Merchant, Resident Evil 4
In Resident Evil 4, Leon Kennedy finds himself in over his head pretty quickly while looking for the president’s daughter in rural Spain. Luckily for him, however, he quickly meets a merchant who keeps reappearing throughout his adventure—a tall, cloaked man who just so happens to want to sell him weapon upgrades and buy things he finds around the area. Always in obscure locations, sequestered away from the fray, the merchant is one of video gaming’s puzzling characters. Who is he? Why does he want to buy and sell in such a dangerous area? How does he manage to fit a Rocket Launcher in his coat’s pockets? And, most importantly, why doesn’t he take credit cards?