Gallan Westman

 is a carpenter and first mate on The Mistake. As an NPC, is played by Matthew Mercer.

Appearance
Gallen Westman is a human with an unshaven and patchy beard, a mixture of scars and possible childhood acne making it incomplete. Skin is tinted dark from years of sunburn damage and general seafaring lifestyle. His hair is a lighter brown but appears darkened and matted down due to lacking maintenance of hygiene. He gets a giant visible scar on the back of his head from Jester's axe.

Personality
Gallan is an everyman with an everyman disposition. He is frightened when provoked but will fight in the hour of need. He also is a man that takes pride in his work and feels greatly accomplished when others sing his praises. Gallan Westman is also a diligent worker as he will continue the job he was enlisted to do even after the original crew and captain died. He has shown himself to be a warm and empathetic person despite the company he keeps and had become protective of the new crew of the Mist by the time they'd reached Darktow.

Background
Prior to being encountered by the Mighty Nein Gallan was a member of The Revelry who served upon the Pirate ship The Mist as its carpenter under the Pirate captain Javeed Jawgrasp.

Gallan was a crew member of the Mist and was ordered by Captain Jawgrasp to burn everything when the crew attacked the Mighty Nein. He was able to burn a great many important documents before being stopped.

He engaged in combat with members of the Mighty Nein after going below deck. Highlights include being Suggested by Caleb to hide under a desk, nearly taking out Ford, and Jester accidentally almost killing him with an axe to the head.

Jester discovers that Gallan is still alive and still has an ax in his head. Caleb removed it and Caduceus healed him. They proceed to interrogate him, and he cooperated after some resistance. Since Gallan was the only surviving member of the original Mist crew, Jester and Nott appointed him as the new first mate of the recently rechristened Mistake.

Trivia

 * It is unusual to have Gallan the ship's carpenter appointed first mate, as that role typically goes to the ship's quartermaster.
 * When Fjord was removed from The Mistake and inducted into the Squall-Eater's crew, Gallan Westman as first mate was technically promoted to acting captain of The Mistake.