![]() ![]() Hawkeye during the events of the Ishval Civil War.īy the time the war ended in 1909, Riza had become wracked with guilt and regret over the countless lives she had taken, but more so by the fact that she had chosen to join the military and entrust her father's secrets to Mustang of her own free will. In the manga only, there are a series of panels which imply that Riza may have pondered killing Roy in the war because of the destruction his flame alchemy was causing. ![]() Greeting him after their long separation, she expressed her despair that the ideals to which she had clung in her youth had devolved into senseless slaughter the military, which she had always believed to be in the service of the people, was being deployed for the purpose of murdering Amestrian citizens and alchemy, which she had always believed to be for the benefit of mankind, was being used to commit constant atrocities. It was only a matter of time before she encountered Roy Mustang - now a Major known as the "Flame Alchemist" - on the field. While there, her superb abilities earned her the name "The Hawk's Eye" and, even while she stained her hands with her targets' blood, she was forced to watch the massacres perpetrated by her fellow soldiers and the State Alchemists. In 1908, as a result of her excellent progress at the academy as well as manpower shortages in the region, Riza was shipped out to the front lines of the ongoing Ishval Civil War to act as a sniper during her final year as a cadet. Meanwhile, Riza furthered her education by entering the military academy within a year. After deciphering it, Roy left to prepare for the State Alchemy examination and a military career. ![]() Hoping that he would take the knowledge and use it in the service of the Amestrian people, Riza showed him her father's code. Though Roy displayed embarrassment at his long-winded optimism, Riza deemed his dream charming and informed him that her father's alchemical secrets still survived upon her back. ![]() In doing so, he inadvertently let slip his endeavor to strengthen the foundation of Amestris and protect its citizens as a soldier. At the burial, Roy let her know that she could seek him out within the military if she were ever in need of assistance. With no other known relatives to turn to, Riza accepted Roy's help in making all the necessary - yet meager - arrangements for her father's funeral. In the year 1905, however, when Riza was in her mid teens, Berthold Hawkeye died of a mysterious illness. Perhaps further straining - or serving as an indication of - their already shaky relationship, Berthold (afraid of documenting his findings in the usual fashion lest his Flame Alchemy expertise fall into the wrong hands) instead tattooed a large, coded Transmutation Array containing his secret discoveries onto her back, effectively making her very flesh the guardian of his life's work. Though they were the only associable family members either Hawkeye could bring to mind, the father and daughter remained emotionally distant while sharing the steadily deteriorating family estate, with Berthold becoming increasingly obsessed with his alchemical work and Riza growing to fear her father's mania. As she approached adulthood, Riza became acquainted with her father's young apprentice alchemist, Roy Mustang. After losing her mother relatively early in life, Riza Hawkeye was effectively brought up by her father Berthold who, despite his meager earnings as a civilian alchemist, was able to furnish his daughter with a respectable education. ![]()
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