Solf J. Kimblee

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Solf J. Kimblee is a male anime and manga character who features in Fullmetal Alchemist.

Biography

Solf J. Kimblee (Japanese: ゾルフ・J・キンブリー, Hepburn: Zorufu J Kinburī, also spelled Zolf J. Kimbley) was a male human who grew up to be a citizen of the nation of Amestris. At some point, he showed a talent as an alchemist leading to him joining the ranks of the State Alchemists.

With the Incomplete Stone provided by Marcoh worn around his neck, Kimblee's ability to create explosions was dramatically enhanced. Kimblee's bloodlust was not satisfied with the initial assault on Ishval so he pursued the escaping Ishvalans, killing some while inflicting inhuman torture on Scar, by creating an X-shaped scar on his face and blowing off his original right arm. It was by the interference of Scar's brother absorbing his incomplete stone that Kimblee was forced to take his leave, with Basque Grand destroying most of the landscape via his own enhanced alchemy. From that moment on, Kimblee was marked as the prime target on Scar's list. For killing some of his superior officers prior to going after the Ishvalans, Kimblee is sent to the prison next to the 5th Laboratory, sentenced to death. He was one of the prisoners the Homunculi and Shou Tucker tried to trick Edward Elric into using as an ingredient to create a Philosopher's Stone, but Zolf blew up another prisoner to escape, exposing the truth to Edward. Lust later berates Envy for this incident, particularly for his "not checking the ingredients thoroughly enough."

Zolf joined Greed temporarily, only to betray him in order to be re-enlisted in the military under Frank Archer with a full pardon and a promotion to Lieutenant Colonel. He is seen in the OVA movie Alchemists vs Homunculi assisting the Military and State Alchemists fighting the Homunculi, a job he relished for it gave him the chance to "make fireworks" in a long time. After re-joining the military, Kimblee is haunted by a "ghost" of the Devil's Nest - a vengeful Martel (dub: Marta). She finally catches up to him and assaults him just before the battle in Lior. Having not only betrayed Greed, but being at least partially responsible for the deaths of her fellow chimeras and friends, Kimblee remains calm, embracing the possibility of death as if even he agreed that he deserved it. The battle is never concluded but Kimblee swears revenge on Alphonse Elric after the boy assists the chimera and humiliates Kimblee by using the man's alchemy against him. A short while after, Kimblee and a troop of chimeras Shou Tucker had engineered are sent in secret to Lior to cause massive upheaval and lull its people to retaliate and strike first, absolving the military from any public wrongdoing as had been the case in Ishval. It was during this action that Kimblee encountered and remembered Scar. As they battled through the streets of Lior, Kimblee waits for a moment when Alphonse Elric distracts Scar to transform the Ishvalan's left arm into a bomb. When Scar removes his own arm, Kimblee realizes he is outmatched and attempts to escape. Scar moves faster, however, and stabbed through Kimblee's chest with his right arm, fatally wounding him. As his life slipped away, Kimblee made one last effort to turn Al into an armored bomb, grabbing onto his armored leg and turning it coal-black. This effort would prove futile as Scar's transmutation of Al into the Philosopher's Stone nullified his alchemy. Kimblee's body was later thrown from a rooftop in full view of Archer and his military contingent by Scar (secretly aided by Lust) as a lure to get them to enter the city in pursuit. Supposedly, his body was not transmuted into the Philosopher's Stone made by Scar, but simply buried under the rubble on the outskirts of Lior.

Overview

Personality and attributes

He came to be known by the title of the Crimson Lotus Alchemist (紅蓮の錬金術師, Guren no Renkinjutsushi) or as the Crimson Alchemist (クリムゾン錬金術師, Kurimuzon renkinjutsu-shi).

On the surface, he presented the façade of a well-mannered gentleman to the world.

A deranged psychopath, Kimble loved to kill numerous civilians including women, and children for the sake of hearing them explode. He had a nihilistic view on human life even his own where he considered them without substance and worthless. He felt that the one thing worse than death was averting one's eyes from it. Kimblee believed one should look straight at the people they killed. According to him, one should not take their eyes off their victim for a second and never forget them as the person being killed would never forget their murderer.

Powers and abilities

It was shown that he had a photographic memory as he never forgot a person's face with this mostly consisting of the faces of his victims.

At some point, he showed the potential for alchemy and trained to be an alchemist.

His alchemy title refers to his use of sulfur in the human body to create explosive fluids, turning people into living bombs. Kimblee is unique among the State Alchemists in the anime in that he only has to clap his hands together to activate his alchemy, but has not seen the Gate of Alchemy. The ability to clap his hands to activate his alchemy stems from the fact that Kimblee’s transmutation circles have been tattooed into his palms, effectively giving Kimblee a similar kind of alchemic freedom that Edward, Izumi, and Wrath have. The difference is that Kimblee can only use alchemy that utilizes the transmutation circles tattooed on his hands — namely, the creation of high explosives — whereas those who have seen the gate can substitute a hand clap for any type of transmutation circle.

Notes

• Solf J. Kimblee was created by Hiromu Arakawa and featured in the setting of Fullmetal Alchemist.
• Arakawa had said that the inspiration for Kimblee's character came in part from Alex, the protagonist of A Clockwork Orange.

In other media

Television

Appearances

• Fullmetal Alchemist:
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood:

External Links

• Fullmetal Alchemist Wiki Entry
• Comicvine Entry

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