Minor characters of Fullmetal Alchemist
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The following characters all play minor supporting roles in the Fullmetal Alchemist manga series, with many of them also appearing in the anime. For the most part, these characters only appear in one or two episodes. Due to irregularities in translations, some names might have multiple spellings. For manga-only minor characters, please see Minor characters of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga; for anime-only minor characters, please see Minor characters of the Fullmetal Alchemist anime.
[edit] Rosé Thomas
| Japanese Cast [1] | English Cast [2] | Brazilian Cast [3] | French Cast | Spanish Cast [4] | Filipino Cast [5] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houko Kuwashima | Colleen Clinkenbeard | Fernanda Bulara | Léa Gabrielle | Maite Guedes | Grace Cornel |
Rosé is from the city of Lior in a remote region of the East. She was a devout follower of Cornello's teachings because she felt that he would use his powers to bring her boyfriend, Kain, back to life. Instead, Cornello created a talking parrot chimera to mimic Kain's voice. When Rosé discovered this, he locked her in the room with it, using the incomplete philosopher's stone to get it to attack her. Al saved her, and together with Ed, they discredited Cornello.
In the manga, Rosé hasn't been mentioned again in the storyline ever since.
In an omake by Hiromu Arakawa, Rosé decides to use her own two feet by becoming the leader of a bandit horde. Whether this was just made for comedic value or if it actually will manifest itself in the manga remains to be seen.
[edit] In the Anime
After Cornello's plan had been exposed and with her hope shattered, Rosé was forced to start over and persevere through hard times when the military intervened in Lior. Rosé was imprisoned by the military. When she is next shown, she is free and has a child. It is implied that she was raped while in captivity resulting in the child and her muteness. (Other theories pertaining to the muteness include depression, and other theories pertaining to the baby's origin include the baby being Cain's and the baby being an orphan that Rosé adopted, though unlikely as she is seen breastfeeding the child.) Scar uses her as the symbol of hope for the people of Lior, referred to as the Holy Mother. Later, seeing Edward paralyzed at the sight of Sloth, Rosé gets her voice back and uses what he told her before to snap him out of it. She became targeted as Dante's next vessel with the new Philosopher's Stone. Rosé was kept in some sort of sedation, and her baby was used by Dante to open the Gate. While she's kept with Dante in the underground city, Edward finds her dancing alone in the ballroom. While the two of them are dancing, Rose tells Edward that she had been waiting for him. She then tells Ed that she loves him. Edward blushes and pushes her away, asking if she knows what she's saying and that they're "just friends".
At the end of the anime, Rosé and her child appear to have moved to Risembool, living happily with Winry and Pinako.
In the Conqueror of Shamballa she is seen in Lior and in Risembool. Her presence in Lior might have only been a visit to her reconstructed home town. She is seen in many scenes with five children, of which at least three seem to be adopted (as they referred to her as Ms. Rosé). Noa the gypsy with the psychic ability to see into the mind and soul is likely Rosé's doppelganger in the alternate world, especially given their similar (though not identical) appearences and parallel lives as tragic outcasts.
[edit] Cray
| Japanese Cast [1] | English Cast [2] |
|---|---|
| Akimitsu Takase | Bob Carter |
He was Father Cornello's right-hand man and a devout follower of his religion. Shortly after Ed and Al's arrival in Lior, Cornello explained to Cray that Ed was in fact a State Alchemist, and was most likely in Liore for reconnaissance purposes. Consequently, Cornello ordered Cray to eliminate the Elrics in the name of their god, but he failed when a shot meant to take off Alphonse's head only revealed his empty armor. During the siege of Liore, Cray was devoured by Gluttony when he looked for Cornello and found the Homunculi instead.
In one of the last panels of issue #50 of the manga while Ed is wandering around Gluttony's stomach, a skeleton can be seen dressed in clothes strikingly similar to Cray's.
[edit] Father Cornello
| Japanese Cast [1] | English Cast [2] |
|---|---|
| Kinryu Arimoto | Andy Mullins |
A low-rate alchemist and a fraud. He uses what he thinks is the Philosopher's Stone (an incomplete Philosopher's Stone provided by Lust) to fool the people of Liore into thinking that he is sent by the Sun God Leto with the power to resurrect the dead. Although he uses alchemy to bring prosperity to the desert city, his true intention is to convert the citizens into a fanatical army. The Elric brothers expose him for a fraud and shortly after the incomplete Philosopher's Stone becomes unstable and shatters as it tears his arm into a mass of flesh and metal.
After the Elrics undermine his plan and Cornello is no longer of any use to the homunculi, he is consumed by Gluttony. Envy, disguised as Cornello, maintains the deception until Liore is subjugated by the State Military. In the manga, Lust tells Gluttony he'd be better off not eating a fourth-rate fraud like Cornello, and kills him herself. Gluttony eats Cornello's dead body afterwards. (Sometimes Father is translated as Founder, usually in the Manga.)
- In Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir, Cornello is killed by being pulled into darkness by Phantom instead of being eaten by Gluttony.
[edit] Trisha Elric
| Japanese Cast [1] | English Cast [2] | Portuguese Cast [3] | French Cast | Spanish Cast [4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshino Takamori | Lydia Mackay | Cecília Lemes | Brigitte Aubry | Ursula Cobucci |
She is the wife of alchemist Van Hohenheim ("Hohenheim of Light" in the anime) and mother of two sons, Edward and Alphonse.
Trisha is a kind woman, but since her husband left without notice, she drifted off in long dazes. Every time their father's name was metioned, Trisha would make a worried face or hesitate.
It was unknown at the time but Trisha had been battling something for years now. One day, the boys came home to find her lying on the floor, unable to move. She fell sick with an unknown illness after her husband left home and she died when her sons were only around 5 and 4 in the manga; 10 and 9 in the anime. The actual cause of death may not be an illness so much as the loss of the will to live, similar to how many highly social animals die inexplicably shortly after the death of a companion or mate.
Her sons, also very talented in the science of alchemy, attempted to bring her back from the dead. In the anime the failed attempt created a homunculus that later would resemble their mother.
Later in the manga, it is said that 'Elric' is the surname from Trisha's family as it is also stated that Trisha and Hohenheim are not officially married. She is shorter than her husband, but taller than most. Her hair is a light brown and she has blue-green eyes.
[edit] Pinako Rockbell
| Japanese Cast [1] | English Cast [2] | Brazilian Cast [3] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miyoko Asou | Juli Erickson | Helena Samara |
Pinako Rockbell (ピナコ・ロックベル, Pinako Rokkuberu) lives in Resembool with her granddaughter Winry, whom she looks after since her parents were killed in the Ishbal Rebellion. Pinako is also the guardian of Al and Ed as well as Ed's Automail mechanic.
Sporting a height of being shorter then even Edward, she is a great Automail mechanic, and is able to make a whole Automail limb in half the time it would take anyone else. It was hinted both in the anime and the manga that she was once a rather crazy person to be around. Dominic, an automail mechanic from Rush Valley, is deathly afraid of her, and referred to her as the Pantheress of Resembool.
Despite her hard-looking personality she is a sensitive person and cares deeply about her granddaughter as well as Ed and Al, Despite her constant quarrels with Edward she still cares for him and his brother deeply. It is also later revealed she recognizes Edward and Alphonse's father when he returns to Resembool.
[edit] Bald
| Japanese Cast [1] | English Cast [2] |
|---|---|
| Kouji Ishii | Andrew Chandler |
A member of a bandit group who hijacked a train headed towards Central City so that he could trade the safety of the passengers on board - most notably General Haruko - for the freedom of his group's leader. Originally a member of the military, he desired an Automail arm to increase his power. This use of automail for unnecessary procedure was prohibited by the State, and Bald was discharged and became an outlaw, seeking revenge on the military who disbarred him. His automail arm includes two gun barrels and a small knife blade. While hijaking the train, Bald was confronted by Edward, who disabled his arm and defeated the bandits, an exploit which won him permission to take the State Alchemist entry exam. He would later resurface in "Curse of the Crimson Elixir" inside the sewers of Eastern City, and then "Stray Rondo" to repeat the same crime, only to be put in jail yet again both times by the Elrics.
In the anime, the event actually is part of a flashback to before Edward became a State Alchemist. Defeating Bald allows the Elrics to take the State Alchemist examination after a grateful Hakuro refers them. In the manga, Edward is already a State Alchemist (and fifteen years old) and returning from Lior. After defeating Bald, Mustang refers Edward to Shou Tucker and his research when Edward wonders if it would be possible to alchemically construct himself new limbs.
His name is also romanized as Bard.
[edit] Shou Tucker
| Japanese Cast [1] | English Cast [2] |
|---|---|
| Makoto Nagai | Chuck Huber |
Shou Tucker was formerly also known as the Sewing Life Alchemist when he was a State Alchemist. He became famous after producing a chimera that could speak, albeit only one sentence: "Give me death." (In the manga, "I want to die.") The chimera eventually starved itself to death.
Tucker hosted the Elric brothers while they studied for the State Alchemist exams until Ed found out that Shou used his wife to create the chimera. Tucker was under considerable stress at this period; State Alchemists are tested every year on their accomplishments in research or their combat abilities. Tucker's position as State Alchemist and all the privileges consequent depended on his research showing fruit, since Tucker's alchemic abilities were useless in a direct battle. Pressured by his sponsor Basque Grand, Shou resorted to transmuting his daughter Nina as an ingredient for the new talking chimera. The Elric brothers had in the meantime realized how Tucker had made his chimeric breakthroughs, that the chimera Tucker created two years ago was his own wife. By the time they arrived to stop Tucker, they were too late in preventing Nina from losing her humanity. Shou explained to an enraged Ed that he would have lost Nina either way; that as a scientist, he can't help but try what might be possible. He pointed out that Ed himself attempted forbidden human transmutation.
Tucker was reportedly sentenced to death by the military, to cover up the truth of the talking chimeras and General Grand's involvement. But in reality, he was sent to the 5th Laboratory to continue his research in Grand's super soldier project. He was offered a chance to try and resurrect Nina on his spare time. But the effects of his guilt-fueled obsession and the endless attendant set-backs eventually turned Tucker into a hideous beast-man chimera himself; he suffered the fate he forced on his own wife and daughter. His head was turned upside down, his voice became low & raspy, part of his human arms were fused onto his new skin, and he had paws for arms and legs, though he could still hold things. (How his glasses stay on even though his ears are upside down is a mystery, but it could be possible that his glasses were fused to his face.) Tucker also learned about Dante and the Fuhrer, being one of the few who possessed this knowledge and not be killed as a result- Dante and the Fuhrer didn't see him as a threat.
After his failed attempts to revive Nina, he joined up with the Homunculi with the promise to create a homunculus in the form of his daughter, with his memories of her to serve as basis for her new soul. Paranoid and very unstable, Tucker joined up with anyone who could offer him the protection needed to complete his goal. He joined with Greed's group briefly, most likely on the promise that he could give Greed the immortality that Greed desired, as well as serve as a doctor to the other chimeras working with Greed.
After the demise of Greed and his followers, Shou accepted Frank Archer's offer to rejoin the military under his command with alacrity. Using his new-found military privileges in return for building an army of Chimeras for Archer and the Fuhrer, Tucker used his research to create lifeless dolls in Nina's image by sacrificing various animals. Learning that Al became a vessel for the Philosopher's Stone, he deceived the boy by offering to teach him how to master the Stone; in reality, he only wanted to use Al to transmute a fully-human Nina from his chimera-dolls. Though Tucker succeeded in the first flawless Human Transmutation, Sloth pointed out that Tucker's will was not strong enough to bind Nina's soul into the new body made for her. This bit of information drove Tucker further mad with his hopes shattered. Tucker was last seen drawing alchemy arrays on a wall with the Nina doll in his arms, either bent on bringing his daughter back or trying to relieve the happy times before his daughter became a victim of his research.
[edit] Trivia
- Before becoming a State Alchemist, Tucker worked at a gun factory. This appears to be where the battles between Sloth, Lust, Wrath and the Elric brothers took place.
[edit] In the Manga
In the manga, Tucker was killed by Scar, along with the Nina-chimera, shortly after the truth about his experiments was discovered by the Elrics. Tucker is perfectly sane in the manga, making him seem even more unscrupulous. He was not forced by Basque to conduct his experiments, but rather performed them of his own accord.
[edit] Nina Tucker
| Japanese Cast [1] | English Cast [2] |
|---|---|
| Satomi Koorogi | Brina Palencia |
Shou Tucker's only daughter, Nina idolized him. She was two years old when her mother "went away." Nina is unaware of what really happened to her, or her father's real reason for feeling so guilty for her leaving. Two years later, when the Elric brothers were living with the Tuckers, Nina was like the little sister they never had. She loved to play outside with the family dog, Alexander. Unfortunately, when her father's State Alchemist evaluation was coming up, Basque forced Tucker to do something he hoped to never do again: create another talking chimera by fusing Nina and Alexander, repeating the same horrible act his wife was put through. After that, Shou went slightly insane from the selfish act of putting himself ahead of his one and only child. Despite Ed's intent to restore Nina, Shou explained the fusion was perfect, so separation could harm or even kill the girl and her dog. Confused and scared when Basque had her taken to the 5th Laboratory for "treatment", 'Nina-chimera' ran away and encountered Scar who killed her out of mercy (destroying her from inside out). Her death made an impact on Edward no different from his mother's passing.
Her remains were gathered and taken to the 5th Laboratory where her father attempted to revive her in his spare time. While he managed to recreate the Nina-Chimera in a more human-like form, Shou could not recreate his daughter's soul. After being re-enlisted as a State Alchemist by Frank Archer, Shou continues to try and create a new Nina. He tricks Al to use the Philosopher's Stone to transmute the chimera-dolls of "Nina" into a fully-human Nina. The transmutation was the very first success at resurrecting the dead, but the recreated Nina remained in a comatose state, much to Tucker's horror. Even with the stone's power, Tucker's will and alchemy skills were not strong enough to bind his daughter's soul to her new body.
[edit] In the Manga
In the manga, Edward learned that Shou Tucker had turned Nina and Alexander, the dog, into a human-chimera, and was horrified by the event, and began punching Shou Tucker, until Alphonse stopped him. They both left Shou Tucker's house, and Shou and Nina were killed by Scar.
[edit] Gracia Hughes
| Japanese Cast [1] | English Cast [2] |
|---|---|
| Kotono Mitsuishi | Lauren Goode |
Mäes Hughes's wife, and Elysia Hughes's mother, she is a kind and caring person. At the time of her introduction (during a birthday party she and her husband were throwing for Ed), she was nine months pregnant with Elysia, who was born later that day. She is later seen attending her husband's funeral.
Gracia appears peripherally throughout the series and allows Winry to stay at her house when she is in Central and Sheska to frequently visit.
Like many other characters in the Fullmetal Alchemist universe, including her husband, she has a döppelganger, who shares her first name, in the alternate world seen in Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa. In the alternate world (our world) the alternate Hughes is in love with the alternate Gracia as well.
In the manga, her role and personality are largely the same (though when she is introduced, Elysia has already been born and is turning three years old) and it is revealed that she and Hughes met before he was sent out to the battlefield during the Ishbal War. When Edward and Alphonse discover that Maes is dead, they apologize to her and feel as though they need to claim responsibility for his death. When they tell her they have no intention of continuing their quest, Gracia implores them to do otherwise her husband's death would have been in vain. Despite her sincere words, she is visibly shaken by the revelation as to why Maes died and cries and hugs her daughter once the Elrics and Winry leave.
[edit] Trivia
- Her name is sometimes romanized as Glacia, which could refer to the weather when Elysia was born, since it was an blizzard then.
[edit] Barry the Chopper
| Japanese Cast [1] | English Cast [2] |
|---|---|
| Kentaro Ito, Aya Ishizu (female disguise) | Jerry Jewell |
A serial killer introduced near the beginning of the series, Barry is a butcher in Central's Gunzi section. He earns his moniker after killing his wife and chopping her into bits. Then, posing as a food-delivery woman (whom some theorize to have been his dead wife), he abducts various women, kills them, and ditches them in alleys. When the remains of one of Barry's victims are discovered, Ed sees the body and has flashbacks of his mother's failed transmutation. After Barry kidnaps Winry, Ed tracks him down only to be kidnapped himself. Before being saved by Hughes, Al, and others, Ed is nearly killed and almost kills Barry. Due to this ordeal, Ed realizes how small and powerless he truly is in the world, and how little he can do to save everyone he ever met. Unknown to the public, instead of being executed, Barry's soul was sealed into a skull-faced suit of armor (as with Al's body) and he became one of the guardians of the 5th Laboratory under the alias of "Number 66." The fact he no longer has a human body doesn't bother him as long as he gets to kill people. During his fight with Al, Barry declares "I kill, therefore I am," which considering the circumstances seems to be a nod to the character Den from Yukito Kishiro's Battle Angel Alita series. Den, like Barry, is a soul without a body sealed inside of lifeless armor, who, in explaining his reason for existence despite not having a form, makes the statement "I kill, therefore I am."
While battling Al, he preys on Al's insecurities until Scar shows up and destroys Barry's right arm. To escape from Scar, Barry detonates one of the many bombs in the 5th Laboratory, unintentionally releasing Greed in the process. Barry managed to ally himself with mercenaries posing as the State Military, encountering the Elrics and Scar. This time, Barry's seal is partially shattered by Scar, placing Barry in horrific pain as the rest of his body is blown to pieces.
[edit] In the manga
In the manga, Barry was captured and imprisoned long before the Elric brothers ever came to Central, so Alphonse does not recognize his name when the two first meet outside the 5th Laboratory. He also killed people over a course of several years and usually killed people for an insignificant reason (one guy didn't like his meat). He didn't dress as a woman (his body is well built) and kills both men and women on sight, not at his butchery. Barry is featured more prominently in the manga: he survives the chaos at the 5th Laboratory and subsequently made a deal with Roy Mustang to help him in exchange for his freedom. He also falls in love with Riza when she shot his head off without flinching ("I love strong women, I'm in love with you missy!"). Later, he plays a sizable part in the jailbreak and escape of Second Lieutenant Maria Ross. While helping Mustang's gang investigate the homunculi, he finds out that his old body is still alive. The idea of chopping himself up is a wonderful one to Barry. Enthusiastic as ever, he chases his body into a hospital to carve his lost flesh into pieces. Unfortunately he's met there by Lust, who slices him to ribbons with her finger-claws. His blood-seal survives the encounter intact, but Barry's body stumbles across his armored remains and scratches through its seal, ensuring that neither body nor soul would ever chop again.
- Note: In an interview, Hiromu Arakawa stated that Barry's wife looked almost like Lust.
[edit] Doctor Tim Marcoh
| Japanese Cast [1] | English Cast [2] |
|---|---|
| Kouji Totani | Brice Armstrong |
Formerly the Crystal Alchemist, Marcoh was the leading researcher in the creation of the Philosopher's Stone. Tormented by the fact that his research was used in the Ishbal War to kill many innocent people, he fled from his position as a State Alchemist and took his research with him to prevent it from being used for further destruction. Hiding from the military and posing as a medical doctor, he uses the Red Stone he created to help the sick.
When the Elric Brothers show up, he panics and attempts to escape, even though Ed and Al aren't there to capture him. As they run from Scar together, Marcoh reveals that Mustang was the one who killed the Rockbells. After Ed and Al battle with Scar and are left badly damaged, Marcoh is taken into military custody. Marcoh gave Edward a hint that would eventually lead him and his brother to find his research notes, which not only revealed how the Philosopher's Stone is created, but the location of the 5th Laboratory. During his time in the Führer's protection, Marcoh was confronted by Lust, who needed to make sure Marcoh didn't reveal too much information to the brothers. Marcoh is then stabbed by Lust and devoured by Gluttony. A common unofficial translation of his last name is Marco, though the author makes it very clear when, in his letter to Ed (written in English even in the Japanese manga), it is signed Tim Marcoh.
[edit] In the manga
In the manga, Marcoh is spotted by Major Armstrong at a train station when the Elrics need to return to Resembool. The Elrics decide that meeting Marcoh to get information on the Philosopher's Stone is a worthwhile detour and they search for the elusive doctor with Armstrong. They discover that he has been living under the alias of Dr. Mauro in a small town nearby.
After reluctantly revealing information on where his research is located to Edward and Alphonse, Marcoh is confronted by Lust, who retrieves the same information Marcoh had given the brothers. She lets him live instead of killing him because he will be an important "sacrifice" in the future.
Marcoh is not seen again, save flashbacks that reveal his role in the Ishbal Massacre, until he is captured by Envy, who tricks him by transforming into Lieutenant Breda, one of the soldiers under Colonel Mustang's command, and takes him to a cell in his Father's hideout. Marcoh fears that Father and the Homunculi will force him to continue his research, especially they have threatened that if he should try and escape or kill himself, they will destroy the town he had been living in until they captured him.
He is later found by Scar, who confronts him with his past and why he is being detained by the Homunculi. Marcoh, realizing who Scar is, reveals his true identity and asks that Scar kills him so that he will not have to work for Father nor risk the lives of the people from his town on the basis they will assume Marcoh had been killed against his will. Instead, Scar physically attacks Marcoh and forces the doctor to reveal his role in the Ishbal Massacre before he would kill him. After learning about the work his brother had been doing, Scar (despite the grudge he holds against State Alchemists and Marcoh in particular) decides to help Marcoh escape so that he would aid Scar in discovering more about his brother's work. They take one of the Chimeras guarding Marcoh and alter its form to appear as though Marcoh has been killed by Scar.
Envy is convinced that Marcoh is dead, but Father is not so easily fooled. While escaping, Scar alchemically destroys Marcoh's face, disfiguring him beyond recognization. Scar decides to head north to where his brother's notes are hidden so Marcoh can help him decode them. While Scar and (former Lieutenant) Yoki divert the attention of the military, Marcoh and Mei (who has partially healed Marcoh's face with alchemy) reach a cabin where Scar's brother's notes on how to combine Amestrisian and Xingese alchemy are hidden.
[edit] Slicer Brothers
| Japanese Cast [1] | English Cast [2] |
|---|---|
| Shinya Ohtaki (Older brother)/Kouichi Sakaguchi (Younger Brother) | Bill Jenkins/Duncan Brannan |
A pair of serial killers who had their souls sealed into a single suit of armor (one sealed in the head and one sealed in the suit) and became one of the guardians of the 5th laboratory under the joint alias of "Number 48", assigned to kill any intruders. After being defeated by Edward, they wished him to take their lives, but Edward refused to kill them. But when he treated them like humans, the younger brother (body) made up his mind and took his own life, saying to his older brother that he was "going ahead" and that he will be waiting for his brother in the afterlife. The older brother (head) lived on to take Edward to where the Philosopher's Stone was in work before Lust killed him in an attempt to force Edward to help her.
In the manga, the older brother was killed by Lust, and the younger by Envy. This was so that they could not divulge information about the stones.
In an omake (a short bonus comic), the older brother is a cat lover while the younger's a dog lover, which leads them to bicker at times. However, the younger brother always wins because he actually has body parts, while the older brother only has a head.
[edit] Old Man
| Japanese Cast [1] | English Cast [2] |
|---|---|
| Eiji Maruyama | Bill Flynn |
The leader of a group of Ishbaalan survivors, he has repeatedly cared for Scar when Scar was injured in Central. After the mercenary raids against the Ishabalan camp in Central he moves his group south. He is never mentioned by name in the anime nor the manga. Identified as Rick's grandfather in the episode Marcoh's Notes (However, this should be noted that the title of 'grandfather' is a nuance of language that doesn't always translate literally in English, and in the context used in Japanese, most likely meant simply "Old man" or "Old mister", rather than implying that the old man was really the boy's grandfather).
[edit] Paninya
| Japanese Cast [1] | English Cast [2] |
|---|---|
| Kyoko Hikami | Cynthia Cranz |
A resident of Rush Valley, she lost her legs and right arm at a young age in a train wreck, but Dominic takes pity on her (in the form of social outrage) and gives her free automail legs and an arm. Thanks to these legs, she can run at great speed and jump great lengths. One leg also conceals a cannon, while the other has a long switchblade.
She takes Ed, Al and Winry to see Dominic at Winry's wish. Paninya had made a living out of pickpocketing tourists in Rush Valley, but after a talk with Winry she realizes that being a criminal would defeat the purpose that Dominic intended for her when he gave her free legs. She is currently working legitimate odd jobs around Garfiel's shop.
In the anime she also has an automail arm, which gets damaged in an arm wrestling contest. It also appears that Dominic adopted her after she lost her limbs in a train crash. No mention was made of what she did for a living, though in the chase with Edward, she was taking his pocketwatch to a pawn shop.
She was seen at the end of the anime, helping Winry perfect her skills.
In the manga the only automail she possesses is her prosthetic legs. It is noted that one leg has a Carbine rifle built into it by Dominic and the other a blade. She pickpocketed from tourists to try to pay back Dominic, who lives out in the mountains of Rush Valley with his son, his wife, and herself, for her automail. Dominic always refuses to accept her stolen money. After reforming her ways, she becomes a roofer and Dominic begins to reluctantly accept her money.
[edit] Dominic
| Japanese Cast [1] | English Cast [2] |
|---|---|
| Daisuke Gouri | Matt Thompkins |
An old reclusive automail master. His lifelong dream was to build automail with hidden cannons inside them, and he had the opportunity to do just that with Paninya's automail legs. Winry begs him to let her be his apprentice, but he defers her to Garfiel instead, even though Winry helped deliver his grandson.
It is noteworthy that when he found out Winry was the granddaughter of Pinako Rockbell, he flipped out, as apparently he has some memories about the "Pantheress of Resembool" that he would rather forget ("Leopardess of Resembool" in the dubbed anime).
In the anime, no mention is made of any desire to build hidden cannons, though he did build one into Paninya's right leg. He refuses to sell an automail arm to a young rich man because it is an arm for a fighter, and the young man does not really need it. At the end of the series, he is seen helping Winry train to become an even better mechanic.
[edit] Martel
| Japanese Cast [1] | English Cast [2] |
|---|---|
| Rumi Kasahara | Tiffany Grant |
[edit] In the Anime
In the English dub, her name is romanized as Marta.
One of the Chimeras that joined Greed to get revenge on the military for what they did to her. She, Dorchet, and Loa were part of the Amestris Special Forces, whose defiling of an Ishbal temple and killing everyone in it was the real catalyst for the war. Her unit was sent to the 5th Laboratory to keep them quiet, under the supervision of Basque Grand. There, they became test subjects in Chimera research. Martel was fused with a snake, giving her enhanced agility, the ability to contort/move her body like a snake, and the ability to stretch her arms long distances.
When Kimblee betrayed the Devil's Nest, as Martel expected he eventually would, Greed, Loa, and Dorchet each helped her get out safely while she was in Alphonse's body. She was one of the closest to Greed and idolized him for rescuing her and the other chimeras (in the Japanese version, after his death, Martel began calling him Greed-sama instead of Greed-san as a sign of respect). She was the only chimera in Greed's gang to escape the military. Martel meets up again with Al, who had become her friend while she was inside his armor while Al was kidnapped by Greed's gang, and traveled with the Elric brothers for a time. However, Martel quickly revealed that she had always planned to take revenge on not just Kimblee for the death of the entire Devil's Nest "staff", but the military for robbing her of her humanity, and the homunculi who set it up that way.
When the Elric brothers were taken to an outpost, she was hiding in Al's body until she saw Kimblee there with another officer. Martel revealed herself in attacking him, but fled after being hurt when Kimblee exploded the officer to kill her as Al stepped in. When that was interrupted, Kimblee did not reveal her presence to the other officers. She followed him and found that King Bradley was planning another massacre at Lior. Martel tried valiantly to assassinate the Fuhrer, but was unable to land a blow. During the struggle his eye patch fell off.
From her time with Greed, Martel knew the sign of the Ouroborus and immediately rushed to tell Al that the Fuhrer was a Homunculus. Upon seeing her, Al told her to get into his armor as she had before, to hide. Martel was able to tell the truth.
As Al absorbed this, and Martel was silent, Al realized the Furor had stealthily crept behind him. Without a sound, he slid his sabre down Al's throat, and impaled Martel, unable to dodge it despite her snakelike contortions. He commented that Al no longer had to worry, the evil Chimaera was slain. As he walked away, her blood sept through the cracks in his armour, to the ground.
Last Words (Anime): "Al! Listen carefully--I don't have much time! You've got to tell Ed, that they're gonna turn Liore into another Ishbal! And your leader, the Fuhrer...he's a...homonculus!"
[edit] In the Manga
In the manga version, Martel was never part of a Special Forces unit, and was transported to the 5th Laboratory because of her wounds after stepping on a landmine. She, like Dorchet, was not even in Ishval, but was fighting in the border war with Aerugo. She is killed in the sewers by the Fuhrer shortly after he had pinned Greed to the wall of the sewers with his swords.
She had been hiding inside Al's armor, but when she saw Bradley kill Dorchet and Loa, she used Al to choke Bradley. The Fuhrer proceeded to kill her inside Al's armor, where her blood falls onto Al's blood seal. This causes Al to regain all his memory from when he was in the Gate, and soon after, Al realizes that he, like Ed and Izumi, can also perform alchemy without a transmutation circle. Having been unable to save Martel traumatizes Al in the same way that Nina's death traumatized Ed.
Last Words (Manga): (while trying to strangle Bradley from inside Al's body) "Bradley!"
[edit] Dorchet
| Japanese Cast [1] | English Cast [2] |
|---|---|
| Yasunori Matsumoto | John Burgmeier |
A loyal Chimera that swore loyalty to Greed. Like Nina, he was fused with a dog; however, he has retained his human appearance. Because he is part dog, he can use his new-found speed along with his great swordsmanship, and his sense of smell is superior to that of a normal human. He was killed by the Homunculi when he fought them to give Greed safe passage to Dante. In the English dub, his name is romanized as Dorochet.
In the manga version, Loa and Dorchet are killed by King Bradley in the sewers during the military raid on Devil's Nest. Despite knowing that they are both going to be defeated (Bradley had already injured both of them earlier), they still try to protect Greed (who was unable to use his "Ultimate Shield" because Bradley had pinned him to the wall) and Martel (who was trapped inside Al's body) and are permanently felled by Bradley's swords. In the manga, he is often used as comic relief, such as when Martel (inside Al at the time) should see him pee with one of his legs in the air, much like a real dog. He, like Martel, was not in the war in Ishvar but was in the war in Aerugo.
Last Words (Anime): "You're asking me now?"
Last Words (Manga) (to Al, in reference to Martel getting away): "Please help her escape."
In the Conqueror of Shamballa, the members of Alfons Heidenreichs rocket crew look suspiciously like Dorchet, Loa, and Bido.
[edit] Loa
| Japanese Cast [1] | English Cast [2] |
|---|---|
| Yuji Ueda | John Gremillion |
A chimera that follows Greed. He was fused with a bull, making him as strong as one, as demonstrated to Al when he literally knocks Greed's head off with his hammer (Greed, naturally, recovers from this and thanks Loa for aiding in the demonstration, although scolding him for not doing it cleanly, as section of Greed's chin is left). He wields a hammer as his weapon and has an ability to transform into an enhanced version of himself with more bull-like aspects like horns and greater strength. He was killed by the Homunculi when he fought them to give Greed safe passage to Dante. In the English dub, his name is romanized as Law.
In the Manga version, Loa and Dorchet are killed by King Bradley in the sewers during the military raid on the Devil's Nest. Despite knowing that they are both going to be defeated (Bradley had already injured both of them earlier), They still try to save Greed (who was unable to use his "Ultimate Shield" because Bradley was fast enough to strike him before he could put it up) and Martel (who was trapped inside Al's body) and are permanently put down by Bradley's swords. He's the only one of the three that fought in Ishbal.
Last Words (Anime): (to Dorchet) "Then you're at peace with this?"
Last Words (Manga): (to Al, in reference to Martel getting away) "We're counting on you."
In the Conqueror of Shamballa, the members of Alfons Heidenreichs rocket crew looks suspiciously like Dorchet, Loa, and Bido.
[edit] Trivia
The Japanese alphabet equivalent to the names of Martel, Dorchet and Loa all translate to different brands of liquor. For example Martel translates to share a symbol with Martell, a type of brandy.
[edit] Bido
| Japanese Cast [1] | English Cast [2] |
|---|---|
| Toru Okawa | Greg Ayres |
Bido was a chimera created in the Fifth Laboratory; after escaping it, he followed the homunculus Greed. Before his transmutation, he was a member of Martel's special ops military team which instigated the Ishbal revolt. He was fused with a lizard or a gecko; this enabled him to have a firm grip on surfaces when climbing, and to use his tail as a bludgeoning weapon. He is also bald and speaks in a raspy, hacksaw voice, though it's unclear whether this is a result of the fusion or not. He relies more on the strength of others, as he flees from a military base after both he and Kimbely fail to capture Wrath, screaming for Greed's help.
He was first seen when Greed dispatched him to retrieve the Elric brothers; Greed wished to obstruct the other Homonculi pursuing them. Bido failed in that mission, but he reported about the discovery of the new homunculus Wrath, and his ability to perform alchemy; Greed intended to obtain near immortality by having himself alchemically bound to a physical object like a suit of armor- much like Alphonse Elric (this would prove to be an unlikely feat as Homunculi lack souls in, at the very least, most senses of the word). Bido is often seen near Kimblee and seemed to be the only one in Greed's group to trust him, though it was more likely he just likes watching things "go BOOM." Bido died during the military raid which executed Archer's order to "sanitize" the Devil's Nest bar before Kimblee snatches the sack which holds Greed's skull, implying Kimblee murdered him. Though in the next episode, Bido can also be seen floating face-up in the sewer when the military chased Greed and what remained of his group of chimeras.
Bido is possibly one of the more comical members of Greed's gang, as he suffers the most comical pain. In the English dub, his name was never used, although in the credits he is cast as either Bido or Lizard Man. In the Conqueror of Shamballa, the members of Alfons Heidenreich's rocket crew looks suspiciously like Greed, Dorchet, Loa, and Bido.
In the manga, it is revealed that Biddo was not inside the Devil's Nest during the military assault. He returns to find the street cordoned off by the military and guesses what is going on and escapes. His current whereabouts are unknown.
[edit] Scar's Master
| Japanese Cast [1] | English Cast [2] |
|---|---|
| Yuzuru Fujimoto | Grant James |
Scar's mentor from Ishbal, a holy man. The two got separated when Kimblee attacked the group of refugees of which they were a part. Upon learning of his student's "crusade" against State Alchemists, he counsels him on the teachings of Ishbala. In the anime, it he says, "Those who suffer pain can sleep at night. Those who inflict pain cannot sleep." In the manga, he explains "Revenge only grows seeds of revenge" (which Scar didn't care for much until he found Winry pointing a gun at him, intending to seek revenge for her parents' deaths, as Scar was their killer in the manga). He later speaks on behalf of the Ishbalans at a refugee camp when Mustang and his men arrive looking for Scar. Scar's master was one of the few survivors of the covert op of which Martel was a part, and which triggered the Ishbal massacre. He is never mentioned by name in the anime. He does exist in the Manga because he can be seen in a cameo in Chapter 58 for a brief period of time.
[edit] Scar's elder brother
| Japanese Cast [1] | English Cast [2] |
|---|---|
| Yu Mizushima | Bill Townsley |
In the anime:
Like his manga counterpart, Scar's elder brother is un-named. He fell in love with a woman who died of illness before they could get married. Going against his people's taboo, he attempted to revive his lover with alchemy. He is shown bleeding profusely from the groin area immediately after attempting the transmutation, which suggests that he lost his sexual organs during the transmutation process in the same way that Ed lost an arm and leg and Izumi lost some internal organs. The failed attempt created the homonculus Lust, and he was exiled from Ishbaal.
Years later, Scar's brother returned when the military attacked Ishbaal and tried to help the Ishbalans by creating the Philosopher's Stone. However, he used the dying people of Ishbaal as the ingredients while using his own body to house the Stone. Later, after Kimblee fatally wounded Scar, his brother transferred the "still-incomplete" Philosopher's Stone into his right arm, then ripping it off himself and grafting the limb onto his brother with the last of his strength. This saved Scar's life at the cost of his own.
In the manga:
Unlike his anime counterpart, Scar's brother has nothing to do with the creation of Lust and that he first became interested in alchemy during a trip to Xing. He seems to only be tattooed along his arms and he was never exiled or insane. His reason for studying Alchemy is not to revive humans, but because he wants to find the way that Ishbaalans and Amestrians can live together in peace and happiness. He believes in the philosophy "One is All, All is One" in the sense that if humans think positively, the world will flow in a positive way. It is known that the tattoos is a mix of the alchemy of Xing (Rentanjutsushi) and Amestris (Renkinjutsushi) and resembles the tattoos of Ishbaalan warrior priests. His studies in alchemy are openly known to others as seen in chapter 58, where he was reading a book in front of a group of people (with some priest/monks/warrior priest around). This implies that in the manga, Ishbaalans are more open minded to the idea of learning alchemy.
In chapter 60, Scar's brother apparently finished his alchemic research and the product is two tattooed arms. In an explanation to Scar, he tells him about the three parts to transmutation: analysis, deconstruction, and reconstruction. He goes on to explain that in his personal preference, he made right arm capable of deconstruction and the left arm of reconstruction, which defies the need for a transmutation circle, as well as explains why Scar is only capable of deconstruction.
In chapter 61, Scar's brother, Scar, and several other Ishbaalans are attacked by Kimblee, who uses the power of his Philosopher's Stone to destroy a very large section of the city. Scar is left dying with his right arm blown off, so Scar's brother sacrifices his life by using his left arm to transmute the right arm onto Scar's body. When Scar awakens and learns what happened, he goes berserk, killing Winry's parents in his rampage.
[edit] Selim Bradley
| Japanese Cast [1] | English Cast [2] |
|---|---|
| Makoto Tsumura | Zarah Little |
Selim is the son of Führer King Bradley. He looks up to his father and is obviously unaware of Bradley's true nature. It is not known how much affection Bradley has for his son, but when Mustang questions Bradley on how Selim would react if he ever knew the truth, Bradley remarks that Selim "cannot be my weakness".
In the anime, Selim appears in the final episodes in King Bradley's household as his (possibly adopted) son. Just as the final confrontation between Pride and Mustang occurs, Selim brings forth his father's "treasure", a skull belonging to his corporeal body, making him vulnerable to Mustang's attacks. Severely weakened, Bradley nevertheless chokes his "son" and breaks his neck for inadvertently enabling his demise, and is then immolated by Mustang. Selim's body is carried out of the Führer's burning residence in Roy Mustang's arms.
In the manga, Selim wants to meet Edward, who he admires greatly and refers to as the "tiny alchemist Edward-san". Initially, Alphonse believes that Selim is proof that Bradley is human (because homunculi cannot reproduce), but Knox informs everyone that Selim was in fact adopted. Before the Elric brothers depart for the northern border of Amestris in pursuit of Mei Chang, they run into Selim in the National Library. Selim is delighted to have finally met the Fullmetal Alchemist and his brother and intends to boast about it to his father while the Elric brothers are left wondering if Selim and his mother are aware that the Fuhrer is actually a homunculus.
[edit] Librarian Sciezka
Sciezka (Pronounced "Shes-ka") is a shy and mousy girl who takes part in running the Central Library. In the episode "Marcoh's Notes", when the Library burned down during a fight between Lust and Scar, all the books were burned and carried off by the wind. Tim Marcoh's book and notes, one that the Elric brothers was looking for, was presumed to be lost along with the rest of the burned books. However, Sciezka has a long-term photographic memory and proceeds to rewriting the lost book and notes.
Her house is LITERALLY stacked to the brim full of books. This is the reason why the Elric Brothers thought no one would be there.
| Fullmetal Alchemist | |
|---|---|
| Common characters: | Edward Elric | Alphonse Elric | Winry Rockbell | Scar | Izumi Curtis | Hohenheim | Minor |
| Anime-only characters: | Dante | State Military | Homunculi | Minor |
| Manga-only characters: | Main | State Military | Homunculi | Minor |
| Media: | Anime (Episode list | Voice casts) | Manga | OVAs | Conqueror of Shamballa | Video games (characters) | Trading cards |
| Items/Concepts: | Alchemy | Automail | Chimera | Equivalent Exchange | Gate of Alchemy | Philosopher's Stone | State Alchemist | Transmutation circle |
| Locations: | Amestris | Ishbal | Lab 5 | Lior |
