Talk:Sorcerer Kingdom/@comment-29363258-20160803065153/@comment-88.188.124.55-20170329220541

If we are going that way, Alchemists would also be considered craftsmen since they are... chemists. Alchemy comes from Arab and the simplest / dumbest / clearest way to translate it is French : "Alchimie" (Alchemy) & "la chimie" (Chemistry).

So, I don't think a merchant fit as a craftsman. Because if it did, why not Chemist ? Tabula Smaragdina would be one of the Craftsmen division. Yet, we know that most of AOG is made of specialists, and that's how they became so powerful and the mightiest Heteromorphic guild : all of them are munchkins in their own respective way. Tabula is known to be a mightier magic caster than Momonga (Momonga being a specialist of time manipulation magic and instant death). Could it be possible that Tabula became that strong if he took a lot of crafting jobs ? If it's an acurate depiction of Alchemists, or something like Skyrim "al"chemists, then why not... but if AOG Alchemists are closer to, let's say, Fullmetal Alchemists ?!

Furthermore, it is well known that, Traditionally, in a Caste doctrine / system, merchants are seen as pariahs, while craftsmen and artisans are seen as honorable and sometimes a caste of their own : they are creators and shappers ; on the other hand, the merchant produces nothing and most people, Historically, have considered merchants to be parasites who became rich from the labor and work of others (modern equivalent are Traders).