[Mkguild] Social Gatherings in the Latter Half of 708 CR

[Ryx]

 There are all manner of magics - in areas that utilize magic - to amplify sound - but you don't want to make it *louder*, that would drive the listeners away.  You just want it to be heard clearly from further away.  Dream/Malger would downplay them, however, because they seldom take into account the architecture in which the music is being played.  In an open air venue it's less of an issue, but every tree, column, rock, and building affects the music.  To a composer this is extremely important, to a traveling minstrel less so.

And, in the MK setting 'bards' are a class of minstrel who have actual magic in their music.  To call one's self a 'bard' would be met with skepticism unless they can actually display magic within their performing (non-musicians can be bards, too).  Even Malger has never called himself a 'true bard' or bard in general because he is not.  He's merely a very skilled musician with a wide repertoire, but he would need an actual mage to allow a larger area to fall within the range of his music.  It's not about volume, it's about coverage (don't want to deafen those actually present, after all).
A coordinated theatre troupe may have enchantments on instruments or stage props to extend the range of their audible work.  That would make then a notable troupe to afford such magic.  But, as they've never been mentioned before, not a 'world famous' group.  You're talking local stage band; a hop above garage but no where near national or global.  Perhaps one known well in certain areas of the midlands not currently used very heavily - the Outer Midlands, perhaps.  If they're using magic they may be based out of Marigund or nearby.  Or perhaps Sathmore, as the southern midlands is mixed when it comes to magic; they avoid it, for the most part.  Nothing from Pyralia, where magic is frowned upon (but still practiced quietly).  

Some notable characters will probably not have returned by that point:  Malger & Misanthe, Charles Matthias & family, Lindsey, Pharcellus, Garigan, Jerome (these latter two will not return, to my knowledge).

As for 708cr, I do not know actual timelines.  It may be about that time for Alberta to announce her pregnancy, though it would not yet be visible (Thomas Bryn Hassan will be born Mar 11, 709cr).  This would most certainly warrant a grand ball and at least one assassination attempt that sneaks past George & Misha, but fails.
    On Friday, September 25, 2020, 04:49:29 AM EDT, Christof M Bradford <christof.bradford at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 I'm trying to get back into writing, and I have an idea that centers
around the group of bards known as Diamond Beak being invited to play at
a ball or other large social gathering where musicians are likely to
find work. This leads me to ask two questions. Are there any such
gatherings planned for the last half of 708 CR? Do free-floating spells
or enchantments exist that serve the purpose of amplifying sound?
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