Guther Bartyn was the Administrator of Outer Rim Oreworks' Mining Station LM0228 in Lamaredd, as well as the mayor of the local town known as Bartyn's Landing and the owner of the company Bartyn Gourmet Delicacies, holding all of these ranks because he was the inheritor to the original founder Hugo Bartyn and not because of his skill. Bartyn, who would rather resort to bribery and not to hard work, was disliked by his subjects and workers, but nonetheless his authority was respected.