Town Crier

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Town Crier
Faction:	Depending on home port
Port:	Various
Port Location:	Usually near the docks
Associated Missions:	Missions Started: Ango's Summons (Grenville) Boyle's Summons (Les Hattes) Forcier's Summons (Grenville) Patudo's Summons (Campeche) Gainful Employment (Tampa/Bartica) Captains Wanted (Tampa/Bartica) Krebs's Summons (Georgetown) Opportunities Knock (Georgetown/St. Augustine) When the Magistrate Calls.... (Les Hattes)

The Town Crier is a generic NPC (the crier pictured is Spanish) that is present in most (all?) ports. He will often offer you small missions to point you towards local NPC contacts that have missions of their own.