12/19/2023 0 Comments Greed metal alchemist original![]() Greed wanted nothing more than to destroy his despicable creator, and when Father tried to absorb him, Greed sabotaged him with his Ultimate Shield. This came to a head as Father was slowly falling apart. By now, Greed was motivated not by avarice, but by the desire to protect the people precious to him, like a true shonen hero. Greed willingly fought by their side against the likes of Pride, Gluttony and Wrath, and on the Promised Day, Greed valued Fu and Lan Fan as much as Ling himself did. Greed claimed that he was siding with the pair because they were useful minions, but his true motives were more sentimental than that. In the 2003 anime, Roa's uniform is the standard blue, whereas it is an entirely unique color (greenish beige) in the 2009 series.Over time, slowly, Greed began to see things Ling's and Ed's way: that human beings are powerful, worthwhile creatures that command a great deal of respect.Like Martel and Dolcetto, Roa is named after a brand of fine liquor.In Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa, a parallel world counterpart of Roa is one of the scientists working with Alfons Heiderich. Roa and Dolcetto attempt to fight them so as to offer Greed a getaway, but are killed and presumably eaten by Gluttony in the effort. Roa escapes to the forest with Greed, Dolcetto, Martel and Al, but Lust and Gluttony arrive and threaten to kill Greed. Roa is part of the anime's operation to kidnap Alphonse from outside Dante's residence, but when Major Armstrong cuts off their route, Roa is forced to hold him off, first by fighting him, then by destroying the sewer wall to create a barricade when he loses. He joins up immediately with Greed and the others to escape. In the first anime series, Roa makes his first appearance as one of the test subjects of Laboratory 5 who are released when the facility starts to crumble. Roa later proves to have survived the attack and makes his way to where Bradley and Greed are fighting, attempting to rescue his boss, but is struck by Bradley again, where he was dismembered into four parts as the latter delivers two powerful and quick slashes across his body. During a lull in the battle, Armstrong gives Roa an opportunity to surrender, but the chimera is cut down by Wrath before the fight can continue. Aware that he is outmatched by the alchemist's powers, Roa transforms and takes Armstrong on in a blood-boiling monster melee. When King Bradley storms into Devil's Nest with a regiment of soldiers, Roa takes charge of the counteroffensive and attempts to make a path through which his comrades may escape, but is cut off by Major Armstrong, whom he recognizes from the Ishval Civil War. Roa is also the henchman charged with helping Greed to prove his immortal and regenerative properties, taking off his boss' head with a sledgehammer upon receiving the Homunculus' silent signal. He is too slow to catch Alphonse during the chase, but is the one who takes the boy down after Martel impedes his movements from inside. Roa first appears in Chapter 26 when he, Dolcetto and Martel are ordered by Greed to kidnap Alphonse Elric in Dublith so that the Homunculus may learn the secrets of the boy's armor body and apparent immortality. He also has the curious ability to morph from his human form to his even larger, more powerful bull-man form and is the first chimera in the series to do so. He's proficient enough to hold his own against Alex Louis Armstrong in direct combat. ![]() Roa boasts high strength while sacrificing speed, but is rather proficient in both hand-to-hand combat and the use of his trademark sledgehammer. He appears in the Ishval flashbacks as an enlisted soldier during the war and presumably was injured to the point that he was removed from the battlefield to be a part of human testing. He is a rather large man and appears to have been alchemically combined with an ox. ![]()
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