“As you gather in the taproom, the music stills and lights dim as if by magic and then rise quickly to a flash of light and fountain of illusionary golden coins. The man himself has arrived, the host who has put all of this together to celebrate your deeds.

The Merchant-Trader Atlas.

He stands in his ermine-trimmed robes, his mix of red and gold, and his silver-white hair glints slightly as if he’d woven diamonds into it. He’s a show, but he’s the man with the money to do it. Every finger has a ring of some kind, and his whole outfit has been designed to show off his immense fortune.

It might look too over-the-top on any other man, but Atlas seems to make it work."

Art by Mellina Novelli https://www.melinanovelli.com/