CHARACTER PROFILE

Basic Info:

Name: Benjamin Vincent Zuo-Tian

Nicknames/Aliases: Vincent

Gender: male

Species: human

Ethnicity: amestrian - xingese

Age: 24

FMA Version: Brotherhood / manga

Background Basics:

Date of Birth: 1891

Place of Birth: Central City

Residence(s): Central City

Occupation (Job): State Alchemist

Education:

private student 1897 - 1902

Aerugo* Boarding School 1902 - 1904

private (alchemy) student 1904 - 1910

Amestris Military Academy 1910 - 1912

(*Aerugo doesn't appear in the anime, but it was mentioned by Ling Yao in ch. 32 and appears in FMA: Prince of the Dawn video game. This country was based in real life's Italy)

Sexual Orientation: straight

Relationship status: complicated

Appearance:

Hair: dark brown

Eyes: grey

Skin: bright

Height: 183 cm / 5' 12"

Weight: 85 kg / 187 lbs

Scars/Tattoo/Markings: -

Style: casual

Family:

Major General Lang Zuo-Tian - father (xingese, belongs to the Han clan; the prince's wife's nephew)

Amy Neville - mother

Maria Ross - cousin (from maternal side)

Friends: Jean Havoc, Harvey Gatling (his weapon maker and childhood friend)

Love Interest/Interests: His parents looked out his fiancée already (her parents are their old family friends; she's a lovely 15 years old xingese girl from a wealthy family) and also he loves xingese girls very much, he has a lot of time before the girl will be old enough to marry him – so he has taken advantage of it and has fun with other women

Enemies: those who wants to make a scapegoat of Maria (we know it's Envy's fault, but he doesn't know it yet)

Personality:

Goals/Dreams/Drive:

long-term: to become the head demolition expert regiment

short-term: to clear up Maria's name and to protect Elinor

Likes: eastern martial arts, pizza/spaghetti/any other Aerugonian foods, xingese girls, green tea, weapons and guns, legends and myths, the color green, afternoon nap

Dislikes: cheapo stuffs, unnecessary chatter, red fruits, shaving, talking about emotions

Personality Strengths: the promise is a holy thing to him so never promises anything because he is afraid that he will break his promise (he says rather that he will try his best)

Personality Flaws: loves the luxury, considers himself infallible, doesn't dare to face with emotions

Fears: a blot falls on his family's honour

Skills/abilities: short reaction time

Interests/Hobbies: to do martial art practices

Military Info:

Rank: lieutenant colonel

Weapon/s: FN Browning M1910*, Glock 17 and alchemy

(* the standard sidearm of Amestrian soldiers & Military Police;

wiki/Fullmetal_Alchemist:_Brotherhood)

Alchemist Info:

Alchemist Title: The Weapon Alchemist

Alchemy Abilities: The alchemy circle he uses is graved on his beloved weapons. It makes the cartridge faster and more accurate, and it will have bigger damage dealt due to this alchemy; this alchemy also can produce anesthetic bullet and bullets with very different effects.

Alchemy Education: Vincent was quite young when he figured out that he also want to be a soldier like his father - he liked weapons, but he wanted to improve, study something new so that's how he started to learn alchemy. Walter Weiss (an old friend of the family) undertook his teaching. Later, he finds out about his master is slightly boring, still, his real interest for alchemy was aroused by this old man.

Fun Facts:

dislikes red foods - red grape/wine, (sour) cherry, apple, stawberry; eats tomatoes only in cooked form

Quotes:

'Don't promise anything ever'

'I do it better...'

'We all have our own reasons to break the rules sometimes'

Story/Backstory:

Vincent's father is xingese, but he moved to Amestris when he was 17. He fell in love with Amy while the girl was living in Xing. (Amy's family was quite wealthy; the Nevilles went there to cure the mother with the help of alkahestry.) When she had to move home, he left his country and travelled after the girl. The only thing at which he was skilled was the martial arts, so he went to military drill to makes use of his konwledge.

He was a captain when Vincent was born. They gave him the best educational oppurtunities; they sent their only son even onto abroad to a reputed school. Later, Vincent figured out he wanted to be a soldier like his father (Vincent respects his father very much), but he was also interested in alchemy, so they asked one of the family's old friend (Walter Weiss) to be the alchemy master of Vincent.

He was 12 years old when started to learn shooting. Although he showed interest in guns, initially his parents thought he was too young to deal with guns. His father's pistols were kept in a locked gun cabinet, but Vincent and one of his friends figured out what if they try to swipe a gun somehow. (They didn't want anything bad, they were just curious kids.) His friend, Harvey were almost the same age as him, still was a pretty good handyman. He taught him how to break up locks at that time... they were caught. Vincent got a really ugly scolding and his father was really dissappointed because he always were an obedient child. Nevertheless, after the storm blew over, he started to teach his son to shoot. Amy convinced him it's safer if he does it under supervision than unattended, alone.

The years passed by, and after the Academy, he started to work for the military. He lived the careless life of the young men - until that day on which his cousin, Maria was arrested. The family's honour is the most important thing to Vincent, so he decided to find out what happened really…