#Homunculus fullmetal alchemist series#

An example to this is that Wrath as we know him in the series was the twelfth attempt by Father to create a Homunculus that embodied his wrath.

Most often than not, the stone wins, and the human dies. The stone and the body of the human clash until one overcomes the other. A new set is created by injecting one of Father's stones into the body of a living human being. Though the original six Homunculi have bodies that were built around the Philosopher's Stone, for the sake of his machinations, Father began experimenting with a new method of Homunculus creation. Wrath and the second Greed were unique Homunculi, being created from existing humans instead of Father himself. Each of the seven Homunculi has a Philosopher's Stone as its core, and all except for ' Wrath' are capable of complete physical regeneration as long as their stones are intact. As a result, these Homunculi are largely devoted to the completion of their Father's grand plan (with the exception of Greed, as he defects twice). They boast human intelligence and emotions, taking pride in their existence as higher beings, but feeling humility and gratitude toward Father for having given them life. By using the souls from the population of Xerxes, Father himself became a Philosopher's Stone of sorts that was capable of creating others like himself.įather and his seven Homunculi have physical compositions similar to those of humans but consider themselves superior due to their heightened strengths and abilities. In Xerxes, Father used half the population to create his body, which was a physical copy of the body of Van Hohenheim, a former slave turned brilliant alchemist whose blood was used to create Father originally. He did this in an attempt to become the ultimate being by purging himself of the seven vices which make humans imperfect. The other seven Homunculi are embodiments of his vices, and therefore extensions of himself. The central antagonist is the original homunculus known simply as Father, who is a fully artificial human created through alchemy several hundred years before the start of the series in a country known as Xerxes. In the manga and 2009 anime, the Homunculi are the eight primary antagonists of the series.

Homunculus fullmetal alchemist