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Joseph Parker

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My main FMA OC. he is my main man. (beware the wall of text coming....)

A man of few words and many actions that proved to be harmful and helpful in many ways….

Name: Joseph Arin Parker

Birth date: June 18, 1861

Occupation & Rank: Military/Major General

Family:

Olivier Mira Armstrong & Solf Joseph “SJ” Parker

General Information

Likes:

  • Pretzels
  • Quiet down time by himself or his wife
  • Coffee
  • Reading
  • Aged Whiskey/ Scotch
  • Hot Weather
  • Horses
  • Guns 

Dislikes:

  • Thunderstorms
  • Loud noises
  • Flashbacks of the war and the 5th laboratory 
  •  Dealing with crying children

Personality Traits & General Behavior

Joseph has several distinct personality traits: Quiet sternness, Sarcasm, and Wit; These are his outer traits, the ones that show constantly, but the ones he show with his wife and son are of softer sorts: Subtle compassion, love, gentleness, and goofiness. He lets his whole disposition of being a stern, hard working man down when he is in his personal quarters with his wife and son. 

His behavior reflects of that of his personality: He acts like any regular man would that has a wife and a son: Protective of them both and caring. When anything involves either, he wants to be the first to know.  He also finds himself in situations of where his heritage is brought up which usually leaves him with a speechless reaction or offed expression. He has his areas of restricted subjects, and or if they are brought up, it haunts him for a while. This mainly involves his time in the Fifth Laboratory after he was attacked in the war. These just put him in a trance and cause Joseph to lock himself in his office with a bottle or two of whiskey. The same reaction is shown in the events of a thunderstorm.  Joseph has a fear of thunderstorms, especially with lightning for three reasons: flashbacks to Lab 5, bright flashes that simulate explosions, and the fact that he has an automail arm that makes him a lightning rod.

Appearance

Joseph has medium length black hair that is usually pushed back with a few strands over his face; His skin is a light color, not as light as a Xingese man’s but enough to be counted as of Xing decent. His eyes tell a different story, they are the red color of an Ishvalan, and that is the only thing he had gotten from his father’s side. As of late, facial hair has become something common for Joseph, usually just scruff along his jawline, because Olivier will not let him have anything more than just that scruff. 

His chest is mangled with burns and scars, from altercations he took in the war, and in the laboratory, which he tends to not look in mirrors for these reasons. He knows that when Olivier sees these, it causes her guilt. Joseph is built tall and somewhat muscular, like a man in his 20s. 

His attire is never the issued military uniform unless is it special occasions. He wears a white or a black button up shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbow, and black pants with his boots. He only wears the one piece of jewelry, which happens to be his wedding ring. Because of his left automail arm, he wears his ring on right hand.  He has a small scar on his left cheek. 

Alchemy

The Burning Lotus is his issued State Alchemist title, as it has since he entered the military at 18 years of age. His alchemy is much like another man’s, resulting with the same kind of explosions and general procedure, but his spreads out like fire. 

History

Born in Xing in 1857 to an Xingese mother and Ishvalan father, Joseph grew up in the lower part of the slums. He has a few siblings, but they all looked like their mom, but he had one different trait: the red eyes of their father. He worked odd jobs around the city to earn money for his family and to pay for a few alchemy books to study. 

At the age of 20, his mother died of a strange flu that was brought from the west, and that was the time he decided to move to the West, to study more alchemy.

He went through the academy quickly, gaining his rank of Major at the age of 18, along with his State Alchemist title. After leaving the academy, he was moved to East City, in the Recruitment Offices, specializing in State Alchemists. He hardly worked there, before he was promoted to Major General in the Western Command. It was a odd move, him being only at the age of 35 and being promoted so quickly. 


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Great drawing!