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The Four-Corners Bardic Academy
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Located on the grounds of the Academy is the Four-Corners Wardery. A wardery is similar to an orphanage. The Bardic Guild runs it. The person in charge is known as the Warden and the children who live there are called Wards.
The people of Cygma, which is a continent on the world of Cygma, live in different regions based on their �race.� For example, the people of the north tend to quite short with blond curls and blue eyes where the people of Gulf Cygma are medium height with reddish curls (strawberry-blond, chestnut, auburn, red, orange, etc.) with green eyes. It�s not true segregation, it�s just that the people don�t tend to travel much and intermarry with other populations, so people from one area all tend to look the same. (The consequences of a small gene pool)
Normans, the Cygman word for �Wanders�, tend to have straight, dark hair and green or hazel eyes. They travel around in caravan-type wagons in extended family groups. Basically, they are the Gypsies of Cygma. The main difference being that they have not faced the persecution faced by the Gypsies here on Earth. Normans, like Bards, are one of the few groups of Cygmans that does a lot of traveling. As a consequence, they are often welcomed into towns by people hungering for news of what is happening far away.
The Point is a nearby world (Cygma orbits the Point) that has many small islands rather than any large landmasses. It is populated by Cygmans that were different enough from the �Mainlanders� that they left. Many kinds of people live there. Whether the different was religious, value-oriented or based on appearance, the people of the Point chose to leave Mainland Cygma because they were uncomfortable living around the Mainlanders. One good example is the Puretians, who left because they were very devoutly religious and couldn�t stand living in a place where people had such �loose� morals (compared to theirs). Unlike the world of Cygma, there are places where they all live together rather than separating depending on �race.�
People of Cygma and the Point come of age at 21 years old. The wards are considered old enough to leave the wardery at this point. As a direct consequence of how youngsters are treated, they are much younger at 16 or 17 than the 16 and 17 year olds that live here.
Headmaster Orin Travis> age 47, sings baritone, plays lute, harp, clarinet
Hall Masters and Mistresses
Chronicle Writing: Leo McGarry> age 55, sings tenor, plays mandolin
Strings: Toby Ziegler> age 44, sings tenor, plays dulcimer, guitar, violin
Poetry and Lyric Composition: Samuel Seaborn> age 33, sings tenor, plays piano, guitar, clarinet
Musical Composition: Peter Caine> age 34, sings tenor, plays flute, piano, harp
History: Abigail Bartlet> age 54, sings soprano, plays lute, dulcimer
Presentation: Claudia Cregg> age 40, sings alto, plays guitar, viola
Voice: Jediah Bartlet> age 57, sings tenor, plays piano, guitar
Instrument: Griffen Simms> age 41, sings baritone, plays flute, violin, harp
Choral: Karen Simms> age 38, sings alto, plays piano, drums
Dance: Ainsley Hayes> age 29, sings soprano, plays percussion, trombone
Graphic Arts: Joshua Lyman> age 40, sings tenor, plays guitar
Warden/Apprentice Master: Nettie Wells> age 50, sings alto, plays flute, violin, xylophone
Masters and Mistresses
Maude Standish> age 37, sings soprano, plays piano, flute, guitar; itinerant
Journeymen
Josiah Sanchez> age 21, sings baritone, plays harp, viola; Warden Trainee
Apprentices
Chris Larabee> age 20, sings tenor, plays guitar, viola
Nathan Jackson> age 20, sings baritone, plays drums, cello
Buck Wilmington> age 19, sings tenor, plays guitar, double bass
Mary Travis> age 19, sings soprano, plays dulcimer, recorder; Orin�s niece
Casey Wells> age 14, sings alto, plays pipes, xylophone; Nettie�s niece
Ezra Standish> age 17, sings tenor, plays viola, piano, mandolin; guest at Wardery
Vin Tanner> age 16, sings tenor, plays harmonica, violin; Ward
John �J.D.� Dunne> age 14, sings counter-tenor, plays flute, violin; Norman; Ward
Kayleigh Seaborn> age 15, sings soprano, plays violin, piano; Master Samuel�s daughter
Clayton Webb> age 15, sings tenor, plays cello, piano, guitar
Abigail Webb> age 15, sings alto, plays guitar, mandolin