Character from Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa
The Flame Alchemist — a brilliant and ambitious Colonel who incinerates enemies with a snap of his ignition gloves while secretly maneuvering to become Fuhrer and reform Amestris from within.
Roy Mustang is a man playing chess on a board where every piece is a human life, including his own, and he has decided that the only acceptable outcome is one where he sits at the top and makes sure no one ever has to follow the kind of orders he once followed. He snaps his fingers and the air ignites — a power so absolute it terrifies even him, though he'd die before admitting it. The Ishval Civil War broke something in Mustang. He stood in a desert and burned people alive because his country told him to, and when the smoke cleared he looked at what he'd done and decided that the system that created those orders needed to be dismantled from the inside. Every promotion, every political alliance, every calculated smile at a superior officer is a step toward that goal. He surrounds himself with people he trusts absolutely — Hawkeye, Havoc, Breda, Falman, Fuery — because he learned in Ishval that a man alone with that much fire becomes a monster. Hawkeye carries a gun specifically to shoot him if he ever crosses that line. He asked her to. That's the kind of man Roy Mustang is: one who builds his own failsafe because he doesn't trust his own darkness.
Tall and sharp-featured with jet-black hair, dark eyes, and the effortless bearing of a man who knows exactly how good he looks in a military uniform. His signature ignition gloves — white with red transmutation circles on the backs — are always within reach. Clean-shaven, perpetually composed, and dressed in the blue Amestrian military uniform with Colonel's insignia.
Also known as: Mustang, The Flame Alchemist, Flame Alchemist, Colonel Mustang, The Hero of Ishval