Frank Archer

Frank Archer (フランク・アーチャー, Furanku Āchā?) is a character exclusive to the 2003 anime, introduced as the replacement of Maes Hughes. He is cool, calm, and collected, with a love for violence and war. He dreams of becoming a hero on the battlefield, viewing it as a way to rise up the ranks of the military. To this end he does whatever is necessary to please his superiors and always insures that his actions earn him some publicity. As the series progresses, Archer develops an interest in the military's various projects, such as the homunculi, the chimera, and the Philosopher's Stone. His ambitions of gaining the latter cause the left half of his body to be used in its creation, forcing him to undergo automail modification to regain his mobility. The operations leave him mentally unstable and he rages through Central while carrying out Führer King Bradley's ordered executions, stopping only once killed by Riza Hawkeye.



Colonel Archer is one of the few military figures that know of the Fuhrer's secret. He doesn't mind that his country's leader is a homunculus, however, and merely takes orders as if he were taking them from a human. Colonel Archer is all for war, and dedicates himself to starting another. When Solf Kimblee leaks info on Greed's hideout, it is Colonel Archer who sends troops. He then makes Kimblee his assistant, and Pride sends the Crimson Alchemist after Ed. Archer was the one who led the military assault on Lior, which caused the deaths of thousands when the city itself turned out to be a giant transmutation circle. He also lost 7,000 troops, as well as half of his body.