Merchannedy

Merchannedy is the slash ship between Leon Kennedy and the Merchant from the Resident Evil fandom.

Resident Evil 4 (2005)
The Merchant first appearing at a window, speaks in a pseudo-Australian accent and encourages Leon to follow him behind the building where Leon will find him standing near a flaming sconce. Once approached, the Merchant opens one side of his coat to reveal a vast assortment of ammunition and firearms, encouraging Leon to purchase from him with phrases such as "Whaddya buyin'?". No one knows how he gets his weapons, but his selection is enough to impress Leon. Afterward, the Merchant will re-appear at various points throughout the game, the locations marked by similar sconces. He sells weapons and items and purchases valuable antiques and gems that Leon discovers for pesetas. He also rewards Leon prizes for good marksmanship using his shooting range as well as shooting blue medallions scattered throughout the game's levels.

He was last seen before Leon fights Saddler.

Resident Evil 4 (2023)
The Merchant first appears behind the door and says "Over here, stranger" to encourage Leon to follow him. When Leon arrived at the building, where the Merchant set up a shop and stood near the purple sconce, he says "Let's do some business then, ey". Then, he opens one side of his coat to reveal some weapons and ammo, encouraging Leon to buy from him with phrases such as "Got something new for ya". Afterward, the Merchant will re-appear at various points throughout the game, the locations marked by the same sconce. He sells his weapons and items, moreover, he also trades and purchases valuable stuff such as gems, fishes, etc. He also rewards Leon prizes for good marksmanship using his shooting range and making his requests such as shooting blue medallions, hunting rats, etc. throughout the game's levels.

Same as Resident Evil 4 (2005), he was last seen before Leon fights Saddler.

Quotes
"Welcome back, stranger. Looks like we're finally making it out of here"

- Leon Kennedy from RE6 "mentioning" the Merchant from RE4.

Fanon
Merchannedy is a small ship within the Resident Evil fandom. This can be partly due to how Leon and Merchant only appeared in two games together. At the time of the release of Resident Evil 4 (2005), Leon and the Merchant were on a slow rise in popularity. Then, they were forgotten for a long time, until 2023, when an animator/streamer named NeoCranium posted a Leon x Merchant animation, more and more people know and love this ship. However, this ship never reached the heights of older ships of the fandom.

On AO3, Merchannedy has 30+ works in its romantic/slash tag, and has 10+ works in its general tag. For the Merchant, it is the most written ship, but for Leon, it isn't close to the top 10 most written ships.

Fandom

 * FAN FICTION
 * Leon x Merchant on FanFiction.net
 * Leon/Merchant on FanFiction.net
 * Leon x Merchant on FanFiction.net
 * Leon/Merchant on FanFiction.net


 * ART


 * TUMBLR


 * TWITTER

Trivia

 * In the Resident Evil 6 Artworks book, there is a piece of concept art for unused EX Costumes that shows the Merchant on Leon's back. Leon with merchant backpack.jpg
 * In Resident Evil 4 (2005), the Merchant is played by voice actor Paul Mercier, who also voiced Leon.
 * When Resident Evil 4 was remade in 2023, the Merchant returned, but with some changes. He now cannot be harmed or killed, and any attempts by the player to aim at him will cause Leon to lower his gun.