The Merchant (大商人 Ōakindo, lit. Great Merchant in the Japanese version) is a combat physical class introduced in Fire Emblem Fates. One of the possible promotions of both the Apothecary and Villager classes, Merchants wield Naginata and Yumi as their weapons of choice and are treated as a Hoshidan class. It is a defensively oriented class with growth rates and maximum stats resembling those of a Great Knight, but it is best known for its unorthodox abilities that center around Gold Bars.