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Alphonse Elric | |
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*Al
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Homeworld: |
Ain'uikni Earth |
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Home universe: |
Ain'uikni universe |
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Nationality: |
Amestrian |
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Ethnicity: |
Xerxesian-Amestrian |
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Date of birth: |
April 19, 1900 (1410 N.E.) Resembool, East State, Amestris |
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Species: |
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Gender: |
Male |
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Height: |
1.7 m (5'7 ft) |
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Hair color: |
Blonde |
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Eye color: |
Gold |
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Skin color: |
Light |
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Affiliation: |
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Occupation(s): |
Scientist
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Status: |
Alive |
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Father: |
Van Hohenheim |
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Mother: |
Trisha Elric (deceased) |
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Sibling(s): |
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Marital status: |
married |
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Spouse(s): |
Mei Elric |
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Alphonse Elric or nicknamed "Al" by his brother, is the younger brother of Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist, Al was also a victim of the failed Human Transmutation experiment in which Ed lost his right arm and left leg. Having had his entire physical being taken away from him in the aftermath of the tragedy, Alphonse exists solely as a soul alchemically bound to a large suit of steel armor. Now, Al travels with his brother in search of a legendary Philosopher's Stone, an item with the power to restore their bodies to normal. His brother succeeded in this attempt and brought back his lost limbs and his body, unfortunately, around the time they did this, Ain'uikni's status as a neutral zone collapsed and their world became another front in the ongoing First Multiverse War.
Biography[]
Personality and Traits[]
In many ways, Alphonse's calm and passive disposition exists as a foil to his older brother's more abrasive personality. Al is kindhearted, notably compassionate and patient almost to a fault, acting often out of protective selflessness for his loved ones, new friends and sometimes even toward his enemies (Scar is a particular example). Having had his psychological growth stunted at the age of ten due to loss of his physical body, Alphonse retains a childlike purity in the face of all his encountered horrors; however, despite his age, he has always displayed a significantly higher level of maturity than Edward. Though Al is as passionate as his brother, he has remarked that his anger takes longer to spark and jokes that he is always beaten to the punch by Edward's outbursts. Much of his personality are traits he inherited from his mother.
On the other hand, Al's heart does contain some darkness born from the tragedies of his life. Plagued with insecurities about his own uncertain existence inside a suit of armor, Al craves the human warmth of his former life in desperate silence, fears that he will never again know closeness, and is sometimes overwhelmed by the suspicion that he himself is not human. It is also revealed that Alphonse carries the added burden of blaming himself for the failure of his mother's resurrection and the subsequent loss of his brother's limbs. Whenever someone says it would be cool to have a suit of armor as a body, Al says that they should be careful what they wish for, since while it's saved his and Ed's lives several times, it also means he can't eat, sleep or even feel the air around him. At the same time, he doesn't like being pitied for his condition either, since as far as he's concerned, he brought it upon himself.
After the deaths of several people (Nina, Hughes and Martel), Alphonse decides that he won't allow anyone else to die, partially because he feels responsible for their deaths; he refuses to leave Riza to get killed by Lust even when she asks him to (due to the fact that she thought Mustang had been killed), saying he's sick of watching people die and he won't allow anyone else to get killed if he can do something about it, a trait Mustang wholeheartedly agrees with. He also refuses to abandon Heinkel to save himself from Pride and Kimblee, saying that he'll save them both despite the odds being very much not in his favor.
As Edward detests his own diminutive stature, Alphonse dislikes being reminded of his large size and often becomes melancholy when it inhibits or calls undue attention to him, lamenting that it was not his choice to become so big. As such, he displays a great deal of pleasure when others treat him as a child instead of the hulking brutish adult persona that his appearance gives off. Possibly as part of his desire for warmth and love, Alphonse displays a great affection for small cats and has developed a bad habit of picking up stray kittens that he finds over the course of his travels, hiding them inside his armor cavity from his disapproving brother.
On a more subtle level, Alphonse appears to have a great fondness for women as well. Particularly sensitive himself, Alphonse has a gift for complimentary and inspirational speech that surpasses even that of his brother's. While this does not negate the effect his armor body has on ordinary girls, it does allow him to leave an impression on the few women with whom he regularly associates such as May Chang, Riza Hawkeye, Lan Fan and Sheska. When his skills are necessary, Alphonse is often paired up with female comrades in situations where Edward is not present. In many of the omake, Arakawa makes Al's primary motivation finding a girlfriend.
Aside from the warmth of physical contact, what Alphonse misses most about having a human body seems to be delicious food. He keeps a journal of all the various foods he will eat upon returning to his body in order to keep his spirits up (a practice encouraged by Edward) and has stated that his fondest wish is to have some of Winry's apple pie.
Powers and Abilities[]
Having apprenticed under the master alchemist Izumi Curtis, Alphonse has been trained to condition his body through regular workouts and sparring as part of her philosophy, "to train the spirit, first train the body." As such, Al has become a particularly competent hand-to-hand fighter, able to hold his own against armed opponents and even skilled martial arts practitioners. In fact, Edward had stated that Alphonse is an even more skilled combatant than himself and notes that he has never beaten him in a fight, even since before Izumi's training. Additionally, his armor body has several combat advantages including - strengthened offense and defense, imperviability to bullets, inexhaustible stamina, invulnerability against extreme temperatures and an exemption from needing to breathe, eat or sleep. Unfortunately, these are all tempered by the fact that he cannot take any actions that might cause the Blood Seal inside his armor to be damaged so as to prevent his soul from becoming detached.
Like his brother, Alphonse also wields a genius-level intellect and prodigious proficiency in the studies of biology, chemistry, and alchemy. While Edward is apparently the greater mind of the two, Alphonse does not trail far behind and has been able to match wits with his brother since the days they learned alchemy together as children. Alphonse, skilled with words, is capable of solving complex alchemical puzzles and mysteries and has displayed an encyclopedic knowledge of his craft, but seems to lack Edward's amazing sense of focus, instead developing the social skills in which his older brother is so sorely deficient.
Alchemy[]
- Like his brother, he too can perform alchemy by clapping is hands on a transmutation circle. Alphonse gains the additional ability to transmute without having to draw a transmutation circle at all. Having passed through the Gate as a result of the failed Human Transmutation, the ability had remained dormant inside his soul so long as his more tragic memories of the event stayed repressed. But after he regains his memories, Alphonse discovers that the skill he had watched his brother and master perform so many times now belonged to him as well and puts it into practice for the first time.
- Armor Body- But due to his soul being attached to an armored body, Alphonse doesn't require food, drink, or sleep nor does he get fatigued from running of lifting objects, as this body gives him augmented strength.
- Soul Transplantation- He is able to transfer a piece of his soul into an armored body, due to him being bonded to one (Conqueror of Shamballa only).
- Hand-to-hand combat- Since Alphonse and Edward trained together in fighting in the beginning, the brothers learned how to fight by sparring against each other. Alphonse, can even hold his own whenever he does not use alchemy in any fighting situations, though he does not enjoy it, he is still able to fight alone when Edward is not around.
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