Theodore "Theo" Newton

The third and last son of William Newton, Theo never had a chance to aid the family in the way he wanted, as his siblings had taken all the "good" roles. But there was one (very boring) role that Theo managed to seal for himself: banking. As manager of the Jefferson Pass Bank, named after the mountain pass Newton was founded on, Theo has had an eye and an ear on more of Newton's details than many would believe, for much longer than they would believe it. With his unique position, Theo was able to slowly acquire part ownership in most of Newton's prominent businesses.

With his first-hand knowledge of the details of Newton's financial status, Theodore could sense the threshold of power Newton was approaching. And recently, he came up with an idea. If he could push Newton over the threshold, into desirability, and if he could do it correctly, all three neighboring city-states would want to purchase controlling interests. And if Theo were to then create a standstill in negotiations by somehow forcing all three of them compete with each other, he could watch them all weaken with conflict... enough for Theo to arrange an acquisition of all three surrounding city-states, as well as Newton itself. He has kept his ideas to himself, while forging relationships with prominent businessmen in the surrounding cities.

As a person, Theodore is a very accessible, very visible member of the Newton family. He's reputed to not go out of his way to screw someone over for personal gain, but he's not reputed for being a good Samaritan, either. He's an efficient businessman above all.

Theodore's dramatic axis is his ambition. He has a very ambitious idea in mind, with drastic consequences for failure, and he's not too stupid to know that if he's going to make this omelette, a few cartons of eggs are going to get smashed. He fully believes that William would be proud of his ingenuity, as he carries the Newton torch into the next stage of post-apocalyptic society.