Merchant

Merchant (商人) is a job class that originally hailed from YGGDRASIL.
== Background ==
Merchant refers to any person involved in wholesale trade. Especially one dealing in goods or services. Their talents are universally found in any nation. Merchants in the Baharuth Empire were known to possess greater opportunities to explore new markets due to its prosperity.Overlord Volume 07 Chapter 1: Invitation to Death In the Re-Estize Kingdom, merchants in the food trade of E-Rantel enjoy high status.Overlord Volume 03 Chapter 1: Herd of Predators In the New World, merchants also acted as a means of communication, spreading news and information between nations.Overlord Volume 12 Chapter 1: Demon Emperor JaldabaothOverlord Volume 13 Intermission
== Known Merchants ==
* Baldo Lauffray
* Osk
* Nearata
* Merchant's Guildmaster
* Christopher Olson
* Inoue Josis
== Known Merchant Groups ==
* Great Merchants
* Merchant's Guild
== Abilities and Powers ==
Merchants possess appraisal abilities, being able to discern the value of items. Art is one such example, at least in the New World which they are capable of valuing.Overlord Volume 01 Chapter 4: Conflict In YGGDRASIL, those with merchant-type skills could use an item called the Exchange Box to receive better prices for the items they insert.Overlord Volume 04 Prologue
== Trivia ==
* One of the ways Princess Renner Theiere Chardelon Ryle Vaiself wanted to push forward her agriculture reforms in using crop rotation was to appeal to a group known as the Great Merchants. However, Lakyus Alvein Dale Aindra dismissed her idea, as the merchants had their own conflicts to deal with, and were probably unwilling to aid the Royalty Faction at the risk of alienating the Nobility Faction.Overlord Volume 05 Chapter 2: Blue Roses
* In order to spread his name and increase his finances as an adventurer, Ainz Ooal Gown considered getting a sponsorship from a merchant, but dismissed the idea as it would leave a bad image.Overlord Volume 06 Special Drama CD: The Dark Hero's Story
* Solution Epsilon and Sebas Tian infiltrated the upper crust of the Re-Estize Kingdom, posing as part of a wealthy merchant family from the Baharuth Empire.Overlord Volume 05 Chapter 3: Those who pick up, those who are picked up
* Merchants were usually looked down upon by nobles so that they could establish who was of higher rank.Overlord Volume 10 Chapter 3: Baharuth Empire
* Besides nobles, merchants were normally the only ones to handle platinum coins.Overlord Web Novel Overlord First Half Chapter 11: Knowledge
* Small-time traders were called peddlers. In Mass for the Dead, Momonga purchased many items from a peddler from another world.Mass for the Dead Special Event: Sasaki, the Mage and the Undead King
* Brain Unglaus once bought a kimono from a merchant who came from a nation south of the Re-Estize Kingdom so as to dress like one of its famed swordsmen.“Paid-only Nazarick Festival Summon” and “Nazaric Festival Summon” are held!
* Brokers or middlemen in a child trafficking operation of the Nobility Faction were said to be similar to merchants.Mass for the Dead Special Event: Prayers for Mother's Day
* In Mass for the Dead, one merchant was once a slave traders in the imperial capital who after suffering great losses when slave ownership was restricted some time ago formed his own anti-imperial faction to get revenge on Emperor Jircniv.Mass for the Dead Special Event: The Glorious Imperial Capital Harvest Festival
==References==
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