In my world, 'bard' may also mean other things. [ Wait. That merits an explanation. ] --That is to say, on top of their musical duties, many are trained in the art of... extracting secrets. It's an Orlesian pasttime, so I've heard. [ Though, she might not have heard of Orlais. ]

Orlais is... apparently similar to a country called 'France', if you've heard of it.

[ Since there seemed to be far more French than Orlesians around. The idea was similar at least. ]

It is fortunate that such things are confined to tales in your world. [ Though that begs the question as to how one could 'watch' a story... unless it was some sort of play. ] We have tales meant to frighten as well, though more often than not, they have their roots in reality.