Though one might assume that most bards are in entertainment, in this day and age it is more common for them to employ their skills in adventuring or working for martial organizations of the city.
Official bards are trained either at the Bardic College (gaining the lillend Shaitana as a Maestro muse) or at the War College (gaining the inevitable Marble Guard as a Warrior muse). Bards with Enigma and Polymath muses are generally self-taught, or taught in an apprenticeship by another bard. Though the great wyrm Edrim also serves as an Enigma muse for some.