Inspiration

Inspiration is the "resource" that allows a Bard to compose plays and poems. It can be gathered from either people or places and, when gathered, shows up as an item in your inventory. These items are known as themes and come in many different types, such as: Watcher, Love, Art, Magic, Kingdom & Royalty, Foreign Lands, Sky and Stars, Animals and Hunting, Nature, Food and Drink, Sickness and Death, Sports, Money. There are many others to be discovered.

The places where the inspiration is gathered affect the themes received, such as gathering in Tavern is more likely to give Art or Food and Drink, in Docks — Sky and Stars or Foreign Lands, etc.

To gather inspiration from a place you need only right-click somewhere on the ground to bring up the radial menu and choose Gather Inspiration.