Bard does not replace the lnstitute of War
Seriously, Stop saying everything replaces something. Bard himself has nothing to do with the people who can read the stories of the stars. He's just a new introduced character. He's a wondering spirit from some dimension. Sure he may advert tragedy here and there but that's because he's suppose to be a benevolent character who protects. The Mountain's Shrine or Great Protector------ adverting some tragedies is something he's known to do.
Come on now.....Everything of the new lore doesnt replace the lost things of the last lore...