Tôr-Mitâri

The last member of the coalition of four in the Council of Regents of the City Bozisha-Dar was Tor Mitari. The poorest of the seven, Mitari held rather a precarious position on the council.At least three lesser houses threatened his residence in the House of the River's Breeze, and this kept him on his toes. It also bound him to Del Imat. The older councilor had taken steps twice to ensure that some unfortunate financial blow was visited against men who came too close to displacing Mitari. The money on which Mitari relied was recently been gained, after marriage joined him with the last member of another wealthy house. Two small fortunes added together brought him into the council as a surprise to all concerned, but he quickly adjusted to the political climate. Fortu- nately, his own ideas about the course of the city walked closely with those of the man who now defended his seat. Mitari made some effort to return his elder's kindnesses through selective execution of his duties as the Lord of the Port where Imat's ships docked.

Mitari was a younger man than the other councilors, being only thirty-four. His skin and hair matched Pon Olarti's, but he was tall and thin with a sharp edge to his features. He was not an expressive man and tended, like the others of the coalition, to let Imat do most of the talking in council. He dressed in robes of red or gold most of the time and wore over them a breast plate of studded leather. At his side, Mitari carried a light longsword which he used with deadly proficiency. The standard he held showed a desert palm in green against a quartered field of red and white.