Merchant (class)

Merchant Concept artwork of a Merchant from The Art of Fire Emblem Awakening. Hoshidan. A trader who protects investments with yumi and naginata.

Unit type(s) Infantry Weapon(s) Lance (Awakening) Lance, Bow (Fates) Skill(s) Profiteer, Spendthrift (Fates)

The Merchant (Japanese: 商人 Merchant, or 大商人 Daisyounin) is a class which was introduced in Fire Emblem Awakening. In its first appearance, it is a non-playable special class used exclusively by travelling merchants when they appear in battle in skirmishes, with the objective being to protect them from being harmed by Risen for a reward. They wield lances and usually have access to reasonably powerful weapons such as Silver Lances, but are statistically lacking and thus still highly vulnerable. Their movement is also nullified to prevent them from moving without having a Rescue staff cast on them by a playable unit.

Merchants also appear as a component of the downloadable content packages Five-Anna Firefight and Apotheosis, utilized as the class of any Anna character in those chapters.

In Fates, the Merchant is an advanced class aligned with Hoshido. It is a class change option for both Villagers and Apothecaries, and is a practitioner of both naginata and yumi. It has relatively average stats, with good strength, defense, and resistance. The class's unique skills, Profiteer and Spendthrift, allow Merchants to generate Gold Bars and either hold onto them to sell, or use them to increase their damage output.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Awakening	18	3	0	2	2	0	4	1	5	--	E
Fates	20	8	0	6	5	4	8	5	6	--	E E

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Awakening	60	20	20	20	20	30	20	20	5	--	E
Fates	65	33	25	29	28	32	33	30	8	--	B A

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Awakening	90%	30%	0%	20%	30%	25%	40%	20%	--	--	--	--
Fates	20/90%	20/60%	0%	10/45%	5/40%	15/30%	10/60%	5/40%	--	--	--	--

See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Fates	Profiteer	Learned from Level 5 and up.
Fates	Spendthrift	Learned from Level 15 and up.

Class change

Awakening

Special class
Merchant

Fates

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Villager and Apothecary	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Merchant

Notable enemy Merchants

Enemy Units
Name	Game
Anna	Awakening (Apotheosis only)
Enemy Merchant (class) units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable NPC Merchants

Other Units
Name	Game
Merchants	Awakening (Skirmishes only)
Anna (×5)	Awakening (Five-Anna Firefight only)
Neutral Merchant (class) units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Awakening (NPC)	A traveling merchant. Save her and it may pay off...	各地を旅する商人。 助けると良いことがあるかも…
Fates	Hoshidian. A trader who protects investments with yumi and naginata.	白夜の兵種。優れた商才を持つ商人。 和弓と薙刀で、己の身と富を守る。

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Merchant	--
Japanese	• 商人 • 大商人	• Merchant; in Awakening. • Officially romanized as Daisyounin; literally "Great Merchant". Known by this name in Fates.
Spanish	Mercader	Merchant
French	• Marchand • Négociant	• Merchant. Used in Awakening. • Trader. Used in Fates.
German	Händler	Merchant
Italian	Mercante	Merchant
Korean	거상

Gallery

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  Concept artwork of a Merchant from The Art of Fire Emblem Awakening.

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  The generic Merchant portrait in Fates.

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  Anna as a Merchant in Awakening.

See also

• Vendor (class)

This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series.