diff --git a/data/json/npcs/factions.json b/data/json/npcs/factions.json
index 30a0b612d6f39..1bb0702bbe1bc 100644
--- a/data/json/npcs/factions.json
+++ b/data/json/npcs/factions.json
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@
     },
     "epilogues": [
       { "power_min": 0, "power_max": 149, "id": "epilogue_faction_free_merchants_0" },
-      { "power_min": 150, "id": "epilogue_faction_free_merchants_150" }
+      { "power_min": 150, "id": "epilogue_faction_free_merchants_150" },
+      { "dynamic": "1111110", "id": "epilogue_faction_free_merchants_thrive" }
     ],
     "description": "A conglomeration of entrepreneurs and businessmen that stand together to hammer-out an existence through trade and industry."
   },
diff --git a/data/json/snippets/epilogue_factions.json b/data/json/snippets/epilogue_factions.json
index 0ecac1f708938..4619626ba0770 100644
--- a/data/json/snippets/epilogue_factions.json
+++ b/data/json/snippets/epilogue_factions.json
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
         "id": "epilogue_faction_free_merchants_150",
         "text": "    The Free Merchants struggled for years to keep themselves fed but their once profitable trade routes were plundered by bandits and thugs.  In squalor and filth the first generations born after the Cataclysm are told stories of the old days when food was abundant and the children were allowed to play in the sun…"
       },
+      {
+        "id": "epilogue_faction_free_merchants_thrive",
+        "text": "    With the success of Tacoma and the return of the Old Guard, the Free Merchants were able to expand their reach throughout the region. In every settlement they had a partner, and in every venture they had a stake. In the safety of their gilded compounds, food was abundant, and the first children born after the Cataclysm were free to play in the sun…"
+      },
       {
         "id": "epilogue_faction_tacoma_commune_0",
         "text": "    The fledgling outpost was abandoned a few months later.  The external threats combined with low crop yields caused the Free Merchants to withdraw their support.  When the exhausted migrants returned to the refugee center they were turned away to face the world on their own."