Whether the service being provided was fair, Bartlett didn't know, and he didn't want to try it either. As a Barbarian, he was here for legitimate business, very legitimate business, and didn't want to look for trouble along the way. Nothing good would come from suddenly encountering unexpected situations in the middle of such service.
Subsequently, some guys came by and, for various strange reasons, rejected or were rejected by Barlett. In the end, only Nulridge looked reliable. The old man had a somewhat similar experience to Bartlett; in his youth, he had been a bodyguard for a merchant group and later became a somewhat famous adventurer.
