Father (Fullmetal Alchemist)

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Father is a villain that features in the Fullmetal Alchemist universe.

Biography

Gluttony was an attempt by Father at creating his own portal of Truth. Despite his power, Father failed and the Homunculi Gluttony was considered a failed experiment. At some point over a century ago, Greed departed the company of Father and instead sought his own desires. Since the inception of Amestris, Fathers Homunculi had been controlling the entire human nation with the higher ranked officers working under them. As such, this led him using high ranking scientists and the military to continue his experiments. Among these was the creation of the last of his Homunculi that was to embody his Wrath. This saw the military taking numerous orphans and subjecting them to a grueling regime in order to train them to become the next ruler of Amestris. By adulthood, a number were taken to be injected with a distilled liquid form of the Philosopher's Stone but the majority of them died in the process. This was until the twelfth subject who managed to survive the merger and become a human Homunculi who could age but shared all the aspects of his kin. Father met this individual who was later given the name of King Bradley with him becoming the Fuhrer of Amestris and continued to ensure his creators plan came to fruition.

With Greed captured, he was brought to the home of Father who offered him the chance to rejoin his ranks. This was because he stated that Greed was both his son and part of his soul. However, Greed refused leading to Father having his body destroyed in order to reabsorb his essence into his body once more.

Gluttony later brought Alphonse Elric to Father where the Alchemist mistakenly believed him to be his own father Hohenheim. At that moment, Edward Elric, Ling Xao and Envy emerged from Gluttonys body, father then determined that the Elrics were his chosen future sacrifices and later discovered them to be the sons of Hohenheim. Father healed the two alchemists but had no use for Ling and ordered Gluttony to devour him. This led to a confrontation ration that was joined by Scar and Mao. Edward Elric revealed Father and the Homunculis being responsible for the destruction of Ishvall. This led to a battle with Ling restrained and Father deciding instead to use the human to create a new Homunculi. Secreting a Philosopher's Stone, he created a new Greed that embodied his avarice that successfully took over Lings body. The Elric brothers were captured but the others managed to flee in the chaos of the battle.

Father later deliberated he completion of his country wide transmutation circle where he began deciding on his sacrifices. Among those candidates were Edward Alric, Alphonse Alric, Hohenheim, and Izumi Curtis with him deciding that he needed one more to complete the circle.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, the character resembled Hohenheim who was the father of Eric and Alphonse Elrics father. In reality, Father's body was actually a container that housed his true form.

Each of his homonculi were part of his being and he claimed that they were his children. This was to the point that he offered Greed to join him again. When Greed refused, Father said he had no choice but to destroy Greeds body and tea sorb him into his own form.

He compared his view of humanity to that of a humans view of an ant. Father believed in utility and that mankind was a resource to be exploited. As such, he cared little about human life and had those humans of no value to him killed.

Powers and abilities

As a homonculi, Father had great alchemical powers allowing him to transmutate other objects or people. This included the standard abilities of manipulating the environment around him. He was also able to heal wounds of others such as broken arms and ribs with a simple touch. Father was able to do this without the need of either a transmutation circle or gestures. Furthermore, he was able to bypass the law of equivalent exchange by utilizing the accumulated energy of his own body. Thus was shown when he reforged Alphonse Elrics armored hand and yet not use the Metal within his body but rather to create a new hand.

Each of the Homunculi were created from his being and he was able to create a new secrete a new Philosopher's Stone from his being. Such a process was used to recreate Greed after Father had absorbed him. The new Greed lacked the memories of the older one that was referred to as Fathers previoud avarice before the new one.

Notes

• Father waa voiced by actor Iemasa Kayumi and by English actor Kent Williams in the dubbed series.
• In the first anime adaptation, the character did not appear and was instead replaced with Dante who never appeared in the Manga.

Appearances

• Fullmetal Alchemist:

External Links

• Animevice Entry

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