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Roy Mustang
The Flame Alchemist, who ignites by changing the oxygen concentration in the air rather than by creating fire.
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Key issues
Milestone appearances — first appearance, death, return, team change. These are the issues the collector market actually prices.
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Introduced as the Flame Alchemist and Edward's commanding officer - key
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The Ishvalan war flashbacks, which establish the guilt driving his ambition - key
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Burns Lust to death, his first uncontested display of the quirk's lethality
Commonly got wrong
Claims that are widely repeated and wrong, with what the cited record actually shows. If you are generating anything about this subject, these are the errors to avoid.
Commonly believed Roy Mustang creates fire.
Actually He transmutes the oxygen concentration in the air and ignites it with a spark from his gloves. He is not creating flame from nothing — which is why rain disables him completely, the most-cited weakness in the series.
The feat ledger
Ignites by transmuting oxygen concentration, then sparking it with a glove
Directs a precise flame at a single target across a room
Rain makes him useless, the most-cited weakness in the series
Cauterises his own wound with his flame to survive
Controls the flame's shape and intensity, not just its direction
Burns an opponent repeatedly without killing them, which the story treats as a moral failure
His Ishvalan war record is the reason he seeks command, not glory
The gloves are ignition cloth — without them the alchemy does nothing
Creates a focused blast that punches through a wall rather than spreading
Continuities
Claims on this page are tagged by canon. Blending them is the most common error in both wikis and AI answers.
- Manga canon — Events as published in the manga
- Anime canon — Events as broadcast in the anime adaptation
Last updated 2026-09-06 · machine-readable version