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〈 CHARACTER INFO 〉
CHARACTER NAME: Riza Hawkeye
CHARACTER AGE: best guess is late 20s
SERIES: Fullmetal Alchemist
CHRONOLOGY: The final chapter, 108, before the timeskip.
JOB: External Military Security Consultant
HOUSING: #008.
BACKGROUND:
The wikia (http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Riza_Hawkeye) is sometimes not that reliable, so here is a more readable rundown:
Hawkeye's early life was spent in relative solitude. Her mother died when she was young, and for many years she was alone in an empty manor with her estranged and frightening father, a genius alchemist who was obsessed with his research and less than concerned with his daughter. At some point, her father took in an apprentice--a young Roy Mustang. Though he disapproved of Mustang's involvement with the military, after her father's death Mustang earns Riza's trust by explaining his goal of helping the country with alchemy. She reveals the secrets of his research to him--an elaborate alchemical array, tattooed in great detail across her back. This event seems to cement the strained relationship between father and daughter, as Riza had to have been between the ages of 10 and 15 when she received the large and very dangerous tattoo, which Mustang deciphers and uses to gain a State Alchemy license and the title of Flame Alchemist. He promises to use the alchemy to achieve his dream of helping the country.
Enamored with Mustang's naive ideas of peace and protection of the people, she enters the military and is shipped to the front lines of the Ishbalan conflict at the age of 17, before graduating from the academy. Still a cadet, Riza begins to make a name for herself as a sniper. Though she saves the lives of both Mustang and Hughes in the war, she feels an overwhelming amount of guilt; not just for the lives she has taken personally, but those Mustang--using the secrets she entrusted to him, against his promise--has taken as well. She convinces Mustang to burn the tattoo as a sort of penance, so that she can never make the mistake of showing it to another person who may use it malignantly, and she can live her life without the burden of her father's research. After the war, Hawkeye is assigned as Mustang's aide and second-in-command, where he "trusts her with his back," making her both his conscience and executioner should he ever stray from the honorable path. She in turn promises to follow him "even into hell," and serves her duty through the plot--the country is rotten from the inside, and their bid to change the country is coming sooner than they could have guessed.
Hawkeye's essential role in the main conflict is working with Mustang to uncover the truth the government is hiding, be it through direct combat with homunculi and Amestris' own soldiers after joining the coup against the current regime, or off-the-grid missions. During the series, Hawkeye is assigned under King Bradley as his personal adjutant, a role she once served under Mustang, in what is effectively a hostage situation to control Mustang's movements. However, she continues to pass coded information to Mustang and is the first to discover Pride, the final homunculus.
Her core traits throughout the series are motivated by her participation in the Ishbalan genocide, and each of her actions are shaped with this in mind.
PERSONALITY:
Due to her experiences in childhood and during the war, Hawkeye has developed a firm control over her emotions. Her grounded demeanor allows her to keep a clear head in bad situations, especially useful when impulsive actions can be dangerous, and she places her sense of duty well above her sense of personal safety or gain.
A 'perfect soldier', she can take and follow orders without hesitation or complaint, and still know when to move on her own. She is a talented marksman, with a particular specialty in sniper rifles and dual-wielding sidearms; she can hit a target with lethal accuracy, canonically shown to be diligent about practicing and rarely missing her exact mark. She has a reputation not just for her abilities on the battlefield, but also for exceptional work ethic and generally being Mustang's "scary bodyguard." She does not appear to take pride in her military abilities and does not display an ego, practicing hard to continually improve herself. On occasion, Hawkeye's intensely stubborn side will show itself, and despite being outranked has no qualms in bullying Mustang into something or calmly stating she has no intention of following a particular order when necessary. During the events of the military coup, Hawkeye's throat is slit, and she exerts a great force of will in managing to remain alive and conscious long enough to remain a moral center of reason for Mustang and finally receive life-saving emergency treatment.
At her core, Hawkeye struggles with overwhelming guilt that motivates every decision. Her personality is very straightforward and self-aware, refusing to edit her history even for children, and will almost always look at a situation as it is, not how she wishes it to be. She has long since accepted the consequences of her actions in participating in the Ishbalan genocide, and finds the idea of atonement to be an affront to the memory of those who were killed. Instead, she continues to live life working toward achieving a goal that will ensure such a genocide will never happen in Amestris again, making the decision to help Mustang rise to a position of power where he will be able to change the country from the top. She explicitly states that a soldier's role is to suffer so that future generations won't have to. It's made clear that Mustang believes his crimes will lead him to be tried for war crimes, and though she mentions he will try to protect her and others from this fate, her own guilt and vow to "follow him into hell" seems to make it clear that getting off scot-free isn't something she'll allow.
Hawkeye is the epitome of tough love, with a sugar and ice personality. Outwardly cold and stoic, the "gentle heart" Mustang accuses her of makes itself mostly known through her treatment of animals and children. When the war is declared over, Mustang finds her burying an Ishbalan child she found dead on the road. When a subordinate finds a puppy abandoned in the rain, the general consensus is that Lieutenant Hawkeye will order it put back out in the rain if an owner cannot be found. However, to everyone's surprise but Mustang's, she adopts the dog as her own instead. Her kindness is often revealed in the quiet support and encouragement she displays with the younger Winry, Edward, and Alphonse in turn. Though tough on her subordinates, she also demonstrates deep affection and loyalty for them, visiting a hospitalized Havoc and being noticeably touched by Falman's declaration of loyalty. Her very dry sense of humor does not often make itself known but will pop up most often in scoldings and teasings of her fellow officers and closest friends.
She is not unfeeling, and her control over her emotions is not perfect. Once in the series, she lapses into a fatalistic state of despair in the middle of battle when she is convinced that Mustang and their subordinate, Jean Havoc, have been killed. Roy later firmly scolds her for her lack of determination to survive, and though Havoc is quick to point out the hypocritical nature of this statement, Hawkeye appears to take the admonition to heart, and demonstrates a firmer "never say die" attitude than ever before.
Her intense loyalty is perhaps her most easily identifiable character trait. She is unable to be swayed from Mustang's cause, or from her promise to keep him on the straight and narrow. During the events of the series, Mustang goes on a vengeful rampage and renders Envy completely helpless and unable to fight back. Despite her agreement that the homunculus deserves death and obvious agony over having to do so, she is able to recognize that killing the helpless is not an honorable action, and so fulfills her role in their relationship by holding a gun to Roy's head until he gives up his intention to murder out of revenge.
NAME: Rachel
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〈 CHARACTER INFO 〉
CHARACTER NAME: Riza Hawkeye
CHARACTER AGE: best guess is late 20s
SERIES: Fullmetal Alchemist
CHRONOLOGY: The final chapter, 108, before the timeskip.
JOB: External Military Security Consultant
HOUSING: #008.
BACKGROUND:
The wikia (http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Riza_Hawkeye) is sometimes not that reliable, so here is a more readable rundown:
Hawkeye's early life was spent in relative solitude. Her mother died when she was young, and for many years she was alone in an empty manor with her estranged and frightening father, a genius alchemist who was obsessed with his research and less than concerned with his daughter. At some point, her father took in an apprentice--a young Roy Mustang. Though he disapproved of Mustang's involvement with the military, after her father's death Mustang earns Riza's trust by explaining his goal of helping the country with alchemy. She reveals the secrets of his research to him--an elaborate alchemical array, tattooed in great detail across her back. This event seems to cement the strained relationship between father and daughter, as Riza had to have been between the ages of 10 and 15 when she received the large and very dangerous tattoo, which Mustang deciphers and uses to gain a State Alchemy license and the title of Flame Alchemist. He promises to use the alchemy to achieve his dream of helping the country.
Enamored with Mustang's naive ideas of peace and protection of the people, she enters the military and is shipped to the front lines of the Ishbalan conflict at the age of 17, before graduating from the academy. Still a cadet, Riza begins to make a name for herself as a sniper. Though she saves the lives of both Mustang and Hughes in the war, she feels an overwhelming amount of guilt; not just for the lives she has taken personally, but those Mustang--using the secrets she entrusted to him, against his promise--has taken as well. She convinces Mustang to burn the tattoo as a sort of penance, so that she can never make the mistake of showing it to another person who may use it malignantly, and she can live her life without the burden of her father's research. After the war, Hawkeye is assigned as Mustang's aide and second-in-command, where he "trusts her with his back," making her both his conscience and executioner should he ever stray from the honorable path. She in turn promises to follow him "even into hell," and serves her duty through the plot--the country is rotten from the inside, and their bid to change the country is coming sooner than they could have guessed.
Hawkeye's essential role in the main conflict is working with Mustang to uncover the truth the government is hiding, be it through direct combat with homunculi and Amestris' own soldiers after joining the coup against the current regime, or off-the-grid missions. During the series, Hawkeye is assigned under King Bradley as his personal adjutant, a role she once served under Mustang, in what is effectively a hostage situation to control Mustang's movements. However, she continues to pass coded information to Mustang and is the first to discover Pride, the final homunculus.
Her core traits throughout the series are motivated by her participation in the Ishbalan genocide, and each of her actions are shaped with this in mind.
PERSONALITY:
Due to her experiences in childhood and during the war, Hawkeye has developed a firm control over her emotions. Her grounded demeanor allows her to keep a clear head in bad situations, especially useful when impulsive actions can be dangerous, and she places her sense of duty well above her sense of personal safety or gain.
A 'perfect soldier', she can take and follow orders without hesitation or complaint, and still know when to move on her own. She is a talented marksman, with a particular specialty in sniper rifles and dual-wielding sidearms; she can hit a target with lethal accuracy, canonically shown to be diligent about practicing and rarely missing her exact mark. She has a reputation not just for her abilities on the battlefield, but also for exceptional work ethic and generally being Mustang's "scary bodyguard." She does not appear to take pride in her military abilities and does not display an ego, practicing hard to continually improve herself. On occasion, Hawkeye's intensely stubborn side will show itself, and despite being outranked has no qualms in bullying Mustang into something or calmly stating she has no intention of following a particular order when necessary. During the events of the military coup, Hawkeye's throat is slit, and she exerts a great force of will in managing to remain alive and conscious long enough to remain a moral center of reason for Mustang and finally receive life-saving emergency treatment.
At her core, Hawkeye struggles with overwhelming guilt that motivates every decision. Her personality is very straightforward and self-aware, refusing to edit her history even for children, and will almost always look at a situation as it is, not how she wishes it to be. She has long since accepted the consequences of her actions in participating in the Ishbalan genocide, and finds the idea of atonement to be an affront to the memory of those who were killed. Instead, she continues to live life working toward achieving a goal that will ensure such a genocide will never happen in Amestris again, making the decision to help Mustang rise to a position of power where he will be able to change the country from the top. She explicitly states that a soldier's role is to suffer so that future generations won't have to. It's made clear that Mustang believes his crimes will lead him to be tried for war crimes, and though she mentions he will try to protect her and others from this fate, her own guilt and vow to "follow him into hell" seems to make it clear that getting off scot-free isn't something she'll allow.
Hawkeye is the epitome of tough love, with a sugar and ice personality. Outwardly cold and stoic, the "gentle heart" Mustang accuses her of makes itself mostly known through her treatment of animals and children. When the war is declared over, Mustang finds her burying an Ishbalan child she found dead on the road. When a subordinate finds a puppy abandoned in the rain, the general consensus is that Lieutenant Hawkeye will order it put back out in the rain if an owner cannot be found. However, to everyone's surprise but Mustang's, she adopts the dog as her own instead. Her kindness is often revealed in the quiet support and encouragement she displays with the younger Winry, Edward, and Alphonse in turn. Though tough on her subordinates, she also demonstrates deep affection and loyalty for them, visiting a hospitalized Havoc and being noticeably touched by Falman's declaration of loyalty. Her very dry sense of humor does not often make itself known but will pop up most often in scoldings and teasings of her fellow officers and closest friends.
She is not unfeeling, and her control over her emotions is not perfect. Once in the series, she lapses into a fatalistic state of despair in the middle of battle when she is convinced that Mustang and their subordinate, Jean Havoc, have been killed. Roy later firmly scolds her for her lack of determination to survive, and though Havoc is quick to point out the hypocritical nature of this statement, Hawkeye appears to take the admonition to heart, and demonstrates a firmer "never say die" attitude than ever before.
Her intense loyalty is perhaps her most easily identifiable character trait. She is unable to be swayed from Mustang's cause, or from her promise to keep him on the straight and narrow. During the events of the series, Mustang goes on a vengeful rampage and renders Envy completely helpless and unable to fight back. Despite her agreement that the homunculus deserves death and obvious agony over having to do so, she is able to recognize that killing the helpless is not an honorable action, and so fulfills her role in their relationship by holding a gun to Roy's head until he gives up his intention to murder out of revenge.