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14[[WMG:[[center:[-''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' '''[[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist Main Character Index]]'''\
15[[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistBrothers Elric Brothers]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEdwardElric Edward Elric]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistTeamMustang Team Mustang]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistRoyMustang Roy Mustang]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMainSupportingCast Main Supporting Cast]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistScar Scar]]) | '''Military''' | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistHomunculi Homunculi]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistFather Father]], [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEnvy Envy]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistXing Xing]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistOthers Others]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003 2003 Anime]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003MainCharacters Main Characters]]) ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003Homunculi Homunculi]])-]]]]]
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17This is a page for characters in the Amestris military from the ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' manga series and its anime adaptation ''Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood''. '''Note''': For the page about the characters from the 2003 anime, see [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003 here]].
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23[[folder:Führer King Bradley]]
24!!King Bradley
25!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HidekatsuShibata (JP), Creator/HidenobuKiuchi (JP - young), Ed Blaylock (EN), Christopher Bevins (EN - young)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]José Granadillo (Latin America), Luiz Antônio Lobue (BR), Ulisses Bezerra (BR - young), Raffaele Fallica (IT) [[/labelnote]]
26[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/king_bradley.jpg]]
27->'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military\
28'''Rank:''' Führer\
29'''Specialty:''' Swordsmanship/Military Tactics
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31President Führer King Bradley[[note]]Führer is his military title, and he is also the President of the Nation. King is just an awesome first name.[[/note]] is Amestris's well-loved head of state. A formidable fighter, he came to rule Amestris after leading his nation out of a bloody civil war and setting up a military dictatorship.
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33* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Played with. His swords are standard-issue military sabers, but he swings them so hard and fast that he cuts straight through other weapons, walls and even tank armor. This usually leads to a WreckedWeapon, which is why Bradley carries anywhere from two, four all the way up to ''eight'' swords on his person at a time.
34* BadassBoast: [[spoiler: When he returns safe and sound from his ''train getting blown up'' to find the rebels having taken over his stronghold, he addresses the situation with a professional calm and balls of steel.]]
35--> '''Bradley:''' "What need is there for a king to enter his own castle through the back door?"
36* BadassNormal: He's not an alchemist, but can still kick plenty of ass. [[spoiler:Then subverted. He's actually a homunculus. though his only real powers besides TheGift for being a warrior and being incredibly skilled (some of the few things he can pride himself on belonging to himself) are his Ultimate Eye and a case of SuperToughness that's ''very'' mild compared to the other Homunculi, who were shown able to withstand Alchemy-induced {{No Holds Barred Beatdown}}s for quite a while. He's more like a mildly EnhancedBadassNormal than anything.]]
37* BaitTheDog: Even when there are a lot of hints to his sinister motives, his seemingly quirky personality (i.e. giving people melons, dressing as a HawaiianShirtedTourist, etc.) makes him seem like a nice guy at first.
38* BewareTheSillyOnes: A {{Downplayed|Trope}} version. Bradley has his odder moments, such as the HawaiianShirtedTourist incident and keeping his EyesAlwaysShut, but once [[spoiler:it's revealed that he's Wrath]], he gets to show off just how threatening he really is.
39* BloodKnight: He often hides it, but he enjoys a challenging opponent and complimented Ling for his battle strategy and Fu for his superb skill. [[spoiler:During his battle with Scar, he remarked that fighting to the death brought him immeasurable comfort.]]
40* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Ultra-proficiency at swordsmanship to the point where he can draw and strike in the space of someone blinking. He apparently worked at this for sixty long years, not only [[TheSpartanWay surviving]] the selection process but coming out on top.
41* CoolOldGuy: Sixty years old, and one of the strongest characters in the series. To cite, he destroyed a ''tank'' with a sword and a grenade. Seriously, [[spoiler:Until it turns out [[EvilOldFolks he's on the evil team]], he takes on Fu, 2nd Greed and Buccaneer at the same time with ''paper-cutters'' and '''wins''' until they must stab through Fu to even land a hit.]]
42* CurbStompBattle: '''ANY''' fight he participates in turns into this, with him doing the curb stomping. There is a reason [[TheDreaded why most characters fear him]]. He easily stomped the first Greed and the chimeras, he even took care of [[TheAce Mustang in the blink of an eye.]] In fact, for him to be defeated, he had to be half dead.
43* CutlassBetweenTheTeeth: [[spoiler:Does this when both his arms are cut off before being defeated by Scar]].
44* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:After saying several times that there is no such thing as God, the solar eclipse, the symbol of God in alchemy, plays an instrumental role in his defeat. Who defeats him makes it even better. During the Ishval Genocide, an Ishvalan priest had proclaimed that God's wrath would befall him for what he'd done, but he'd laughed it off. In the end, he was killed by an Ishvalan former monk who'd repeatedly proclaimed himself to be the messenger of God.]]
45* DeepCoverAgent: [[spoiler:Set up and molded by Father's conspiracy into the seeming savior of Amestris.]]
46* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:If stabbing the man who dealt you a killing blow with a blade held in your mouth even as you're dying doesn't count, nothing will.]]
47* DefiantToTheEnd: Just as he [[spoiler: has his arms blown off, courtesy of Scar, and his sword split in two, the last thing Bradley does before finally succumbing to his wounds is to grab the blade with his ''teeth'', and drive it into Scar's lower midsection, a wound that almost kills Scar]].
48* DirtyOldMan: An omake in one of the manga volumes has him proudly proclaiming to like women with "junk in the trunk!", and having a face off with Mustang over the importance of which female anatomy is better.
49* DramaPreservingHandicap: Bradley can ''still'' kick serious ass despite being out of his prime by a good degree. None of the other characters could beat him at his best. In order for [[spoiler:Scar]] to even be on equal footing, Bradley had to be ''half dead''. Also, it's not exactly a "handicap", but [[spoiler:unlike the other homunculi, he doesn't have a HealingFactor]].
50* TheDreaded: Practically everyone's reaction to fighting him is an immediate OhCrap, even if he's outnumbered.
51* DualWielding: He often dual-wields and has been seen carrying up to four spare swords.
52* EyepatchOfPower: Just one of the many signs of his formidability is the eyepatch. [[spoiler:It's hiding his Ouroborous tattoo]].
53* EyesAlwaysShut: Part of his kooky, more comical image, but it disappears quickly when he's being completely serious.
54* FightsLikeANormal: [[spoiler: Aside from the CombatClairvoyance granted by his Ultimate Eye,]] Bradley uses nothing other than his prodigious swordsmanship in combat. [[OneManArmy It’s all he needs.]]
55* FourStarBadass: In the backstory and still as Commander-in-Chief of the Amestrian military.
56* TheGadfly: Ed's "''Fullmetal''" Codename was his idea. He also likes to ditch his bodyguards and surprise his subordinates with unannounced visits (a particularly memorable scene in the manga is when he followed Ed by posing as a tourist in an obnoxious Hawaiian shirt). [[spoiler:Though with TheReveal, this becomes less good humor and more akin to a predator playing with its prey.]]
57* GeneralRipper: There's a scene in the flashback to the Ishval war in which an Ishvalan leader offered his life in exchange for ending the Amestrian genocide. Bradley mocks him for thinking he can set his life equal to those of everyone in his country ([[JerkassHasAPoint not wrong, given the prevalence of equivalent exchange in Amestris]]) and orders that the genocide resume. His tenure as Führer also involved Bradley instigating hostile confrontations with neighboring countries, putting Amestris in constant warfare to keep himself in power.
58* GeniusBruiser: One of the wisest people in the setting, and by far one of the most dangerous.
59* HappilyMarried: To Mrs. Bradley. [[spoiler:Their marriage was not mandated by Father; it was one of the few choices he was allowed to make on his own. His dying thoughts suggest that he [[PetTheDog genuinely cared about her]]]].
60* HawaiianShirtedTourist: He dresses as one in Dublith.
61* TheHeavy: [[spoiler:He and Pride both take on this role after Lust, Gluttony and Envy are taken out]].
62* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: He's the reason for Fu and Buccaneer's deaths, and would have killed Scar if not for the Eclipse blinding him at the last second]].
63* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: His title isn't "Führer King", it's actually just "Führer." "King" is his ''actual'' first name! [[spoiler: Of course, this name was chosen for him by the Gold-Toothed Doctor, and by extension Father, in a [[PuppetKing display of irony]] rivaling Bradley's decision to give Ed the codename "Fullmetal."]]
64* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: InUniverse. [[spoiler:After his death, the heroes can't risk exposing his crimes or true nature, as doing so could cause a war due to Bradley's good reputation. They're forced to do this to him]].
65* HollywoodAtheist: His rants about how the Ishvalan genocide should have shown Scar that "there is no God in this world!"
66* HumansAreSpecial: Despite often espousing how HumansAreMorons and his superiority as a Homunculus, he secretly enjoys humanity for its {{Determinator}} drive and dedication to ScrewDestiny, the latter which he believes he could not do due to being raised from birth as a pawn.
67* IaijutsuPractitioner: Bradley is REALLY fast with a sword; his opponents may not even realize he's drawn it before he does his thing.
68* ImplacableMan: Trying to stop him is a very good way to get killed. At one point, he's outnumbered 5 to 1, and the group of five warriors feel they have ''no chance'' to win.
69* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Although it does help [[spoiler:to be a Homunculus with superhuman abilities. He takes out a ''tank'' (!) armed only with a saber and a grenade and later disarms Fu's suicide bombs by slicing off the lit fuses.]]
70* IronicName: For all his talents, "King" Bradley [[spoiler:[[PuppetKing is nothing more than a puppet to his Father]] and is fully aware of it]].
71* IsThatTheBestYouCanDo: To [[spoiler:Scar]] in their battle.
72-->'''King Bradley:''' WHAT'S WRONG!? DON'T TELL ME THAT'S ALL YOU GOT! IS IT!? 'CAUSE THAT'S NOWHERE ''NEAR'' ENOUGH!
73* IWasQuiteALooker: Not that he's bad-looking now, but in his younger years he was a rather muscular {{Bishonen}}. [[http://fmascreencap.tumblr.com/post/11832630043 Yes, really]].
74* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: During [[spoiler:Maes Hughes' funeral, he's shown trembling when Elicia [[PleaseWakeUp breaks down and pleads for her father to come back]]. While initially believed to be sadness, Bradley confesses to Mustang that his trembling was actually SuppressedRage at Elicia for making a scene.]]
75* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:During the Ishvalan Civil War, Bradley issued Order 3066, mobilizing [[PersonOfMassDestruction State Alchemists]] to the frontlines to exterminate the Ishvalans. So it's only fitting that during The Promised Day, his final opponent is the Ishvalan [[GenocideSurvivor Scar]], and Bradley meets his end during said fight.]]
76* KickTheDog:
77** During the Ishval incident, he gets a couple of these moments. First is the order to execute all Ishvalans, and then he mocks the Ishval leader Logue Lowe for thinking that he could exchange his life for his people's escape and says their god doesn't exist.
78** Another notable moment is during [[spoiler:Maes Hughes's Funeral. His hand shaking during Elicia's PleaseWakeUp moment? It wasn't sympathy. It was SuppressedRage for her being "noisy" while crying.]]
79* LightningBruiser: He moves so fast his deadly sword swings can't be seen.
80* LoveAtFirstPunch: He met his wife when she slapped him. Rather than kill her, Bradley apparently started courting her instead. [[spoiler:Maybe he appreciated her capacity for wrath?]]
81* MasterSwordsman: Compared to him, every other sword-user in the series can only claim to be "good" at it. Again: he took out a tank.
82* MeaningfulName: More than justified by his {{backstory}}. [[spoiler:King is his actual first name, and he was essentially created to take over Amestris.]]
83* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Arakawa's stated that the series' military characters were all named after real-world war vehicles, and while quite a few bear the name "Bradley", the führer was most likely named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_Bradley the M2 Bradley]], which boasted high mobility, the ability to fire in multiple directions at once, and tank-killing power. [[MeaningfulName As for his own combat skill, well...]]
84* {{No Nonsense Nemesis}}: Unlike his superior, [[spoiler:Father, or the other homunculi, when in battle, he won't yammer on about his own species' superiority, hint to their villainous plan, or needlessly torture his opponents. If he sees you as a threat, he will make sure to dispose of you as quickly as possible, or at least incapacitate you, so you're easier to use for Father's plan, like threatening to kill your childhood friend if you resign from the military]].
85* NoSell: He manages to do this when faced with a ''flashbang'' of all things. [[spoiler: Because he has two functioning eyes but wears an EyepatchOfPower for appearances, he can regain his vision by pulling off the eyepatch and closing the flashbanged eye.]]
86* ObfuscatingStupidity: First appears as a rather outlandish old kook who acts very loosely and informal, especially toward the Elric brothers. But he's also one of the most sharp-minded characters and can be very cold-blooded. [[spoiler:This is without even taking into account his true identity.]]
87* OldMaster: ''The'' deadliest fighter in the series, and a majority of it comes from experience, TrainingFromHell and his [[ImplacableMan Terminator-like persistence]] despite being one of the oldest characters.
88* OlderThanHeLooks: He's sixty years old, but he could easily pass for a rugged military man in his early 40's.
89* OneManArmy: Bradley is an unstoppable angel of death who will plow through anything in his path, including a tank. Yes that's right, he takes out a tank by himself, with nothing but a sword and a grenade.
90* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: A mix of President Action and [[spoiler:PresidentEvil]], though he at first appears to be President Personable.
91* PersonOfMassDestruction: OneManArmy variant. He can't blow you up the way most State Alchemists can, but that won't stop him from slaughtering all of you individually.
92* PetTheDog: In the manga, he passes Ed on his annual State Alchemist exam, no questions asked. [[spoiler: Subverted when it turns out he's Wrath and he did it because the Homunculi need Ed under their watch/control for Father's plan to come to fruition.]]
93* PuttingOnTheReich: He's a genocidal dictator called the ''Führer'' with a prominent moustache.
94* RankScalesWithAsskicking: He's the leader of Amestris and he's incredibly deadly in combat. We first see his swordsmanship skill when he and Ed first meet: Ed creates a spear with his alchemy and feints attacking him. Bradley pulls out his sword and does a DiagonalCut on the spear so fast that no one in the room was able to notice. Justified by the fact that [[spoiler:he's actually the homunculus Wrath, and was literally raised to be that way since ''birth'']].
95* RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler:Stabbed, shot, eye clawed out, half-drowned, and had both arms blown off]] before bleeding out from the last one. The killing blow was only possible because a timely flash of light from the ending eclipse temporarily blinded him for a moment, and the killer admitted that had Bradley not been worn down by all the other wounds, he wouldn't have lasted long enough to get that opening.
96* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He's commander in chief, not a monarch, [[MeaningfulName despite his first name]], but it still applies. He's the head of a nation, but when things get serious he has no problem suiting up and stepping into the fray himself.
97* ShadowArchetype: To no less than three characters: [[spoiler:Ling (authority figures), Greed (humans who were turned into homunculi), and Scar (warriors without names).]] And to a lesser extent, Roy.
98* ShameIfSomethingHappened: He [[spoiler:uses this on Ed, subtly threatening Winry's life unless Ed remains with the military.]]
99* SingleStrokeBattle: He can effortlessly kill people with one swipe of his sword.
100* TheStoic: Even when he's ready to blow his top... he really has to tell you for you to be entirely sure. And, even then, it's hard to tell [[spoiler:because his secret is that he's always ready, so has had a lot of practice disguising it.]]
101* StrongFamilyResemblance: As a child, he [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131005131526/fma/images/e/e1/Fuhrer_candidates.png looked a lot like his adoptive son, Selim]]. This gets kind of confusing when you consider the fact that Selim is not only not his son, [[spoiler:but he was born hundreds of years ''before'' him]]. Somewhat justified by the fact that [[spoiler:Pride was chosen to pose as his son to make him look more realistic, so they may have chosen men who looked similar to Selim's human form]].
102* SuaveSabre: He is a dignified, respected official who carries a set of sabres as his weapons.
103* {{Supersoldier}}: [[spoiler:He was raised to be an excellent fighter and leader so that he could become a homoculi warrior king for Father.]]
104* SuperSpeed: He can blitz through entire platoons of soldiers and cut through them as if a RazorWind just passed, despite being well past his prime. He can even dodge gunfire from near point blank and [[IaijutsuPractitioner slice opponents in the time it takes for them to blink.]]
105* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: During his final battle with Scar, he accuses the latter (who spent most of the show killing State Alchemists in the name of his God Ishvala) about hypocritically violating his religious principles by practicing alchemy (forbidden by the Ishvalan religion) and chastises him on losing faith in his principles. He then concludes that Ishvala never existed, before Scar gains an upper hand.
106* TrainingFromHell: The road to becoming Führer isn't a bed of roses. [[spoiler:Almost every other would-be Führer died during the selection process.]]
107* TranquilFury: Looks extremely calm when killing and is ruthlessly efficient in slaughtering his enemies. When a fight wears on for too long, he loses control of his rage and becomes a ScreamingWarrior.
108* TykeBomb: [[spoiler:He was raised from birth as a candidate for the Führership. King Bradley may or may not be the same person as the boy who was raised for that candidacy. He doesn't know whether his soul was the original or if it came from the Philosopher's Stone.]]
109* UniversallyBelovedLeader: Bradley is a very popular guy, so much that [[spoiler:at the end of the series, the heroes realize that exposing his numerous crimes to the world would result in mass panic. Instead, they [[FramingTheGuiltyParty pawn them off onto the last two survivors of Central Command]] and say Bradley was an innocent victim of a coup attempt by them.]]
110* VillainousBreakdown: In the middle of the fight between himself and [[spoiler:Scar, he begins to lose his composure through the fight until he is ultimately [[UnstoppableRage screaming in fury]], although he manages to regain his self control as he lays dying.]]
111* VillainousFriendship: [[spoiler: With Pride, funnily enough, who is posing as his son.]]
112* WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to avoid being spoiled about [[spoiler:his true identity as Wrath]].
113* WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler: His fight against Scar is nearly even, despite Scar now having the ability to create as well as destroy, with Scar having a bit of a disadvantage against him. Keep in mind however, that Bradley was both half dead during this fight and without his Ultimate Eye, and he still ''nearly won''.]]
114* WorldsStrongestMan: [[spoiler:While his abilities sans his Ultimate Eye are within human capability for the series, Bradley is such a powerful warrior that it requires a small army, ''two'' doses of a HeroicSacrifice, dueling to a draw with another homunculi, being BroughtDownToBadass, being shot, and nearly drowned to even slow him down. And then, he's ''still'' able to defeat [[TheAce Roy]] in seconds. There's a reason he is considered to be the most dangerous homunculi by the heroes and resort to assassinating him rather than take him head on.]]
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117[[folder:Basque Grand]]
118!!Brigadier General Basque Grand
119!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shin Aomori (JP), Creator/RBruceElliott (EN)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Armando Volcanes (Latin America), Antônio Moreno (BR), Natale Ciravolo (IT)[[/labelnote]]
120[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/basque_grand_9.jpg]]
121->'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military\
122'''Rank:''' Brigadier General\
123'''Specialty:''' Combat Alchemy/Weapon Alchemy
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125A ColonelBadass who served as Mustang's commander towards the end of the Ishval War.
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127* AdaptationalBadass: In the manga, it's implied he loses to Scar quite easily due to being drunk and a shadow of his former self. In ''Brotherhood'', he is still quickly defeated, but this is due to Scar's skill, not his own failings. He gave Scar as good a fight as any state alchemist.
128* AdaptationExpansion: He's a PosthumousCharacter in the manga, and a questionably canonical omake reveals [[spoiler:he was just drunk when he met Scar, who killed him quickly]]. ''Brotherhood'' gives him a (albeit still short) fight with Scar, to firmly establish the latter's threat.
129* AdaptationalVillainy: Downplayed. It's not to the extent of the 2003 anime, but the 2009 anime removes his more humanizing scenes like when he attempts to aid in the peace talks during the Ishval war. While he's not as bad as Comanche or Fessler he also doesn't come across as anything more than a standard soldier.
130* BaldOfAuthority: He is the bald, [[FourStarBadass Brigadier General]] during the Ishval War. He's shown to be a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, [[KlingonPromotion killing the former Brigadier General Fessler]] and taking his spot when it became clear Fessler was a GeneralRipper who didn't care about the high deaths of his own men and was about to call for the slaughter of surrendering Ishvallan civilians.
131* CantHoldHisLiquor: In the prequel gaiden released to promote the 2017 live-action movie, Grand is shown having a drink with Mustang and Armstrong to celebrate Ed passing the State Alchemist exam. It doesn't take much to turn Grand from a somewhat stern man to a raving drunk who literally rivals Armstrong in over-the-top hamminess.
132* ChewingTheScenery: His [[IncomingHam introduction]] in the manga is almost ''[[LargeHam Armstrong]]'' worthy.
133* ColonelBadass: Clearly the man Roy and Hughes learned it from. Grand leads his troops from the front and believes in setting an example for the men to follow.
134* TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch: Shoots Brigadier Fessler dead at point-blank range due to Fessler's order to gun down fleeing Ishval refugees. None of his men protest, and agree that he was killed by a "stray bullet."
135* ExtraOreDinary: His preferred attack is to transmute a ton of metal weapons out of the ground or walls, including chains, flails, and metal spikes. It's even in his title: he's the Iron Blood Alchemist.
136* AFatherToHisMen: If the clips of him that we see in the Ishval flashbacks are indicative, then absolutely. How much his men like him isn't really demonstrated, but he has their respect and they his. Years later Hughes and Mustang still refer to him as "Old Man Grand". A prequel gaiden released by Arakawa showed that Grand was on good enough terms with Mustang and Armstrong that they had a ritual of commemorating the certification of new State Alchemist with a celebratory drink, as shown when Ed passed his exam.
137* FourStarBadass: He's a Brigadier-General at the time of his death, and judging from his attempt at taking on Scar in ''Brotherhood'' (a fight he lost due to a lack of information more than anything else) he's still got it.
138* GeniusBruiser: In typical State Alchemist fashion. Emphasis on bruiser -- the man's around seven-feet tall, and is a master of hand-to-hand combat as well as his trademark alchemy.
139* IncomingHam: "I am the Ironblood Alchemist, Basque Grand! Iron & blood, might & manpower! If I do not lead the charge, who will?!"
140* {{Irony}}: He vehemently opposed the Ishvalan war of extermination and even put Logue Lowe under his protection when escorting the Ishvalan elder in an attempt to save as many Ishvalans as they could. That didn't save him from Scar, the most prominent GenocideSurvivor, who had been on a crusade against State Alchemists.
141* KlingonPromotion: He killed Brigadier Fessler and took his position during the Ishvallan war. Unlike with most examples of the trope, your sympathies are entirely with Grand, as Fessler had been [[CannonFodder wildly dismissive of the sheer number of soldier deaths]] and was about to also order the death of a ''surrendering'' Ishvallan elder. Grand's fellow soldiers were in agreement of his actions and [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch chose to look the other way.]]
142* LargeAndInCharge: The colonel is twice as tall as a normal person!
143* LightningBruiser: From what little we see of his combat style in Ishval, he's both incredibly fast ''and'' incredibly strong.
144* MeaningfulName: His last name means "tall" in French.
145* MoreDakka: His signature attack generates chains, spikes, [[EpicFlail flails]], and primitive cannons which he fires en masse at his targets.
146%%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
147* NotSoAboveItAll: He comes off as a reserved, serious member of the military, but once he gets a little alcohol in him, he becomes much more wild and uninhibited to the point where he and Armstrong start drunkenly ranting at one another.
148* PersonOfMassDestruction: Turns entire buildings into weapons.
149* PosthumousCharacter: In the manga only, where he is said to have been a victim of Scar's by the time we first hear of him. In ''Brotherhood'', his final battle and death against Scar is shown. Ten years after the manga ended, he gets a cameo in a prequel gaiden released by Arakawa.
150* PowerFist: His massive, steel-wrapped gauntlets, which extend all the way up to his forearms and help him produce his weapons.
151* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In a major contrast to the first anime adaptation, in which he's a quite villainous character. Grand in the manga protects his men at significant risk to himself and accepts the surrender of Ishval's high cleric despite the protestations of [[GeneralRipper Brigadier Fiessler]].
152* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The "d" in "Grand" is often overlooked.
153* UnfriendlyFire: Non-evil, sympathetic variant. When of the Ishvalan leaders and group of accompainying civilians offer a termless surrender, Grand's superior officer, Brigadier Fiessler, orders Grand to tell the men to gun them down in cold blood. Grand reacts to the order by laconically informing Fiessler of an interesting statistic he came across; namely that 60% of all Amestrian officer deaths are at the hands of their own soldiers. He then proceeds to nonchalantly shoot Fiessler at point-blank range in the chest with his rifle. Grand then takes command of unit, with the full acceptance of the other soldiers, who are all extremely relieved that no one else has to die today, and accepts the Ishvalans' surrender.
154* UniversallyBelovedLeader: He was a hard man, but he was regardless respected and held in high regard by everyone who served with him. While it's downplayed in the anime save for a single scene, the manga makes it quite clear that he was one of the good ones.
155%%* WalkingArmoury: See MoreDakka for how.
156* TheWorfEffect:
157** [[spoiler:Scar kills him off-screen with seeming ease, showing us how dangerous Scar is]]. The ''Brotherhood'' anime [[spoiler:does this on-screen, but still pretty quickly. It can be justified by the fact that Basque Grand wouldn't expect an Ishvalan to use alchemy, so Scar merely baited him in for the kill]].
158** According to WordOfGod in the manga, [[spoiler:Grand was drunk when Scar ambushed him.]]
159* WorfHadTheFlu: If he really was inebriated during his fight with Scar, then he wasn't at his best at the time.
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162[[folder:Maria Ross]]
163!!Maria Ross
164!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaoriNazuka (JP), Meridith [=McCoy=] (EN)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Maricel González (Latin America), Silvia Suzy (BR), Maddalena Vadacca (IT) [[/labelnote]]
165[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maria_ross_3.png]]
166->'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military\
167'''Rank:''' 2nd Lieutenant\
168'''Specialty:''' None
169
170Armstrong's subordinate. She serves as one of Edward and Alphonse's bodyguards during their investigations in Central.
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172* BackForTheFinale: Comes back to help out Mustang on the Promised Day.
173* TheBusCameBack: Returns from Xing just in time to help during the Promised Day.
174* {{Bifauxnen}}: In the manga, at least.
175* BigDamnHeroes: When ammo is running low during the assault on Central, Maria Ross arrives driving a truck full of it.
176* DeathFakedForYou: After she's accused of [[spoiler: murdering Hughes]], Mustang fakes her death and [[ZeroApprovalGambit makes it look like he killed her]].
177* FrameUp: She gets blamed for [[spoiler: the death of Maes Hughes]].
178* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: To Ed for his recklessness in Warehouse #5 incident.
179* MauveShirt: Subverted. She's a lower-ranked officer given spotlight in the early part of the story, and Mustang deliberately makes it look like he murdered her, but the audience knows she survived.
180* NotSoAboveItAll: She's normally pretty serious and dedicated, but Maria gets a few more comedic/light-hearted moments, such as running away from Armstrong's hugs, or defending her "justice" speech on the Promised Day by saying it sounded cool.
181* PutOnABus: After Mustang helped her fake her death, she escapes the country, though she comes back later.
182* ThoseTwoGuys: With Denny, in earlier chapters. They tag-team as Ed's bodyguards, comment on his affairs, and clearly care a lot about each other.
183[[/folder]]
184
185[[folder:Denny Brosh]]
186!!Denny Brosh
187!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yuuki Hayashi (JP), Jim Foronda (EN)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Emerson Gutiérrez (Latin America), Márcio Araújo (BR), Roger Mantovani (IT)[[/labelnote]]
188[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/denny_7.png]]
189->'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military\
190'''Rank:''' Sergeant\
191'''Specialty:''' None
192
193Another of Armstrong's subordinates, and Maria's more carefree partner. He is assigned as Ed and Al's other bodyguard during their investigations in Central.
194----
195* BadLiar: At least, according to Maria, who says that Denny can't hide things to save his life.
196* BigBrotherInstinct: Literally, as he lives with his younger brothers and sisters (and may be raising them, since no parents are shown). When things start going down on the Promised Day, he makes them swear they won't leave the house so he knows they're safe.
197* DemotedToExtra: Vanishes from the story after [[spoiler: Maria's faked death]], outside of a few cameo scenes in the final battle.
198* IdiotHair: Not as prominent as some other examples, but he's got one.
199* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:He's not let in on the fact that Maria is alive and has been smuggled out of the country to avoid execution until almost the very end.]]
200* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Appears to be the oldest out of six.
201* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: He is a young adult man serving in the military, living at home with his younger brother and sister, who are both implied to be under the age of twelve. No parents are seen, which may mean that Denny [[PromotionToParent is raising his siblings]].
202* PromotionToParent: Implied; his younger siblings are all shown, but their parents aren't, and they seem to come to him for permission on things.
203* OcularGushers: [[spoiler:When he finds out his partner's alive.]]
204* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His last name can be alternatively be spelled Brosch. In the first anime it was "Bloch," but that also requires a different pronunciation.
205* ThoseTwoGuys: With Maria, when assigned to watch over Ed. They tag-team as Ed's bodyguards, comment on his affairs, and clearly care a lot about each other.
206[[/folder]]
207
208
209[[folder:Sheska]]
210!!Sheska
211!!!'''Voiced by:''' Chika Fujimura (JP), Gwendolyn Lau (EN)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Rebeca Aponte (Latin America), Raquel Marinho (BR), Jolanda Granato (IT)[[/labelnote]]
212[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sheska.png]]
213->'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military\
214'''Rank:''' Private\
215'''Specialty:''' Photographic Memory
216
217A mousy haired bookworm with a photographic memory who is mostly used for comic relief. She's something of a coward and cries a lot. Most of the other characters refer to her as "bookworm." She gets a job at the military working under Hughes copying down the books that burned in the military library in a fire and proves instrumental in the Elrics' search for the Philosopher's Stone.
218-----
219* BespectacledCutie: Has big round glasses that make her all the more adorable while emphasizing her status as a [[CuteBookworm bookworm]]
220* BrainyBrunette: For all her mousiness, she is genuinely smart. Her PhotographicMemory comes off as ''very'' useful regarding the brothers' research.
221* ButtMonkey: She's first shown in a library, from which she's promptly fired. Then next she's shown buried under a ton of books which she apparently collects. After copying down the book she's rehired (read: dragged off by Hughes) into the military copying all the files that got burned up in the fire at central library. And that's just for starters...
222** Not everything goes against her, though; Ed's payment for her work allowed her to give her mother the best medical care money can buy and then some, and as much as Hughes overworks her, he also sees to it that she receives a ridiculous salary for her [[PhotographicMemory skills]].
223* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She seems to have disappeared from the story after chapter 34.
224* CuteBookworm: It's in her nickname!
225%%* {{Expy}}: Of [[Anime/ReadOrDie Yomiko Readman]].
226* HeroicSelfDeprecation: She's ''extremely'' hard on herself, often calling herself a "useless human being" in her first couple of chapters, despite how useful her memory was to the Elric brothers. Sheska does seem to get ''[[CharacterDevelopment slightly]]'' better later on, though.
227* LoonyLibrarian: While we don't get to see her actually working as a librarian (courtesy of her quirks having gotten her fired), she definitely counts: not only is she an obsessive bookworm (to the point that [[EstablishingCharacterMoment when Ed and Al go to her home]], she has been buried for a couple of days under an avalanche of books) who has read all of the Central library's books, but she also has a perfect PhotographicMemory. After she helps the Elrics by transcribing the book they were seeking (which got burned alongside an entire wing of the library courtesy of the Homunculi trying to keep information away from the brothers), Major Hughes hires her to copy all of the other burnt literature [[PutOnABus and from what little we see of her afterwards she spends the rest of the series in this role]].
228* MeaningfulName: One of the alternate spellings is Polish for ''path''.
229* PhotographicMemory: She can reproduce exactly anything she's ever read.
230* PluckyComicRelief: Despite being somewhat important due to helping with the research of the Philosopher's Stone, she's mostly used for comic relief due to her ButtMonkey status.
231* SmallRoleBigImpact: Usually used for comic relief, but her PhotographicMemory helped the Elric brothers conduct research into the Philosopher's Stone after the Homunculi burned down Marcoh's library.
232* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: She wears glasses and has a photographic memory.
233* SpannerInTheWorks: The homunculi burned the library in an attempt to ensure all of Marcoh’s research notes were lost forever. And they would have been too, if it hadn’t been for Sheska’s Photographic memory.
234* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Alternately Schieska, Scheska, Ścieżka.
235* TrashOfTheTitans: She is not a slob, but her room is absolutely full of unsorted books. So much that's she introduced needing rescue from being buried under a pile of them that fell over.
236[[/folder]]
237
238!!Bradley's Family
239[[folder:Selim Bradley]]
240!!Selim Bradley
241!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukoSanpei (JP), Creator/BrittneyKarbowski (EN)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Karina Parra (Latin America), Ítalo Luiz (BR, Álamo), Júlia Castro (BR, IST), Silvana Fantini (IT)[[/labelnote]]
242[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/selim_bradley_8.png]]
243->'''Affiliation:''' None\
244'''Rank:''' None\
245'''Specialty:''' None
246
247All right, this guy isn't actually in the military, but his status means he's pretty well-connected with them.
248
249The adopted son of King Bradley, he studies hard in order to help his father rule the country. He's also a big fan of the Elric Brothers, especially Edward.
250-----
251* CheerfulChild: He's a cheerful, upbeat child who adores his father and hero-worships strong alchemists like Ed. [[spoiler:Subverted when it turns out he's '''the Homunculus Pride''' and [[DeliberatelyCuteChild it's an act]], then double subverted when Pride is reborn as an innocent, kind child]].
252* HappilyAdopted: It's mentioned early on that he was adopted. He's also happy to be by King Bradley's side.
253* HeroWorshipper: He's an Ed fanboy, much to the latter's discomfort.
254* MoralityPet: To King Bradley. [[spoiler:It's subverted much later, however.]]
255* StrongFamilyResemblance: Looks a lot like how his father looked when he was young. [[spoiler:Both his [[LivingShadow biological father]] ''and'' his [[SuperSoldier fake father]]]].
256* TaremeEyes: Has large, downward sloping eyes that make him look cute and innocent.
257* ThemeNaming: He shares his name with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selim_I an Ottoman sultan]] famed for his conquests; a namesake befitting a Führer's son.
258[[/folder]]
259
260[[folder:Mrs. Bradley]]
261!!Mrs. Bradley
262!!!'''Voiced by:''' Ai Satou (JP), Dana Schultes (EN)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Valentina Toro (Latin America), Isabel de Sá (BR)[[/labelnote]]
263[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mrs_bradley_1.png]]
264->'''Affiliation:''' None\
265'''Rank:''' None\
266'''Specialty:''' None
267
268As with Selim, not exactly in the military, but in that category nonetheless. The wife of Führer President King Bradley and adopted mother to Selim. Serves as a MoralityPet to Bradley. Her abduction by Mustang's crew serves to kick off the final arc of the story.
269-----
270* AdaptationalAttractiveness: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. She's still the same in the anime as she was in the manga, but she has fewer wrinkles in the former than she had in the latter.
271* BadassNormal: Downplayed and Played For Laughs. Upon meeting Bradley for the first time, she slapped him, completely dumbfounding everyone [[spoiler:who knows his true identity. Extras also add that the slap was so strong not even Wrath's Ultimate Eye saw it coming]].
272* {{Determinator}}: Not the usual kind, but ''she'' made the first moves on her husband and won her man by impressing him with her underlying steel. And, [[spoiler:at the close, despite knowing full well what and who the much-reduced Pride has always been, she's going to raise him to be the Selim he pretended to be, both to give him a second chance and as an ironic punishment/shot at redemption. Despite the misgivings of others, it seems to be working. That's some hard-core mothering.]]
273* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: [[spoiler:When she tells the story of how she slapped Bradley for being rude when they first met, the other characters--who all know his true identity--are left speechless rather than amused.]]
274* DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu: [[spoiler:Not that she's aware of it; however, their relationship still counts.]]
275* {{Foreshadowing}}: An unintentional, ironic example. When talking to Hawkeye, she [[spoiler:refers to Selim as her "''pride'' and joy." Not long afterward, he reveals himself as Pride.]]
276* GoodParents: She is a loving, caring, and doting mother to Selim.
277* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: The country's dignified First Lady, and usually seen in a purple suit.
278* HappilyMarried: To King Bradley. [[spoiler:As far as she knows, he's a great man, not one of the Homunculi. And as he dies, he admits that his marriage was his choice, not some kind of plan by Father.]]
279* HostageSituation: Subverted; Mustang's group technically kidnaps her, but it's to show her that the military Central Command couldn't care less about her well-being. Mustang vows to protect her at any cost, thus gaining her trust and, through her, the public.
280* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Is completely unaware of [[spoiler:King Bradley's and Selim's true identities, until the post-climactic wrap-up at least]].
281* LoveAtFirstPunch: Her courtship with Bradley began with her slapping him.
282* MamaBear: She once jumped in front of a car to keep Selim from being run over. [[spoiler:This convinced Selim that maybe having a mother would be a good experience.]]
283* MoralityPet: To Bradley [[spoiler:and Selim. While both villainous, they independently admit to loving her.]]
284* NiceGirl: She's a kind and loving person. [[spoiler:Nice enough to ''move Pride'', even.]]
285* NoNameGiven: Her first name is unknown; she's just referred to as Mrs. Bradley or Ma'am.
286* ParentalObliviousness: Until the end, she remains full unaware that [[spoiler:her son (and husband) are Homunculi.]]
287* SatelliteCharacter: Isn't seen away from her family much to get individual characterization, only being around to accompany either her husband or son.
288* TraumaCongaLine: Really gets out through the wringer in the final arc: [[spoiler: She’s seized by the rebellion (though they take good care of her), has to learn the truth about her husband and son, temporarily gets her soul stolen by Father and loses her husband for good. The only good thing she had for her in that time was that she doesn’t lose Selim as well, thanks to Ed defeating his Homoculous self (turning him into a baby as a result) and returning him to her.]]
289* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Averted. [[spoiler:Continues to love Selim, despite knowing now he's a Homunculus. It's not entirely clear, but the same seems to hold true for her attitude towards her husband.]]
290[[/folder]]
291
292
293!!Briggs Brigade
294[[folder:General]]
295
296The hardened border guard forces under Major General Olivier M. Armstrong. They are stationed at Briggs, a fortress in the snowy northern mountain range that divides Drachma and Amestris. They include Captain Buccaneer, a hulk of a man with a variety of deadly automail prostheses; Major Miles, a mixed race quarter-Ishvalan who wants to change the perception of his people; and Lieutenant Henschel, General Armstrong's steadfast assistant.
297----
298* AntiHeroTeam: Due to their constant skirmishes with Drachma, the soldiers of Briggs are a lot more willing to murder first and foremost rather than negotiate. [[spoiler:This is reflected during the battle at Central; in comparison to Mustang's troops, who all aim for incapacitating shots, the men of Briggs unflinchingly go for kill shots against Central's forces. This works in Mustang's favor, of course, allowing it to seem as though Briggs is the one responsible for the chaos while looking like Mustang and his crew are trying to stop a group of conspirators.]]
299* BadassArmy: The whole damn army is Badass, even the [[AlmightyJanitor cleaning officers]].
300* BadassLongcoat: Their standard outfit. Justified since they work on the snowy mountain range.
301* BandOfBrothers: It's explained that being ReassignedToAntarctica has given all the soldiers plenty of time to get to know one another. Olivier's leadership is also a big help.
302* BearsAreBadNews: Aptly named "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Briggs Bears]]". Bears are also parts of indigenous fauna. Olivier brags that [[BadassBoast every one of her men can defeat a grizzly bear in combat.]]
303* BloodKnight: When given a chance to battle, some of them show that they really ''enjoy'' it. [[spoiler:To give them credit though, [[OfficerAndAGentleman none of them attack civilians or ignore innocents in danger.]]]]
304* TheCavalry: They saved Ed and Izumi Curtis when Father tried to steal their souls to replenish his power.
305* GrimUpNorth: Border patrol with Drachma. This is implied to be the reason why General Armstrong is such a GeneralRipper; [[ProperlyParanoid she can't afford less.]]
306* HydraProblem: A heroic example. Olivier comments that even if someone killed her, the men of Briggs are such a BadassArmy that they will act and fight without her.
307* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: "The Major General is not a woman!!" (Though part of this is how she herself [[BerserkButton explicitly refuses]] to hear her name mentioned in any context of femininity/beauty.)
308* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The main reason why they work so well together is that [[DrillSergeantNasty General Armstrong]] made [[FireForgedFriends them]].
309* ReassignedToAntarctica: General Armstrong implies that most of the soldiers here had skeletons in their closets.
310* RedshirtArmy: They get downgraded to this from BadassArmy when facing [[spoiler:Wrath]], but that's justified [[OneManArmy given who he is]].
311* TankGoodness: [[TemptingFate Never, NEVER wonder if this army can only fight on foot.]]
312* UndyingLoyalty: Towards Armstrong, these guys are the ''hurricane of loyalty.''
313* TheWorfEffect: An army that seamlessly [[spoiler:seizes command of Central]] quickly becomes cannon fodder once [[spoiler:Wrath arrives on the scene, just to remind the audience of his utterly terrifying fighting prowess.]]
314[[/folder]]
315
316[[folder:Olivier Mira Armstrong]]
317!!Olivier Mira Armstrong
318!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YokoSoumi (JP), Creator/StephanieYoung (EN)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Claudia Nieto (Latin America), Cecília Lemes (BR), Creator/CinziaMassironi (IT)[[/labelnote]]
319[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/olivier_armstrong_5.png]]
320->'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military\
321'''Rank:''' Major General\
322'''Specialty:''' Swordsmanship/Military Tactics
323
324Major General Armstrong is Alex Armstrong's older sister and the eldest of the Armstrong siblings. She governs Briggs, the country's northernmost base, and commands Amestris's first line of defense against Drachma, its northern neighbor.
325-----
326* ActionGirl: She defeats her younger brother, Alex, in a fight and takes on a homunculus in a tank. She's one of the most fierce and pragmatic fighters in the series, absolutely unafraid to get dirty if it means she can get an upper hand.
327* AloofBigSister: She acts like she can't stand him, and apparently beat him up a lot when they were kids, but her little brother Alex nevertheless seems to adore her. And when the chips are down, the siblings stand together.
328* AncestralWeapon: Her sword [[MemeticMutation that has been passed down the Armstrong line for generations]]!
329* AntiHero: She's ready and willing to go to more drastic measures than the other heroes, and her intention isn't as noble as that of her rival, Mustang.
330* BadassNormal: When pitted against her younger brother, [[CurbStompBattle she wipes the floor with him]] despite not having any alchemic or superhuman powers herself. Also, she is also one of onely two people able to get away with calling Ed [[BerserkButton short]] because he is too busy being afraid of her.
331* TheBaroness: Olivier is very much a Sexpot Rosa Klebb, being the iron-fisted queen of the Briggs fortress, a young, nice-looking lady with immunity to Mustang's charms (deeming him weak and foolish), and not a single instance of using her looks to get what she wants. Subverted in that she is, at her worst, a [[HeroicNeutral Neutral]] HeroAntagonist. She cares about her men and, unlike most of the military leaders, isn't tempted by promises of immortality. While [[AmbitionIsEvil ominously ambitious]], she readily lays her own plans aside to save her country from [[EldritchAbomination Father]].
332* BigEater: When Mustang cordially offers to take her to dinner sometime, Armstrong informs him that she could eat him into bankruptcy.
333* BigLittleSister: Despite being the eldest of the Armstrong children, she's the second shortest compared to her two immediate younger sisters and her brother, who tower over her by more than a head and are mountains of muscle. Only their youngest sister is smaller than her.
334* BishieSparkle: Apparently the BishieSparkle has [[RunningGag been passed down the Armstrong line for generations]].
335* TheBrigadier: Quickly adapts to the appearance of weirder opponents in the Homunculi (though her rank is Major General, not Brigadier General).
336* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: The SuperStrength has been [[RunningGag passed down the Armstrong family line for generations!!]]
337* TheChessmaster: Like Roy, she's a lot sneakier than she looks.
338* CombatPragmatist: Despite [[ImplausibleFencingPowers her skill with a sword]], her first response against [[spoiler:Sloth]] is to [[spoiler:sack him with an ''anti-tank recoilless rifle''.]] And when ''that'' failed, [[spoiler:with Ed's information,]] she opts to [[spoiler:[[KillItWithIce freeze him]]]].
339* CoolSword: Her CoolSword has been [[RunningGag passed down the Armstrong family line for generations]]!
340* DecapitatedArmy: The Central Army allowed her into their inner circle so she can be their hostage against the Northern army. Unfortunately for them, she defied this trope.
341-->'''Olivier:''' Don't take my notion as superficial. They can act with or ''without'' me, and that's what makes a Briggs soldier.
342* TheDreaded: The Briggs soldiers follow her by a mix of awe, respect and ''fear''. Miles recounted that when she's about to duel him, she's really ready to cut him down. And she's one of the only two people (the other being Izumi) able to push Ed's BerserkButton yet send him cowering in fear.
343* FakeDefector: She pretends to join the corrupt higher ups in order to learn more about their EvilPlan.
344* FemmeFatale: Although her internal dialogue shows she hates doing so, she pulls this playing on her feminine wiles and faked maternal instinct to get [[DirtyOldMan General Raven]] to reveal his plans.
345* FourStarBadass: She is a Major General, and has the combat prowess, leadership skill, and reputation to match. She is the highest ranked female soldier featured in the series.
346* GeneralRipper: Having [[GrimUpNorth Drachma]] as your neighbor [[ProperlyParanoid causes this]].
347* GoodIsNotNice: She's 100% on the side of humanity and helps out immensely during the battle against Father, she's also extremely ruthless in her tactics and is cold and ill-tempered on a good day, but deep down she does have a heart and ultimately will fight for the right cause. Also crosses over with GoodIsNotSoft as she's easily one of the toughest characters in the show, if not media in general.
348* GunAndSword: She can use both simultaniously and uses it to great effect in the Promised Day part of the story.
349* HamToHamCombat: With her brother Alex. It must run through the Armstrong family for generations.
350* HiddenBuxom: According to a gag panel, her chest is so large that she can't button her shirt all the way (and that this is something she has in common with her brother). She's never seen outside of her unflattering military uniform, so we never see this.
351* HiddenHeartOfGold: She'll always be callous and rude, but very deep down, cares about her brother. And despite following a SocialDarwinist philosophy, she still has standards about soldier morale and responsibility and doesn't mind sacrificing herself if she thinks it would be worth it. This general trait is shown when she makes a visit to her family's estate and essentially bullies her father into retiring and handing over the family fortune. He accepts this fairly calmly, taking his wife and at least one of his younger daughters on an extended trip to Xing and letting Olivier do as she pleases in his absence. [[spoiler:Alex, initially distressed by her actions, shortly realizes that Olivier just wanted them ''safely out of the country'' before Father's plan went down.]]
352* HidingBehindYourBangs: She has her right eye covered by part of her long blonde hair, in representation of [[HiddenHeartOfGold hiding her true, kinder feelings underneath a hard exterior image]], and the exposed eye represents how those feelings can "peek" through, especially for her men.
353* HonoraryPrincess: In the manga, the men of Briggs sometimes refer to her as "the Princess." It's a sign of their respect and adoration, not sarcasm, although it may also be a nod to the fact that the Armstrongs used to be part of the nobility of the country.
354* HotBlooded: Instead of the wild boiling of her brother, hers is more of a slow simmer.
355* IcyBlueEyes: Fitting for her GrimUpNorth posting and IronLady image, her blue eyes hold a piercing coldness to them.
356* IronLady: Strong, aggressive, harsh; when she says 'jump' her subordinates ask 'how high'?
357* ItAmusedMe: [[spoiler:Decides to let Scar go free just to scare Roy.]]
358* ItRunsInTheFamily: '''[[IdiotHair The fringe]], [[BishieSparkle the sparkles]], [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower the immense strength]], and [[LargeHam the hamminess has been passed down the Armstrong line for generations]]!'''
359* KlingonPromotion: Kills Lt. General Raven and takes his place.
360* LadyOfWar: She is a FourStarBadass whose fighting style focuses on using her sword with speed and grace. She's cool, powerful, incredibly competent, and an IceQueen. As a testament of her Badass cred, she's one of the only 2 people who can press [[TheNapoleon Ed's]] BerserkButton, and leave him cowering in fear instead of raging.
361* LargeHam: Despite the apparent differences with her brother Alex, deep down, she still has the hereditary hammish qualities [[RunningGag passed down the Armstrong line for generations]].
362* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The dark to Riza's and her little sister Katherine's light, being more aggressive than them and acting seductive towards Raven to make him believe her.
363* LightningBruiser: For a person she's very fast and very strong, and can even take blows from her bodybuilder sized brother without slowing down much.
364* MachiavelliWasWrong: Played with. Her troops ''are'' scared of her, but it's a more "reverent fear" than a "YouHaveFailedMe fear". In other words, exactly the kind of fear that Machiavelli recommended, but it might not work as well with common civilians.
365* MadeOfIron: There is no reason why Olivier should even be standing, let alone fighting after taking that first hit from Sloth.
366* MagneticHero: Downplayed, but during the conflict within Central on The Promised Day when the Immortal Legion is unleashed and are slowly eating everyone within Central Command and pose a threat to the civilians should they get outside, The Central Soldiers who were given orders to kill Olivier put aside their orders to help her out in killing the artificial humans.
367* MamaBear: In her own very twisted way. [[spoiler:It's one of the reasons she killed General Raven.]] You could say she's the matriarch of Briggs' Bears.
368* MassiveNumberedSiblings: She's the eldest of the five Armstrong children.
369* MasterSwordsman: She prefers a sword for close combat because she is ''that'' good with one, though it fails against Sloth.
370* MilitaryBrat: Born into a military family.
371* AMotherToHerMen: Although she will be the first to deny it, she's very much this: she kills General Raven for leaving her men to their deaths, and when she tells the rescue party they have twenty-four hours to find them and return, she gives the soldier keeping track a broken watch so she can say the party was back within twenty-four hours on that watch.
372* TheMole: She joins Central Command's conspiracy, but only to get an inside look so she can plot against them.
373* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: She is harsher and more ruthless than either her brother, Alexander, or her primary rival, Roy. Incidentally, she also scares Edward more than any of the actual villains, such as Father.
374* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Two shits couldn't be spared regarding anything about Mustang.
375* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Winry's departure from Briggs has its men saddened at the loss of the fort's fount of femininity. When someone suggests Major General Armstrong's a woman, they get answered that someone so scary doesn't count as a woman.
376* PinPullingTeeth: Does this when fighting Sloth. We'd imagine the grenade's pin was scared of offending her should it break her teeth and failed to come out.
377* PowerHair: Inverted; instead of having short hair, the manga's most exemplary IronLady has [[LongHairIsFeminine long, flowing blonde locks]], and keeps it down while she fights, too.
378* RankScalesWithAsskicking: She offers to personally fight new recruits (such as Miles) one-on-one. They're all too scared of her asskicking to take her up on it. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment consists of becoming the only person apart from Ed's teacher to be able to ''scare him instead of pissing him off when calling him short''.
379* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Quickly decides to let Ed and Al help her troops after [[EstablishingCharacterMoment they save some of her soldiers from being killed by falling debris]].
380* RedBaron: The Northern Wall of Briggs.
381* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Alex's red. She is stoic and focused, while he is constantly posing and spouting hammy declarations.
382* RefugeInAudacity: When Bradley asks what happened to General Raven, Olivier decides that the best course is to admit that she killed him without apology. Then she ''admonishes'' Bradley for appointing such an obvious incompetent to the inner circle in the first place! ''It works'', and Bradley even seems to find it amusing!
383* RiddleForTheAges: When she interrogates Ed and Al, Ed responds to her questioning by saying that if the information he knew were to get out, he could be court-martialed. General Armstrong's response is to tell him that even she has secrets like that. We never learn what she did that could lead to her being court-martialed and the subject is never brought up again.
384* SiblingTeam: Against Sloth, [[BrotherSisterTeam she and Alex]] make a damn effective combo.
385* SiblingYinYang: The slim, collected, [[TheChessmaster wily]] SocialDarwinist LadyOfWar contrasts quite a bit with her BoisterousBruiser LargeHam brother. Of course, a quick read of their pages will quickly underscore [[SharedFamilyQuirks certain similarities]].
386* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She is the only female soldier in the entire Briggs fortress. Hilariously, the Men of Briggs don't consider her female because of how frigid and scary she is. When she kills Lt. General Raven and takes his place, she becomes the only female member of the upper echelons ever shown.
387* SpellMyNameWithAnS: To a hilarious extent. It could be either Olivia, Olivie or Olivier, Mira, Mila or Milla, and the nine possible combinations of the two. (The third guidebook and ''Brotherhood'' have confirmed [[http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg91/Devonjw91/FullmetalAlchemist/Olivier.jpg Olivier Mira]] as the official spelling.)
388* SocialDarwinist: A minor example, but still the official Briggs policy. She even considers ''herself'' expendable if she can't fulfill her own expectation.
389* TheSquadette: Major General who commands Briggs with an iron fist.
390* SwordPlant: She's usually seen holding her saber with the blade downward, typically when she is giving orders.
391* TomboyishName:
392** Her first name, Olivier, is the [[http://www.behindthename.com/name/olivier French version of Oliver]]. If there wasn't an "r," it'd be the completely obsolete [[http://www.behindthename.com/name/olivie French for Olivia.]]
393** Ironically, the French translation of the manga uses Olivia, probably because a woman named Olivier sounds really ''weird'' to French readers.
394** The English dub also averts it, keeping the spelling, but [[BarelyChangedDubName pronouncing it "Oh-LIV-ee-ay"]] (i.e. the same as "Olivia" in French).
395* TsurimeEyes: She has narrow, upwards arching eyes. Fitting, considering she is the resident {{Iron|Lady}} LadyOfWar in Briggs.
396* UglyGuysHotDaughter: Luckily for her, since two of her sisters are real eyesores (they look like Alex with long hair and without the mustache), while Olivier is definitively a looker.
397* VitriolicBestBuds: With Roy Mustang. They drive each other nuts, but also (mostly) respect each other.
398* WinterRoyalLady: Of a sort. It's always winter in Briggs, and in addition to the 'Princess' nickname, Buccaneer in the manga occasionally refers to her as "our Queen."
399* TheWorfEffect: After subjecting her brother to a curb-stomp battle and scaring Ed into obedience, she herself gets in trouble battling Sloth to remind the readers that she is still human and Sloth is a ''monster''.
400[[/folder]]
401
402[[folder:Miles]]
403!!Miles
404!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazuyaNakai (JP), Creator/JasonDouglas (EN)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]José Durán (Latin America), Élcio Sodré (BR, Álamo), Silvio Giraldi (BR, IST), Alessandro Maria d'Errico (IT)[[/labelnote]]
405[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/major_miles.png]]
406->'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military\
407'''Rank:''' Major\
408'''Specialty:''' Military Tactics/Intelligence
409
410General Armstrong's second-in-command. He is a quarter-Ishvalan from his grandfather's side, and he's striving to change Amestris from the inside so they will acknowledge the massacre they committed.
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412* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Miles often feels like this, thanks to his Ishvalan blood, but Armstrong gets rid of it quickly. In fact, she ''praises'' his mixed heritage, claiming that it gives him a more varied view on life.
413* CoolShades: Miles wears these to hide his Ishvalan ethnicity.
414* DeathGlare: Commenced with TheGlassesComeOff, he gives a pretty epic one to an injured Kimblee, which is made even scarier given his Ishvalan eyes.
415* {{Foil}}: To Scar, the series' primary Ishvalan character. While both of them resent the military's treatment of Ishval, Scar deals with it by attempting to cause chaos from the outside, while Miles wants to change how people see Ishvalans from the inside.
416* ImpliedDeathThreat: Apparently something he picked up from Olivier. Even better, he delivers it to [[spoiler: [[SociopathicSoldier Solf]] J. [[AxCrazy Kimblee,]]]] of all people.
417-->'''Miles:''' Here in the north, the law is the survival of the fittest. You get careless, and you get dead, understand? You tell me what to do again, and you'll never leave this hospital.
418* InternalReformist: He has Ishavalan heritage and despite the atrocities committed by the military in Ishval he still joined them. He strives to change the Amestrian perception of himself and his people by working alongside them every day, knowing he's just one man but hoping the ripples he makes might be able to change hearts and minds. And it's shown to be working, even in unexpected ways, such as being a major factor in getting Scar to re-evaluate his own response to the Ishvalan war.
419* MajorlyAwesome: Holds the rank of Major, is Armstrong's right-hand-man and keeps his cool the entire time Kimblee is at Briggs.
420* MeaningfulName: Miles means "soldier."
421* NonActionGuy: Miles never engages in direct combat despite his rank, squarely staying in the field of intelligence and logistics. Though given how [[OhCrap seriously]] Kimblee takes his threat, it's assumed he is every bit as dangerous as a Briggs soldier is expected to be.
422* NotSoStoic: Even Miles has his limits when having to hear Kimblee's boasting from the war.
423* OneDropRule: Despite only being one-quarter Ishvalan, he was a potential target of Executive Order Number 3066, which stripped any soldiers of Ishvalan ancestry of their ranks and imprisoned them. Olivier, however, refused to hand him over.
424* PassFail: He typically wears his glasses to hide his red eyes and his ancestry.
425* RedEyesTakeWarning: Zig-zagged. While he's on the serious side and delivers the DeathGlare to Kimblee, he's usually a nice enough guy.
426* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Buccaneer's red. Unlike the more emotional and boisterous Buccaneer, Miles is stoic and unflappable.
427* ScaryBlackMan: Yes, but ''[[SubvertedTrope not]]'' that scary. He's actually a pretty swell guy. More like an intimidating black man.
428* SmallRoleBigImpact: He has a fairly moderately sized role in the plot but mainly acts as Olivier's aide and the Elrics main guide at Fort Briggs. However, his presence as an man with Ishvalan heritage and role as an InternalReformist there does a lot to help push Scar towards his HeelFaceTurn.
429* TheStoic: Very coolheaded and rarely shows his emotions outwardly.
430
431[[/folder]]
432
433[[folder:Buccaneer]]
434!!Buccaneer
435!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyuzaburoOtomo (JP), Creator/PhilParsons (EN)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Héctor Indriago (Latin America), Antônio Moreno (BR, Álamo), Maurício Berger (BR, IST), Stefano Albertini (IT)[[/labelnote]]
436[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/buccanear.png]]
437->'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military\
438'''Rank:''' Captain\
439'''Specialty:''' Weapons Expert
440
441General Armstrong's third-in-command and field commander. A big guy with a pretty hot temper, he is regardless extremely devoted and will fight for his comrades.
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443* AnimalThemedFightingStyle: We're introduced to Buccaneer of the Briggs Mountain Soldiers when he erupts from the snow to ambush the Elric brothers. The weapon he uses is an automail arm equipped with a giant pincer and motorized teeth inlaid with which he tries to grab the boys. The model name of the automail? The Crocodile.
444* ArtificialLimbs: ''The'' artificial limbs! Even Winry [[LoveAtFirstSight falls in love with them at first sight]].
445* BerserkButton: He's got a few of them, but a big one definitely appears to be jealousy that Edward has such a cute automail mechanic.
446* BigDamnHeroes: Several times, though the fact that he was the one who seriously wounded Bradley counts.
447* TheBigGuy: Buccaneer is ''huge'', to the point where both Edward and Central Command soldiers initially mistake him for a "bear with a mohawk."
448* TheBrute: Stop ''just'' shy of being this. He's big, boisterous, and his first course of action when he perceives a threat is instant violence. However, he's an excellent soldier who follows orders to a T and never lets personal feelings interfere.
449* ChainsawGood: And not ''just'' a chainsaw, Buccaneer's "Crocodile" automail arm is a combination of a chainsaw and something akin to a crab pincer. In addition to clamping down on a target, it can tear anything it catches to shreds.
450* ChasteHero: The OVA series implies despite all his machismo, he completely averted MustNotDieAVirgin and didn't have any romantic conquests in his life despite his interests.
451* GoOutWithASmile: Olivier comments that since he died with pride and a smile, mourning isn't needed.
452* HiddenHeartOfGold: Make no mistake, Buccaneer is a hard man in a hard land whose first course of action is immediate suspicion of ''everything.'' That said, he is ''deeply'' loyal to his comrades and to General Armstrong, and personally leads the rescue mission in Pride's tunnel. He is also the first Briggs soldier to empathize with Edward and Alphonse after hearing their story and even urges a little compassion from Armstrong, despite still suspecting him of being a Drachman spy at that point in time.
453* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: His ultimate cause of death, though it's a bit more complicated. It turned out that gutting Buccaneer served to significantly disadvantage Bradley for a good while as he trapped his saber between his abs, robbing Bradley of his favored weapon, but in order to get a clean hit on Bradley, Buccaneer had no choice but to remove it in a sneak attack and bled out as a result.
454* LastRequest: He asks Ling/[[spoiler:Greed]] to help him defend the main gate at Central. With Bradley out of the way, he manages to wipe the floor with all the Central soldiers, so Buccaneer claims he can kick the bucket in peace.
455* LodgedBladeRecycling: After successfully disarming Bradley with his abs, his soldiers remind him not to take the sword out, lest he bleed to death. But in the eve of Fu's SenselessSacrifice, he uses said blade to impale through Fu and lands a crippling blow on Bradley, who has otherwise avoided any injury at all.
456* MadeOfIron: Manages to survive, and even continue fighting, after being slashed and then impaled by Bradley.
457* MusclesAreMeaningful: Quite! While nowhere near as built as Armstrong, Buccaneer nevertheless has a legitimately impressive build from head to toe. In his fight with Bradley, he ''caught his sword'' using his abs after the Führer impaled him in the stomach. Even Bradley admits those are some seriously impressive abs.
458* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Miles' blue.
459* ShipperOnDeck: More of the beat-up-Ed-when-he-says-Winry's-his-mechanic-instead-of-his-girlfriend variation than the standard type.
460* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Buccaneer[=/=]Baccania.
461* TwinkleSmile: He's probably got the ''biggest'' smile in the series, shown after Olivier extends their time limit in the tunnel to save who they can.
462* UndyingLoyalty: To Olivier, even more so than the rest of the Briggs troops. After the fight with Bradley, Buccaneer--who has a sword sticking out of his gut--is solely concerned with making sure that her orders to hold the capitol are carried out.
463
464[[/folder]]
465
466!!Former Military
467
468[[folder:Giolio Comanche]]
469!!Giolio Comanche
470!!!'''Voiced by:''' Tadashi Miyazawa (JP), Charlie Campbell (EN)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Walter Cruz (BR, Álamo), Carlos Gesteira (BR, IST), Stefano Albertini (IT)[[/labelnote]]
471[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/giolio_comanche.png]]
472->'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military (formerly)\
473'''Rank:''' Major (formerly)\
474'''Specialty:''' Weapons Alchemy
475
476A retired State Alchemist known as the Silver Alchemist of Battle. He retired after having his leg chopped off in the Ishvalan Civil War. He is killed by Scar in his only present-day appearance.
477----
478* ArtificialLimbs: Has a peg-leg.
479* BloodKnight: When order 3066 was given before the War Of Ishval, Comanche is the only one among them shown smiling in anticipation. Even after he retired he has some level of this; rather than shrink from the Scarred Man's presence, Comanche prepares to combat him with a rather large grin on his face.
480* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: His spin attack, which has nothing to do with his alchemy.
481* ColonelKilgore: Like Kimblee, Comanche thoroughly enjoyed the Ishvalan Civil War, grinning in anticipation before battles, and reminiscing throughout his fight with Scar.
482* DeadHatShot: His hat floats in the water after Scar kills him.
483* HandicappedBadass: Lost his leg in the Ishvalan Civil War much to his displeasure. Even in the modern day, he still despises Ishvalans for "taking his leg".
484* PowerTattoo: His hands and palms are covered in the alchemy tatts that allow him to create weapons just by touching a solid object or surface, bypassing the need to clap his hands beforehand.
485* RetiredBadass: He's old, a retired State Alchemist and manages to wound Scar in his fight.
486* RetiredMonster: Comanche hasn't been a state alchemist in years, but he's never said sorry either--because at the end of the day, he isn't.
487* SlasherSmile: Cracks one after being sent into Ishval and again at the thought of facing Scar.
488* SociopathicSoldier: Type II, going off the little we know.
489* VehicularThemeNaming: Keeping with the running theme of military characters both active and retired being named for war machines, Giolio is named for the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing%E2%80%93Sikorsky_RAH-66_Comanche RAH-66 Comanche]], an attack helicopter program that only saw two prototypes before being cancelled; his SpinAttack references this, and presumably, so does his [[WeHardlyKnewYe sudden death]].
490* WeHardlyKnewYe: He's killed in his first appearance. In an omake, Arakawa admits she enjoyed his design and wished she was able to do more with the character, which is why he gets [[TheCameo a brief cameo]] during [[WholeEpisodeFlashback the Ishvalan War flashback chapters]] ([[ButtMonkey incidentally showing why he’s got a peg leg in the present day]]).
491[[/folder]]
492
493
494[[folder:Isaac [=McDougal=]]]
495!!Isaac [=McDougal=]
496!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KoichiYamadera (JP), Creator/BryanMassey (EN)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Jorge Marín (Latin America), Francisco Brêtas (BR), Marco Balzarotti (IT)[[/labelnote]]
497[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isaac_mcdougal.png]]
498->'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military (formerly)\
499'''Rank:''' Major (formerly)\
500'''Specialty:''' Water Alchemy
501
502The Freezing Alchemist. A former State Alchemist who participated in the Ishval Massacre, [=McDougal=] went AWOL after the war and, years later, resurfaced as a madman trying to destroy Central City. His plan was foiled by the Elric Brothers and he was murdered by Führer Bradley.
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504* TheAtoner: ''Not'' the most sympathetic of the type but he regrets what he did in Ishval, which partly motivates his actions.
505* AntiVillain: He believes he's doing the right thing by trying to freeze Central City, which would kill a lot of people. [[spoiler: He was trying to stop the big conspiracy in Central though. It's even possible that it could've worked; [=McDougal=]'s ability to activate transmutation circles remotely implies that he had some knowledge of alkahestry, which Father can't shut down like normal alchemy. So if Father got caught up in the ice, it might have [[SealedEvilInACan trapped him indefinitely]].]]
506* AxCrazy: Uncomfortably close to it at times.
507* BloodyMurder: When Ed and Al corner him and Ed points out Isaac doesn't have a water source, he says "do you know what a human body is made of?!" and uses his own blood to attack them. He attempts to kill King Bradley with a large spear made of blood, to no avail.
508* CanonForeigner: Exclusive to the 2009 ''Brotherhood'' anime, for which his assault on Central serves as an ActionPrologue [[spoiler:and a boatload of foreshadowing]].
509* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler:You probably thought he was just some rambling nutcase when he was asking Ed if he knows the ones he serves or what '''[[ExactWords shape]]''' the country's in, and telling him "I'm just trying to save this country", right?]] 30 episodes later, [[TheExtremistWasRight he doesn't seem so nuts anymore, does he?]]
510* CastFromHitPoints: His blood alchemy. He can continue fighting when deprived of water, but he's only got so much blood to spare.
511* DangerousDeserter: After the Ishval Extermination, he quit the military and went into hiding and resurfaced later as a member of anti-government resistance movements. Despite trying to stop Bradley and the other Homunculi in their plans to use the nation as a transmutation circle, he had no qualms about killing whoever got in his way and murdered a number of security guards in his crusade to freeze Central.
512* DoomedMoralVictor: He even tries to make a last stand against Führer Bradley despite knowing he's pretty much finished.
513* ExactWords: One of his statements to Ed has an entirely different meaning than he (and the audience) initially believe. It seems that he's simply referring to corruption in the government, but he actually means it quite [[GeometricMagic literally]]. Unfortunately, he doesn’t bother to elaborate, leaving the figurative meaning as the one most thought he was pointing toward.
514-->'''[=McDougal=]:''' Do you know what ''shape'' this country is in?
515* FauxAffablyEvil: Well-intentioned though he may be, he seems to be having a pretty good time wreaking havoc and has little qualms on killing anyone who tries to stop him with a degree of enjoyment. Particularly noticeable in the English dub where he's voiced by the same actor who does [[Literature/{{Baccano}} Ladd Russo]] and displays a similar glee in this role. Of course, there is the matter of him being [[GoMadFromTheRevelation justifiably]] unstable.
516* {{Foil}}: To both Mustang, Kimblee, and Hughes.
517** To Mustang: Fire vs. Ice, both are mentally scarred by the Ishval War into defying the Government/Central Command, both want to overthrow the HC -- Isaac from the outside, Roy from the inside. Both can kill enemies with heat, either burning or boiling, and [[spoiler:both of them can resort to emergency alchemy when their opponents think they're disabled]].
518** To Kimblee: Both use alchemy to transmute the opponent's body, experience the same war, etc., with Ishval as victim, Isaac as a victimizer with [[TheAtoner regrets]], and Kimblee as a victimizer who thoroughly enjoyed himself. In fact, he tries to spring Kimblee and have the man join him, not quite realizing at the time that Kimblee enjoyed the killing far more than he did, and he blows a few people up (by flash-steaming the water in their bodies).
519** To Hughes: Both men [[spoiler:figured out the evil conspiracy long before anyone else and ended up getting [[HeKnowsTooMuch killed for it]]. However, while Hughes actually provided the first shot in the low key subversion of the conspiracy even though he died before being able to say anything, [=McDougal=]'s approach was to quit the military, bide his time, and then go straight for the jugular in bombastic fashion in a direct attack on Central Command, and while he did pass along his thoughts to the Elric brothers, they were summarily dismissed right until Ed figured out exactly what he meant.]]
520* {{Foreshadowing}}: He creates one big transmutation circle in Central. Later, we find out [[spoiler:that ''the entire country'' is an even ''bigger'' transmutation circle.]]
521* GeniusBruiser: As a certified ex-State Alchemist he covers the genius portion considering he could instantly recognize that Edward attempted human transmutation by observing that he could use alchemy without an alchemic circle and Alphonse's status as a disembodied suit of armor. He covers the bruiser portion by being able to stand his own against the Elric Brothers and Major Armstrong in succession.
522* GoodAllAlong: Dangerous anarchist he may be, Isaac was only trying to achieve justice for the lives lost in Ishval and save Amestris from destruction. The Elrics don't realize this until long after he's dead.
523* HamToHamCombat: With Armstrong.
524* HarmlessFreezing: [[AvertedTrope Nope.]] When he uses his alchemy to freeze {{Mooks}} solid, it's just as fatal as that would be in real life. Some of them even [[LiterallyShatteredLives shatter]] upon falling to the ground. He can also pull the reverse and flash-boil people alive, with similarly lethal results.
525* HeKnowsTooMuch: Part of why Bradley kills him rather than captures him.
526* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He tries to convince Kimblee to join him against Bradley by citing the atrocities the brass had made them commit and Kimblee killing several of them in response. Kimblee informs him that had nothing to do with it; he had killed them because [[AxCrazy he wanted to.]]
527%%* LargeHam: Especially in the dub. [example needs more context]
528* MajorlyAwesome: Pre-breakdown, he held the rank of Major.
529* MakingASplash: The Freezing Alchemist specializes in transmuting water--mainly to turn it into ice, which he uses as a weapon, but he can also create scalding steam.
530* NoSell: His attempts to flash-boil the water in Ed's automail arm fail because it only works on things with water, an arm made of metal has no liquid in it to flash-boil.
531* PersonOfMassDestruction: Nearly buried Central in ice.
532* PowerTattoo: One of his palms has his freezing alchemy tattooed on it.
533* RequiredSecondaryPowers: [[AvertedTrope Nope.]] His blood alchemy does not create more blood to replace what he's using up. After attacking a few times and making a spear, he's barely able to walk from his injuries and blood loss, let alone fight.
534* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: He wants to topple the government, and is doing it as violently as possible.
535* SacrificialLamb: Created to foreshadow the corruption in the military and to show just how dangerous Bradley is.
536* ShellShockedVeteran: Like Mustang, the Ishvalan Civil war left him a broken man. Unlike Mustang, though, he crossed the DespairEventHorizon and became a deranged WellIntentionedExtremist.
537* SlasherSmile: When he's about to attack Bradley, he sports a massive, deranged grin.
538* SociopathicSoldier: Type IV, ''after'' the war. He's totally cracked.
539* StarterVillain: His attempt to destroy the capital city drives the plot of the first episode, and he's killed by Bradley at the end.
540* StillWearingTheOldColors: He's wearing his uniform from the military, probably because he wants to save the country despite abandoning the military he deemed as corrupt.
541* TakingYouWithMe: Knowing he's heavily wounded and surrounded, he decides to use his remaining blood to make a suicidal attack on Bradley. It doesn't succeed.
542* TragicIceCharacter: His Alchemy manipulates the temperature of liquids, mainly ice. Isaac himself is a ShellShockedVeteran forced into a war where he witnessed his country perform unspeakable atrocities, and is wracked with remorse for his part in it. As such he wages a one-man war against Führer Bradley to atone, even if he has to die to achieve it. Alas he fails miserably, and is only remembered as a dangerous lunatic.
543* UnscrupulousHero: [[spoiler:He's selflessly willing to freeze the entirety of Central City in ice to prevent the world from being destroyed.]]
544* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:If he had gone about his methods more subtly and actually went to Mustang right off the bat with the information he found, and y'know, ''not tried to kill everyone in Central'', he could've been a valuable asset in fighting Father. Alas, he just had to GoMadFromTheRevelation and trust absolutely no one.]]
545* TheWorfEffect: Bradley killing him is a pretty good indicator as to just what the Führer is capable of.
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