For the shops inAwakening, seeMerchant (shop).

TheMerchant (Japanese:商人Merchant, or大商人Daisyounin) is aclass which was introduced inFire Emblem Awakening. In its first appearance, it is a non-playablespecial class used exclusively by travellingmerchants when they appear in battle inskirmishes, with the objective being to protect them from being harmed byRisen for a reward. They wieldlances and usually have access to reasonably powerful weapons such asSilver Lances, but are statistically lacking and thus still highly vulnerable. Theirmovement is also nullified to prevent them from moving without having aRescue staff cast on them by a playable unit.

Merchants also appear as a component of thedownloadable content packagesFive-Anna Firefight andApotheosis, utilized as the class of anyAnna character in those chapters.

InFates, the Merchant is anadvanced class aligned withHoshido. It is aclass change option for bothVillagers andApothecaries, and is a practitioner of bothnaginata andyumi. It has relatively average stats, with goodstrength,defense, andresistance. The class's uniqueskills,Profiteer andSpendthrift, allow Merchants to generateGold 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	--	A
Fates	65	33	25	29	28	32	33	30	8	--	B A

Class growth rates

Class skills

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

Class change

Awakening

Special class
Merchant

Fates

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Villager and Apothecary	Using aMaster Seal after reachinglevel 10.	Merchant

Notable enemy Merchants

Notable NPC Merchants

Flavor text

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

• 
  Concept artwork of a Merchant fromThe Art of Fire Emblem Awakening.
• 
  The generic Merchant portrait inFates.
• 
  Anna as a Merchant inAwakening.

See also

• Vendor (class)

This article is part ofProject Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in theFire Emblem series.