Main Characters
Edward Elric
The main character. Edward Elric is a great alchemist. He became a national alchemist at a age of 12. He is the FullMetal Alchemist. He can use alchemy without the use of a transmutation circle, unlike most alchemists, by clapping his hands together because of his failed attempt to revive his mother.
Alphonse Elric
Alphonse is the younger brother of Edward Elric. As a result of Al's suit of armor, most people who meet Alphonse automatically assume that he is the Fullmetal Alchemist.
Trisha Elric
Trisha is the mother of Edward and Alphonse.
Hohenheim Of Light
He is the father of Edward and Alphonse. He can perform alchemy without a transmutation circle and was a legend of his time, but Ed has a grudge against him for leaving his mother. By the time he resurfaced to face Dante, he was over 400 years old. At some point in the past, Dante and Hohenheim had a relationship, which resulted in one child. This child died due to mercury poisoning, but was resurrected as a homunculus: Envy. However, Hohenheim did not love Dante and eventually left her, as he stated that Trisha Elric was the only woman he had ever loved. He created a Philosopher's Stone and, like Dante, used it to transfer his soul into a new body to live indefinitely.
Winry Rockbell
Ed and Al's childhood friend. She's a self-professed "gearhead" who helped her grandmother Pinako build Ed's "automail". She occasionally travels with the Elric Brothers to maintain Ed's artificial limbs. Her parents were doctors who were killed during the Ishbal War by Roy Mustang under Basque Grand's orders. Winry has been accused of being in love with Ed but denies all claims. Also sometimes translated as "Winly".
Izumi Curtis
She is the powerful alchemist who took the eager Elric brothers on as students shortly after their mother's passing. She is a very strong woman, both emotionally and physically. Like Edward, Izumi is capable of alchemy without a transmutation circle. Izumi gained this attribute from viewing the inside of the mysterious "Gate" while attempting to revive her newborn son with alchemy. This attempt not only created the Homunculus Wrath, but cost Izumi her reproductive system.
Dante
She is the one who originally instructed Izumi Curtis in the ways of alchemy. Dante was a lover of Hohenheim. She had cheated death for centuries by transferring her soul into another body by using the Philosopher's Stone. However, the transfer is not perfect, as Dante loses a bit of her own soul with each transfer and her bodies slowly decay after a while. She can perform alchemy without a transmutation circle, an ability most likely gained after she created the Homunculi Greed and Pride. She is the leader of all the Homunculi and uses them to spark wars, so new Philosopher's Stones could be made. She was planning on transferring her soul into Rose and possibly taking Ed as her new lover.
Scar
One of the surviving Ishbalites, a people who reject alchemy as an offense to the natural gifts their god gave them. His real name is unknown, so he's called Scar due to the X-Shaped scar on his forehead (thanks to Kimblee). He was on a crusade of sorts to assassinate all of the State Alchemists for the cruelty against his people. His right arm is tattooed with a strange transmutation circle that allows him to destroy objects at will, by performing only the first two steps of a transmutation (Understanding and Decomposing). He received the arm from his older brother to replace the one taken from him by Kimblee. In truth the arm is actually an incomplete Philosopher's Stone itself, created from the transmutation of countless Ishbalites who died in the war.
Homunculus
Homunculus
Homunculus: Homunculus are born through a failed human transmutation.
Lust
She is the first of the Homunculi encountered in the series, sultry and cool-headed. Her title is "Ultimate Lance" because her fingers are razor sharp and she can extend them to stab people. She was created by Scar's brother when he attempted to use alchemy to bring his lover back from the dead.
Envy
An effeminate figure with dry wit, he has the ability to assume the form of any person and copy their voice. He was created by Hohenheim when he attempted to use alchemy revive his and Dante's son, who had died from mercury poisoning. Envy held a great hatred toward Hohenheim for never being acknowledged by the man as his son and for abandoning him and Dante.
Gluttony
He is one of the older Homunculi, despite having the mentality of a child and lacking a will of his own.Little is known of his past, though Envy hinted that Gluttony was created to make a Philosopher's Stone from those he consumed.
Wrath
In the anime, he is the second-most recent Homunculus created. The 10-14 year old child is unique in that he possesses the ability to perform alchemy without a transmutation circle. He can do this because he has a discolored human arm and leg, which were originally Edward's. He was created when Izumi Curtis attempted to bring her baby son back to life with alchemy. Unlike the other Homunculi, there was nothing left of the baby's body from the transmutation, making Wrath practically invincible.
Greed
He is the 130-year old Homunculus known as the Ultimate Shield, as he is able to make himself impervious to harm by rearranging the bonds between the carbon (most likely in a diamond-like structure) atoms in his body to take on a black-skinned zombie appearance. He died from unspecified causes and was resurrected by Dante into a Homunculus. He spent the last century imprisoned in the 5th Laboratory after disobeying his creator. The seal that imprisoned him was stabilized by the skull of the man Greed himself was modeled after.
Sloth
In the anime, as the youngest Homunculus, Sloth had become somewhat a key member of the group. She assumed the identity of Captain Juliet Douglas, a soldier who was said to have sparked the Ishbal War by killing an unarmed Ishbal child and died two years ago during the time the Elrics were looking for the Philosopher's Stone. She was created by the Elric brothers when they tried to resurrect their mother, Trisha Elric.
Pride
In the anime, to the public, he is King Bradley, the Führer (or President) of the military. He was created by Dante for the purpose of infiltration and to control the military so that Dante could be the puppet master behind all military actions. His "Ultimate Eye" allows him see all possible outcomes of situations so he can predict the moves of an opponent before they happen. He was Dante's finest creation as he was the only Homunculus who can age like a normal human.
Military
Military
Colonel Roy Mustang (Flame Alchemist)
Ed's superior officer in the military, friend of Maes Hughes and an acquaintance of Hohenheim. At the time of his introduction in the anime, Mustang held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and was stationed at Central, although he was tranfered early on to the Eastern Territories to clean up Lieutenant Yoki's mess. He was involved in the Ishbal War, though he could never forget the horror and the lives he took. Among them include the parents of automail mechanic and Ed and Al's childhood friend Winry Rockbell.
Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes
Member of the Investigations division who is good friends with Colonel Mustang and the Elric brothers. At the time of his introduction in the anime, Hughes held the rank of Major, and first met the Elrics while serving as a communications officer for General Hakuro. Hughes and Edward helped recapture a passenger train that had been hijacked by Bald. Hughes loves his wife, Gracia, and is absolutely obsessed with his little daughter Elicia. He is also very supportive of Mustang's plan to become Fuhrer, doing whatever he can to, as he puts it, "help him from the bottom to the top". While he may not be an alchemist, Hughes is however an expert in knife-throwing and carries small knives which he uses as protection when he is in battle.
First Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye
A hard-working member of the state military and most trusted in Mustang's circle of friends. At the time of her introduction in the anime, Hawkeye held the rank of Second Liertenant, and was stationed at Central, but like Mustang was promoted one rank and reassigned to the Eastern Territories early in the series. She is excellent with guns, and usually carries two with her wherever she goes. She has strong feelings for Mustang, though she draws the line with his 'miniskirt' policy. She also has a soft spot for the Elrics.
Major Alex Louis Armstrong (The Strong Arm Alchemist)
He was born into a family of alchemists and has mastered his family's skill of using his arm strength in his alchemy. He often takes off his shirt when in battle for no other reason than showing off his 'beautiful body'. Armstrong was part of the Ishbal War and has a sense of loyalty towards Roy Mustang. After Edward and Alphonse's battle with Scar—which cost Al his right side and Ed his automail arm—Armstrong volenteered to escort the boys back to Risembool in order to get Ed's arm replaced, and subsequently get Al's armor fixed.
Zolof J. Kimbley (Crimson Alchemist)
He uses the chemical properties in the human body to create explosives, turning people into living bombs. During the Ishbal War, he killed numerous civilians, women, and children just to hear the sound of them exploding. He was also the man who killed Scar's brother, making him a prime target on Scar's list. When he killed one of his superior officers, Kimblee was imprisoned in the 5th laboratory and sentenced to death. He was one of the prisoners the Homunculi and Shou Tucker tried to trick Edward Elric into using as a ingredigent to create a Philosopher's Stone for them, but Zolf blew up another prisoner to escape, exposing the truth to Edward.
Lieutenant Colonel Frank Archer
He is in charge of Intelligence. Very cool, calm, and collected. Archer thoroughly enjoys war and all his actions are aimed towards preparation for future wars. He is obsessed with glory and honor and becoming a hero, which is his main motivation for most of his actions in the series. Most of his body was destroyed at Lior so he was heavily modified with Automail. Archer was now more machine than man.
Librarian Scieszka
Her responsibilities include organizing and keeping records of all of the books in the Central City library, but due to reading books instead of working she was fired. Her talent to instantly recall entire books from her mind and recite them verbatim was a great help to the Elric Brothers for recreating Tim Marcoh's book. She also helped Hughes recreate State Military files lost in the library until he fired her to save Sheska from the military's higher-ups. After Hughes's death, she tried investigating his death herself, and succeeded in learning the strange discrepancies about King Bradley's secratery Juliet Douglas, which is the same information that Hughes discovered before he was killed.
Other Characters
Other Characters
Shou Tucker
The Sewing Life Alchemist. He was a man who became famous by his experiment that produced a chimera that could speak just as a human could, though the creature starved itself to death after it was publicly shown. He played host for the Elric brothers while they studied for the State Alchemist exams until Ed found out Shou used his wife to create that chimera.
Nina Tucker
Shou Tucker's only daughter, Nina was two years old when her mother "went away" (unaware of what really happened to her). Two years later, when the Elric brothers were living with the Tuckers, Nina was like the little sister Ed never had. Unfortunately, when her father's State Alchemist certification was coming up, Basque forced Tucker to do something he hoped to never do again: create another talking chimera by fusing Nina and Alexander.
Barry the chopper
A serial killer introduced near the beginning of the series, Barry was a butcher in Central's Gunzi section. He earned the title for killing his wife and chopping her into bits. He is caught by Ed in the boy's first official task as State Alchemist. Unknown to the public, instead of receiving the death penalty, Barry got his soul sealed into a skull-faced suit of armor and he became one of the guardians of the 5th Laboratory under the alias of "Number 66".
Clara (Thief Psiren)
Clara, a cat burglar who publicly makes her thievery known so that her sinking city will be full of life before it disappears beneath a lake. Her alchemy uses cards and water.
Fletcher and Russel Tringham
He and his younger brother Fletcher posed as the Elric Brothers so that Russell would be able to work on red water, to fulfill their father's dream. After learning the truth, Russell helped stop Mugwar and decided to stay in Xenotime and use his alchemy to make it wealthy in agricultural terms.
Lyra (Lyla)
She is an alchemist under the command of Lieutenant Yoki with the aspirations of becoming a State Alchemist. That was until Edward exposed Yoki for the corrupt military official he is. She used the air around her in her alchemy. Lyra later resurfaced as a student of Dante. In truth, Lyra later became another vessel for Dante. Her soul was transferred into Dante's previous and dying body.
Homunculus
Homunculus: Homunculus are born through a failed human transmutation.Lust
She is the first of the Homunculi encountered in the series, sultry and cool-headed. Her title is "Ultimate Lance" because her fingers are razor sharp and she can extend them to stab people. She was created by Scar's brother when he attempted to use alchemy to bring his lover back from the dead.
Envy
An effeminate figure with dry wit, he has the ability to assume the form of any person and copy their voice. He was created by Hohenheim when he attempted to use alchemy revive his and Dante's son, who had died from mercury poisoning. Envy held a great hatred toward Hohenheim for never being acknowledged by the man as his son and for abandoning him and Dante.
Gluttony
He is one of the older Homunculi, despite having the mentality of a child and lacking a will of his own.Little is known of his past, though Envy hinted that Gluttony was created to make a Philosopher's Stone from those he consumed.
Wrath
In the anime, he is the second-most recent Homunculus created. The 10-14 year old child is unique in that he possesses the ability to perform alchemy without a transmutation circle. He can do this because he has a discolored human arm and leg, which were originally Edward's. He was created when Izumi Curtis attempted to bring her baby son back to life with alchemy. Unlike the other Homunculi, there was nothing left of the baby's body from the transmutation, making Wrath practically invincible.
Greed
He is the 130-year old Homunculus known as the Ultimate Shield, as he is able to make himself impervious to harm by rearranging the bonds between the carbon (most likely in a diamond-like structure) atoms in his body to take on a black-skinned zombie appearance. He died from unspecified causes and was resurrected by Dante into a Homunculus. He spent the last century imprisoned in the 5th Laboratory after disobeying his creator. The seal that imprisoned him was stabilized by the skull of the man Greed himself was modeled after.
Sloth
In the anime, as the youngest Homunculus, Sloth had become somewhat a key member of the group. She assumed the identity of Captain Juliet Douglas, a soldier who was said to have sparked the Ishbal War by killing an unarmed Ishbal child and died two years ago during the time the Elrics were looking for the Philosopher's Stone. She was created by the Elric brothers when they tried to resurrect their mother, Trisha Elric.
Pride
In the anime, to the public, he is King Bradley, the Führer (or President) of the military. He was created by Dante for the purpose of infiltration and to control the military so that Dante could be the puppet master behind all military actions. His "Ultimate Eye" allows him see all possible outcomes of situations so he can predict the moves of an opponent before they happen. He was Dante's finest creation as he was the only Homunculus who can age like a normal human.
Military
Colonel Roy Mustang (Flame Alchemist)
Ed's superior officer in the military, friend of Maes Hughes and an acquaintance of Hohenheim. At the time of his introduction in the anime, Mustang held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and was stationed at Central, although he was tranfered early on to the Eastern Territories to clean up Lieutenant Yoki's mess. He was involved in the Ishbal War, though he could never forget the horror and the lives he took. Among them include the parents of automail mechanic and Ed and Al's childhood friend Winry Rockbell.
Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes
Member of the Investigations division who is good friends with Colonel Mustang and the Elric brothers. At the time of his introduction in the anime, Hughes held the rank of Major, and first met the Elrics while serving as a communications officer for General Hakuro. Hughes and Edward helped recapture a passenger train that had been hijacked by Bald. Hughes loves his wife, Gracia, and is absolutely obsessed with his little daughter Elicia. He is also very supportive of Mustang's plan to become Fuhrer, doing whatever he can to, as he puts it, "help him from the bottom to the top". While he may not be an alchemist, Hughes is however an expert in knife-throwing and carries small knives which he uses as protection when he is in battle.
First Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye
A hard-working member of the state military and most trusted in Mustang's circle of friends. At the time of her introduction in the anime, Hawkeye held the rank of Second Liertenant, and was stationed at Central, but like Mustang was promoted one rank and reassigned to the Eastern Territories early in the series. She is excellent with guns, and usually carries two with her wherever she goes. She has strong feelings for Mustang, though she draws the line with his 'miniskirt' policy. She also has a soft spot for the Elrics.
Major Alex Louis Armstrong (The Strong Arm Alchemist)
He was born into a family of alchemists and has mastered his family's skill of using his arm strength in his alchemy. He often takes off his shirt when in battle for no other reason than showing off his 'beautiful body'. Armstrong was part of the Ishbal War and has a sense of loyalty towards Roy Mustang. After Edward and Alphonse's battle with Scar—which cost Al his right side and Ed his automail arm—Armstrong volenteered to escort the boys back to Risembool in order to get Ed's arm replaced, and subsequently get Al's armor fixed.
Zolof J. Kimbley (Crimson Alchemist)
He uses the chemical properties in the human body to create explosives, turning people into living bombs. During the Ishbal War, he killed numerous civilians, women, and children just to hear the sound of them exploding. He was also the man who killed Scar's brother, making him a prime target on Scar's list. When he killed one of his superior officers, Kimblee was imprisoned in the 5th laboratory and sentenced to death. He was one of the prisoners the Homunculi and Shou Tucker tried to trick Edward Elric into using as a ingredigent to create a Philosopher's Stone for them, but Zolf blew up another prisoner to escape, exposing the truth to Edward.
Lieutenant Colonel Frank Archer
He is in charge of Intelligence. Very cool, calm, and collected. Archer thoroughly enjoys war and all his actions are aimed towards preparation for future wars. He is obsessed with glory and honor and becoming a hero, which is his main motivation for most of his actions in the series. Most of his body was destroyed at Lior so he was heavily modified with Automail. Archer was now more machine than man.
Librarian Scieszka
Her responsibilities include organizing and keeping records of all of the books in the Central City library, but due to reading books instead of working she was fired. Her talent to instantly recall entire books from her mind and recite them verbatim was a great help to the Elric Brothers for recreating Tim Marcoh's book. She also helped Hughes recreate State Military files lost in the library until he fired her to save Sheska from the military's higher-ups. After Hughes's death, she tried investigating his death herself, and succeeded in learning the strange discrepancies about King Bradley's secratery Juliet Douglas, which is the same information that Hughes discovered before he was killed.
Other Characters
Other Characters
Shou Tucker
The Sewing Life Alchemist. He was a man who became famous by his experiment that produced a chimera that could speak just as a human could, though the creature starved itself to death after it was publicly shown. He played host for the Elric brothers while they studied for the State Alchemist exams until Ed found out Shou used his wife to create that chimera.
Nina Tucker
Shou Tucker's only daughter, Nina was two years old when her mother "went away" (unaware of what really happened to her). Two years later, when the Elric brothers were living with the Tuckers, Nina was like the little sister Ed never had. Unfortunately, when her father's State Alchemist certification was coming up, Basque forced Tucker to do something he hoped to never do again: create another talking chimera by fusing Nina and Alexander.
Barry the chopper
A serial killer introduced near the beginning of the series, Barry was a butcher in Central's Gunzi section. He earned the title for killing his wife and chopping her into bits. He is caught by Ed in the boy's first official task as State Alchemist. Unknown to the public, instead of receiving the death penalty, Barry got his soul sealed into a skull-faced suit of armor and he became one of the guardians of the 5th Laboratory under the alias of "Number 66".
Clara (Thief Psiren)
Clara, a cat burglar who publicly makes her thievery known so that her sinking city will be full of life before it disappears beneath a lake. Her alchemy uses cards and water.
Fletcher and Russel Tringham
He and his younger brother Fletcher posed as the Elric Brothers so that Russell would be able to work on red water, to fulfill their father's dream. After learning the truth, Russell helped stop Mugwar and decided to stay in Xenotime and use his alchemy to make it wealthy in agricultural terms.
Lyra (Lyla)
She is an alchemist under the command of Lieutenant Yoki with the aspirations of becoming a State Alchemist. That was until Edward exposed Yoki for the corrupt military official he is. She used the air around her in her alchemy. Lyra later resurfaced as a student of Dante. In truth, Lyra later became another vessel for Dante. Her soul was transferred into Dante's previous and dying body.
Other Characters
Shou Tucker
The Sewing Life Alchemist. He was a man who became famous by his experiment that produced a chimera that could speak just as a human could, though the creature starved itself to death after it was publicly shown. He played host for the Elric brothers while they studied for the State Alchemist exams until Ed found out Shou used his wife to create that chimera.
Nina Tucker
Shou Tucker's only daughter, Nina was two years old when her mother "went away" (unaware of what really happened to her). Two years later, when the Elric brothers were living with the Tuckers, Nina was like the little sister Ed never had. Unfortunately, when her father's State Alchemist certification was coming up, Basque forced Tucker to do something he hoped to never do again: create another talking chimera by fusing Nina and Alexander.
Barry the chopper
A serial killer introduced near the beginning of the series, Barry was a butcher in Central's Gunzi section. He earned the title for killing his wife and chopping her into bits. He is caught by Ed in the boy's first official task as State Alchemist. Unknown to the public, instead of receiving the death penalty, Barry got his soul sealed into a skull-faced suit of armor and he became one of the guardians of the 5th Laboratory under the alias of "Number 66".
Clara (Thief Psiren)
Clara, a cat burglar who publicly makes her thievery known so that her sinking city will be full of life before it disappears beneath a lake. Her alchemy uses cards and water.
Fletcher and Russel Tringham
He and his younger brother Fletcher posed as the Elric Brothers so that Russell would be able to work on red water, to fulfill their father's dream. After learning the truth, Russell helped stop Mugwar and decided to stay in Xenotime and use his alchemy to make it wealthy in agricultural terms.
Lyra (Lyla)
She is an alchemist under the command of Lieutenant Yoki with the aspirations of becoming a State Alchemist. That was until Edward exposed Yoki for the corrupt military official he is. She used the air around her in her alchemy. Lyra later resurfaced as a student of Dante. In truth, Lyra later became another vessel for Dante. Her soul was transferred into Dante's previous and dying body.