Khamer & Profiteur Merchantry

The Khamer and Profiteur Merchantry is an organization in Bravely Default. Notable members include Erutus Profiteur and Eloch Quentis Khamer VIII, and Ciggma Khint and Jackal. Profiteur and Khamer, the king of Ancheim, are business partners; Jackal serves as a hired thief while Khint serves as the Merchantry's bodyguard.

Story
The Khamer and Profiteur Merchantry is located in the kingdom of Ancheim. However, the business is actually associated with the Duchy of Eternia, and works to spread Anticrystalism amongst Ancheim's population, while profiting from the suffering people.

Profiteur, served as the face of the business, and was at the center of much of the Merchantry's schemes, Khamer, though a partner, had no actual say in the business; however, his status as King of Ancheim allowed him to give royal approval to the Merchantry, advancing the group's schemes.

One day, the Crystal of Wind went dark, causing the winds around Ancheim to cease. At this time, the Merchantry put their main plan into action; their goal was to turn the people against the Crystal's vestal, Agnès Oblige. In order to get rid of her, Khamer would order Agnès to travel to Caldisla, under the guise of wanting first hand knowledge of the Great Chasm that had recently emerged there. In reality, he did not expect her to return, due to the large number of Eternian forces looking to capture her.

While she was gone, the ongoing absence of the wind meant that Ancheim's windmills, which drew up water for the people, had to be handpowered. Khamer would institute mandatory labor for the men of the town, increasing the work times as time went on. Meanwhile, Profiteur would drive up the cost of water, effectively extorting the people. Anyone who could not pay would be sent to the nearby oasis, where Jackal and his fellow thieves would rob the travelers. Profiteur would then charge fines for any supplies that the travelers had lost. As time went on and the people became frustrated, Khamer would use speeches and propaganda to turn the people against Agnès, suggesting that she had abandoned the people and that the Crystal Orthodoxy was an outdated and unnecessary belief. Around this time, Agnès would return in the company of allies, much to Khamer's surprise.

Agnès and her companions would begin investigating the activities of the merchantry after learning of the outrageous water prices. Her group would confront Jackal and Khint at the Harena Ruins. Khint would leave the battle due to Jackal's poor odds. After Jackal's defeat, Agnès and the others found papers implicating Profiteur in the plot. Confronting him at the Merchantry in town, they were once again forced into battle, this time facing Profiteur and Khint. Khint would leave once, stating that Profiteur's funds were not enough to convince Khint to put his life on the line. After Profiteur's defeat, Agnès's group found unsigned papers suggesting that Profiteur had an accomplice.

After Agnès successfully awakened the Wind Crystal, she returned to town to find Khamer attacking her in a speech to the people. Addressing the people herself, Agnès successfully refuted Khamer's claims, and explained the true reason for the wind's absence, providing proof in the form of the Tempest's Braid, won from the monster that had attacked the crystal. As she finished, the wind returned, exciting the people. Defeated, Khamer would retreat to his palace.

That night, Khamer lamented the upsetting of his plans to Khint. Khamer began making plans to kill Agnès, but the Wind Vestal and her allies had entered the palace via a secret entrance and overheard him. Agnès confronted the men about their plans, bringing the proof they had gathered. Realizing that no else could have seen them, Khamer would promise the country's coffers to Khint for eliminating the group right then, convincing Khint to put his life on the line. Both men would face Agnès and her allies, but both died in battle. With the Merchantry's plans overturned, Ancheim would be ruled by the Prime Minister on an interim basis.

In the parallel versions of Ancheim, the Merchantry is consistently seen attempting to extort Ancheim's population and convert them, but are stopped by Agnès and her allies. In the fourth world, Jackal would bring Black Blades member Praline à la Mode to Ancheim, intending to use her singing abilities against the people. In the fifth world, Khamer would abandon his throne and lead the entire Merchantry to Eternia for a final showdown with the Vestal's allies, though he was forced to threaten the freezing of Profiteur's assets to convince the merchant to go along.