Edward Elric is the Fullmetal Alchemist. He is a prodigy, becoming the youngest State Alchemist in the Army's history. Edward stunned his superiors by using Alchemy without an array, a miraculous feat never witnessed before. Ed despises being "a dog of the military," but it grants him the opportunity to seek out the legendary Philosopher's Stone, a crimson crystal rumored to increase the power of the Alchemist who uses it.

Edward seeks the stone so that he may restore his missing limbs, and more importantly reunite his younger brother Alphonse's body with his soul, which was tragically trapped in a suit of armor after a failed attempt through Alchemy to revive the dead Tricia Elric, the boys' mother.

Edward realizes he has a gift, a gift that most State Alchemists could only dream of having. But he knows that with that gift he becomes a high profile target. As Edward reluctantly fights off a crazed assassin who vows revenge on all State Alchemists, Edward begins to unravel the clues that reveal that not all is as it seems at the highest levels of the State Military. And, that there is a terrible secret behind the precious Philosopher's Stone.




Alphonse Elric was but an innocent young child when a tragic chain of events changed his life forever. First, his father mysteriously vanished while Al was too young to remember. Then, after battling a terrible illness, Al’s mother succumbed to death. Finally, during a horrific accident performing forbidden Alchemy, Al’s body was sealed inside a suit of armor. Undaunted and unashamed by all that has happened in his short life, Al carries on, eternally supporting his older brother, Edward, in his search for the Philosopher’s Stone, a legendary gem with the power to restore Al’s body and Edward’s lost limbs. Al knows that he and his brother’s actions were wrong. He only wishes for the chance to make things right.




Winry Rockbell has known Edward and Alphonse as long as she can remember. And as one might expect, Winry cares deeply for her childhood friends. It was Winry who assisted in attaching Ed’s Auto-Mail after the botch human transmutation that took his limbs away. She is much more comfortable in a garage or breaking down and rebuilding complicated mechanical devices than anywhere else.




Pinako is the elderly relative of Winry Rockbell, childhood friend of Ed and Al. Pinako serves as Winry’s caretaker after her parents are killed in battle. Pinako also happens to be the brilliant Auto-Mail mechanic who first fitted Ed with his mechanical limbs. She tells it like it is and isn’t afraid to butt heads with anyone over anything. She is tough as nails, but maintains a soft spot for Ed and Al despite disagreeing with Ed’s desire to join the terrible State Army.




Trisha Elric’s life was beautiful, peaceful, and full of promise  until her husband went away, never to return.  Saddled with two small boys and the truth about her husband, Tricia battled through the good times and the bad.  Despite her brave exterior, darkness triumphed, eating away at her health until she could no longer combat the inevitable. On her deathbed, Tricia realized the amazing talents her sons possessed and the great work they were destined to do.  Little did she know that Edward and Alphonse would soon attempt the most forbidden practice in all of Alchemy.