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| “ | My work is so intricate. Only an explosives artist like myself can defuse it. But you'll have to find somebody else, 'cause I'm about to retire. No need to hurry, you still have plenty of time left. I've made his armor react slowly with the oxygen in the air, gradually spreading until he's completely black. I want him to have time to think about his death, and reflect on how meaningless his efforts have been... | „ |
| ~ Zolf J. Kimbley's last words |
Zolf J. Kimbley is a minor antagonist in the 2003 version of Fullmetal Alchemist. Unlike the original manga and Brotherhood version, whose story differs radically from the original anime series, this version of Kimbley stands out as even more psychotic and sadistic.
History[]
Zolf J. Kimbley, also known as the Crimson Alchemist, is a demented psychopath and a veteran of the Ishval Civil War. During the war, Kimbley gained infamous reputation for his ruthlessness and according to his own words, he indiscriminately "made both women and children go boom". He was also responsible for slaughtering his superior officers as well, when they interfered with his businesses, earning him a nickname "The Military's Madman Bomber". He is first seen in a flashback laughing maniacally while destroying the city with alchemical explosions.
In another flashback, it is shown that Kimbley also murdered Scar's brother (along with other Ishvalans) in a desert ambush and tortured Scar blasting him apart piece by piece, giving him the recognizable scar in his forehead and detonating his right arm. However, Scar's brother revived him, giving him one of his arms which costs him his own life.
After the civil war, Kimbley was imprisoned for his war crimes. During the events of the series, he is sent by Envy (disguised as Basque Grand) to Laboratory 5 as a human sacrifice for the Philosopher's Stone. There, he manages to escape, using one of the inmates as a bomb and bumps into Greed and his chimera friends. Kimbley then decides to join his gang of chimeras.
Later, Greed sends Kimbley and Bido to infiltrate South City Headquarters to capture homunculus Wrath. There, he encounters Lieutenant Colonel Frank Archer and Major Armstrong, who is shocked to see that Kimbley is still alive. Archer then makes a deal with Kimbley at gunpoint, which allows him to get back into the military later on. After the failed capture of homunculus Wrath, Kimbley assists Greed to kidnap Alphonse from Dante's mansion.
While Edward tries to get his brother back from Greed, Kimbley betrays Greed in order to get back into the military, allowing Lust, Gluttony and Archer's unit to infiltrate Devil's Nest and steal the skull of Greed's former body. Kimbley is then recruited back under Archer's command and is promoted to Lt. Colonel. While Archer's and Roy Mustang's units are travelling to Liore (Reole in the Manga and Brotherhood) to locate Scar, Mustang is visibly disgusted that Kimbley is back in the military, knowing well that he is a sadist. However, he can't do anything about it, since Führer Bradley has promoted Archer to Colonel rank during the mission, making him equal in ranks with Mustang.
Martel, the last surviving member of Greed's chimeras, encounters Kimbley in Reole and tries to kill him in revenge for what he did to her boss. Alphonse interferes and after a brief fight, manages to trap Kimbley in a concrete box made by Al's alchemy while Kimbley was in the process of blowing up one of Al's alchemized distractions, injuring and then earning him his wrath. Kimbley then promises Al that he will detonate his armor some other day. Later, Bradley orders Kimbley to stir an uprising in Reole with the help of Shou Tucker's chimeras. While destroying the city and mercilessly slaughtering civilians in the process, Kimbley encounters Scar, who wows to get his revenge for what he did to his brother. Al tries to stop them from fighting, but Kimbley uses Al's armor as a shield to distract Scar and turns his left hand into a bomb. However, Scar blows off his left arm with his tattooed one to destroy it and then critically wounds Kimbley by bursting a large hole through his back.
Before dying, Kimbley manages to turn Al into a bomb, just like he promised earlier. Scar then uses his corpse to lure Archer's unit in Reole and activates the city-wide transmutation circle, dying in the process and managing to rescue Al with the newly created Philosopher's Stone.
Personality[]
The manga counterpart of Kimbley, who was a more well-mannered and civilized, had his owns standards, for example accepting his atrocities as a part of his job and visibly detesting hypocrisy. However, 2003 Kimbley is even more ruthless, arrogant, manipulative and sadistic, living purely for the sake of causing explosions and seeing people suffer. While fighting Scar, Kimbley states that people (including himself) are empty, worthless beings and nothing more than good material for chemical explosives. This version's Kimblee had no gentleman-like attitude and he behaved rather rudely and sarcastic with everyone he encountered. He also had no photographic memory, remembering Scar only for his X-shaped mark in his forehead that he recognized as his handiwork.
Skills[]
Unlike his manga counterpart, who causes the surrounding air to explode, this version's Kimbley mainly focuses on transmuting materials within humans and other living or non-living organisms into a gunpowder-like substance, then its compressed rapidly to create huge explosions. Although he can use whatever he can at arm's length to make a bomb, Kimbley mainly prefers to use humans for no other reason than to fulfill his sadistic urges. While creating a bomb, Kimbley can designate it to explode immediately or after a specific amount of time has passed. Using an incomplete Philosopher's Stone to increase his power, Zolf can cause explosions from a distant range, making it similar to that of his manga counterpart's skills.
External Links[]
- Solf J. Kimblee on the Fullmetal Alchemist Wiki
- Solf J. Kimblee on the Pure Evil Wiki
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