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Greed | FMA: Brotherhood | Reserved

[princeofavarice]

Player
Name: Rizu
Personal Journal: rizuk01
E-mail: earthderpiest[at]gmail.com
AIM/Plurk/Etc.: RizuK01
Timezone: Mountain Standard Time (MST, GMT – 7)
Current Characters in Route: N/A

Character
Name: Greed
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009 Anime)
Timeline: Post-Series End
Canon Resource Links: Greed, Homunculus, Manga/Brotherhood

Personality: Being a literal embodiment of the greed expelled from Father, Greed's avarice knows no limit. He wants for everything, as he will occasionally state himself: Money, Status, Women, Sex, Power, Immortality, and all of the finer things in life. As such, Greed will do anything and everything to get what he wants in his possession, and to keep it for as long as possible. What he won't state openly is that, more than anything, he longs for friends who would do anything for him and stay by his side, for the hole in his heart is something he has slowly come to regard as loneliness that can really only be fulfilled by true companionship.

Over time (and with having Ling as a very active "roommate"), Greed has learned to become at least a little more charitable, finding some scrapes of satisfaction from being genuinely helpful near the end of his life. After his care was rewarded with the visible worry of those he could then call his allies, to himself he could tell that he had done well and had, somehow, formed a mutual bond with them that was more valuable than any material possession or position of power existing in the world.

However, in spite of all his growth and change, Greed is above all else possessive of his belongings – minions or objects, friends and companions, if he deems it as belonging to him he won't stand for anyone stealing from him or, in more extreme cases, breaking his things. He becomes furious and vicious, and he will take any vengeance he can on those who he deems as thieves who have either stolen or damaged his goods, which can alternatively be labelled as a protectiveness over his minions and allies.

One thing some might consider odd is Greed's inherent blunt honesty; though there are aspects of himself he chooses to hide for the sake of his own pride, Greed doesn't believe in lying to others and in fact is simple in the way that he states what he wants and when he wants it. It makes him straight-forward with no filter or tact, leaving what he wants and what his intentions are bared and open with no room for doubt. Even in his final moments he dislikes that he told a lie, even if it consequently was the noblest thing he could have done at the time.

Greed is also highly intelligent and perceptive, taking in important information and formulating strategies based on what information he knows and using that knowledge to his every advantage. He'll even let someone else take the lead if he knows their intelligence in a given situation outclasses his own, although such times are only ever temporary as he will want control back in the end.

The last thing is his slightly old-fashioned policy regarding women; it doesn't seem as if he regards them as weak, but even so he strongly dislikes the aspect of fighting them, even encouraging them to leave the battle before getting started as it isn't his style to fight with them. Of course he will if it comes right down to it, but he won't actively seek fights with them. What he will actively do, however, is flirt with them.

Strengths/Weaknesses: + Charismatic
+ Cunning
+ Perceptive
+ Intelligent
+ Relaxed
+ Protective

+/- Honest
+/- Possessive
+/- Flirtatious
+/- Stubborn
+/- Persistent
+/- Ambitious

- Vicious
- Arrogant
- Avaricious
- Vengeful
- Disrespectful
- Indulgent

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Axew – its hard skin and possessive nature are a perfect match to Greed's canonical abilities and traits shown frequently throughout his appearances in the series.
Password: Cherries Strudel

Samples

First Person Sample: Gotta say, you people know how to live in luxury. There definitely weren't any ships like this back where I came from!

[ When the feed starts streaming video it shows a teenage boy of Chinese(?) descent grinning, sitting in a lounge chair on the deck of the ferry to Pallet Town. There's a cold, frosty glass of beer in view on the side table next to him, and the man lounges back in the chair with a relaxed sigh as he adjusts to catch the sun a bit more. ]

Good booze, fine-looking women, and powerful little creatures fit to be perfect minions with lots to collect. Shame they can't hold a conversation that well, but the world after death could be a hell of a lot worse. Don't know what I did to get to this paradise but like hell I'm gonna complain about it!

[ He laughs, almost bellowing with it before he looks into the camera once more. ]

So if I've got this thing workin' right, I wanna ask. Just what do a lot of you do for fun around here? I'm lookin' to keep entertained and take in as much life as I can here, so don't leave anything out!

Third Person Sample: Damn.

Greed couldn't help feeling furious with himself as he sat in the Pokémon Center's lobby, a scowl clear on his features while he waited for the service he had demanded. Those were his pokémon in there. Nothing but the best for them, and yet they had gotten their asses kicked against the gym leader... He was starting to wonder if they deserved that.

The thought was immediately followed by Greed's sigh and his shaking head. Of course they did, because they were his possessions. No one else was allowed to hurt or break them. He'd get his revenge in a fight against that prick, and it'd be the same pokémon who would do the winning next time. He'd get them to work hard and make sure that the same kind of defeat never happened to them again. It was a little too real, a little too much like a previous experience he had.

Maybe it was Ling rubbing off on him.

Frustrated, Greed got to his feet and began pacing, ignoring the odd looks and the requests to just relax from the nurses. Maybe on another day he might have tried to hit on them, because they were pretty damn hot. Today though, he just needed to hear that his pokémon -- his things -- were healed and ready to go. It didn't matter if he'd heard the rumors of the things being unable to die, the thought that they had been damaged on his watch when he and they should have had the strength to win was infuriating. It was almost exactly like when Wrath...

That memory was fuzzy, but it still pissed him off. Funny, how it was the homunculus Wrath who did that to him. Good thing the bastard wasn't there or he'd tear him to pieces all over again, but he'd have to take things in order. He'd wait for the moment, at least until he knew his team was fully healed.

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