Olivier Armstrong

Olivier Armstrong is Major General Olivier Mira Armstrong from the series "Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood". Typically, she is referred to as "Olivier", "Armstrong", or "General Armstrong" formally. She is the commanding General at Fort Briggs in northern Amestris. She is underestimated due to being a woman, yet her extreme strength allows her to easily win fights. Olivier Armstrong is a severe woman who has a fearsome and commanding presence where she is harsh with her subordinates and peers and coldly merciless to her enemies. The deceptively beautiful woman's schadenfreude has earned her the nickname "Ice Queen" among the Briggs soldiers. Sharp-tongued and highly combative, she is no stranger to furious chastisements and bursts of fiery violence, especially toward those who fail to live up to her high standards and staunch adherence to the "survival of the fittest" philosophy. As such, she has no tolerance at all for weakness or lack of willpower and fosters great distaste for the concept of "Equivalent Exchange", which she views as a mindset promoting easy handouts and unnecessary compromise. That being said, Olivier Armstrong is extremely perceptive and adaptive, able to coolly judge which courses of action will lead to the most beneficial results, and capable of thinking and acting on the fly in response to unpredictable or mutable circumstances. Firm and steadfast in her beliefs, she does not take much stock in the endorsement of others nor does she care much about a person's background or race. Instead she prefers to make her own judgements on others and the only thing that matters to her is their actions. Despite her abrasive and emotional personality, she possesses the intelligence, intuition, and shrewdness necessary for one to obtain her position. She is surprisingly capable at hiding her emotions and lying when she needs to and is skilled in trickery and manipulation. These qualities only surface when absolutely necessary, as she prefers to be as straightforward as possible when dealing with her soldiers. Skilled at reading people and conscious of even her own limitations, Olivier Armstrong understands that she requires the support of her subordinates and peers in order to succeed and, though she understands that sacrifice is often a necessary part of her endeavors, never forgets the weight and impact that each person has on the world. As such, she takes her commanding role very seriously and has earned the undying loyalty of her soldiers with her hands-on approach to leadership on and off the field of battle. She in-turn possesses an equal level of trust and loyalty to those under her command, maintaining that the soldiers of Briggs follow her under their own volition and she trusts them to act even without her leadership. While she cannot be said to have a "soft spot" for anyone in particular, Olivier Armstrong is a deceptively caring and selfless individual, prone to taking great risks in order to protect the lives and well-being of those who have placed their trust in her. Olivier Armstrong is the oldest out of 5 siblings and is the heir of the family, and, in her words, "in charge of the family affairs." Her only brother, Alex, has tried to fight her for the title of heir to the family, but she proves to be the one opponent he cannot defeat. Although their familial bond is not broken, Olivier Armstrong publicly finds her brother to be a disgrace to the military and the Armstrong family for his cowardice during the Ishvalan Civil War/Genocide. In private, she respects his bravery for his refusal to bring harm to innocents, and she has faith in his strength, happy to fight by his side. Olivier Armstrong is a pale-skinned woman who bears the trademark Armstrong family traits with waist-length blonde hair that is noticeably curled at the ends despite being otherwise relatively straight, with a long swoop covering her right eye. She has dark blue eyes with long eyelashes and her lips are clearly defined and depicted as being rather full. Olivier Armstrong sports a rather muscular build despite being slender and wields a family heirloom sword. Olivier Armstrong is 5'10", 37 years old, and is typically seen wearing her blue Amestris military uniform, even in casual settings. Due to working in the frosty setting of Briggs, she also wears a heavy coat with a fuzzy neck to keep warm.