Post by Roy Mustang on Nov 30, 2007 19:13:37 GMT -5
BASIC INFORMATION
First name:Roy
Surname(last name):Mustang
Age:29
Gender:Male
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Eye color:Black
Hair Color:Black
Height:...(somewhere along the lines of MUCH taller than Ed)
Weight:....
Breif description:
PERSONALITY
Anger level:20
Personality:Outwardly arrogant and playfully manipulitive, Mustang is intelligent, almost always one step ahead of his opponents, and likes to feel in control of the situation. He is one of the superiors of Edward Elric. On the surface, he appears to be nothing more than a man of the military who pursues promotions and praise and is considered a ladies' man who constantly goes on dates with different women. Mustang's true goal is to become Führer in order to gain the power to reform the government in order to absolve his sins in the Ishbal War as well as change the country for the better, along with the joking requirement for female officers to wear tiny miniskirts (which considerably increased Havoc's loyalty to him and caused Hawkeye to be angry with him).
His goals are admirable enough that he earns the fierce loyalty of his good friends Lt Col. Maes Hughes, Major Alex Louis Armstrong, and his own subordinates, among whom are Riza Hawkeye, Jean Havoc, Heymans Breda, Vato Falman, and Kain Fuery. While Mustang has a close and amicable relationship with all of his subordinates, he appears to share a deeper bond of affection with his second-in-command Riza Hawkeye, who has devoted her life to supporting him. This bond culminates in the final episodes of the anime when Mustang chooses Hawkeye alone to accompany him on his greatest and most dangerous mission.
Though a hero of the Ishbal War, he remains haunted by the horrors of war and suffers great remorse for the lives he took. In the anime, these include the parents of Winry Rockbell, a childhood friend of the Elric Brothers. He tries to commit suicide, but is stopped by the Crystal Alchemist, Marcoh.
BACKGROUND
Known Family:No listed family
Occupation: State Alchemist, Ranking Colonel
State alchemist name: Flame Alchemist
History:The anime followed much of Roy's role in the manga during the early storyline. However, as the anime diverges from the original story, Roy's role and much of his background also differ.
Mustang first appears in Battle on the Train (chapter 4). He holds the rank of colonel and is stationed at Eastern Headquarters. Like in the anime, he is responsible for recruiting Edward Elric into the State Military. After Mustang heard about their prodigious abilities (and because a typo made him believe Edward was 31), he traveled to Resembool with Hawkeye to meet the Elrics. Horrified to discover that the boys have attempted a human transmutation, he confronted them at the Rockbell's home and then offered them the chance to become State Alchemists to find a way to restore their bodies.
Following Hughes's death, Mustang investigates the incident in secret despite the military closing the case after convicting Maria Ross. Trusting in Ross's innocence, and with the help of Barry the Chopper, Mustang uses his alchemy skills to fake Ross's death and engineer her escape from Amestris. While breaking into a military laboratory with Barry's help (Chapter 39: Complications at Central), Lust confronts Mustang and Havoc. In the ensuing fight, Havoc is stabbed in the spine; while Lust sets off to find the rest of the intruders, she leaves Mustang and Havoc to bleed to death. After she slices Barry to pieces and is setting on Hawkeye (with Alphonse trying to stop her), she is almost blown off her feet by an explosion. Mustang had cut a transmutation circle into his skin and seared his wounds closed with fire. He then proceeds to mercilessly shoot flames at Lust, to the point where her Philosopher's Stone is unable to fuel her regenerative powers, killing her. He and Havoc then spend a short amount of time in the hospital recovering from their wounds, though it is revealed that Havoc is paraplegic as a result of Lust's attack. Mustang later helps in transporting Ed, Al, Hawkeye, Dr. Knox, Ling, an injured Ran Fan, and a tied-up Gluttony to a deserted house in the woods. However, Gluttony does not hold long, and breaks free after recognizing Mustang as Lust's killer. Mustang manages to escape by car, leaving Ed, Al, and Ling to battle Gluttony.
After discovering that King Bradley is a Homunculus, he tries to expose him to the top echelons of the military, only to discover that they know his true nature but continue to support him. This move costs Mustang and deprives him of his subordinates - King Bradley places Riza Hawkeye under his command and authorizes the transfer of Mustang’s remaining personnel to the far reaches of Amestris.
Mustang compares his struggle against the Fuhrer to a chess game, and says that his knight, pawn, rook, bishop and queen have been taken away, obviously referring to the fact that his trusted subordinates have been stationed elsewhere. In this analogy, logically, Roy must be the king piece, also given that his name in French means "king". However, it is unclear whether Arakawa intended for each chess piece to correspond with one of Roy's removed subordinates, or if she had referred to all the pieces in chess, being Roy's subordinates in general, being taken away collectively.
It is revealed that his playboy tactics used in order to cover his true intentions were inherited from Hawkeye's grandfather, General Grumman. This is an interesting follow up to Mustang's note of gratitude towards Grumman "I have learned a lot from you" before he left Eastern Headquarters. In chapter 62, when Roy visits "Madame Christmas", he mentions that "Elizabeth-chan has been taken by another man". While it has not been confirmed, this may be his way of referring to Hawkeye's being restationed, as her codename in chapter 37 was "Elizabeth" and she has recently been assigned to the Fuhrer as his personal aide. This subsequently leads to a contact between Mustang and General Grumman, who had left a hidden message inside the queen piece of the chess set he gave Mustang upon the letter's transfer to Central should Mustang need his help. He made contact through Madame Christmas, and meets General Grumman, who was disguised as an old woman.
In chapter 69, he is contacted by Major General Olivier Armstrong through an old flower-seller, who made Mustang buy all her flowers (35200 cenz) for the information (and makes him the center of attention, since he bought that many flowers but is unable to carry them all, and apparently going near-bankrupt in chapter 74). The old flower seller, said to have served the Armstrong family for generations, revealed that Olivier is intending for the "sword" of East Area troops under Mustang's command to join with the "shield" of the Briggs mountain range troops in order to protect Briggs, and wants Mustang's cooperation.
In chapter 72, he contacts Riza Hawkeye, and asks her to take some flowers off his hands. She rejects (for she doesn't have any vases in her home), however, he also manages to ascertain that there's something wrong with Hawkeye, even though she tried to sound as normal as possible.
In chapter 74, he meets with Olivia Armstrong, in which she shows her strong dislikes toward Mustang, and rebukes all his courting rather harshly (even speaks that he has no guts and money). However, he manages to let out a cryptic hint about "planning to give her a flower".
He also finally manages to meet Hawkeye in person, and eats with her at the lunch table. She manages to tell Mustang about her knowledge, which disguised as casual, friendly conversation. Mustang then hides in a bathroom, recalls the names from the conversation in order, and decodes it on a slip of paper. Writing down the first letter of each name Hawkeye mentioned, he is shocked at the message he finds: SELIM BRADLEY IS HOMUNCULUS.
In chapter 58 (Padding Footsteps of Destruction), Roy is said to have learned his elementary alchemy from Riza's father. In a flashback conversation, Roy is revealed to have become a State Alchemist in order to help the common people, despite the objection of his teacher. Upon hearing Roy's desire for power, his teacher states that he would pass his greatest and most powerful alchemy to Roy under the condition he would use it on the course of good. However, before he could elaborate, Roy's teacher began to choke from coughing up blood and manages only to reveal that he had passed all his secrets on to his daughter, and asked of Roy to look after her. The strange markings on Hawkeye's back is the method chosen by her father to pass these secrets on.
Like fellow State Alchemists, he was sent to completely raze a region Amestris was unable to subdue. It seems that he was 23 at that time (volume 2 and bonus in volume 4). He runs into Maes Hughes and they reminisce briefly about the past and discuss the State's involvement in the War before they are ambushed by an injured Ishbalan. They were saved by a sniper, later revealed to be none other than Riza Hawkeye. Mustang continues through the war with a pessimistic view and considers himself to be a killer, unable to help people as he had previously hoped.
However, Mustang discovers that while he thought he was alone in the war, simply murdering people, he was saving the lives of the men in his unit. This new idea appears to spur him into making an attempt to become the Fuhrer, which he explains to Hughes at the end of the war. He then surrounds himself with people he knows he can trust; Hughes, Fuery, Falman, Havoc, Breda, and lastly Hawkeye. He orders Hawkeye to watch his back, and that if he ever strayed from the path of wanting to help people, of wanting to change the government, it was her role to shoot him.
[this was posted by Edward--just to let Alex knows if she sees this up already I don't want anyone else to come here before she gets this profile up and takes him. this is the original profile that was going to be posted by Alex herself. uhm yeah)
First name:Roy
Surname(last name):Mustang
Age:29
Gender:Male
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Eye color:Black
Hair Color:Black
Height:...(somewhere along the lines of MUCH taller than Ed)
Weight:....
Breif description:
PERSONALITY
Anger level:20
Personality:Outwardly arrogant and playfully manipulitive, Mustang is intelligent, almost always one step ahead of his opponents, and likes to feel in control of the situation. He is one of the superiors of Edward Elric. On the surface, he appears to be nothing more than a man of the military who pursues promotions and praise and is considered a ladies' man who constantly goes on dates with different women. Mustang's true goal is to become Führer in order to gain the power to reform the government in order to absolve his sins in the Ishbal War as well as change the country for the better, along with the joking requirement for female officers to wear tiny miniskirts (which considerably increased Havoc's loyalty to him and caused Hawkeye to be angry with him).
His goals are admirable enough that he earns the fierce loyalty of his good friends Lt Col. Maes Hughes, Major Alex Louis Armstrong, and his own subordinates, among whom are Riza Hawkeye, Jean Havoc, Heymans Breda, Vato Falman, and Kain Fuery. While Mustang has a close and amicable relationship with all of his subordinates, he appears to share a deeper bond of affection with his second-in-command Riza Hawkeye, who has devoted her life to supporting him. This bond culminates in the final episodes of the anime when Mustang chooses Hawkeye alone to accompany him on his greatest and most dangerous mission.
Though a hero of the Ishbal War, he remains haunted by the horrors of war and suffers great remorse for the lives he took. In the anime, these include the parents of Winry Rockbell, a childhood friend of the Elric Brothers. He tries to commit suicide, but is stopped by the Crystal Alchemist, Marcoh.
BACKGROUND
Known Family:No listed family
Occupation: State Alchemist, Ranking Colonel
State alchemist name: Flame Alchemist
History:The anime followed much of Roy's role in the manga during the early storyline. However, as the anime diverges from the original story, Roy's role and much of his background also differ.
Mustang first appears in Battle on the Train (chapter 4). He holds the rank of colonel and is stationed at Eastern Headquarters. Like in the anime, he is responsible for recruiting Edward Elric into the State Military. After Mustang heard about their prodigious abilities (and because a typo made him believe Edward was 31), he traveled to Resembool with Hawkeye to meet the Elrics. Horrified to discover that the boys have attempted a human transmutation, he confronted them at the Rockbell's home and then offered them the chance to become State Alchemists to find a way to restore their bodies.
Following Hughes's death, Mustang investigates the incident in secret despite the military closing the case after convicting Maria Ross. Trusting in Ross's innocence, and with the help of Barry the Chopper, Mustang uses his alchemy skills to fake Ross's death and engineer her escape from Amestris. While breaking into a military laboratory with Barry's help (Chapter 39: Complications at Central), Lust confronts Mustang and Havoc. In the ensuing fight, Havoc is stabbed in the spine; while Lust sets off to find the rest of the intruders, she leaves Mustang and Havoc to bleed to death. After she slices Barry to pieces and is setting on Hawkeye (with Alphonse trying to stop her), she is almost blown off her feet by an explosion. Mustang had cut a transmutation circle into his skin and seared his wounds closed with fire. He then proceeds to mercilessly shoot flames at Lust, to the point where her Philosopher's Stone is unable to fuel her regenerative powers, killing her. He and Havoc then spend a short amount of time in the hospital recovering from their wounds, though it is revealed that Havoc is paraplegic as a result of Lust's attack. Mustang later helps in transporting Ed, Al, Hawkeye, Dr. Knox, Ling, an injured Ran Fan, and a tied-up Gluttony to a deserted house in the woods. However, Gluttony does not hold long, and breaks free after recognizing Mustang as Lust's killer. Mustang manages to escape by car, leaving Ed, Al, and Ling to battle Gluttony.
After discovering that King Bradley is a Homunculus, he tries to expose him to the top echelons of the military, only to discover that they know his true nature but continue to support him. This move costs Mustang and deprives him of his subordinates - King Bradley places Riza Hawkeye under his command and authorizes the transfer of Mustang’s remaining personnel to the far reaches of Amestris.
Mustang compares his struggle against the Fuhrer to a chess game, and says that his knight, pawn, rook, bishop and queen have been taken away, obviously referring to the fact that his trusted subordinates have been stationed elsewhere. In this analogy, logically, Roy must be the king piece, also given that his name in French means "king". However, it is unclear whether Arakawa intended for each chess piece to correspond with one of Roy's removed subordinates, or if she had referred to all the pieces in chess, being Roy's subordinates in general, being taken away collectively.
It is revealed that his playboy tactics used in order to cover his true intentions were inherited from Hawkeye's grandfather, General Grumman. This is an interesting follow up to Mustang's note of gratitude towards Grumman "I have learned a lot from you" before he left Eastern Headquarters. In chapter 62, when Roy visits "Madame Christmas", he mentions that "Elizabeth-chan has been taken by another man". While it has not been confirmed, this may be his way of referring to Hawkeye's being restationed, as her codename in chapter 37 was "Elizabeth" and she has recently been assigned to the Fuhrer as his personal aide. This subsequently leads to a contact between Mustang and General Grumman, who had left a hidden message inside the queen piece of the chess set he gave Mustang upon the letter's transfer to Central should Mustang need his help. He made contact through Madame Christmas, and meets General Grumman, who was disguised as an old woman.
In chapter 69, he is contacted by Major General Olivier Armstrong through an old flower-seller, who made Mustang buy all her flowers (35200 cenz) for the information (and makes him the center of attention, since he bought that many flowers but is unable to carry them all, and apparently going near-bankrupt in chapter 74). The old flower seller, said to have served the Armstrong family for generations, revealed that Olivier is intending for the "sword" of East Area troops under Mustang's command to join with the "shield" of the Briggs mountain range troops in order to protect Briggs, and wants Mustang's cooperation.
In chapter 72, he contacts Riza Hawkeye, and asks her to take some flowers off his hands. She rejects (for she doesn't have any vases in her home), however, he also manages to ascertain that there's something wrong with Hawkeye, even though she tried to sound as normal as possible.
In chapter 74, he meets with Olivia Armstrong, in which she shows her strong dislikes toward Mustang, and rebukes all his courting rather harshly (even speaks that he has no guts and money). However, he manages to let out a cryptic hint about "planning to give her a flower".
He also finally manages to meet Hawkeye in person, and eats with her at the lunch table. She manages to tell Mustang about her knowledge, which disguised as casual, friendly conversation. Mustang then hides in a bathroom, recalls the names from the conversation in order, and decodes it on a slip of paper. Writing down the first letter of each name Hawkeye mentioned, he is shocked at the message he finds: SELIM BRADLEY IS HOMUNCULUS.
In chapter 58 (Padding Footsteps of Destruction), Roy is said to have learned his elementary alchemy from Riza's father. In a flashback conversation, Roy is revealed to have become a State Alchemist in order to help the common people, despite the objection of his teacher. Upon hearing Roy's desire for power, his teacher states that he would pass his greatest and most powerful alchemy to Roy under the condition he would use it on the course of good. However, before he could elaborate, Roy's teacher began to choke from coughing up blood and manages only to reveal that he had passed all his secrets on to his daughter, and asked of Roy to look after her. The strange markings on Hawkeye's back is the method chosen by her father to pass these secrets on.
Like fellow State Alchemists, he was sent to completely raze a region Amestris was unable to subdue. It seems that he was 23 at that time (volume 2 and bonus in volume 4). He runs into Maes Hughes and they reminisce briefly about the past and discuss the State's involvement in the War before they are ambushed by an injured Ishbalan. They were saved by a sniper, later revealed to be none other than Riza Hawkeye. Mustang continues through the war with a pessimistic view and considers himself to be a killer, unable to help people as he had previously hoped.
However, Mustang discovers that while he thought he was alone in the war, simply murdering people, he was saving the lives of the men in his unit. This new idea appears to spur him into making an attempt to become the Fuhrer, which he explains to Hughes at the end of the war. He then surrounds himself with people he knows he can trust; Hughes, Fuery, Falman, Havoc, Breda, and lastly Hawkeye. He orders Hawkeye to watch his back, and that if he ever strayed from the path of wanting to help people, of wanting to change the government, it was her role to shoot him.
[this was posted by Edward--just to let Alex knows if she sees this up already I don't want anyone else to come here before she gets this profile up and takes him. this is the original profile that was going to be posted by Alex herself. uhm yeah)