre/HenryIVPart2'', Hal and a friend disguise themselves as minstrels to get into Falstaff's house and prank him.
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* In ''Theatre/HenryIVPart2'', Hal and a friend disguise themselves as minstrels to get into Falstaff's house and prank him.
* Wandering minstrels infest the streets in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', and they're always pestering people ([[PlayerCharacter Ezio Auditore]] in particular) for money. They can also be found in the streets of Rome in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'', but they are much less numerous due to now sharing the [[invoked]]GoddamnBats spot with groups of female beggars.
** In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' Ezio is utterly delighted when he discovers that a party he needs to infiltrate hired some Italian minstrels as entertainers. He [[invoked]][[TakeThatScrappy gleefully]] [[MuggedForDisguise beats them up for their outfits]] and spends the rest of the mission [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se4Aek5X4CM singing little ditties]] [[TakeThat lampooning]] the enemies he fought in the previous games and the [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall annoyances]] from said games.
--->''I am a tactless minstrel,\\
I sing off-key for coins.\\
If you see me in the street,\\
[[GroinAttack Please kick me in the loins]].''
** In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' Ezio is utterly delighted when he discovers that a party he needs to infiltrate hired some Italian minstrels as entertainers. He [[invoked]][[TakeThatScrappy gleefully]] [[MuggedForDisguise beats them up for their outfits]] and spends the rest of the mission [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se4Aek5X4CM singing little ditties]] [[TakeThat lampooning]] the enemies he fought in the previous games and the [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall annoyances]] from said games.
--->''I am a tactless minstrel,\\
I sing off-key for coins.\\
If you see me in the street,\\
[[GroinAttack Please kick me in the loins]].''
* Leliana from ''Franchise/DragonAge'', at least in her life before the Chantry. Of course, "bards" are more often than not professional spies, but their job still involves considerable amounts of musical entertainment. In Orlais, it apparently adds spice to a party to know that the performing bard might be spying on you, or planning to assassinate you. Appropriately for a bard, Leliana is the most GenreSavvy person in your party.
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' has '''Zither!''' the Virtuoso. He's more of a traditional RPG bard as a magic-casting musician. Originally announced as an April Fool's joke, he was eventually made an actual playable character in multiplayer via DLC. There's also Maryden Halewell, a perfectly normal minstrel who performs in every tavern in the game; she has a war table operation where she asks for your help in dealing with a rival minstrel.
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' has '''Zither!''' the Virtuoso. He's more of a traditional RPG bard as a magic-casting musician. Originally announced as an April Fool's joke, he was eventually made an actual playable character in multiplayer via DLC. There's also Maryden Halewell, a perfectly normal minstrel who performs in every tavern in the game; she has a war table operation where she asks for your help in dealing with a rival minstrel.
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* In ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIV'', Rosella encounters a wandering minstrel who is terrible at making music. She helps him by giving him a book of Creator/WilliamShakespeare, which leads him to decide he wants to be an actor instead.
* Leliana from ''Franchise/DragonAge'', at least in her life before the Chantry. Of course, "bards" are more often than not professional spies, but their job still involves considerable amounts of musical entertainment. In Orlais, it apparently adds spice to a party to know that the performing bard might be spying on you, or planning to assassinate you. Appropriately for a bard, Leliana is the most GenreSavvy person in your party.
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' has '''Zither!''' the Virtuoso. He's more of a traditional RPG bard as a magic-casting musician. Originally announced as an April Fool's joke, he was eventually made an actual playable character in multiplayer via DLC. There's also Maryden Halewell, a perfectly normal minstrel who performs in every tavern in the game; she has a war table operation where she asks for your help in dealing with a rival minstrel.
* Leliana from ''Franchise/DragonAge'', at least in her life before the Chantry. Of course, "bards" are more often than not professional spies, but their job still involves considerable amounts of musical entertainment. In Orlais, it apparently adds spice to a party to know that the performing bard might be spying on you, or planning to assassinate you. Appropriately for a bard, Leliana is the most GenreSavvy person in your party.
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' has '''Zither!''' the Virtuoso. He's more of a traditional RPG bard as a magic-casting musician. Originally announced as an April Fool's joke, he was eventually made an actual playable character in multiplayer via DLC. There's also Maryden Halewell, a perfectly normal minstrel who performs in every tavern in the game; she has a war table operation where she asks for your help in dealing with a rival minstrel.
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* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' In ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIV'', Rosella encounters DF these wonderful people can visit your fortress and they can even petition you to work at your fortress! You can also play as one in adventure mode, you can even become a jester for a lord if you can prove to them that you are skilled enough!
* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' has Talsgar the Wanderer, an NPC bard whom you may encounter out on the road or in taverns. Pay him a bit of coin and he'll sing you a song.
** The taverns in major cities also employ bards, thereby removing the 'wandering' part of their job description, and you can enroll as a student in the Bards' College yourself (though you'll never actually do any studying). If the ''Hearthfire'' DLC is installed, you can also hire bards to become resident musicians at any of the three homes you can build.
* ''VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis IV'' has a random event in which you're informed of the growing fame of a wanderingminstrel minstrel. You have the choice of bringing them to your court and hiring them as an adviser, or letting them go where their heart desires, which increases the stability of your nation. The latter is almost always the better choice. Wander on, you crazy minstrel.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has a recurring NPC called... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Wandering Minstrel]], who isterrible at making music. She helps him by giving him a book an AuthorAvatar of Creator/WilliamShakespeare, which leads him to decide he wants to be an actor instead.
* Leliana from ''Franchise/DragonAge'', at least in her life beforethe Chantry. Of course, "bards" are game's director Naoki Yoshida. He serves as a FramingDevice for the HarderThanHard Extreme trials and Savage raids by retelling your character's experiences in song, but greatly embellished (and thus more often than not professional spies, but their job still involves considerable amounts of musical entertainment. In Orlais, it apparently adds spice to a party to know that the performing bard might be spying on you, or planning to assassinate you. Appropriately for a bard, Leliana is the most GenreSavvy person in your party.
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' has '''Zither!''' the Virtuoso. He's more of a traditional RPG bard as a magic-casting musician. Originally announced as an April Fool's joke, he was eventually made an actual playable character in multiplayer via DLC. There's also Maryden Halewell, a perfectly normal minstrel who performs in every tavern in the game; she has a war table operation where she asks for your help in dealing with a rival minstrel.difficult).
* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' has Talsgar the Wanderer, an NPC bard whom you may encounter out on the road or in taverns. Pay him a bit of coin and he'll sing you a song.
** The taverns in major cities also employ bards, thereby removing the 'wandering' part of their job description, and you can enroll as a student in the Bards' College yourself (though you'll never actually do any studying). If the ''Hearthfire'' DLC is installed, you can also hire bards to become resident musicians at any of the three homes you can build.
* ''VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis IV'' has a random event in which you're informed of the growing fame of a wandering
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has a recurring NPC called... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Wandering Minstrel]], who is
* Leliana from ''Franchise/DragonAge'', at least in her life before
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' has '''Zither!''' the Virtuoso. He's more of a traditional RPG bard as a magic-casting musician. Originally announced as an April Fool's joke, he was eventually made an actual playable character in multiplayer via DLC. There's also Maryden Halewell, a perfectly normal minstrel who performs in every tavern in the game; she has a war table operation where she asks for your help in dealing with a rival minstrel.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has a recurring NPC called... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Wandering Minstrel]], who is an AuthorAvatar of the game's director Naoki Yoshida. He serves as a FramingDevice for the HarderThanHard Extreme trials and Savage raids by retelling your character's experiences in song, but greatly embellished (and thus more difficult).
* Venti from ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' is a mysterious, quirky bard who wanders around the country of Mondstadt, reciting poems, telling ancient stories of the land, and playing MagicMusic with his harp.
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'', choosing the [[NewGamePlus Avatar of Boris challenge path]] replaces your familiar slot with Boris's trusty bard Clancy, who plays songs after combat with effects that differ depending on which instrument he's using.
* In ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIV'', Rosella encounters a wandering minstrel who is terrible at making music. She helps him by giving him a book of Creator/WilliamShakespeare, which leads him to decide he wants to be an actor instead.
* ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsOnline'' has the Minstrel class that can play MagicMusic on an assortment of instruments to heal allies or harm enemies. Minstrels can also teach the use of instruments to characters of any class, who can then play preprogrammed music files [[StreetMusician to entertain other players]] (though not in combat).
* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' introduces [[MrExposition Issun]] as "Wandering Minstrel Issun".
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'', choosing the [[NewGamePlus Avatar of Boris challenge path]] replaces your familiar slot with Boris's trusty bard Clancy, who plays songs after combat with effects that differ depending on which instrument he's using.
* In ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIV'', Rosella encounters a wandering minstrel who is terrible at making music. She helps him by giving him a book of Creator/WilliamShakespeare, which leads him to decide he wants to be an actor instead.
* ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsOnline'' has the Minstrel class that can play MagicMusic on an assortment of instruments to heal allies or harm enemies. Minstrels can also teach the use of instruments to characters of any class, who can then play preprogrammed music files [[StreetMusician to entertain other players]] (though not in combat).
* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' introduces [[MrExposition Issun]] as "Wandering Minstrel Issun".
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* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' introduces [[MrExposition Issun]] as "Wandering Minstrel Issun".
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* Wandering minstrels infest the streets in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', and they're always pestering people ([[PlayerCharacter Ezio Auditore]] in particular) for money. They can also be found in the streets of Rome in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'', but they are much less numerous due to now sharing the [[invoked]]GoddamnBats spot with groups of female beggars.
** In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' Ezio is utterly delighted when he discovers that a party he needs to infiltrate hired some Italian minstrels as entertainers. He [[invoked]][[TakeThatScrappy gleefully]] [[MuggedForDisguise beats them up for their outfits]] and spends the rest of the mission [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se4Aek5X4CM singing little ditties]] [[TakeThat lampooning]] the enemies he fought in the previous games and the [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall annoyances]] from said games.
--->''I am a tactless minstrel,\\
I sing off-key for coins.\\
If you see me in the street,\\
[[GroinAttack Please kick me in the loins]].''
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'', choosing the [[NewGamePlus Avatar of Boris challenge path]] replaces your familiar slot with Boris's trusty bard Clancy, who plays songs after combat with effects that differ depending on which instrument he's using.
* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' has Talsgar the Wanderer, an NPC bard whom you may encounter out on the road or in taverns. Pay him a bit of coin and he'll sing you a song.
** The taverns in major cities also employ bards, thereby removing the 'wandering' part of their job description, and you can enroll as a student in the Bards' College yourself (though you'll never actually do any studying). If the ''Hearthfire'' DLC is installed, you can also hire bards to become resident musicians at any of the three homes you can build.
* ''VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis IV'' has a random event in which you're informed of the growing fame of a wandering minstrel. You have the choice of bringing them to your court and hiring them as an adviser, or letting them go where their heart desires, which increases the stability of your nation. The latter is almost always the better choice. Wander on, you crazy minstrel.
* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' In DF these wonderful people can visit your fortress and they can even petition you to work at your fortress! You can also play as one in adventure mode, you can even become a jester for a lord if you can prove to them that you are skilled enough!
** In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' Ezio is utterly delighted when he discovers that a party he needs to infiltrate hired some Italian minstrels as entertainers. He [[invoked]][[TakeThatScrappy gleefully]] [[MuggedForDisguise beats them up for their outfits]] and spends the rest of the mission [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se4Aek5X4CM singing little ditties]] [[TakeThat lampooning]] the enemies he fought in the previous games and the [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall annoyances]] from said games.
--->''I am a tactless minstrel,\\
I sing off-key for coins.\\
If you see me in the street,\\
[[GroinAttack Please kick me in the loins]].''
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'', choosing the [[NewGamePlus Avatar of Boris challenge path]] replaces your familiar slot with Boris's trusty bard Clancy, who plays songs after combat with effects that differ depending on which instrument he's using.
* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' has Talsgar the Wanderer, an NPC bard whom you may encounter out on the road or in taverns. Pay him a bit of coin and he'll sing you a song.
** The taverns in major cities also employ bards, thereby removing the 'wandering' part of their job description, and you can enroll as a student in the Bards' College yourself (though you'll never actually do any studying). If the ''Hearthfire'' DLC is installed, you can also hire bards to become resident musicians at any of the three homes you can build.
* ''VideoGame/EuropaUniversalis IV'' has a random event in which you're informed of the growing fame of a wandering minstrel. You have the choice of bringing them to your court and hiring them as an adviser, or letting them go where their heart desires, which increases the stability of your nation. The latter is almost always the better choice. Wander on, you crazy minstrel.
* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' In DF these wonderful people can visit your fortress and they can even petition you to work at your fortress! You can also play as one in adventure mode, you can even become a jester for a lord if you can prove to them that you are skilled enough!
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* Venti from ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' is a mysterious, quirky bard who wanders around the country of Mondstadt, reciting poems, telling ancient stories of the land, and playing MagicMusic with his harp.
* ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsOnline'' has the Minstrel class that can play MagicMusic on an assortment of instruments to heal allies or harm enemies. Minstrels can also teach the use of instruments to characters of any class, who can then play preprogrammed music files [[StreetMusician to entertain other players]] (though not in combat).
* ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsOnline'' has the Minstrel class that can play MagicMusic on an assortment of instruments to heal allies or harm enemies. Minstrels can also teach the use of instruments to characters of any class, who can then play preprogrammed music files [[StreetMusician to entertain other players]] (though not in combat).
* Merlow of ''Webcomic/CourtOfRoses'' is first encourntered [[http://courtofroses.spiderforest.com/index.php?comic_id=1 wandering from town to town playing his bagpipes]]. The other four bards also appear to be travelers to an extent as well.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Catalina is [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2011-01-04 portrayed as this]] in a filler strip referencing ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Catalina is [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2011-01-04 portrayed as this]] in a filler strip referencing ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.
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* Merlow of ''Webcomic/CourtOfRoses'' is first encourntered [[http://courtofroses.spiderforest.com/index.php?comic_id=1 wandering from town to town playing his bagpipes]]. The other four bards also appear to be travelers to an extent as well.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Catalina is [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2011-01-04 portrayed as this]] in a filler strip referencing ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Catalina is [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2011-01-04 portrayed as this]] in a filler strip referencing ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.
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* On ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'', during a MedievalEuropeanFantasy sequence, Rowlf took the role until Piggy could take no more of his music.
* This was the career wish of [[GentleGiant Mikey Blumberg]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' episode "Tank", Music/WeirdAlYankovic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBi46T1BnJo voices a singing minstrel]] who follows the duo around narrating their triumphs and woes (eventually leading to Stitch just smashing the minstrel's guitar to get him to stop).
* This was the career wish of [[GentleGiant Mikey Blumberg]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' episode "Tank", Music/WeirdAlYankovic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBi46T1BnJo voices a singing minstrel]] who follows the duo around narrating their triumphs and woes (eventually leading to Stitch just smashing the minstrel's guitar to get him to stop).
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' episode "Tank", Music/WeirdAlYankovic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBi46T1BnJo voices a singing minstrel]] who follows the duo around narrating their triumphs and woes (eventually leading to Stitch just smashing the minstrel's guitar to get him to stop).
* On ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'', during a MedievalEuropeanFantasy sequence, Rowlf took the role until Piggy could take no more of his music.
* This was the career wish of [[GentleGiant Mikey Blumberg]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''.
* On ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'', during a MedievalEuropeanFantasy sequence, Rowlf took the role until Piggy could take no more of his music.
* This was the career wish of [[GentleGiant Mikey Blumberg]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''.
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* In ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'', Uto Nakaji ''claims'' to be this. She certainly dresses the part, and acts like she's acquired a treasure trove of wisdom from a lifetime of travel. In reality, she's a {{chuunibyou}} who lives in the same town as all the other characters, and all of her attempts to sound profound are {{ice cream koan}}s at best. She can't even sing, play instruments, or write songs very well at all, though she does put her heart into it when she tries.
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* In ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'', Uto Nakaji ''claims'' to be this. She certainly dresses the part, and acts like she's acquired a treasure trove of wisdom from a lifetime of travel. In reality, she's a {{chuunibyou}} who lives in the same town as all the other characters, and all of her attempts to sound profound are {{ice cream koan}}s at best. She can't even sing, play instruments, or write songs very well at all, though she does put her heart into it when she tries.
* The simply named [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep Minstrel]] who appears in ''ComicBook/GrooTheWanderer'' when Mark Evanier feels like [[GreekChorus doing all the exposition]] [[RhymesOnADime in rhyme]].
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* The simply named [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep Minstrel]] who appears in ''ComicBook/GrooTheWanderer'' when Mark Evanier feels like [[GreekChorus doing all the exposition]] [[RhymesOnADime in rhyme]].
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* One makes a brief appearance in ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'', having been charged by the gods to walk around singing “Norwegian Wood” endlessly until he finds the people who recognize the song, and deliver them a message. He's quite grateful when he finally does—his feet are killing him, and he desperately needs to go to the bathroom.
* One makes a brief appearance in ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'', having been charged by the gods to walk around singing “Norwegian Wood” endlessly until he finds the people who recognize the song, and deliver them a message. He's quite grateful when he finally does—his feet are killing him, and he desperately needs to go to the bathroom.
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* In ''Film/TheVagabond'', Creator/CharlieChaplin's [[TheTramp Tramp]] is mixing it up by attempting to make a living via wandering around and playing a violin.
* ''Film/AKnightsTale'''s plot hinges on the fact that the protagonists meet a bard (and PluckyComicRelief) who can help forge the documents they need to "prove" that TheHero's of noble birth. Did I mention he just happens to be Creator/GeoffreyChaucer?
* Brave, brave Sir Robin of Camelot from ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', and again in the Broadway theatrical adaptation ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'', has an entire band of minstrels follow him wherever he goes [[spoiler:until the rest of the party [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty eats them during the winter]]]].
-->''AndThereWasMuchRejoicing...''[[note]][[FlatJoy Yaaaaaaaay.]][[/note]]
* In ''Film/TheVagabond'', Creator/CharlieChaplin's [[TheTramp Tramp]] is mixing it up by attempting to make a living via wandering around and playing a violin.
* ''Film/AKnightsTale'''s plot hinges on the fact that the protagonists meet a bard (and PluckyComicRelief) who can help forge the documents they need to "prove" that TheHero's of noble birth. Did I mention he just happens to be Creator/GeoffreyChaucer?
* Brave, brave Sir Robin of Camelot from ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', and again in the Broadway theatrical adaptation ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'', has an entire band of minstrels follow him wherever he goes [[spoiler:until the rest of the party [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty eats them during the winter]]]].
-->''AndThereWasMuchRejoicing...''[[note]][[FlatJoy Yaaaaaaaay.]][[/note]]
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* In ''Film/TheVagabond'', Creator/CharlieChaplin's [[TheTramp Tramp]] is mixing it up by attempting to make a living via wandering around and playing a violin.
* ''Film/AKnightsTale'''s plot hinges on the fact that the protagonists meet a bard (and PluckyComicRelief) who can help forge the documents they need to "prove" that TheHero's of noble birth. Did I mention he just happens to be Creator/GeoffreyChaucer?
* Brave, brave Sir Robin of Camelot from ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', and again in the Broadway theatrical adaptation ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'', has an entire band of minstrels follow him wherever he goes [[spoiler:until the rest of the party [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty eats them during the winter]]]].
-->''AndThereWasMuchRejoicing...''[[note]][[FlatJoy Yaaaaaaaay.]][[/note]]
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* ''Film/AKnightsTale'''s plot hinges on the fact that the protagonists meet a bard (and PluckyComicRelief) who can help forge the documents they need to "prove" that TheHero's of noble birth. Did I mention he just happens to be Creator/GeoffreyChaucer?
* Brave, brave Sir Robin of Camelot from ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', and again in the Broadway theatrical adaptation ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'', has an entire band of minstrels follow him wherever he goes [[spoiler:until the rest of the party [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty eats them during the winter]]]].
-->''AndThereWasMuchRejoicing...''[[note]][[FlatJoy Yaaaaaaaay.]][[/note]]
* In ''Film/TheVagabond'', Creator/CharlieChaplin's [[TheTramp Tramp]] is mixing it up by attempting to make a living via wandering around and playing a violin.
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* ''Film/AKnightsTale'''s plot hinges on the fact that the protagonists meet a bard (and PluckyComicRelief) who can help forge the documents they need to "prove" that TheHero's of noble birth. Did I mention he just happens to be Creator/GeoffreyChaucer?
* Brave, brave Sir Robin of Camelot from ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', and again in the Broadway theatrical adaptation ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'', has an entire band of minstrels follow him wherever he goes [[spoiler:until the rest of the party [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty eats them during the winter]]]].
-->''AndThereWasMuchRejoicing...''[[note]][[FlatJoy Yaaaaaaaay.]][[/note]]
* In ''Film/TheVagabond'', Creator/CharlieChaplin's [[TheTramp Tramp]] is mixing it up by attempting to make a living via wandering around and playing a violin.
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* In ''Literature/{{Athyra}}'', Vlad encounters a female one of these from the house of Issola (Issola are often courtiers, but it's suggested that this would be the typical job of a lower-ranking Issola), and a later novel, ''Literature/{{Iorich}}'', suggests he might have had an [[InterspeciesRomance affair with her]] at some point.
* The main characters and others in the ''Literature/BardicVoices'' series by Creator/MercedesLackey. There's the Guild Bards and Minstrels, the Free Bards (those that are good enough to be in the Guild, but can't because they're women, or don't like the Guild), and ordinary minstrels.
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* In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' books, gleemen are traveling artists, masterful story tellers as well as skillful acrobats, and typically wear a cloak made of many colorful patches. Most skilled gleemen can play one sort of instrument or another, some examples are flute, or if more skillful, harp. Gleemen are allowed to go almost anywhere they wish, as nearly all commoners delight in or at least tolerate their presence, and are among the few that are allowed by the [[ProudWarriorRace Aiel]] to travel through their territory. The most skilled can even become court bards, usually discarding the patchwork cloak for silks as elegant as any noble's. Thom Merrlin is introduced as a gleeman, but was originally a court bard for Queen Morgase.
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* In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' books, gleemen Creator/MikhailAkhmanov's ''[[Literature/ArrivalsFromTheDark Envoy from the Heavens]]'', Ivar Trevelian travels to a planet populated by HumanAliens whose culture has been [[MedievalStasis stuck at Middle Ages for centuries]] with no push for progress or discovery (there's a whole continent in the other hemisphere waiting to be settled, but the population believes the world is flat and that their chief deity will punish them for attempting to reach the edge). His job is to find out about this stagnation. He disguises himself as a member of the Rhapsod Brotherhood, a society of highly-respected wandering bards. He soon finds out they're much more than that, when a group of rhapsods wipes out a mercenary squad three times their number suffering only two casualties. Apparently, they also enact justice when TheEmpire fails to do so, usually when a nobleman is involved. They turn into vengeful warriors, all of them expert swordsmen and archers. Should the first party sent after a nobleman is wiped out, the Brotherhood puts together another, five times the size. Unlike the first party, this force isn't planning on sparing anyone, who stands in their way, which is why most people are traveling artists, masterful story tellers reluctant to fight them. After that, they return to their lutes and songs.
* On ''Literature/{{Gor}}'', the Caste of Poets (or Singers) is basically this. They can go from town to town and spread news as well asskillful acrobats, and typically wear a cloak made poetry/songs, despite the normally xenophobic nature of many colorful patches. Most skilled gleemen City-States.
* Bards canplay one sort be this in the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series, but due to superior training and a touch of instrument or another, some examples MagicMusic, they are flute, or if more skillful, harp. Gleemen are seldom allowed to be just entertainment. Ordinary traveling minstrels wander The 'Verse, occasionally writing songs about the protagonists (to their embarrassment and/or irritation). Heralds with any musical talent will sometimes go almost anywhere they wish, undercover as nearly all commoners delight in or these; at least tolerate their presence, one Bardic trainee was Chosen by a Companion late in his training and are among the few that are allowed by the [[ProudWarriorRace Aiel]] to travel through their territory. The most skilled can even become court bards, usually discarding the patchwork cloak for silks as elegant as any noble's. Thom Merrlin is introduced could go undercover as a gleeman, but was originally full Bard.
* In Creator/MichaelFlynn's ''[[Literature/SpiralArm The January Dancer]]'', acourt bard for Queen Morgase.woman appears in the opening by going into the bar and beginning to play.
* On ''Literature/{{Gor}}'', the Caste of Poets (or Singers) is basically this. They can go from town to town and spread news as well as
* Bards can
* In Creator/MichaelFlynn's ''[[Literature/SpiralArm The January Dancer]]'', a
* The titular character in the ''Literature/{{Lythande}}'' stories is a mercenary mage with a love of music, and carries a lute to sing for supper when magical employment isn't available (or desirable).
** In the story "The Wandering Lute", Lythande switches lutes with someone who needs to get back to his kingdom to be crowned king; the titular wandering lute is enchanted to keep its bearer on the exact same route, year after year. Unable to break that enchantment, Lythande has no choice but to be that wandering minstrel. [[spoiler:In the end, Lythande pawns the lute off on a dragon in human form who admires it...]]
** The same wandering lute, with new minstrel attached, makes another appearance in "The Gratitude of Kings". [[spoiler:Luckily, the dragoness isn't compelled by the lute and finds the trick amusing.]]
* Sangfugol from ''Literature/MemorySorrowAndThorn'' is an example of this. Aside from being a [[TheLoad more or less useless]] companion to the protagonists, his sole claim to plot relevance is when it's suggested that he, having a similar build and hair color, [[BodyDouble impersonate Prince Josua]] during the FinalBattle. Needless to say, he reacts to the notion with horror.
* ''Literature/ANecklaceOfFallenStars'': Kippen is a flutist who travels across the land. He was tutored by a wondering minstrel himself, who gave him his current instrument. Kaela bases one of her characters off of Kippen, including the instrument he plays.
* ''Literature/TheReynardCycle'': All of the priests and priestesses of Wulf, the Watcher (who is the personification of death), are wandering minstrels of one variety or another. Their grim songs and stories tend to make most people uncomfortable, but they are highly respected, and are given food and shelter wherever they go. They are also occasionally hired by the wealthy to perform concerts, or perform theatrically. The mysterious disappearance of one who plays the fiddle opens ''Reynard the Fox''.
** In the story "The Wandering Lute", Lythande switches lutes with someone who needs to get back to his kingdom to be crowned king; the titular wandering lute is enchanted to keep its bearer on the exact same route, year after year. Unable to break that enchantment, Lythande has no choice but to be that wandering minstrel. [[spoiler:In the end, Lythande pawns the lute off on a dragon in human form who admires it...]]
** The same wandering lute, with new minstrel attached, makes another appearance in "The Gratitude of Kings". [[spoiler:Luckily, the dragoness isn't compelled by the lute and finds the trick amusing.]]
* Sangfugol from ''Literature/MemorySorrowAndThorn'' is an example of this. Aside from being a [[TheLoad more or less useless]] companion to the protagonists, his sole claim to plot relevance is when it's suggested that he, having a similar build and hair color, [[BodyDouble impersonate Prince Josua]] during the FinalBattle. Needless to say, he reacts to the notion with horror.
* ''Literature/ANecklaceOfFallenStars'': Kippen is a flutist who travels across the land. He was tutored by a wondering minstrel himself, who gave him his current instrument. Kaela bases one of her characters off of Kippen, including the instrument he plays.
* ''Literature/TheReynardCycle'': All of the priests and priestesses of Wulf, the Watcher (who is the personification of death), are wandering minstrels of one variety or another. Their grim songs and stories tend to make most people uncomfortable, but they are highly respected, and are given food and shelter wherever they go. They are also occasionally hired by the wealthy to perform concerts, or perform theatrically. The mysterious disappearance of one who plays the fiddle opens ''Reynard the Fox''.
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* Phyllis Eisenstein's Alaric the Minstrel fits the bill perfectly. (He can teleport back to any place he's ever been, but not anywhere he hasn't, so wandering widens his teleport range.)
* On Literature/{{Gor}} the Caste of Poets (or Singers) is basically this. They can go from town to town and spread news as well as poetry/songs, despite the normally xenophobic nature of many City-States.
* In ''Literature/{{Athyra}}'', Vlad encounters a female one of these from the house of Issola (Issola are often courtiers, but it's suggested that this would be the typical job of a lower-ranking Issola), and a later novel, ''Literature/{{Iorich}}'', suggests he might have had an [[InterspeciesRomance affair with her]] at some point.
* On Literature/{{Gor}} the Caste of Poets (or Singers) is basically this. They can go from town to town and spread news as well as poetry/songs, despite the normally xenophobic nature of many City-States.
* In ''Literature/{{Athyra}}'', Vlad encounters a female one of these from the house of Issola (Issola are often courtiers, but it's suggested that this would be the typical job of a lower-ranking Issola), and a later novel, ''Literature/{{Iorich}}'', suggests he might have had an [[InterspeciesRomance affair with her]] at some point.
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* Phyllis Eisenstein's Alaric ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' has several, often portrayed as handsome lads of dubious morals (especially where the Minstrel fits ladies are concerned), all of whom come armed with a stunning ability to completely mangle the bill perfectly. (He events they put to music (be said events current, historical, legendary or merely rumour). As the equivalent of the Westerosi news organisation/ network... well... they really aren't organised, and you can teleport back forget journalistic ethics; [[WildCard they're all individuals out to any place he's ever been, make their livings by whatever means they can: fair means or foul]]. And, it seems almost a RunningGag for them to come to either [[CosmicPlaything ironic, downright sardonically cruel or just plain sticky ends]] when their [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor ambitions even come remotely near to getting them what they think they want]]. A nameless singer is mutilated on the orders of King Joffrey for a crowd-pleasing, but subversive, song about Queen Cersei and the late King Robert; Symon Silvertongue ends up almost certainly dead ''and'' very likely in a pot of stew after trying to blackmail Tyrion; [[spoiler:Marillion is tortured for at least a week into falsely confessing to the murder of his new, dream patron, Lysa Arryn, which then ensures his own judicial murder; Dareon is murdered by Arya Stark after he deserts from the Nights Watch seeking fame and fortune far from the Wall (at least it was ''quick''). It's not anywhere he hasn't, so clear what has happened to Manse Rayder under his cover of "Abel the Bard", but... it's unlikely to have been (or currently be) a barrel of fun: sieges and high politics almost never are. Tom of Sevens is still alive, but his life expectancy as a spy for a gang of notorious outlaws in the Riverlands would make an actuary inhale like a plumber seeing a challenging job. The Blue Bard is currently too crazy and under a constant watch to manage his own suicide after disfiguring torture at the hands of both [[MadDoctor Qyburn]] and the [[ChurchMilitant Faith]] for a fair amount of time, the poor bugger (Hamish the Harper would be in the same position, except Qyburn couldn't keep the much older singer alive long enough to get brainwashed and passed along to the Faith)...]] The short version: you're rather better off taking an entertainment career as a mime, mummer or fool than as a musician in Westeros; wandering widens his teleport range.)
* On Literature/{{Gor}} the Caste of Poets (or Singers) is basically this. They can go from town to town and spread news as well as poetry/songs, despite the normally xenophobic nature of many City-States.
* In ''Literature/{{Athyra}}'', Vlad encounters a female one of these from the house of Issola (Issola are often courtiers, but it's suggested that this would be the typical job of a lower-ranking Issola), and a later novel, ''Literature/{{Iorich}}'', suggests he might have had an [[InterspeciesRomance affair with her]] at some point.or not.
* On Literature/{{Gor}} the Caste of Poets (or Singers) is basically this. They can go from town to town and spread news as well as poetry/songs, despite the normally xenophobic nature of many City-States.
* In ''Literature/{{Athyra}}'', Vlad encounters a female one of these from the house of Issola (Issola are often courtiers, but it's suggested that this would be the typical job of a lower-ranking Issola), and a later novel, ''Literature/{{Iorich}}'', suggests he might have had an [[InterspeciesRomance affair with her]] at some point.
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* Sangfugol from ''Literature/MemorySorrowAndThorn'' is an example of this. Aside from being a [[TheLoad more or less useless]] companion to the protagonists, his sole claim to plot relevance is when it's suggested that he, having a similar build and hair color, [[BodyDouble impersonate Prince Josua]] during the FinalBattle. Needless to say, he reacts to the notion with horror.
* Bards can be this in the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series, but due to superior training and a touch of MagicMusic, they are seldom allowed to be just entertainment. Ordinary traveling minstrels wander The 'Verse, occasionally writing songs about the protagonists (to their embarrassment and/or irritation). Heralds with any musical talent will sometimes go undercover as these; at least one Bardic trainee was Chosen by a Companion late in his training and could go undercover as a full Bard.
* In Creator/MikhailAkhmanov's ''[[Literature/ArrivalsFromTheDark Envoy from the Heavens]]'', Ivar Trevelian travels to a planet populated by HumanAliens whose culture has been [[MedievalStasis stuck at Middle Ages for centuries]] with no push for progress or discovery (there's a whole continent in the other hemisphere waiting to be settled, but the population believes the world is flat and that their chief deity will punish them for attempting to reach the edge). His job is to find out about this stagnation. He disguises himself as a member of the Rhapsod Brotherhood, a society of highly-respected wandering bards. He soon finds out they're much more than that, when a group of rhapsods wipes out a mercenary squad three times their number suffering only two casualties. Apparently, they also enact justice when TheEmpire fails to do so, usually when a nobleman is involved. They turn into vengeful warriors, all of them expert swordsmen and archers. Should the first party sent after a nobleman is wiped out, the Brotherhood puts together another, five times the size. Unlike the first party, this force isn't planning on sparing anyone, who stands in their way, which is why most people are reluctant to fight them. After that, they return to their lutes and songs.
* The main characters and others in the ''Literature/BardicVoices'' series by Creator/MercedesLackey. There's the Guild Bards and Minstrels, the Free Bards (those that are good enough to be in the Guild, but can't because they're women, or don't like the Guild), and ordinary minstrels.
* Bards can be this in the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series, but due to superior training and a touch of MagicMusic, they are seldom allowed to be just entertainment. Ordinary traveling minstrels wander The 'Verse, occasionally writing songs about the protagonists (to their embarrassment and/or irritation). Heralds with any musical talent will sometimes go undercover as these; at least one Bardic trainee was Chosen by a Companion late in his training and could go undercover as a full Bard.
* In Creator/MikhailAkhmanov's ''[[Literature/ArrivalsFromTheDark Envoy from the Heavens]]'', Ivar Trevelian travels to a planet populated by HumanAliens whose culture has been [[MedievalStasis stuck at Middle Ages for centuries]] with no push for progress or discovery (there's a whole continent in the other hemisphere waiting to be settled, but the population believes the world is flat and that their chief deity will punish them for attempting to reach the edge). His job is to find out about this stagnation. He disguises himself as a member of the Rhapsod Brotherhood, a society of highly-respected wandering bards. He soon finds out they're much more than that, when a group of rhapsods wipes out a mercenary squad three times their number suffering only two casualties. Apparently, they also enact justice when TheEmpire fails to do so, usually when a nobleman is involved. They turn into vengeful warriors, all of them expert swordsmen and archers. Should the first party sent after a nobleman is wiped out, the Brotherhood puts together another, five times the size. Unlike the first party, this force isn't planning on sparing anyone, who stands in their way, which is why most people are reluctant to fight them. After that, they return to their lutes and songs.
* The main characters and others in the ''Literature/BardicVoices'' series by Creator/MercedesLackey. There's the Guild Bards and Minstrels, the Free Bards (those that are good enough to be in the Guild, but can't because they're women, or don't like the Guild), and ordinary minstrels.
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* Sangfugol ''Literature/TheSquiresTales'' features a knight who’d much rather be a minstrel in ''The Ballad of Sir Dinadan''.
* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': Played with. Worldsingers are not storytellers, but rather a formalized sort of MrExposition. They teach about foreign lands in order to "make the world a smaller place" and bring people closer together. They therefore know quite a bit about history, religion, and politics, but very little about stories and legends. Doesn't stop everyone else from''Literature/MemorySorrowAndThorn'' is an example of this. Aside treating them like your basic minstrel, though, which annoys them to no end.
* Phyllis Eisenstein's Alaric frombeing ''Literature/{{Tales of Alaric the Minstrel}}'' fits the bill perfectly. (He can teleport back to any place he's ever been, but not anywhere he hasn't, so wandering widens his teleport range.)
* ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': Robin, who uses his profession as cover to spy on the villains, using as justification the fact that there aren't many adventurers left, and he wants to write a[[TheLoad ballad about them.
* In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' books, gleemen are traveling artists, masterful story tellers as well as skillful acrobats, and typically wear a cloak made of many colorful patches. Most skilled gleemen can play one sort of instrument or another, some examples are flute, or if moreor less useless]] companion to the protagonists, his sole claim to plot relevance is when it's suggested that he, having a similar build and hair color, [[BodyDouble impersonate Prince Josua]] during the FinalBattle. Needless to say, he reacts to the notion with horror.
* Bards can be this in the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series, but due to superior training and a touch of MagicMusic, theyskillful, harp. Gleemen are seldom allowed to be just entertainment. Ordinary traveling minstrels wander The 'Verse, occasionally writing songs about the protagonists (to their embarrassment and/or irritation). Heralds with any musical talent will sometimes go undercover almost anywhere they wish, as these; nearly all commoners delight in or at least one Bardic trainee was Chosen by a Companion late in his training and could go undercover as a full Bard.
* In Creator/MikhailAkhmanov's ''[[Literature/ArrivalsFromTheDark Envoy from the Heavens]]'', Ivar Trevelian travels to a planet populated by HumanAliens whose culture has been [[MedievalStasis stuck at Middle Ages for centuries]] with no push for progress or discovery (there's a whole continent in the other hemisphere waiting to be settled, but the population believes the world is flat and thattolerate their chief deity will punish them for attempting to reach presence, and are among the edge). His job is to find out about this stagnation. He disguises himself as a member of few that are allowed by the Rhapsod Brotherhood, a society of highly-respected wandering bards. He soon finds out they're much more than that, when a group of rhapsods wipes out a mercenary squad three times [[ProudWarriorRace Aiel]] to travel through their number suffering only two casualties. Apparently, they also enact justice when TheEmpire fails to do so, territory. The most skilled can even become court bards, usually when a nobleman is involved. They turn into vengeful warriors, all of them expert swordsmen and archers. Should discarding the first party sent after a nobleman patchwork cloak for silks as elegant as any noble's. Thom Merrlin is wiped out, the Brotherhood puts together another, five times the size. Unlike the first party, this force isn't planning on sparing anyone, who stands in their way, which is why most people are reluctant to fight them. After that, they return to their lutes and songs.
introduced as a gleeman, but was originally a court bard for Queen Morgase.
*The main ''{{Literature/Windhaven}}'': A number of side characters and others in are of this profession. Among other things, the ''Literature/BardicVoices'' series by Creator/MercedesLackey. There's story explores the Guild Bards and Minstrels, the Free Bards (those subtle type of power that are good enough to be otherwise powerless bards can have in the Guild, but can't because they're women, or don't like the Guild), and ordinary minstrels.a world without writing.
* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': Played with. Worldsingers are not storytellers, but rather a formalized sort of MrExposition. They teach about foreign lands in order to "make the world a smaller place" and bring people closer together. They therefore know quite a bit about history, religion, and politics, but very little about stories and legends. Doesn't stop everyone else from
* Phyllis Eisenstein's Alaric from
* ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': Robin, who uses his profession as cover to spy on the villains, using as justification the fact that there aren't many adventurers left, and he wants to write a
* In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' books, gleemen are traveling artists, masterful story tellers as well as skillful acrobats, and typically wear a cloak made of many colorful patches. Most skilled gleemen can play one sort of instrument or another, some examples are flute, or if more
* Bards can be this in the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series, but due to superior training and a touch of MagicMusic, they
* In Creator/MikhailAkhmanov's ''[[Literature/ArrivalsFromTheDark Envoy from the Heavens]]'', Ivar Trevelian travels to a planet populated by HumanAliens whose culture has been [[MedievalStasis stuck at Middle Ages for centuries]] with no push for progress or discovery (there's a whole continent in the other hemisphere waiting to be settled, but the population believes the world is flat and that
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* In Creator/MichaelFlynn's ''[[Literature/SpiralArm The January Dancer]]'', a woman appears in the opening by going into the bar and beginning to play.
* ''Literature/TheReynardCycle'': All of the priests and priestesses of Wulf, the Watcher (who is the personification of death), are wandering minstrels of one variety or another. Their grim songs and stories tend to make most people uncomfortable, but they are highly respected, and are given food and shelter wherever they go. They are also occasionally hired by the wealthy to perform concerts, or perform theatrically. The mysterious disappearance of one who plays the fiddle opens ''Reynard the Fox''.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' has several, often portrayed as handsome lads of dubious morals (especially where the ladies are concerned), all of whom come armed with a stunning ability to completely mangle the events they put to music (be said events current, historical, legendary or merely rumour). As the equivalent of the Westerosi news organisation/ network... well... they really aren't organised, and you can forget journalistic ethics; [[WildCard they're all individuals out to make their livings by whatever means they can: fair means or foul]]. And, it seems almost a RunningGag for them to come to either [[CosmicPlaything ironic, downright sardonically cruel or just plain sticky ends]] when their [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor ambitions even come remotely near to getting them what they think they want]]. A nameless singer is mutilated on the orders of King Joffrey for a crowd-pleasing, but subversive, song about Queen Cersei and the late King Robert; Symon Silvertongue ends up almost certainly dead ''and'' very likely in a pot of stew after trying to blackmail Tyrion; [[spoiler:Marillion is tortured for at least a week into falsely confessing to the murder of his new, dream patron, Lysa Arryn, which then ensures his own judicial murder; Dareon is murdered by Arya Stark after he deserts from the Nights Watch seeking fame and fortune far from the Wall (at least it was ''quick''). It's not clear what has happened to Manse Rayder under his cover of "Abel the Bard", but... it's unlikely to have been (or currently be) a barrel of fun: sieges and high politics almost never are. Tom of Sevens is still alive, but his life expectancy as a spy for a gang of notorious outlaws in the Riverlands would make an actuary inhale like a plumber seeing a challenging job. The Blue Bard is currently too crazy and under a constant watch to manage his own suicide after disfiguring torture at the hands of both [[MadDoctor Qyburn]] and the [[ChurchMilitant Faith]] for a fair amount of time, the poor bugger (Hamish the Harper would be in the same position, except Qyburn couldn't keep the much older singer alive long enough to get brainwashed and passed along to the Faith)...]] The short version: you're rather better off taking an entertainment career as a mime, mummer or fool than as a musician in Westeros; wandering or not.
* The titular character in the ''Literature/{{Lythande}}'' stories is a mercenary mage with a love of music, and carries a lute to sing for supper when magical employment isn't available (or desirable).
** In the story "The Wandering Lute", Lythande switches lutes with someone who needs to get back to his kingdom to be crowned king; the titular wandering lute is enchanted to keep its bearer on the exact same route, year after year. Unable to break that enchantment, Lythande has no choice but to be that wandering minstrel. [[spoiler:In the end, Lythande pawns the lute off on a dragon in human form who admires it...]]
** The same wandering lute, with new minstrel attached, makes another appearance in "The Gratitude of Kings". [[spoiler:Luckily, the dragoness isn't compelled by the lute and finds the trick amusing.]]
* ''Literature/ANecklaceOfFallenStars'': Kippen is a flutist who travels across the land. He was tutored by a wondering minstrel himself, who gave him his current instrument. Kaela bases one of her characters off of Kippen, including the instrument he plays.
* ''{{Literature/Windhaven}}'': A number of side characters are of this profession. Among other things, the story explores the subtle type of power that otherwise powerless bards can have in a world without writing.
* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': Played with. Worldsingers are not storytellers, but rather a formalized sort of MrExposition. They teach about foreign lands in order to "make the world a smaller place" and bring people closer together. They therefore know quite a bit about history, religion, and politics, but very little about stories and legends. Doesn't stop everyone else from treating them like your basic minstrel, though, which annoys them to no end.
* ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': Robin, who uses his profession as cover to spy on the villains, using as justification the fact that there aren't many adventurers left, and he wants to write a ballad about them.
* ''Literature/TheSquiresTales'' features a knight who’d much rather be a minstrel in ''The Ballad of Sir Dinadan''.
* ''Literature/TheReynardCycle'': All of the priests and priestesses of Wulf, the Watcher (who is the personification of death), are wandering minstrels of one variety or another. Their grim songs and stories tend to make most people uncomfortable, but they are highly respected, and are given food and shelter wherever they go. They are also occasionally hired by the wealthy to perform concerts, or perform theatrically. The mysterious disappearance of one who plays the fiddle opens ''Reynard the Fox''.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' has several, often portrayed as handsome lads of dubious morals (especially where the ladies are concerned), all of whom come armed with a stunning ability to completely mangle the events they put to music (be said events current, historical, legendary or merely rumour). As the equivalent of the Westerosi news organisation/ network... well... they really aren't organised, and you can forget journalistic ethics; [[WildCard they're all individuals out to make their livings by whatever means they can: fair means or foul]]. And, it seems almost a RunningGag for them to come to either [[CosmicPlaything ironic, downright sardonically cruel or just plain sticky ends]] when their [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor ambitions even come remotely near to getting them what they think they want]]. A nameless singer is mutilated on the orders of King Joffrey for a crowd-pleasing, but subversive, song about Queen Cersei and the late King Robert; Symon Silvertongue ends up almost certainly dead ''and'' very likely in a pot of stew after trying to blackmail Tyrion; [[spoiler:Marillion is tortured for at least a week into falsely confessing to the murder of his new, dream patron, Lysa Arryn, which then ensures his own judicial murder; Dareon is murdered by Arya Stark after he deserts from the Nights Watch seeking fame and fortune far from the Wall (at least it was ''quick''). It's not clear what has happened to Manse Rayder under his cover of "Abel the Bard", but... it's unlikely to have been (or currently be) a barrel of fun: sieges and high politics almost never are. Tom of Sevens is still alive, but his life expectancy as a spy for a gang of notorious outlaws in the Riverlands would make an actuary inhale like a plumber seeing a challenging job. The Blue Bard is currently too crazy and under a constant watch to manage his own suicide after disfiguring torture at the hands of both [[MadDoctor Qyburn]] and the [[ChurchMilitant Faith]] for a fair amount of time, the poor bugger (Hamish the Harper would be in the same position, except Qyburn couldn't keep the much older singer alive long enough to get brainwashed and passed along to the Faith)...]] The short version: you're rather better off taking an entertainment career as a mime, mummer or fool than as a musician in Westeros; wandering or not.
* The titular character in the ''Literature/{{Lythande}}'' stories is a mercenary mage with a love of music, and carries a lute to sing for supper when magical employment isn't available (or desirable).
** In the story "The Wandering Lute", Lythande switches lutes with someone who needs to get back to his kingdom to be crowned king; the titular wandering lute is enchanted to keep its bearer on the exact same route, year after year. Unable to break that enchantment, Lythande has no choice but to be that wandering minstrel. [[spoiler:In the end, Lythande pawns the lute off on a dragon in human form who admires it...]]
** The same wandering lute, with new minstrel attached, makes another appearance in "The Gratitude of Kings". [[spoiler:Luckily, the dragoness isn't compelled by the lute and finds the trick amusing.]]
* ''Literature/ANecklaceOfFallenStars'': Kippen is a flutist who travels across the land. He was tutored by a wondering minstrel himself, who gave him his current instrument. Kaela bases one of her characters off of Kippen, including the instrument he plays.
* ''{{Literature/Windhaven}}'': A number of side characters are of this profession. Among other things, the story explores the subtle type of power that otherwise powerless bards can have in a world without writing.
* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': Played with. Worldsingers are not storytellers, but rather a formalized sort of MrExposition. They teach about foreign lands in order to "make the world a smaller place" and bring people closer together. They therefore know quite a bit about history, religion, and politics, but very little about stories and legends. Doesn't stop everyone else from treating them like your basic minstrel, though, which annoys them to no end.
* ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': Robin, who uses his profession as cover to spy on the villains, using as justification the fact that there aren't many adventurers left, and he wants to write a ballad about them.
* ''Literature/TheSquiresTales'' features a knight who’d much rather be a minstrel in ''The Ballad of Sir Dinadan''.
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* ''Literature/TheReynardCycle'': All of the priests and priestesses of Wulf, the Watcher (who is the personification of death), are wandering minstrels of one variety or another. Their grim songs and stories tend to make most people uncomfortable, but they are highly respected, and are given food and shelter wherever they go. They are also occasionally hired by the wealthy to perform concerts, or perform theatrically. The mysterious disappearance of one who plays the fiddle opens ''Reynard the Fox''.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' has several, often portrayed as handsome lads of dubious morals (especially where the ladies are concerned), all of whom come armed with a stunning ability to completely mangle the events they put to music (be said events current, historical, legendary or merely rumour). As the equivalent of the Westerosi news organisation/ network... well... they really aren't organised, and you can forget journalistic ethics; [[WildCard they're all individuals out to make their livings by whatever means they can: fair means or foul]]. And, it seems almost a RunningGag for them to come to either [[CosmicPlaything ironic, downright sardonically cruel or just plain sticky ends]] when their [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor ambitions even come remotely near to getting them what they think they want]]. A nameless singer is mutilated on the orders of King Joffrey for a crowd-pleasing, but subversive, song about Queen Cersei and the late King Robert; Symon Silvertongue ends up almost certainly dead ''and'' very likely in a pot of stew after trying to blackmail Tyrion; [[spoiler:Marillion is tortured for at least a week into falsely confessing to the murder of his new, dream patron, Lysa Arryn, which then ensures his own judicial murder; Dareon is murdered by Arya Stark after he deserts from the Nights Watch seeking fame and fortune far from the Wall (at least it was ''quick''). It's not clear what has happened to Manse Rayder under his cover of "Abel the Bard", but... it's unlikely to have been (or currently be) a barrel of fun: sieges and high politics almost never are. Tom of Sevens is still alive, but his life expectancy as a spy for a gang of notorious outlaws in the Riverlands would make an actuary inhale like a plumber seeing a challenging job. The Blue Bard is currently too crazy and under a constant watch to manage his own suicide after disfiguring torture at the hands of both [[MadDoctor Qyburn]] and the [[ChurchMilitant Faith]] for a fair amount of time, the poor bugger (Hamish the Harper would be in the same position, except Qyburn couldn't keep the much older singer alive long enough to get brainwashed and passed along to the Faith)...]] The short version: you're rather better off taking an entertainment career as a mime, mummer or fool than as a musician in Westeros; wandering or not.
* The titular character in the ''Literature/{{Lythande}}'' stories is a mercenary mage with a love of music, and carries a lute to sing for supper when magical employment isn't available (or desirable).
** In the story "The Wandering Lute", Lythande switches lutes with someone who needs to get back to his kingdom to be crowned king; the titular wandering lute is enchanted to keep its bearer on the exact same route, year after year. Unable to break that enchantment, Lythande has no choice but to be that wandering minstrel. [[spoiler:In the end, Lythande pawns the lute off on a dragon in human form who admires it...]]
** The same wandering lute, with new minstrel attached, makes another appearance in "The Gratitude of Kings". [[spoiler:Luckily, the dragoness isn't compelled by the lute and finds the trick amusing.]]
* ''Literature/ANecklaceOfFallenStars'': Kippen is a flutist who travels across the land. He was tutored by a wondering minstrel himself, who gave him his current instrument. Kaela bases one of her characters off of Kippen, including the instrument he plays.
* ''{{Literature/Windhaven}}'': A number of side characters are of this profession. Among other things, the story explores the subtle type of power that otherwise powerless bards can have in a world without writing.
* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': Played with. Worldsingers are not storytellers, but rather a formalized sort of MrExposition. They teach about foreign lands in order to "make the world a smaller place" and bring people closer together. They therefore know quite a bit about history, religion, and politics, but very little about stories and legends. Doesn't stop everyone else from treating them like your basic minstrel, though, which annoys them to no end.
* ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': Robin, who uses his profession as cover to spy on the villains, using as justification the fact that there aren't many adventurers left, and he wants to write a ballad about them.
* ''Literature/TheSquiresTales'' features a knight who’d much rather be a minstrel in ''The Ballad of Sir Dinadan''.
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The trope goes back at least to Alan-a-Dale, the minstrel friend of RobinHood (at least by Victorian times; Alan was a ''late'' addition to the mythos). The word "minstrel" comes from Latin ''ministerialis'' -- "a functionary living as a member of the knightly class, with either a lordship of their own or one delegated from a higher lord." Fiefs were very often not self-supporting, and poor knights were forced to supplement their income by other means, such as traveling from court to court to offer services to various patrons -- one of which was entertainment.
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The trope goes back at least to Alan-a-Dale, the minstrel friend of RobinHood Myth/RobinHood (at least by Victorian times; Alan was a ''late'' addition to the mythos). The word "minstrel" comes from Latin ''ministerialis'' -- "a functionary living as a member of the knightly class, with either a lordship of their own or one delegated from a higher lord." Fiefs were very often not self-supporting, and poor knights were forced to supplement their income by other means, such as traveling from court to court to offer services to various patrons -- one of which was entertainment.
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The trope goes back at least to Alan-a-Dale, the minstrel friend of RobinHood (at least by Victorian times; Alan was a ''late'' addition to the mythos). The word "minstrel" comes from Latin ''ministerialis''-- "a functionary living as a member of the knightly class, with either a lordship of their own or one delegated from a higher lord." Fiefs were very often not self-supporting, and poor knights were forced to supplement their income by other means, such as traveling from court to court to offer services to various patrons-- one of which was entertainment.
There's also the French tradition of the troubadour/trouvere from the Middle Ages; singers and lutists that would wander around and compose songs of CourtlyLove. They were one of the first groups to take music from the sacred to the secular realm.
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The trope goes back at least to Alan-a-Dale, the minstrel friend of RobinHood (at least by Victorian times; Alan was a ''late'' addition to the mythos). The word "minstrel" comes from Latin ''ministerialis''-- ''ministerialis'' -- "a functionary living as a member of the knightly class, with either a lordship of their own or one delegated from a higher lord." Fiefs were very often not self-supporting, and poor knights were forced to supplement their income by other means, such as traveling from court to court to offer services to various patrons-- patrons -- one of which was entertainment.
There's also the French tradition of thetroubadour/trouvere ''troubadour/trouvere'' from the Middle Ages; singers and lutists that would wander around and compose songs of CourtlyLove. They were one of the first groups to take music from the sacred to the secular realm.
There's also the French tradition of the
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* Jaskier (known as Dandelion in other English media) from ''Series/{{The Witcher|2019}}'' is a world-famous bard who often travels with the titular hero, Geralt of Rivia, and serves as his hype man. He composes the series' signature EarWorm "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher" at the end of his first episode.
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* Jaskier (known as Dandelion in other English media) from ''Series/{{The Witcher|2019}}'' is a world-famous bard who often travels with the titular hero, Geralt of Rivia, and serves as his hype man. He composes the series' signature EarWorm "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher" at the end of his first episode. He's played by Creator/JoeyBatey, who does the singing as well.
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* ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsOnline'' has the Minstrel class that can play MagicMusic on an assortment of instruments to heal allies or harm enemies. Minstrels can also teach the use of instruments to characters of any class, who can then play preprogrammed music files [[StreetMusician to entertain other players]] (though not in combat).
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** ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' got classical (mentioned from ''Magazine/DragonMagazine'' #74 on) character Mintiper Moonsilver "the Lonely Harpist". As footnotes in "[[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/archfr/mc Mintiper's Chapbook]]" tell, tales of the AuthorAvatar "Lunargent" are excerpts from Mintiper's own adventures he deemed most interesting, yet even some sages think it must be an embellished compilation, because even for a legendary figure like him it's too much. He has SeenItAll, traveled everywhere and gave a concert even in Underdark (for drow and local fairies) at least once.
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** ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' got classical (mentioned from ''Magazine/DragonMagazine'' #74 on) character Mintiper Moonsilver "the Lonely Harpist". As footnotes in "[[http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/archfr/mc Mintiper's Chapbook]]" tell, tales of the AuthorAvatar "Lunargent" are excerpts from Mintiper's own adventures he deemed most interesting, yet even some sages think it must be an embellished compilation, because even for a legendary figure like him it's too much. He has SeenItAll, traveled everywhere and gave a concert even in the Underdark (for drow and local fairies) at least once.
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* The Music-Human from ''Machinima/WaterHuman'', who pops up at the end of episode three to [[MediumAwareness play the outro]]. In episode four, he inexplicably has a new look: a costume decorated with musical notation.
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* The Music-Human from ''Machinima/WaterHuman'', ''WebAnimation/WaterHuman'', who pops up at the end of episode three to [[MediumAwareness play the outro]]. In episode four, he inexplicably has a new look: a costume decorated with musical notation.
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* ''Anime/QueensBlade'' Grimoire has Despina, who is an Expy to ''Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin''. She used to be a ratter, but she became the Demon of Winter's first in command, and now uses her horn to enthrall beautiful women using her [[MindControlMusic horn]].
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* ''Anime/QueensBlade'' Grimoire has Despina, who is an Expy to ''Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin''. She used to be a ratter, but she became the Demon of Winter's first in command, and now uses her horn to enthrall enthralls beautiful women using her [[MindControlMusic horn]].
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* The eponymous Bard of Music/{{Blind Guardian}}'s "The Bard's Song." The song itself is all about how the songs the bard sings will be remembered when whoever hears them closes their eyes.
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* Toyed with in the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' Jugdral games. Levin ''pretends'' to be one of these in the first part of ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War'' when in reality he's a KingIncognito, whereas Homeros from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]'' is more of the real deal. Both of them are also [[BlowYouAway Wind Magic users.]]
** Played somewhat straighter in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe'', with Elphin and Nils. [[spoiler:The first is ''another'' KingIncognito, hiding after an assassination attempt; the second is a ReallySevenHundredYearsOld half-dragon boy.]]
** Played somewhat straighter in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe'', with Elphin and Nils. [[spoiler:The first is ''another'' KingIncognito, hiding after an assassination attempt; the second is a ReallySevenHundredYearsOld half-dragon boy.]]
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* Toyed with in the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' Jugdral games. Levin ''pretends'' to be one of these in the first part of ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War'' War]]'' when in reality he's a KingIncognito, whereas Homeros from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]'' is more of the real deal. Both of them are also [[BlowYouAway Wind Magic users.]]
** Played somewhat straighter in''VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe'', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'' with Elphin and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade The Blazing Blade]]'' with Nils. [[spoiler:The first is ''another'' KingIncognito, hiding after an assassination attempt; the second is a ReallySevenHundredYearsOld half-dragon boy.]]
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* In ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'', Uto Nakaji ''claims'' to be this. She certainly dresses the part, and acts like she's acquired a treasure trove of wisdom from a lifetime of travel. In reality, she's a {{chuunibyou}} who lives in the same town as all the other characters, and all of her attempts to sound profound are {{ice cream koan}}s at best. She can't even sing, play instruments, or write songs very well at all, though she does put her heart into it when she tries.
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* In ''ComicBook/{{Marvel 1602}}'', [[Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} Matt Murdock]] is a travelling bard.
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* Toyed with in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral''. Levin ''pretends'' to be one of these in the first part of ''Seisen'' when in reality he's a KingIncognito, whereas Homeros from ''Thracia 776'' is more of the real deal. Both of them are also [[BlowYouAway Wind Magic users.]]
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* Toyed with in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral''. the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' Jugdral games. Levin ''pretends'' to be one of these in the first part of ''Seisen'' ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War'' when in reality he's a KingIncognito, whereas Homeros from ''Thracia 776'' ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]'' is more of the real deal. Both of them are also [[BlowYouAway Wind Magic users.]]
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* The anthropomorphic rooster Alan-a-Dale (voiced by Roger Miller) acts as the narrator and occasional participant in the action of Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood''. As he himself puts it:
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* The anthropomorphic rooster Alan-a-Dale (voiced by Roger Miller) acts as the narrator and occasional participant in the action of Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood''.''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973''. As he himself puts it:
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* ''WesternAnimation/BlazingDragons'' has a character literally known as the Wandering Minstrel, who serves as a sort of LemonyNarrator for the show.
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* In ''Fanfic/TheChangelingOfTheGuard'', upon Luna's return, she's inundated by wandering minstrels (both mares and stallions, and there's mention of a gryphon) who seek to gain her favor by courting her at length. While at first amusing, Idol Hooves and the rest of the Royal Guard quickly grow frustrated, mostly because the bards all use the same phrasing and melodies. (Though there was one mare who very nearly smuggled a glass armonica over a castle wall, somehow.)
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* In ''Fanfic/TheChangelingOfTheGuard'', upon Luna's return, she's inundated by wandering minstrels (both mares and stallions, and there's mention of a gryphon) who seek to gain her favor by courting her at length. While at first amusing, Idol Hooves and the rest of the Royal Guard quickly grow frustrated, mostly because the bards all use the same phrasing and melodies. (Though there was one mare who very nearly smuggled a glass armonica harmonica over a castle wall, somehow.)
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* ''Roleplay/FireEmblemOnForums'' has a few examples, fittingly of the Bard class:
** ''Final Hour'': Lillian Rose, the party's bard with a DarkAndTroubledPast.
** ''Mortal Transgressions'': Justine Wagner, codename Minstrel, is a wandering, well, minstrel with no small amount of skill with a blade and a reputation for being a SerialRomeo.
** ''Final Hour'': Lillian Rose, the party's bard with a DarkAndTroubledPast.
** ''Mortal Transgressions'': Justine Wagner, codename Minstrel, is a wandering, well, minstrel with no small amount of skill with a blade and a reputation for being a SerialRomeo.
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If a Wandering Minstrel is very lucky and very good, he can get a settled job as a court bard in a StandardRoyalCourt (see also TheJester). If unlucky, stuck as a StreetMusician. If exceptionally unlucky, one step above [[EveryoneHatesMimes street mime]] (with a similar level of hate from people in general). A particularly adventurous minstrel may join up with TheHero as their personal TagalongChronicler.
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If a Wandering Minstrel is very lucky and very good, he can get a settled job as a court bard in a StandardRoyalCourt (see also TheJester).CourtJester). If unlucky, stuck as a StreetMusician. If exceptionally unlucky, one step above [[EveryoneHatesMimes street mime]] (with a similar level of hate from people in general). A particularly adventurous minstrel may join up with TheHero as their personal TagalongChronicler.
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* Scholars of historical medieval music often draw a distinction between the Troubadours (nobles who wrote and performed their own songs), Minstrels (musicians who accompanied the troubadours, sometimes as a permanent house band and sometimes traveling from one court to the next), and Jongleurs (wandering vagabond types that we usually associate with this trope, closest to street musicians or buskers).
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* Scholars of historical medieval music often draw a distinction between the Troubadours (nobles who wrote and performed their own songs), Minstrels (musicians who accompanied the troubadours, sometimes as a permanent house band and sometimes traveling from one court to the next), and Jongleurs (wandering vagabond types that we usually associate with this trope, closest to street musicians or buskers). The difference was at least as much one of social class as of musical style, however.
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* Venti from ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' is a mysterious, quirky bard who wanders around the country of Mondstadt, reciting poems, telling ancient stories of the land, and playing MagicMusic with his harp.
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* ''Literature/TheSquiresTales'' features a knight who’d much rather be a minstrel in ''The Ballad of Sir Dinadan''.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has a recurring NPC called... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Wandering Minstrel]], who is an AuthorAvatar of the game's director Naoki Yoshida.
** In ''A Realm Reborn'' and beyond, he also issues the embellished versions of duties against various climax bosses of main scenario quests[[labelnote:*]]the Ultima Weapon, the Twelve Knights of Thordan, Nidhogg and Shinryu[[/labelnote]] and raid quests[[labelnote:*]]Bahamut and Alexander[[/labelnote]].
** Yoshi-P himself will sometimes hop onto the servers during special events like E3 on a character identical to the Wandering Minstrel NPC (usually named something like Yoshida Eee), wearing special gear that, while a recolor of the standard bard gear, is not available to players (Though one can try it on in the dressing room by inspecting him), and he may actually not be be a bard. (That said it's been hinted over the years that Yoshi-p's personal character to actually play the game is Female Lalafell Black Mage and thus not actually making him a member of this trope.)
** In ''A Realm Reborn'' and beyond, he also issues the embellished versions of duties against various climax bosses of main scenario quests[[labelnote:*]]the Ultima Weapon, the Twelve Knights of Thordan, Nidhogg and Shinryu[[/labelnote]] and raid quests[[labelnote:*]]Bahamut and Alexander[[/labelnote]].
** Yoshi-P himself will sometimes hop onto the servers during special events like E3 on a character identical to the Wandering Minstrel NPC (usually named something like Yoshida Eee), wearing special gear that, while a recolor of the standard bard gear, is not available to players (Though one can try it on in the dressing room by inspecting him), and he may actually not be be a bard. (That said it's been hinted over the years that Yoshi-p's personal character to actually play the game is Female Lalafell Black Mage and thus not actually making him a member of this trope.)
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** In ''A Realm Reborn''Yoshida. He serves as a FramingDevice for the HarderThanHard Extreme trials and beyond, he also issues the Savage raids by retelling your character's experiences in song, but greatly embellished versions of duties against various climax bosses of main scenario quests[[labelnote:*]]the Ultima Weapon, the Twelve Knights of Thordan, Nidhogg and Shinryu[[/labelnote]] and raid quests[[labelnote:*]]Bahamut and Alexander[[/labelnote]].
** Yoshi-P himself will sometimes hop onto the servers during special events like E3 on a character identical to the Wandering Minstrel NPC (usually named something like Yoshida Eee), wearing special gear that, while a recolor of the standard bard gear, is not available to players (Though one can try it on in the dressing room by inspecting him), and he may actually not be be a bard. (That said it's been hinted over the years that Yoshi-p's personal character to actually play the game is Female Lalafell Black Mage and(and thus not actually making him a member of this trope.)more difficult).
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** Yoshi-P himself will sometimes hop onto the servers during special events like E3 on a character identical to the Wandering Minstrel NPC (usually named something like Yoshida Eee), wearing special gear that, while a recolor of the standard bard gear, is not available to players (Though one can try it on in the dressing room by inspecting him), and he may actually not be be a bard. (That said it's been hinted over the years that Yoshi-p's personal character to actually play the game is Female Lalafell Black Mage and
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* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': In the unfinished cartoon "Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True", Homestar comes to think he's a medieval bard after [[IdentityAmnesia taking a blow to the head]].
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* The singing nomads the [=GAang=] encounters in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' are half wandering minstrels, half {{New Age Retro Hippie}}s [[note]]Secret tunnel! Secret tunnel![[/note]].
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* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Catalina is [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2011-01-04 portrayed as this]] in a filler strip referencing ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.
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--> '''Idol Hooves:''' Sir, call her your light in the darkness and I am authorized to beat you soundly.
--> '''Bard:''' ...been said?
--> '''Idol Hooves:''' ''At length.''
--> '''Idol Hooves:''' Sir, call her your light in the darkness and I am authorized to beat you soundly.
--> '''Bard:''' ...been said?
--> '''Idol Hooves:''' ''At length.''
