Are Square Enix manipulating the in-game economy?

[Driavna]

I've got a question about retainers! If I pay money for extra retainers, does every character I make get them? Or do I have to pay for every character's retainers separately?

To rephrase: If I wanted to have three characters, with three retainers each, would I be paying for one retainer or three?

Extra retainers are for all characters in your account.