Bardic Mystia

Through out the ages there have been musical performers and singers and bards, and through out the ages, scholars have seen an incredible relationship between music and Mystia. Music appears to have the same sort of effect upon Mystia that somatic, verbal, and runic incantations have, and perhaps even other strange effects that have yet to be explained fully. Furthermore, scholars have found that music appears to have a calming and even inspiring effect on people and Mystimon alike. Whatever the case, many adventuring parties saw this long ago, even before scholars began to quantify it, and have included bards in their ranks for ages.   Scholars have also found that certain musically inclined people are even able to use musical instruments to focus magic, and cast spells in the same way that mages might using wands or staves.    However, it has been found that some people have a gift for using Mystia in a completely different way, able to spin stories and make them become reality. These people are called 'Spinners'. Often children with big imaginations who are Mystia-inclined are able to do this as well for a time, and sometimes may lose this ability as they age. It has led some scholars to a theory that the core fundamental to this gift is belief. Children often believe in their stories and it is thought that that may allow them to turn it into reality. Thus some children may have what we may think are imaginary friends, but to them they are very real, and with their belief and their gift, they may in fact become real. But as they age, sometimes this belief may fade over time, particularly as the child is trained to focus and use their Mystia 'properly'. And so today, scholars are beginning to question the very core of the Academy and curriculum, believing that perhaps they are dismissing the power of this gift far too soon and should instead embrace it.