Full Metal Alchemist - Recent changes [en]

Denny Brosh

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Van Hohenheim

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Van Hohenheim

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‎Abilities:

Shou Tucker

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‎Manga & 2009 Anime:

Shou Tucker

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Shou Tucker

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Shou Tucker

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Shou Tucker

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Miranda

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‎Role in the Story: As for the picture caption change: since the article refers to him exclusively as ""Ashleigh"", I changed it for conformity/consistency.

Maes Hughes

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Shou Tucker

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Well, aren't you clever?

Shou Tucker

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Replaced content with "He is an asshole, that's all you need to know. Category:Chimera Category:Deceased Category:State Alchemists"

Maria Ross

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Melvin Voyager

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Genz Bresslau

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Majhal

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Episode 31: The 520 Cens Promise (2009 series)

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‎Episode Notes: I hate that piece of trivia. The Mustang Unit page illustrates a crystal clear image of both of them being assigned those pieces, which makes more sense to me as well. I don't know who wrote this, but they're wrong.

Homunculus

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Homunculus

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Undo revision 41289 by 98.28.64.131 Yeah, same generation... apart only like... you know, 400 years.

Rebecca Catalina

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King Bradley

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... wtf? lol

Jean Havoc

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Rebecca Catalina

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Jean Havoc

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Rebecca Catalina

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TRIVIA - everyone, i think this could be a interesting information

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King Bradley

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Alchemy

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Homunculus

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‎Manga and 2009 Series:

Ridel LeCoulte

2013-05-18T17:32:28Z

Again, he is named, it's just unrevealed

Dominic LeCoulte

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Winry Rockbell

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Edward Elric

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Winry Rockbell

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‎Return to Central:

Truth

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Edward Elric

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Returning Father and the Nameless Grave

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Olivier Mira Armstrong

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Undo revision 41273 by Jahlil (talk)

Edward Elric

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Edward Elric

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‎Hunting Immortals:

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-'''Sergeant Denny Brosh''' (also spelled '''Bloch'''-デニー・ブロッシュ, ''Denī Burosshu)'' is a soldier in the [[Amestris|Amestrian]] [[State Military]], and the always present partner of [[Maria Ross]].
+'''Sergeant Denny Brosh''' (also spelled '''Bloch'''-デニー・ブロッシュ, ''Denī Burosshu)'' is a soldier in the [[Amestris|Amestrian]] [[State Military]], and the always present partner of [[Maria Ross]]. He is rather nosy and lazy, and has an enormous infatuation with his partner. He is very sensitive to criticism, and will fall into despair at the slightest insult. Both he and Ross are introduced when they are assigned to protect [[Edward Elric]]. In the 2003 anime, Brosh later appears in the rebellion against King Bradley, saving various characters from execution. In the manga, he appears again after Ross's apparent death. Though he is deeply saddened by the news, Ross feels it is for the best that he not know she is alive, as he has difficulty hiding his emotions.
 [[File:Dennyhappy.jpg|thumb|left|Denny's glee upon seeing Ross alive.]]
-He is rather nosy and lazy, and has an enormous infatuation with his partner. He is very sensitive to criticism, and will fall into despair at the slightest insult. Both he and Ross are introduced when they are assigned to protect [[Edward Elric]]. In the 2003 anime, Brosh later appears in the rebellion against King Bradley, saving various characters from execution. In the manga, he appears again after Ross's apparent death. Though he is deeply saddened by the news, Ross feels it is for the best that he not know she is alive, as he has difficulty hiding his emotions. When [[Roy Mustang]] begins waging an assault on Central, Brosh rushes into the city to provide assistance against the "demon" who supposedly killed Ross. However, he soon hears Ross broadcasting support for Mustang's coup, and recognizes her voice almost immediately. He later joins Mustang's resistance group and reunites with Ross, facing her in a torrent of tears.
+[[File:Brosh-family.png|thumb|left|Brosh with his younger brothers.]]
 Brosh and Ross later fall victim to the Nationwide [[Transmutation Circle]], but are revived by [[Van Hohenheim|Hohenheim's]] failsafe.

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 As a Human [[Philosopher's Stone]], Van Hohenheim's body is capable of the same level of miraculous regeneration as those of the [[Homunculi]] and as such, he has been rendered incapable of death or even aging - having been preserved in the prime of life and health for roughly four hundred years. His stone however, is far greater than that of any of the Homunculi, as their Stones came from Father's Stone, which is the same size as Hohenheim's. With nearly four centuries of life experience and Alchemical study accumulated, Van Hohenheim's level of alchemical knowledge easily dwarfs that of any other human alchemist in the history of the world. With over half a million souls powering his stone, Van is not only capable of performing transmutations without the use of a [[Transmutation Circle]], but can also transmute without moving his body at all and can even perform biological transmutations and circumvent the law of [[Equivalent Exchange]] with ease. Additionally, since he has become capable of conversing directly with each of the 536,329 human souls which make up his Philosopher's Stone, Van's alchemy is extremely versatile and can be implemented in multiple locations at once even without his own will to actively guide it, so long as he has deposited some of his souls there. Additionally, it appears to be more powerful than that of any other alchemist with a Stone due to having the support of the Stone's souls. During his confrontation with Father, he deflected several sustained energy blasts from Father, and called upon the souls of his Stone to aid him. After receiving their aid, his power was augmented to the point that Father could not overcome his shielding with anything less than a nuclear explosion. He also defeated Father during the first round of their battle, and was only overcome when Father revealed his amorphous, undamageable shadow form and enveloped him. It is likely that the alchemy he learned during his youth in [[Xerxes]] serves as the basis for the [[Xing]]ese art of [[Alkahestry]]. It is not a false statement to say that Van is the second-most alchemically powerful humanoid character in the series, second only to Father after absorbing the power of God.
-'''In the 2003 anime''', Hohenheim is not a Philosopher's Stone, but rather an alchemist who has discovered a method of detaching the soul from the body and transferring it to another body using the Philosopher's Stone to circumvent Equivalent Exchange. By this method, he has managed to elude death for roughly four hundred years, but is still as vulnerable to attack as any human. Additionally, the instability experienced when a soul inhabits an incompatible body causes the body to rot more and more prematurely with each body transfer. Of his skills, his most significant is the ability to transmute light, shaping it into a physical form of his choosing and manipulating it remotely, earning him the nickname "Hohenheim of Light". Soon after his appearance in the 2003 anime, he is seen shaping light into Golems (resembling Alphonse's armour) which he causes to attack his enemies.
+'''In the 2003 anime''', Hohenheim is not a Philosopher's Stone, but rather an alchemist who has discovered a method of detaching the soul from the body and transferring it to another body using the Philosopher's Stone to circumvent Equivalent Exchange. By this method, he has managed to elude death for roughly four hundred years, but is still as vulnerable to attack as any human. Additionally, the instability experienced when a soul inhabits an incompatible body causes the body to rot more and more prematurely with each body transfer. Of his skills, his most significant is the ability to transmute light, shaping it into a physical form of his choosing and manipulating it remotely, earning him the nickname "Hohenheim of Light". Soon after his appearance in the 2003 anime, he is seen shaping light into Golems (resembling Alphonse's armor) which he causes to attack his enemies.
 ==In the manga and 2009 anime==

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 As a Human [[Philosopher's Stone]], Van Hohenheim's body is capable of the same level of miraculous regeneration as those of the [[Homunculi]] and as such, he has been rendered incapable of death or even aging - having been preserved in the prime of life and health for roughly four hundred years. His stone however, is far greater than that of any of the Homunculi, as their Stones came from Father's Stone, which is the same size as Hohenheim's. With nearly four centuries of life experience and Alchemical study accumulated, Van Hohenheim's level of alchemical knowledge easily dwarfs that of any other human alchemist in the history of the world. With over half a million souls powering his stone, Van is not only capable of performing transmutations without the use of a [[Transmutation Circle]], but can also transmute without moving his body at all and can even perform biological transmutations and circumvent the law of [[Equivalent Exchange]] with ease. Additionally, since he has become capable of conversing directly with each of the 536,329 human souls which make up his Philosopher's Stone, Van's alchemy is extremely versatile and can be implemented in multiple locations at once even without his own will to actively guide it, so long as he has deposited some of his souls there. Additionally, it appears to be more powerful than that of any other alchemist with a Stone due to having the support of the Stone's souls. During his confrontation with Father, he deflected several sustained energy blasts from Father, and called upon the souls of his Stone to aid him. After receiving their aid, his power was augmented to the point that Father could not overcome his shielding with anything less than a nuclear explosion. He also defeated Father during the first round of their battle, and was only overcome when Father revealed his amorphous, undamageable shadow form and enveloped him. It is likely that the alchemy he learned during his youth in [[Xerxes]] serves as the basis for the [[Xing]]ese art of [[Alkahestry]]. It is not a false statement to say that Van is the second-most alchemically powerful humanoid character in the series, second only to Father after absorbing the power of God.
-'''In the 2003 anime''', Hohenheim is not a Philosopher's Stone, but rather an alchemist who has discovered a method of detaching the soul from the body and transferring it to another body using the Philosopher's Stone to circumvent Equivalent Exchange. By this method, he has managed to elude death for roughly four hundred years, but is still as vulnerable to attack as any human. Additionally, the instability experienced when a soul inhabits an incompatible body causes the body to rot more and more prematurely with each body transfer. Of his skills, his most significant is the ability to transmute light, shaping it into a physical form of his choosing and manipulating it remotely, earning him the nickname "Hohenheim of Light". Soon after his appearance in the 2003 anime, he is seen shaping light into Golems which he causes to attack his enemies.
+'''In the 2003 anime''', Hohenheim is not a Philosopher's Stone, but rather an alchemist who has discovered a method of detaching the soul from the body and transferring it to another body using the Philosopher's Stone to circumvent Equivalent Exchange. By this method, he has managed to elude death for roughly four hundred years, but is still as vulnerable to attack as any human. Additionally, the instability experienced when a soul inhabits an incompatible body causes the body to rot more and more prematurely with each body transfer. Of his skills, his most significant is the ability to transmute light, shaping it into a physical form of his choosing and manipulating it remotely, earning him the nickname "Hohenheim of Light". Soon after his appearance in the 2003 anime, he is seen shaping light into Golems (resembling Alphonse's armour) which he causes to attack his enemies.
 ==In the manga and 2009 anime==

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 ==Manga & 2009 Anime==
-[[File:Death.png|thumb|left|The end of Shou Tucker and his daughter]]Unable to reverse the damage that Tucker has done to Nina, the Elrics have no choice but to leave the estate and report the incident to Colonel Mustang, who places Sewing-Life under house arrest with his daughter until he is to be tried in [[Central|Central City]]. But before [[Maes Hughes|Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes]] and [[Alex Louis Armstrong|Major Alex Louis Armstrong]] arrive in East City to take him into custody, the mysterious [[Scar]] makes his first appearance by breaking into the estate and murdering Shou Tucker along with his mutated Chimera daughter.
+[[File:Death.png|thumb|left|The end of Shou Tucker and his daughter.]]Unable to reverse the damage that Tucker has done to Nina, the Elrics have no choice but to leave the estate and report the incident to Colonel Mustang, who places Sewing-Life under house arrest with his daughter until he is to be tried in [[Central|Central City]]. But before [[Maes Hughes|Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes]] and [[Alex Louis Armstrong|Major Alex Louis Armstrong]] arrive in East City to take him into custody, the mysterious [[Scar]] makes his first appearance by breaking into the estate and murdering Shou Tucker along with his mutated Chimera daughter.
 Tucker later reappears in a dream in [[Chapter 43]], accusing Edward of turning his brother and mother into monsters.

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 |birth        =
 |age          = Early forties
-|family       = [[Nina Tucker]] (daughter)(deceased) <br> Wife (deceased)
+|family       = [[Nina Tucker]] (daughter)(deceased) <br> [[Mrs. Tucker|Wife]] (deceased)
 |affiliations = State Military
 |species      = Human (Chimera in 2003 anime)
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 ==Manga & 2009 Anime==
-[[File:Fullmetal_Alchemist04_33.jpg|thumb|left|Scar killing Shou.]]Unable to reverse the damage that Tucker has done to Nina, the Elrics have no choice but to leave the estate and report the incident to Colonel Mustang, who places Sewing-Life under house arrest with his daughter until he is to be tried in [[Central|Central City]]. But before [[Maes Hughes|Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes]] and [[Alex Louis Armstrong|Major Alex Louis Armstrong]] arrive in East City to take him into custody, the mysterious [[Scar]] makes his first appearance by breaking into the estate and murdering Shou Tucker along with his mutated Chimera daughter.
+[[File:Death.png|thumb|left|The end of Shou Tucker and his daughter]]Unable to reverse the damage that Tucker has done to Nina, the Elrics have no choice but to leave the estate and report the incident to Colonel Mustang, who places Sewing-Life under house arrest with his daughter until he is to be tried in [[Central|Central City]]. But before [[Maes Hughes|Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes]] and [[Alex Louis Armstrong|Major Alex Louis Armstrong]] arrive in East City to take him into custody, the mysterious [[Scar]] makes his first appearance by breaking into the estate and murdering Shou Tucker along with his mutated Chimera daughter.
 Tucker later reappears in a dream in [[Chapter 43]], accusing Edward of turning his brother and mother into monsters.

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		+	{{Character Infobox
		+	\|name = Shou Tucker
		+	\|image = [[Image:tucker.png\|300px]]
		+	\|aliases = Sewing Life Alchemist
		+	\|birth place = [[Amestris]]
		+	\|birth =
		+	\|age = Early forties
		+	\|family = [[Nina Tucker]] (daughter)(deceased) <br> Wife (deceased)
		+	\|affiliations = State Military
		+	\|species = Human (Chimera in 2003 anime)
		+	\|occupation = State Alchemist
		+	\|rank = Major
		+	\|trait =
		+	\|abilities = Alchemy
		+	\|weapon =
		+	\|goal = Recreating his daughter with the Philosopher's stone(2003 anime)
		+	\|first appearance = [[Episode 6: The Alchemy Exam (2003 series)\|Episode 6 (2003 series)]]<br>[[Episode 4: An Alchemist's Anguish (2009 series)\|Episode 4 (2009 series)]]
		+	\|voiceactor = Chuck Huber
		+	\|japanactor = Makoto Nagai}}

		+	'''Shou Tucker''', the '''Sewing-Life Alchemist '''(綴命の錬金術師, ''Teimei no Renkinjutsushi''), was referred to [[Edward Elric]] by Colonel [[Roy Mustang]] in [[Chapter 5]] when the Fullmetal Alchemist was in need of a bio-alchemist whose research notes might hold a clue to restoring his and [[Alphonse Elric\|Alphonse's]] bodies. Tucker had gained a bit of notoriety and earned his [[State Alchemist]]'s License two years prior to the series by producing a [[chimera]] capable of human speech. Ed and Al begin visiting Tucker at his estate to pore over his library of texts and forge a bit of a friendly relationship with the Sewing-Life Alchemist as well as his young daughter [[Nina Tucker\|Nina]] and their dog Alexander, though Tucker's wife was said to have left the family two years before. Tucker explains to the Elrics that bio-alchemy, especially in the field of chimeric research is experimental at best and results in a large number of failures and false starts. Tucker himself notes that, ever since the speaking chimera that earned him his license, he has yet to present an alchemical breakthrough worthy of his yearly [[State Alchemist]] assessment and fears that a failure this year will lose him his certification and research privileges.
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		+	When [[Tucker]] reveals to the Elric brothers that he has finally managed to create another speaking [[chimera]], Edward quickly perceives that Tucker has bypassed the impediments of artificially creating a being capable of comprehending and vocalizing speech by instead alchemically merging a live human with an animal - in this case [[Nina]] and Alexander and in the previous case, his wife. Tucker coldly confirms [[Edward]]'s gruesome suspicions, to which Edward responds violently. The Sewing-Life Alchemist taunts Fullmetal between blows, stating that the two alchemists are alike in their sacrilege - that Edward's attempt to steal his mother's life back from the grave and Tucker's use of his family's lives to further his research are both indicative of scientific minds that seek knowledge despite any preconceived taboos attached.
		+
		+	==Manga & 2009 Anime==
		+	[[File:Fullmetal_Alchemist04_33.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Scar killing Shou.]]Unable to reverse the damage that Tucker has done to Nina, the Elrics have no choice but to leave the estate and report the incident to Colonel Mustang, who places Sewing-Life under house arrest with his daughter until he is to be tried in [[Central\|Central City]]. But before [[Maes Hughes\|Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes]] and [[Alex Louis Armstrong\|Major Alex Louis Armstrong]] arrive in East City to take him into custody, the mysterious [[Scar]] makes his first appearance by breaking into the estate and murdering Shou Tucker along with his mutated Chimera daughter.
		+
		+	Tucker later reappears in a dream in [[Chapter 43]], accusing Edward of turning his brother and mother into monsters.
		+
		+	==2003 anime==
		+	[[File:Shou Tucker.jpg\|thumb\|Tucker in the first anime series.]]
		+	Though in the manga the Elrics meet Shou Tucker as part of the normal chronology, in the 2003 anime series the Tucker arc is a flashback set while the brothers are preparing for the State [[Alchemy]] exam and Tucker himself plays a significantly larger role in the anime's storyline.
		+
		+	Instead of being another [[alchemist]] under the jurisdiction of [[Colonel Mustang]] in East City, Tucker is under the command of Brigadier General [[Basque Grand]] in Central, who continually pressures the Sewing-Life Alchemist to perform in accordance with the high standards set by his first chimera. After Edward's confrontation with Tucker, Grand immediately steps in to take the Tuckers into custody and orders the Elrics not to speak the truth of the matter to anyone (suggesting that he had known the truth behind Tucker's chimera beforehand). Though [[Edward]] interferes to allow Nina to escape being a test subject in what Edward calls Grand's attempt to create a "half-beast army", Tucker remains in custody and is reportedly sentenced to death without a trial as part of a cover-up.
		+
		+	[[File:ShouTuckerChimera.gif\|thumb\|left\|180px\|Shou Tucker as a chimera holding the lifeless Nina doll.]]
		+	In actuality, Tucker was not executed but sent to [[Laboratory 5]] as a researcher and test subject. In the 2003 anime's version of the Lab 5 arc, [[Edward]] encounters Tucker—who has now become a monstrous chimera himself—during his investigation of the deeper echelons of the facility. Since the death of his daughter, Tucker worked non-stop to try and bring her back in chimera form, failing every time. One of these failures resulted in a rebound, turning the alchemist into a chimera himself. During this time, Tucker also created several non-Nina chimera and acts as their master. In cooperation with the [[Homunculi]], he attempts to trick [[Edward]] into fashioning a [[Philosopher's Stone]] out of prison inmates, hoping that the Homunculi will help create new Homunculus body for Nina with his memories as the foundation of 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 the homunculus the immortality that he so desired, as well as serve as a doctor to the other chimera working with Greed.
		+
		+	After Greed and his followers' demise, 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 chimera for Archer and the Führer, Tucker used his research to create lifeless dolls in Nina's image. 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 (2003 anime)\|Sloth]] pointed out that Tucker's will was not strong enough to bind Nina's soul into the new body made for her. With his hopes shattered, this bit of information drove Tucker into further madness. He 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 relive the happy times before his daughter became a victim of his research.
		+
		+	==Trivia==
		+
		+	*In the original Japanese, Tucker's first name is pronounced as "Show", while in the English dub, it is mispronounced as "Shao". Ironically, [[May Chang]]'s pet panda [[Xiao-Mei]] is pronounced as "Shao" in Japanese, and sometimes as "Show" in English.
		+	*Tucker is arguably the most widely hated character in the series, both by fans, characters, and [[Hiromu Arakawa]] herself. In the "[[In Memoriam]]" omakes, Tucker is the only one shown going to Hell instead of Heaven, with not even truly heartless characters like [[Envy]], [[Solf J. Kimblee]], or [[Barry the Chopper]] joining him.
		+	*It is possible that the only reason Shou Tucker was unable to bind Nina's soul to the body he transmuted is because her soul was a part of the philosopher's stone Tucker used as energy for the transmutation.(The old Ishvalan exile told Scar that the souls of every person he killed were inside his arm along with the souls his brother had consumed.) Which makes it very possible that Nina's soul was consumed for the power to create the body.
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		+	==External Links==
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		+	{{FMA Characters}}
		+	{{FMA}}
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		+	{{DEFAULTSORT:Tucker, Shou}}
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 Kind, loving, and affectionate father of Nina Tucker.
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 ==Role in the Story==
-Miranda is first introduced leading a surprise attack on a train suspected to be carrying Milosian border-jumpers captured by the [[Amestris|Amestrian]] [[State Military|military]]. The event ends up being a trap set by Major Peter Soyuz to catch the Black Bats, and Miranda is seen ushering her fellow Bats to safety before fleeing herself. Taking advantage of the military's focus on the train cars, she and other Bats storm the prison on their gliders to stage an impromptu prison break/rescue mission. After [[Julia_Crichton|Julia]] escapes the building during the chaos, Miranda attempts to fly her to safety before an [[Atlas|unknown man]] interferes. After making two other attempts to rescue Julia from the top of a bell tower (the second attempt almost causing her to be yanked out of the sky herself), she watches helplessly as Julia, [[Alphonse]] and mystery man fall over the gorge and plummet into the valley below, only to watch as the third saves them all with his alchemy.
+{{spoiler}}
 After landing on the valley floor, she demands that Julia be released into her custody. The mystery man introduces himself as Ashleigh Crichton, son of two famed Death Valley alchemists and brother to Julia. After returning to the Bats' secret cave, she explains the Black Bats' goal to "Ashleigh" and shamelessly petitions his help in their war. Thereafter, she observes "Ashleigh" and Julia's reunion and learns the cost and repercussions of opening the Gate of Truth.
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 After securing "Ashleigh's" assistance, she and the Black Bats lay down their plans for a siege on [[Table City]] and the creation of the Star. She comforts an ambivalent Julia about the importance and morality of their mission, and together, they all set out for the City.
-[[File:Miranda1.png|thumb|left|Mirand being stabbed by "Atlas".]]During the siege, Miranda is literally stabbed in the back by "Ashleigh", who uses her blood to activate the transmutation circle for the Star. As she lay dying, Miranda learns of the treachery of her most trusted subordinate, Alan, and of "Ashleigh's" true identity. Later, just as "Ashleigh" is preparing to kill Julia, Miranda uses the last of her strength to bury a knife into the lunatic's back, though the force behind it is not enough to mortally wound him. In retribution, "Ashleigh" creates an icicle with his alchemy and drives it into Miranda's back. She falls to the floor, and with her last breath begs Julia to run, saying "You must live..." Following the seizure of the Cretan military base in the name of Milos, Julia and Vatanen both mourn her loss.
+[[File:Miranda1.png|thumb|left|Miranda being stabbed by "Ashleigh".]]During the siege, Miranda is literally stabbed in the back by "Ashleigh", who uses her blood to activate the transmutation circle for the Star. As she lay dying, Miranda learns of the treachery of her most trusted subordinate, Alan, and of "Ashleigh's" true identity. Later, just as "Ashleigh" is preparing to kill Julia, Miranda uses the last of her strength to bury a knife into the lunatic's back, though the force behind it is not enough to mortally wound him. In retribution, "Ashleigh" creates an icicle with his alchemy and drives it into Miranda's back. She falls to the floor, and with her last breath begs Julia to run, saying, "You must live..."
 ==Personality==

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 |japanactor   =  Keiji Fujiwara}}
-'''Maes Hughes''' (マース・ヒューズ, ''Māsu Hyūzu'') is an [http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Amestrian Amestrian] [http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/State_Military State Military] [http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Officer officer] stationed in the Investigations Office in [http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Central_City Central City] and Colonel [http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Roy_Mustang Roy Mustang]'s best friend, as well as the closest supporter of Mustang's secret bid for the position of Führer. A devoted family man and exemplary soldier, Hughes is generally well-liked by the other characters (unless he is pushing his love of his [http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Gracia_Hughes wife] or [http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Elicia_Hughes daughter] on them) and his [http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Envy murder] serves as the major starting point for the story to unfold.
+'''Maes Hughes''' (マース・ヒューズ, ''Māsu Hyūzu'') was an [http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Amestrian Amestrian] [http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/State_Military State Military] [http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Officer officer] stationed in the Investigations Office in [http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Central_City Central City] and Colonel [http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Roy_Mustang Roy Mustang]'s best friend, as well as the closest supporter of Mustang's secret bid for the position of Führer. A devoted family man and exemplary soldier, Hughes is generally well-liked by the other characters (unless he is pushing his love of his [http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Gracia_Hughes wife] or [http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Elicia_Hughes daughter] on them) and his [http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Envy murder] serves as the major starting point for the story to unfold.
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 {{Character Infobox
 |name         = Maria Ross
-|image        = [[File:Maria.png|300px]]
+|image        = [[File:ross.png|300px]]
 |aliases      =
 |birth place  = [[Amestris]]

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 *Unlike the most officers in the [[State Military]], his last name is not derived from a military vehicle, vessel or weapon of any sort. The name "Bresslau" derives from the German name of the Polish city Wroclaw.
 *Bresslau's picture can be seen outside an [[automail]] shop in Rush Valley in [[Chapter 17: The Boomtown of the Broken Down]].
-*Genz Bresslau can also be seen in the last cutscene in Fullmetal Alchemist 2 Curse of the Crimson Elixir.
+*Genz Bresslau can also be seen in the last cutscene in Fullmetal Alchemist 2 Curse of the Crimson Elixir, standing outside the train which Ed is boarding to head to Central.  This ties in neatly with his appearance in the game Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel, as he encounters Ed on the top of the same train after his flunkies have attempted to hijack the train.
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 |japanactor   = Takaya Hashi}}'''Majhal''' is a character exclusive to the 2003 anime series who is an alchemist that wears a special bracelet around his right arm with a transmutation circle that allows him to perform alchemy. However, [[Lust]] considers him a second-rate alchemist. On their way to [[Central]] to perform in the State Alchemy exams, the Elrics, upon hearing about Majhal from a police officer, decide to pay Majhal a visit, since [[Edward]] recalled that Majhal was one of the names that was on their dad's letters and that he wrote about Human Transmutation.
-The Elrics first met Majhal after he saves them from [[Claus]]'s gang. The Elrics soon discover that Majhal is responsible for the zombies, which are actually mannequins that he created, when Ed notices the noise from the doll is the same sound coming from Majhal's house. Majhal's purpose is to perform a spirit attachment, similar to the one used on [[Alphonse]], to bind the souls of village girls (including Claus's older sister) to create living versions of the doll based on [[Karin]], a former village woman who was the love of his life 20 years ago. However, due to the process being incomplete, the souls were rejecting their new vessels which caused some of these dolls to wander into the village after escaping from his house.
+The Elrics first met Majhal after he saves them from [[Claus]]'s gang. The Elrics soon discover that Majhal is responsible for the zombies, which are actually mannequins that he created, when Ed notices the noise from the doll is the same sound coming from a section within Majhal's house. Having previously failed at Human Transmutation, Majhal's purpose is to perform a spirit attachment, similar to the one used on [[Alphonse]], to bind the souls of village girls (including Claus's older sister) to create living versions of the doll based on [[Karin]], a former village woman who was the love of his life 20 years ago. However, due to the process being incomplete, the souls were rejecting their new vessels which caused some of these dolls to wander into the village after escaping from his house.
-Majhal wanted to try to learn the perfected technique that Ed previously succeeded with in soul binding, but then Claus entered his hidden room unknowingly and Majhal attempted to use her as his latest victim. However, Ed discovered that the mysterious old woman, Lebi, that was hanging around Majhal was the real Karin. In his madness, Majhal refused to believe the truth as he was obsessed with Karin's true beauty and tried to attack them with a sword, but Ed transmuted the blue rose from Karin to knock the sword out of his hand which flew into the air and impaled Majhal through the stomach. Even as he was dying, Majhal still refused to accept the truth and died believing that he would be with Karin again.
+Majhal wanted to try to learn the perfected technique that Ed previously succeeded with in soul binding, but then Claus entered his hidden room unknowingly and Majhal attempted to use her as his latest victim. However, Ed discovered that the mysterious old woman, Lebi, that was hanging around Majhal was the real Karin. In his madness, Majhal refused to believe the truth as he was obsessed with Karin's former youthful beauty and tried to attack them with a sword, but Ed transmuted the blue rose from Karin to knock the sword out of his hand which flew into the air and impaled Majhal through the stomach. Even as he was dying, Majhal still refused to accept the truth and died believing that he would be with Karin again.
 Years later, while talking with [[Winry Rockbell]] in the Southern slums, Ed admits that while Majhal's death was an accident, he still blames himself for being responsible for the circumstances which led to Majhal dying in the first place, which is a part of the reason why he didn't want her to travel with him and Al anymore, due to the highly increasing number of deaths being involved in their journey.

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 ==Episode Notes==
 * The Transmutation Circle which appears in the background of this episode's title card is the moon array tattooed on [[Solf Kimblee]]'s left hand.
 *The 2009 series shortens the conversation between Fu and the Elrics at Dr. Knox's house including not referencing Winry or Pinako directly and also removes the scene of Fu changing into the clothes he received from Dr. Knox before he leaves the house.

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 {{about|the artificial humans named for the seven sins or created by the military|the manga storyline villain who sometimes goes by this name|Father}}
-[[Image:Fullmetal-alchemist-blood.jpg|thumb]]'''Homunculus''' (Latin for "Little Human", plural ''Homunculi'') refers to the mythological concept of an artificially created human, presumably brought into existence by certain means of [[alchemy]]. Though a common concept, well known and understood by alchemists in [[Amestris]], the idea of homunculi is regarded as no more than a farce or faraway fantasy as no individual or group of alchemists has come anywhere close to successfully creating such a being in officially recorded history. Even so, alchemists have been forbidden by the Amestrian government to attempt or research in the [[Human Transmutation|transmutation of humans]] and [[State Alchemists]] have such a restriction as part of their creed.
+[[Image:Fullmetal-alchemist-blood.jpg|thumb]]'''Homunculus''' (Latin for "Little Human", plural ''Homunculi'') refers to the mythological concept of an artificially created human, presumably brought into existence by certain means of [[alchemy]]. Though a common concept, well known and understood by alchemists in [[Amestris]], the idea of homunculi is regarded as no more than a farce or faraway fantasy as no individual or group of alchemists has come anywhere close to successfully creating such a being in officially recorded history. Even so, alchemists have been forbidden by the Amestrian government to attempt or research in the [[Human Transmutation|transmutation of humans]] and [[State Alchemist]]s have such a restriction as part of their creed.
 However, off the official record, not only one, but several of these creatures have been created in arcane, sinister secrecy. In the most relevant sense of the word, "Homunculus" refers to the eight individuals who make up the main antagonistic group of the Fullmetal Alchemist series. These created humans, named for the seven deadly sins ([[Pride]], [[Lust]], [[Greed]], [[Envy]], [[Sloth]], [[Gluttony]] and [[Wrath]]), along with their [[Father]], are beings with incredible longevity, astonishing regenerative properties and a host of varied superhuman abilities. The Homunculi usually carry the mark of the [[Ouroboros]] upon their bodies and are identified as such by said mark.

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 **[[Father]], while not named after a sin, was largely undone by the efforts of Van Hohenheim, the one from whose blood he was "born", and Greed, his own son.
 ***Though a bit of a stretch, the finishing blow was dealt by [[Edward Elric]], who could also be considered his biological son because he is more or less a clone of Hohenheim.
 *In an Omake, Father scolds the Mannequin Soldiers for not having any underwear on.
 *Animals seem to have the ability to recognize and detect Homunculi, most likely because they can sense the unnatural density of souls within them. Both Black Hayate and Xiao Mei were both able to identify Gluttony and Envy simply by being in proximity with them. (Black Hayate was even given an unofficial promotion for this skill.) Most animals become unnerved in their presence, including the horses at Briggs, several pets that lived in Central, the rats/mice that lived underground in Central, and even the vicious guardian chimera that protected Father's lair. The human chimera were also shown to become ill at ease while around them, though they could never explain just why.

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 [[File:Havoc_Breda_end.jpg|thumb|left|Rebecca with Breda and Havoc.]]
 In the final episode of the anime, she is seen in a photograph with Breda and Havoc dressed similar to [[Chris Mustang]].
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 |japanactor   = Hidekatsu Shibata<br>Hidenobu Kiuchi (young)}}
-<p style="text-align:left;">'''Führer King Bradley''' (キング・ブラッドレイ, ''Kingu Buraddorei'') was the original '''Führer''' (大総統, ''Daisōtō)'' of [[Amestris]], and one of the primary antagonists being that he is one of the seven [[Homunculi]] created by [[Father]]. In the [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|2003 anime]], Bradley was known as the [[Homunculus]] [[Pride]], but was changed in the [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|2009 anime]] reboot to his original status in the manga series as [[Wrath]]. In both series, he is the leader of Amestris, and is seen to have almost inhuman swordsmanship. However, in the manga and 2009 anime series, he is an important character being that Amestris was created for the sole purpose of exacting Father's plan to become the ultimate being. As Fürher, Bradley is the respected Commander-in-Chief of the [[State Military]], even though his political standpoints are often questioned in certain instances such as the civil war with Ishval. The civil war with Ishval was only one of many insurrections focused on creating a massive [[Philosopher's Stone]] for [[Father]]. In the 2003 anime, Bradley was created as Pride by the ancient alchemist [[Dante]], as opposed to his manga counterpart being the final Homunculus named Wrath, created by Father himself.</p>
+<p style="text-align:left;">'''Führer King Bradley''' (キング・ブラッドレイ, ''Kingu Buraddorei'') was the original '''Führer''' (大総統, ''Daisōtō)'' of [[Amestris]], and one of the primary antagonists being that he is one of the seven [[Homunculi]] created by [[Father]]. In the [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|2003 anime]], Bradley was known as the [[Homunculus]] [[Pride]], but was changed in the [[Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood|2009 anime]] reboot to his original status in the manga series as [[Wrath]]. In both series, he is the leader of Amestris, and is seen to have almost inhuman swordsmanship. However, in the manga and 2009 anime series, he is an important character being that Amestris was created for the sole purpose of exacting Father's plan to become the ultimate being. As Fürher, Bradley is the respected Commander-in-Chief of the [[State Military]], even though his political standpoints are often questioned in certain instances such as the civil war with Ishval. The civil war with Ishval was only one of many insurrections focused on creating a massive [[Philosopher's Stone]] for [[Father]]. In the 2003 anime, Bradley was created as Pride by the ancient alchemist [[Dante]], as opposed to his manga counterpart being the final Homunculus named Wrath, created by Father himself.</p>
 ==Appearance==

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 ==2003 anime series==
-[[File:Jean_Havoc.jpg|thumb|left|Havoc's design from the first series.]]
+[[File:Havoc01.jpg|thumb|left|Havoc's design from the first series.]]
 In the 2003 anime series, 2nd Lt. Havoc plays little more than a supporting role in the storyline, providing comic relief and backup alongside his comrades [[Heymans Breda]], [[Vato Falman]] and [[Kain Fuery]]. Notable instances of Havoc's involvement include the point at which he and Master Sergeant Fuery are lightly wounded by ricochet fire while attempting to sneak up on [[Edward Elric|Edward]] and [[Alphonse Elric]] near [[Resembool]] and his mission, near the end of the series, to act as a decoy for the Amestrian Military by disguising himself as Mustang during the Colonel's coup in Central City.

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 {{Character Infobox
 |name         = Rebecca Catalina
-|image        = [[File:Rebecca.jpg|300px]]
+|image        = [[File:Rebecca.png|300px]]
 |aliases      = Becky
 |birth place  = [[Amestris]]

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 [[File:Havoc_Breda_end.jpg|thumb|left|Havoc at the end, finally standing with his own two legs again.]]
 In Chapter 108, the final chapter, Havoc is shown in the photos on the few pages going through physical therapy, so he may have regained some movement in his legs, while in the final episode of the second anime, Marcoh offers to heal Roy's eyes to help him restore Ishval, Roy insists that he will use the stone after Marcoh uses it to restore Havoc's legs.
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 *Despite no such nationality being explicitly stated to exist in the Fullmetal Alchemist universe, Havoc has multiple characteristics that suggest he is of French-equivalent descent, including his height, hair and eye color, compulsion toward cigarettes, obsession with women and Francophonic name. Additionally, the covert arms dealership may be a reference to the French Resistance WWII.
 **His surname, Havoc, also has French origins as a military term in the phrase ''Crier Havok, ''a signal for soldiers to seize plunder.
-*In the OVA "Kids", the young lookalikes of Edward, Alphonse, and Winry pass by a group of kids playing cards on a sidewalk. The kids resemble some of Mustang's men from the series, and one of them looks notably like a child version of Havoc.
+*It's possible that Jean Havoc and Rebecca Catalina are/were a couple in the story. When Roy first assembles the five officers who will accompany him on his transfer to Central, Havoc says that he has a girl he's just started dating, whom Roy tells him to dump. Later, as they're passing around the intel about the Promised Day, Rebecca comes to Central to see her old buddy Riza; as she's leaving, she adds, "Say hello to Second Lieutenant Havoc for me!" We also know that Havoc's the one who equips Rebecca's truck for the coup. So it's probably that the girl Havoc had just started seeing before moving to Central was Rebecca (because she is from East Headquarters), and that they perhaps hook up again after the end of the story, seeing that she's shown with him in the ending of Brotherhood.
 *Arakawa stated she decided to make Havoc a smoker when she first outlined the main plot line of Fullmetal Alchemist in preparation for the later scene of the death of Lust, in [[Chapter 39]]. She needed someone who would carry a lighter to be used by Mustang once his gloves were destroyed.[[File:Fma_c107_003-4.jpg|thumb|Havoc holding his trademark cigarette in the cover page picture.]]
 *Havoc can be seen putting his right hand in the group picture on the cover page of Chapter 107.
 *Mustang's subordinates are named after chess pieces; Havoc's is the "Knight". The Knight is the most elusive and maneuverable piece in chess, being able to move in an "L" shape and even jump over pieces, appropriate considering Havoc's quick and sly nature in the manga.
 *During their altercation with Lust, Mustang reveals that Jean has a weakness for pretty women with large breasts, causing him to exclaim "I LOVE big boobs!"
 *Jean Havoc is the seventh most popular character in the series according to the recent fan poll.
 *Due to his smoking, the people close to him are able to recognize him because he "smells like an ash tray", despite being in disguise.

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 |trait        =
 |goal         =
-|first appearance = [[Chapter 83]]<br> [[Episode 45: The Promised Day (2009 series)|Episode 45 (2009 series)]]
+|first appearance = [[Bonus Chapter: Simple People]]<br>[[Chapter 83]]<br> [[Episode 45: The Promised Day (2009 series)|Episode 45 (2009 series)]]
 |voiceactor   = Jamie Marchi
 |japanactor   = Naomi Shindō}}
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 [[File:Havoc_Breda_end.jpg|thumb|left|Rebecca with Breda and Havoc.]]
 In the final episode of the anime, she is seen in a photograph with Breda and Havoc dressed similar to [[Chris Mustang]].
 ==Trivia==
 * Like all other members of the [[Amestrian]] [[State Military]], 2nd Lt. Catalina appears to have been named for a military vehicle - in this case, the Consolidated PBY Catalina, a WWII American multi-purpose seaplane.
 * Though Rebecca is not a major character in the series, it can be noted that she is never pictured in uniform or with her hair down.

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 ==Trivia==
 *In the anime, when alchemy is performed, the energy released (in the form of electric discharge) is of varying colors.
-**'''Blue''' - Normal transmutations tend to generate a light blue—almost white—light. It is the most common, versatile color produced.
+**'''Blue''' - Normal transmutations tend to generate a light blue, almost white, light. It is the most common, versatile color produced.
 **'''Red''' - Transmutations performed using the Philosopher's Stone or Red Stones (which are unique to the 2003 anime continuity) generate bright red energy discharges. This includes the light generated when the Homunculi's bodies regenerate.
 **'''Green''' - In the 2003 anime continuity, the Tringham brothers create a green light when they use their specialized plant alchemy. In the same anime, the alchemist Lujon unleashes green energy when trying to cure fossilitis victims unaided (without the stone).
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 ==External Links==
 *[[wikipedia:Alchemy|Alchemy]] on Wikipedia.
 [[Category:Alchemy]]

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 |age          =
 |family       = [[Ridel LeCoulte]] (son) <br> [[Satella LeCoulte|Satella]] (daughter-in-law) <br> [[Ridel and Satella's Son|Baby grandson]]
-|affiliations = [[Pinako Rockbell]], <br> [[Winry Rockbell]] (apprentice (2003 anime) <br> [[Paninya]]
+|affiliations = [[Pinako Rockbell]], <br> [[Winry Rockbell]] (apprentice (2003 anime) <br> [[Paninya]] <br>[[Garfiel]]
 |species      = Human
 |occupation   = [[Automail]] Mechanic

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	After hearing from Paninya how she had lost her legs in a train accident and how Dominic had built her new ones free of charge, Winry persuades the young woman to give up her thieving ways and attempt to pay Dominic back through more respectable means, but when Paninya's first step under a new leaf is to return Ed's watch, Winry opts instead to examine it before giving it back. Upon discovering that Edward had sealed the watch shut alchemically, Winry uses her tools to force it open and discovers that Edward had engraved a date on the inside cover by hand: October 3rd of 1911 - the day the Elrics had burnt down their home and left Resembool on their journey. Emboldened by Edward's courage, Winry goes back to ask Dominic one more time for an apprenticeship, but instead discovers that Satella has suddenly gone into labor. While Dominic goes out into the storm to fetch the obstetrician, Winry makes the emergency decision to oversee the child's delivery herself using her rudimentary yet impressive cache of medical knowledge. With Paninya and Ridel assisting, the delivery is a success and afterward, Winry apologizes to Ed for breaking open his watch. She asks Dominic again to take her as his apprentice, but he refuses once more but recommends her to an automail engineer in Rush Valley named [[Garfiel]] who would be happy to take her on. The youngsters depart for Rush Valley so that the Elrics can continue their journey to [[Dublith]] and, after calling Pinako to tell her that she won't be returning anytime soon, Winry begins working as an apprentice mechanic at [[Atelier Garfiel]].		After hearing from Paninya how she had lost her legs in a train accident and how Dominic had built her new ones free of charge, Winry persuades the young woman to give up her thieving ways and attempt to pay Dominic back through more respectable means, but when Paninya's first step under a new leaf is to return Ed's watch, Winry opts instead to examine it before giving it back. Upon discovering that Edward had sealed the watch shut alchemically, Winry uses her tools to force it open and discovers that Edward had engraved a date on the inside cover by hand: October 3rd of 1911 - the day the Elrics had burnt down their home and left Resembool on their journey. Emboldened by Edward's courage, Winry goes back to ask Dominic one more time for an apprenticeship, but instead discovers that Satella has suddenly gone into labor. While Dominic goes out into the storm to fetch the obstetrician, Winry makes the emergency decision to oversee the child's delivery herself using her rudimentary yet impressive cache of medical knowledge. With Paninya and Ridel assisting, the delivery is a success and afterward, Winry apologizes to Ed for breaking open his watch. She asks Dominic again to take her as his apprentice, but he refuses once more but recommends her to an automail engineer in Rush Valley named [[Garfiel]] who would be happy to take her on. The youngsters depart for Rush Valley so that the Elrics can continue their journey to [[Dublith]] and, after calling Pinako to tell her that she won't be returning anytime soon, Winry begins working as an apprentice mechanic at [[Atelier Garfiel]].
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		+	===Return to Central===
		+	Before long, Winry becomes a welcome and productive member of Rush Valley society, amassing a loyal and grateful clientele as well as the trust and friendship of all her associates at Atelier Garfiel. Shortly, however, her happy life is interrupted by a surprise visit from Alphonse and Edward, who has once again managed to severely damage her custom arm in combat. After dealing with Ed accordingly, Winry makes plans to tag along with the boys on their impending trip to Central City, hoping for the chance to visit the Hughes family once again. She is introduced to the Elrics' new acquaintance, [[Ling Yao]] - who claims to be a traveler from the far eastern nation of [[Xing]] - and, after Winry rebuilds Edward's arm, the party (followed by Ling's pair of vassals [[Lan Fan]] and [[Fu]]) heads off to the capital by train.
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		+	Arriving at their destination, Ling's habit of wandering off kicks in and the party manages to lose him. Ignoring his absence, Winry heads with Ed and Al to [[Central Command\|Central HQ]] so as to greet Hughes but is surprised to re-encounter Lt. Hawkeye and Colonel Mustang there. Unfortunately, when the trio asks how Hughes is doing, Colonel Mustang informs them that Maes has retired from the military and left for the countryside with his family. Disappointed, Winry and the boys find lodging at a local military-run hotel. Shortly afterward, however, Winry is shocked when Ed and Al make a lot of noise in their room next door and rush out with hardly a goodbye. When she enters their room to see what the matter is, she discovers the horrible truth in a discarded newspaper: that Maes had been mysteriously murdered shortly after their last visit.
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		+	Distraught, she heads over to the Hughes residence the next morning and spends time with Gracia and Elicia, who help her to bake an apple pie. Gracia calls Edward at the hotel and asks him to come see Winry safely home, but when the boys arrive, they have a serious discussion with Mrs. Hughes, explaining that Maes was likely killed for helping them investigate a conspiracy tied closely to their quest to restore their bodies. Having come to a solemn decision regarding the safety of those dear to him, Alphonse shockingly declares that, if it will cost other people their lives, he no longer wants his human body back. But Winry and the boys are all surprised when Gracia urges them to press on in the pursuit of their goal, telling them that her husband would want them to continue and their failure to do so would be to render Maes' death meaningless.
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		+	The three youngsters return to their hotel, where Winry mopes in her room. When Edward comes to check on her that evening, she invites him in and has him taste the apple pie she had made in Gracia's kitchen, lamenting tearfully that she had worked so hard to be good at baking in the hopes that Maes could have sampled her confections, too. The next morning, while Winry polishes Al's armor, the boys discuss what their next move should be. Stumped, Ed asks Winry for advice and, taken aback by this sudden change in his usual policy regarding her involvement, Winry expresses his anxiety over the danger the boys are constantly in and says she would like them to stop traveling, but adds that after hearing Alphonse say that he would quit trying to get his body back, she realized that it is absolutely necessary for the Elric brothers to keep moving forward until they reach their goal.
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		+	Suddenly, there is a knock at the door and they receive a sudden visit from Major Armstrong, who says nothing but throws a heavy blow at Edward, denting his automail arm. Ignoring the youngsters' protests, Armstrong declares that he will be taking Fullmetal to Resembool for repairs while Alphonse - who is too conspicuous - remains in the capital. Winry and Al remain utterly confused by this strange turn of events until Ling suddenly appears outside their hotel room window and explains the situation as he heard it from his investigative sources. Ling tells Al and Winry that Colonel Mustang had orchestrated an elaborate attempt to lure out the mysterious enemy that has been dogging them all this time; meanwhile, Edward's departure with Major Armstrong is part of a rendezvous mission wherein all involved parties pitting themselves against the elusive villains would sneak across the border to the ancient eastern nation of [[Xerxes]] in order to exchange and synchronize their collected information regarding their opponent. When a signal flare from Lan Fan ignites above the city, Ling announces that the second phase of the mission to "fish out" the enemy has begun. Alphonse declares that he will go with Ling in order to find out as much as possible and perhaps discover the identity of Hughes' killer. After Winry makes him promise to com home safely and tell her everything, he and Ling set off in the direction of the flare. Winry waits all evening for his safe return and is overjoyed when Al reappears at the hotel's doorstep, still alive though looking quite the worse for wear with large chunks of his armor body having been violently carved away.
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		+	With Edward still gone a full day later, Winry and Al begin to worry about their dwindling hotel expense money and try to contact him in Resembool. However, they receive word from Pinako that, while Edward has yet to return to Resembool, another guest has - the boys' father [[Van Hohenheim]]. Returning to their room, Winry and Al discuss the matter of the Elrics' estranged father with Ling, who - in discussing his own paternal relationship - reveals that he is, in fact, a royal prince in line for Xing's throne. Explaining that he requires the secret to immortality in order to gain his ailing father's favor and rise to emperorship amid dozens of other siblings, Ling comments on how Alphonse's current existence is the closest thing to real immortality. However, Alphonse himself explains that his metal body is not as convenient as one might think; as a human soul bound to a metal body, the instability of his existence means that, at any given time - in a year, a century or even a day - the two unlike essences may reject each other and Al will die just as suddenly or unexpectedly as anyone else. Horrified by this news, Winry reaffirms the necessity of returning Al to his human body as soon as possible, but Ling sees the situation differently. He argues that Al's soul could simply be transferred to another body before instability sets in and remarks that, not needing to sleep, eat or feel pain, Al's state is pretty ideal. Hearing this, Winry explodes with fury, admonishing the prince for his insensitivity and ignorance before storming off to her room. As Alphonse comes over to console her, Winry reminisces sadly about Al's first night in his new body, the first of countless nights spent awake and alone during Edward's emergency surgery.
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		+	That night, Edward finally returns to the hotel and Winry ushers him up to his heavily damaged brother. While he repairs Alphonse's body with alchemy, Winry and the armor boy explain what has been going on in Edward's absence. In turn Edward explains that, while in Resembool, he unearthed the entombed remains of the creature they had believed to be their resurrected mother in order to verify its identity and discovered that it was not Trisha Elric at all. But through this discovery, Ed has become convinced that, rather than needing to fashion a new body for Al, it may be possible to return him to his ''original'' body, previously thought to be lost forever. After asking Winry and Al to discuss childhood memories that Edward himself might not be privy to, he remarks that Al's memories of these occurrences confirm that his is the soul belonging to the human Alphonse Elric, but since his memories since the accident would require some sort of physical storage space, his real brain must still be in existence somewhere between life and death. As the boys discuss the matter in depth, alchemically, and resolve to move forward on the path of discovery, Winry notices that she has begun to look at Edward with a more manly air. She goes back to her room to pack and rest up for her trip back to Rush Valley the following day, but Edward sheepishly holds her back, commenting that his automail will likely be sustaining damage in the next few days.
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		+	While the boys spend the next couple of days about town, Winry occupies herself by connecting with Gracia and Elicia Hughes and goes with them to visit Maes' grave. She explains to Gracia that Maes' sudden death in her absence reminds her of her parents' untimely demise during the Ishval Civil War and that she suspects she had seen something of her own family in the Hugheses' happiness. As the three stroll through the city, however, Winry overhears some townspeople mention that the Elric brothers are currently embroiled in a fight against a State Alchemist killer and apologetically leaves the Hughes family in order to find the boys. Terrified of losing more important people, she rushes past battle-scarred terrain and cautiously distant onlookers toward the supposed scene of the fray. As she stumbles into an alleyway where Ed and Al are engaged in a tense standoff with the [[Ishvalan]] murderer known as "[[Scar]]", she tragically overhears Edward accuse Scar of murdering [[Urey]] and [[Sara Rockbell]] in Ishval even after the two doctors had saved his life.
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		+	[[File:Brotherhood22.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Winry hesitating to shoot Scar.]]Distraught, Winry collapses to the ground, demanding that Scar answer to her. She spies the dropped sidearm of a fallen military policeman and haltingly picks it up, leveling it at the Scarred Man against Ed and Al's vehement protests. Though the Elrics demand that Winry drop the weapon, Scar asserts that - as the daughter of the Rockbells - she has every right to fire at him, but adds that he will count her as his enemy the moment she pulls the trigger. He declares to the three young Amestrians that the cycle of hatred will never end until one side is destroyed, but reminds them that it was their people who drew first blood. Demanding that Winry leave the battlefield if she is not going to shoot, Scar renews his assault on Edward and Alphonse. As she watches the State Alchemist killer aim turn his rage upon her childhood friends, Winry shakily takes aim once more, but Edward throws himself hastily between her and her target before the two can harm each other. Alphonse intervenes, chasing Scar from the alleyway while chastising Ed for his recklessness and telling him to get Winry to safety. As Ed convinces her to drop the gun, Winry sheds confused tears over the fact that she wasn't able to fire at Scar despite his being her parents' murderer as well as a direct threat to her friends' lives, but Ed reminds her that her hands - which delivered a baby in Rush Valley and gave him a new set of limbs - were not meant to take life, but to '''''give''''' it. She breaks down in sobs as Edward gives her his coat and instructs a nearby military policeman to escort her to a safe location. Promising to explain everything about her parents and Scar when he returns, Edward heads off to help Al, leaving Winry to wonder why all she can do is wait all the time.
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		+	She is escorted to the Military Police station, where she waits until Ed and Al can pick her up, but while she waits, she is greeted by [[Führer King Bradley]] who chats amicably with her about her childhood in Resembool with the Elric brothers. When the boys arrive some time later and the Führer leaves, Winry asks Ed to fulfill his promise to her. He explains that, while at the Xerxes ruins, he had heard that the Rockbells had been beloved doctors on the front line who treated Ishvalan and Amestrian injured alike and refused to abandon the region even as supplies became scarce and the danger escalated, but were slain one day near the end of the war by an Ishvalan warrior monk whom they themselves had helped save - a man with bandages all over his face and an elaborate tattoo running up the length of his right arm. Discovering that Scar fit the description, he deduced that they might be the same man and was correct. The sad story told, Winry expressed her pride that her mother and father stood by their beliefs but remarks that she would have preferred that they would have returned safely to her. The three are escorted solemnly back to their hotel and, as they arrive, the front desk clerk informs Winry that a telephone call has just come in for her. Taking the phone, Winry recognizes the voice of Garfiel in Rush Valley, who asks that she return to the atelier as soon as possible, since her customers have been piling in and refuse to be serviced by anyone but her. As the phone is passed around and her customers express their eagerness to see her again, Winry tearfully promises to return immediately. The boys see her to Central station shortly afterward and, before boarding her train, Winry thanks Ed for stopping her in the alley, asserting that she would not have been able to face all the happy people in Rush Valley if he had allowed her to become a murderer. Though she has not yet come to terms with the fate of her parents, she affirms that she will be able to pull through as long as she has people who wait for her and believe in her. She says her goodbyes and as her train starts to pull away, an embarrassed Edward makes Winry a promise - that the next time he makes her cry, her tears will be those of joy. Watching the boys walk off as her train continues on its way, Winry comes to the realization that she has been in love with Edward for a long time now.

	===Hostage in the North===		===Hostage in the North===

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 Despite Edward's small stature and young age, he is a remarkable combatant. Having apprenticed under Izumi Curtis, Ed was taught to condition his body through regular workouts and sparring as part of her philosophy, "to train the spirit, first train the body." As such, his slight frame belies a compactly muscular build that, in addition to his naturally high energy level and endurance, fuels his considerable strength and agility. Due to Izumi's spartan training, Edward has become a particularly competent hand-to-hand fighter, able to hold his own against armed opponents and even skilled martial arts practitioners. Besides that, his steel right arm and left leg augment his fighting strength by adding to his defensive and offensive capabilities as well as his speed - after he is refitted with a lighter, cold-climate automail in [[Chapter 70]] of the manga.
-[[File:Edward uses alchemy without a transmutation circle.jpg|thumb|left|Edward using alchemy without a transmutation circle]]
+[[File:Edward_uses_alchemy_without_a_transmutation_circle.jpg|thumb|left|Edward using alchemy without a transmutation circle.]]
 As suggested by his unprecedented acceptance into the State Alchemist program at such a remarkably young age, Edward Elric is an alchemical prodigy of genius level intellect. From early childhood, he displayed proficiency for alchemy, acquiring self-taught alchemy skills and comprehension from the advanced literature in his father's abandoned study at an age that shocked even his mother. Having incorporated alchemy into his life during his developmental stages, Edward sees the world alchemically and is therefore able to solve complicated codes, puzzles and mysteries much more easily than normal. He has also shown himself to be exceptionally adept at chemistry and reasonably competent with biology; indeed even his preparations for the failed attempt to resurrect his mother were indicative of these. Edward's near-encyclopedic knowledge of alchemical theory is astounding and contributed to his incredible success with emergency [[Blood Rune|Soul Binding]] experimentation. He shows an uncanny level of focus that allows him to effectively shut out everything from his surroundings and devote all of his considerable mental power to whatever problem demands his attention, especially in the case of books.
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 In Chapter 93-94, Mustang's gang arrives at Central. While Mustang and Hawkeye meet up with Edward, the other subordinates send out a radio transmission of how the upper brass of the military is corrupted, although they say it in believable terms and do not mention the Homunculi or their real intentions. Mustang and everyone then encounters Envy who mockingly reveals he was Hughes' killer, something Mustang has been trying to find ever since Hughes died. Edward, Scar, Mei and the chimera all move on to get to Father, leaving Hawkeye and Mustang to fight Envy. Envy, realizing that Mustang could easily kill him, attempts to escape. Mustang orders Hawkeye not to come follow him and goes off after Envy, but she chooses to come anyway. Envy makes another dash for it when the angered Mustang mercilessly continues to burn him, and finds Hawkeye is searching for Mustang. He shifts into Mustang and tries to deceive her. Hawkeye however understands that it could be Envy and tricks the Homunculus by saying that Mustang never calls her "lieutenant" but Riza when the two of them are alone. Envy falls for her trap which confirms that it was indeed Envy and not Mustang. She is able to take him by shooting him repeatedly for a little while even with her injury, but Envy eventually is able to get the upper hand and ensnares her in his elongated arm. Just as he is about to kill her, Mustang blasts him from a side entry, and warns Envy that Riza is one of his dearest subordinates. He burns Envy one final time which causes the homunculus to revert to his ugly parasitic form from before. He is only one spark away from killing Envy when Hawkeye, although injured surprisingly gets up and puts her gun to his head. She refuses to put her gun down and tries to persuade Mustang to stop, Mustang explodes at her, going into a fit of rage and refusing to give up his vengeance. Ed and Scar arrive shortly, and Ed uses his alchemy to grab Envy to stop him while Mustang then demands that Ed to give him back for him to finish Envy off.
-[[File:EdvsMustang.jpg|thumb|246px|Ed confronting Mustang after the fight against Envy]]When Edward refuses, Roy threatens to burn his arm off. Edward accepts the challenge, but asks for him to look at himself first, claiming "You think you can lead a country looking like that?!". Edward then reminds him of his goal and Mustang's temper subsides partially. Scar partially agrees with Edward that Roy couldn't lead others the way he is now, but shows no opinion if Roy does exact his revenge on Envy.
+[[File:EdvsMustang.jpg|thumb|246px|Ed confronts Mustang after the fight against Envy.]]When Edward refuses, Roy threatens to burn his arm off. Edward accepts the challenge, but asks for him to look at himself first, claiming "You think you can lead a country looking like that?!". Edward then reminds him of his goal and Mustang's temper subsides partially. Scar partially agrees with Edward that Roy couldn't lead others the way he is now, but shows no opinion if Roy does exact his revenge on Envy.
 Roy then begins to scream about the time it has taken to get this far and how close he is to killing Envy "for Hughes". Riza yells back that she understands, but what he's doing right now is not helping anything, rather, it is just satisfying Mustang's need for revenge. She begs him, "Don't go where I can't follow." Roy tells her that if she was going to shoot, she should have shot, and then asks her what she would do if he were to die. She replies that she wouldn't continue living and would die with him. Roy, still somewhat aggravated, blasts a hole in the wall. Finally when it seems his anger has mostly subsided, he comments about how he cannot lose her too. He laments on his recent behavior and actions and apologizes to her for how he forced her to act. He sinks to his knees, defeated.

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	After hearing from Paninya how she had lost her legs in a train accident and how Dominic had built her new ones free of charge, Winry persuades the young woman to give up her thieving ways and attempt to pay Dominic back through more respectable means, but when Paninya's first step under a new leaf is to return Ed's watch, Winry opts instead to examine it before giving it back. Upon discovering that Edward had sealed the watch shut alchemically, Winry uses her tools to force it open and discovers that Edward had engraved a date on the inside cover by hand: October 3rd of 1911 - the day the Elrics had burnt down their home and left Resembool on their journey. Emboldened by Edward's courage, Winry goes back to ask Dominic one more time for an apprenticeship, but instead discovers that Satella has suddenly gone into labor. While Dominic goes out into the storm to fetch the obstetrician, Winry makes the emergency decision to oversee the child's delivery herself using her rudimentary yet impressive cache of medical knowledge. With Paninya and Ridel assisting, the delivery is a success and afterward, Winry apologizes to Ed for breaking open his watch. She asks Dominic again to take her as his apprentice, but he refuses once more but recommends her to an automail engineer in Rush Valley named [[Garfiel]] who would be happy to take her on. The youngsters depart for Rush Valley so that the Elrics can continue their journey to [[Dublith]] and, after calling Pinako to tell her that she won't be returning anytime soon, Winry begins working as an apprentice mechanic at [[Atelier Garfiel]].		After hearing from Paninya how she had lost her legs in a train accident and how Dominic had built her new ones free of charge, Winry persuades the young woman to give up her thieving ways and attempt to pay Dominic back through more respectable means, but when Paninya's first step under a new leaf is to return Ed's watch, Winry opts instead to examine it before giving it back. Upon discovering that Edward had sealed the watch shut alchemically, Winry uses her tools to force it open and discovers that Edward had engraved a date on the inside cover by hand: October 3rd of 1911 - the day the Elrics had burnt down their home and left Resembool on their journey. Emboldened by Edward's courage, Winry goes back to ask Dominic one more time for an apprenticeship, but instead discovers that Satella has suddenly gone into labor. While Dominic goes out into the storm to fetch the obstetrician, Winry makes the emergency decision to oversee the child's delivery herself using her rudimentary yet impressive cache of medical knowledge. With Paninya and Ridel assisting, the delivery is a success and afterward, Winry apologizes to Ed for breaking open his watch. She asks Dominic again to take her as his apprentice, but he refuses once more but recommends her to an automail engineer in Rush Valley named [[Garfiel]] who would be happy to take her on. The youngsters depart for Rush Valley so that the Elrics can continue their journey to [[Dublith]] and, after calling Pinako to tell her that she won't be returning anytime soon, Winry begins working as an apprentice mechanic at [[Atelier Garfiel]].
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−	Before long, Winry becomes a welcome and productive member of Rush Valley society, amassing a loyal and grateful clientele as well as the trust and friendship of all her associates at Atelier Garfiel. Shortly, however, her happy life is interrupted by a surprise visit from Alphonse and Edward, who has once again managed to severely damage her custom arm in combat. After dealing with Ed accordingly, Winry makes plans to tag along with the boys on their impending trip to Central City, hoping for the chance to visit the Hughes family once again. She is introduced to the Elrics' new acquaintance, [[Ling Yao]] - who claims to be a traveler from the far eastern nation of [[Xing]] - and, after Winry rebuilds Edward's arm, the party (followed by Ling's pair of vassals [[Lan Fan]] and [[Fu]]) heads off to the capital by train.
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−	Arriving at their destination, Ling's habit of wandering off kicks in and the party manages to lose him. Ignoring his absence, Winry heads with Ed and Al to [[Central Command\|Central HQ]] so as to greet Hughes but is surprised to re-encounter Lt. Hawkeye and Colonel Mustang there. Unfortunately, when the trio asks how Hughes is doing, Colonel Mustang informs them that Maes has retired from the military and left for the countryside with his family. Disappointed, Winry and the boys find lodging at a local military-run hotel. Shortly afterward, however, Winry is shocked when Ed and Al make a lot of noise in their room next door and rush out with hardly a goodbye. When she enters their room to see what the matter is, she discovers the horrible truth in a discarded newspaper: that Maes had been mysteriously murdered shortly after their last visit.
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−	Distraught, she heads over to the Hughes residence the next morning and spends time with Gracia and Elicia, who help her to bake an apple pie. Gracia calls Edward at the hotel and asks him to come see Winry safely home, but when the boys arrive, they have a serious discussion with Mrs. Hughes, explaining that Maes was likely killed for helping them investigate a conspiracy tied closely to their quest to restore their bodies. Having come to a solemn decision regarding the safety of those dear to him, Alphonse shockingly declares that, if it will cost other people their lives, he no longer wants his human body back. But Winry and the boys are all surprised when Gracia urges them to press on in the pursuit of their goal, telling them that her husband would want them to continue and their failure to do so would be to render Maes' death meaningless.
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−	The three youngsters return to their hotel, where Winry mopes in her room. When Edward comes to check on her that evening, she invites him in and has him taste the apple pie she had made in Gracia's kitchen, lamenting tearfully that she had worked so hard to be good at baking in the hopes that Maes could have sampled her confections, too. The next morning, while Winry polishes Al's armor, the boys discuss what their next move should be. Stumped, Ed asks Winry for advice and, taken aback by this sudden change in his usual policy regarding her involvement, Winry expresses his anxiety over the danger the boys are constantly in and says she would like them to stop traveling, but adds that after hearing Alphonse say that he would quit trying to get his body back, she realized that it is absolutely necessary for the Elric brothers to keep moving forward until they reach their goal.
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−	Suddenly, there is a knock at the door and they receive a sudden visit from Major Armstrong, who says nothing but throws a heavy blow at Edward, denting his automail arm. Ignoring the youngsters' protests, Armstrong declares that he will be taking Fullmetal to Resembool for repairs while Alphonse - who is too conspicuous - remains in the capital. Winry and Al remain utterly confused by this strange turn of events until Ling suddenly appears outside their hotel room window and explains the situation as he heard it from his investigative sources. Ling tells Al and Winry that Colonel Mustang had orchestrated an elaborate attempt to lure out the mysterious enemy that has been dogging them all this time; meanwhile, Edward's departure with Major Armstrong is part of a rendezvous mission wherein all involved parties pitting themselves against the elusive villains would sneak across the border to the ancient eastern nation of [[Xerxes]] in order to exchange and synchronize their collected information regarding their opponent. When a signal flare from Lan Fan ignites above the city, Ling announces that the second phase of the mission to "fish out" the enemy has begun. Alphonse declares that he will go with Ling in order to find out as much as possible and perhaps discover the identity of Hughes' killer. After Winry makes him promise to com home safely and tell her everything, he and Ling set off in the direction of the flare. Winry waits all evening for his safe return and is overjoyed when Al reappears at the hotel's doorstep, still alive though looking quite the worse for wear with large chunks of his armor body having been violently carved away.
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−	With Edward still gone a full day later, Winry and Al begin to worry about their dwindling hotel expense money and try to contact him in Resembool. However, they receive word from Pinako that, while Edward has yet to return to Resembool, another guest has - the boys' father [[Van Hohenheim]]. Returning to their room, Winry and Al discuss the matter of the Elrics' estranged father with Ling, who - in discussing his own paternal relationship - reveals that he is, in fact, a royal prince in line for Xing's throne. Explaining that he requires the secret to immortality in order to gain his ailing father's favor and rise to emperorship amid dozens of other siblings, Ling comments on how Alphonse's current existence is the closest thing to real immortality. However, Alphonse himself explains that his metal body is not as convenient as one might think; as a human soul bound to a metal body, the instability of his existence means that, at any given time - in a year, a century or even a day - the two unlike essences may reject each other and Al will die just as suddenly or unexpectedly as anyone else. Horrified by this news, Winry reaffirms the necessity of returning Al to his human body as soon as possible, but Ling sees the situation differently. He argues that Al's soul could simply be transferred to another body before instability sets in and remarks that, not needing to sleep, eat or feel pain, Al's state is pretty ideal. Hearing this, Winry explodes with fury, admonishing the prince for his insensitivity and ignorance before storming off to her room. As Alphonse comes over to console her, Winry reminisces sadly about Al's first night in his new body, the first of countless nights spent awake and alone during Edward's emergency surgery.
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−	That night, Edward finally returns to the hotel and Winry ushers him up to his heavily damaged brother. While he repairs Alphonse's body with alchemy, Winry and the armor boy explain what has been going on in Edward's absence. In turn Edward explains that, while in Resembool, he unearthed the entombed remains of the creature they had believed to be their resurrected mother in order to verify its identity and discovered that it was not Trisha Elric at all. But through this discovery, Ed has become convinced that, rather than needing to fashion a new body for Al, it may be possible to return him to his ''original'' body, previously thought to be lost forever. After asking Winry and Al to discuss childhood memories that Edward himself might not be privy to, he remarks that Al's memories of these occurrences confirm that his is the soul belonging to the human Alphonse Elric, but since his memories since the accident would require some sort of physical storage space, his real brain must still be in existence somewhere between life and death. As the boys discuss the matter in depth, alchemically, and resolve to move forward on the path of discovery, Winry notices that she has begun to look at Edward with a more manly air. She goes back to her room to pack and rest up for her trip back to Rush Valley the following day, but Edward sheepishly holds her back, commenting that his automail will likely be sustaining damage in the next few days.
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−	While the boys spend the next couple of days about town, Winry occupies herself by connecting with Gracia and Elicia Hughes and goes with them to visit Maes' grave. She explains to Gracia that Maes' sudden death in her absence reminds her of her parents' untimely demise during the Ishval Civil War and that she suspects she had seen something of her own family in the Hugheses' happiness. As the three stroll through the city, however, Winry overhears some townspeople mention that the Elric brothers are currently embroiled in a fight against a State Alchemist killer and apologetically leaves the Hughes family in order to find the boys. Terrified of losing more important people, she rushes past battle-scarred terrain and cautiously distant onlookers toward the supposed scene of the fray. As she stumbles into an alleyway where Ed and Al are engaged in a tense standoff with the [[Ishvalan]] murderer known as "[[Scar]]", she tragically overhears Edward accuse Scar of murdering [[Urey]] and [[Sara Rockbell]] in Ishval even after the two doctors had saved his life.
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−	[[File:Brotherhood22.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Winry hesitating to shoot Scar.]]Distraught, Winry collapses to the ground, demanding that Scar answer to her. She spies the dropped sidearm of a fallen military policeman and haltingly picks it up, leveling it at the Scarred Man against Ed and Al's vehement protests. Though the Elrics demand that Winry drop the weapon, Scar asserts that - as the daughter of the Rockbells - she has every right to fire at him, but adds that he will count her as his enemy the moment she pulls the trigger. He declares to the three young Amestrians that the cycle of hatred will never end until one side is destroyed, but reminds them that it was their people who drew first blood. Demanding that Winry leave the battlefield if she is not going to shoot, Scar renews his assault on Edward and Alphonse. As she watches the State Alchemist killer aim turn his rage upon her childhood friends, Winry shakily takes aim once more, but Edward throws himself hastily between her and her target before the two can harm each other. Alphonse intervenes, chasing Scar from the alleyway while chastising Ed for his recklessness and telling him to get Winry to safety. As Ed convinces her to drop the gun, Winry sheds confused tears over the fact that she wasn't able to fire at Scar despite his being her parents' murderer as well as a direct threat to her friends' lives, but Ed reminds her that her hands - which delivered a baby in Rush Valley and gave him a new set of limbs - were not meant to take life, but to '''''give''''' it. She breaks down in sobs as Edward gives her his coat and instructs a nearby military policeman to escort her to a safe location. Promising to explain everything about her parents and Scar when he returns, Edward heads off to help Al, leaving Winry to wonder why all she can do is wait all the time.
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−	She is escorted to the Military Police station, where she waits until Ed and Al can pick her up, but while she waits, she is greeted by [[Führer King Bradley]] who chats amicably with her about her childhood in Resembool with the Elric brothers. When the boys arrive some time later and the Führer leaves, Winry asks Ed to fulfill his promise to her. He explains that, while at the Xerxes ruins, he had heard that the Rockbells had been beloved doctors on the front line who treated Ishvalan and Amestrian injured alike and refused to abandon the region even as supplies became scarce and the danger escalated, but were slain one day near the end of the war by an Ishvalan warrior monk whom they themselves had helped save - a man with bandages all over his face and an elaborate tattoo running up the length of his right arm. Discovering that Scar fit the description, he deduced that they might be the same man and was correct. The sad story told, Winry expressed her pride that her mother and father stood by their beliefs but remarks that she would have preferred that they would have returned safely to her. The three are escorted solemnly back to their hotel and, as they arrive, the front desk clerk informs Winry that a telephone call has just come in for her. Taking the phone, Winry recognizes the voice of Garfiel in Rush Valley, who asks that she return to the atelier as soon as possible, since her customers have been piling in and refuse to be serviced by anyone but her. As the phone is passed around and her customers express their eagerness to see her again, Winry tearfully promises to return immediately. The boys see her to Central station shortly afterward and, before boarding her train, Winry thanks Ed for stopping her in the alley, asserting that she would not have been able to face all the happy people in Rush Valley if he had allowed her to become a murderer. Though she has not yet come to terms with the fate of her parents, she affirms that she will be able to pull through as long as she has people who wait for her and believe in her. She says her goodbyes and as her train starts to pull away, an embarrassed Edward makes Winry a promise - that the next time he makes her cry, her tears will be those of joy. Watching the boys walk off as her train continues on its way, Winry comes to the realization that she has been in love with Edward for a long time now.

	===Hostage in the North===		===Hostage in the North===

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 *The Truth appeared in an extra in [[volume 18]] of the manga where it showed [[Yoki]] attempting human transmutation and having his hair taken as a toll.
 *In a late interview with the author, Arakawa said the Truth was somewhat a 'hollow' version of oneself (as a sort of 'internal God', or conscience), a sort of 'negative' of that alchemist, which completed itself with the tolls taken by the alchemist upon seeing the Truth.
-*The Truth shares the same English voice actress as the [[2003 anime|2003 anime's]] version of [[Wrath (anime)|Wrath]], who was also responsible for taking Ed's limbs in that series. In the Japanese version, however, Truth takes on the voice of whoever encounters him with a slight effect added to differentiate, which is more in line to its role as a literal 'part' of whomever it is engaging with.
+*The Truth shares the same English voice actress as the [[2003 anime]]'s version of [[Wrath (anime)|Wrath]], who was also responsible for taking Ed's limbs in that series. In the Japanese version, however, Truth takes on the voice of whoever encounters him with a slight effect added to differentiate, which is more in line to its role as a literal 'part' of whomever it is engaging with.
 **In the English dub, when Ed offers up his alchemy to Truth in order to bring Al back, Truth takes on a legion-like crossover of Ed and Al's voices in its shout of approval in a similar vein to the Japanese version, likely for emphasis of the scene.
 *For some reason, in the 5th Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Opening "Rain", [[Winry]] appears as Truth.

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 Edward scolds Van Hohenheim furiously for leaving them and then for coming back where he isn't wanted, but Hohenheim doesn't seem interested in his son's grievances, instead asking what happened to the house. Edward crossly explains that he burned it down as a declaration of their resolve, but Van Hohenheim declares instead that Edward had done it because he didn't want to be reminded of his mistake with Human Transmutation. Even more upset, Edward storms off toward Pinako's house, annoyed that Hohenheim is headed there as well. That night, Edward lies awake in bed listening as Pinako and Van discuss the tragedy that had befallen him and his brother and is shocked when Hohenheim suggests to Pinako that the creature that the boys had brought about through Human Transmutation had not been their mother at all.
-[[File:Relieving rain by seizansha-d4y0fwu.jpg|thumb|Ed discovers his new path.]]After Hohenheim leaves the next morning, Edward asks Pinako to help him dig up the corpse of the creature he had transmuted in order to verify whether or not it truly was Trisha. Upon doing so, Pinako is able to conduct an examination which concludes that none of the deformed body's traits had anything in common with Trisha. The being that the brothers had sacrificed their very bodies to create had not even been their mother. While this fact disturbs Pinako, Edward is shown a ray of hope in the discovery: if bringing people back from the dead is an absolute impossibility, then somewhere inside the Gate, Alphonse's original body must still be alive.
+[[File:Crazy.png|thumb|Ed goes mad after realizing the blunder that he made in the past, saying: "That's right. You cannot revive the dead".]]After Hohenheim leaves the next morning, Edward asks Pinako to help him dig up the corpse of the creature he had transmuted in order to verify whether or not it truly was Trisha. Upon doing so, Pinako is able to conduct an examination which concludes that none of the deformed body's traits had anything in common with Trisha. The being that the brothers had sacrificed their very bodies to create had not even been their mother. While this fact disturbs Pinako, Edward is shown a ray of hope in the discovery: if bringing people back from the dead is an absolute impossibility, then somewhere inside the Gate, Alphonse's original body must still be alive.
 Edward fashions a proper grave for the creature's remains, remembering that - though it was not his mother - it had been a living [[human]] which had raised its head to look at him just before dying. He then calls Izumi to inform her of his findings and ask her to confirm whether or not the baby she had transmuted had actually been her child. With these new discoveries acquired and his arm repaired, Ed prepares to leave, but before he does, Pinako asks him to deliver a message to Van that she had forgotten to relay. She tells Edward that his mother's last message to his father was an apology for not being able to fulfill their "promise" and for passing away before him.

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 After her resurrection, she located [[Riza Hawkeye]] and the chimeras, who were watching the battle against Father. When [[Greed]] arrived on the scene, he ordered her to remain behind, deeming her too injured to continue fighting. After arguing with him, she reluctantly turned her leader role to her brother. Afterwards, she spotted Bradley's body and realized that Buccaneer had been the one who managed to wear him down enough for Scar to defeat him.
-===New Beginnings and The Battle Against Sloth===
+===New Beginnings===
 After Father's final defeat, Olivier has the Briggs forces rescue all those who had been injured in the rubble of the heavily damaged Central Command Headquarters Building, using the opportunity to secretly rescue Scar. When Scar woke up later at a makeshift hospital, Olivier told him that the reason she saved him was for him to work together with Miles to save the Ishvalan people and religion (and also to make Roy Mustang get into a bad position once he's found alive). Scar accepted this position, and when Olivier asked him what his real name was, he answered that since he's died twice he does not exist and thus doesn't need a name. He asked to be called whatever she liked.

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 As he reveals to Al what he learned in Xerxes about Scar likely being the one who murdered Winry's parents, Edward gets an idea and states that they will need to confront Scar, not only to ask him about the Rockbells but also to lure out the Homunculi by putting himself in seemingly mortal danger. Remembering that the two of them were called "Human Sacrifices", Edward posits that whatever the Homunculi are planning requires the Elrics' participation, making their lives indispensable. Alphonse spots flaws in the plan, but when Ling and Lan Fan appear at the window, having overheard their conversation and offering their help in exchange for a part of the spoils when they manage to capture an immortal Homunculus, a joint plan comes together.
-===The Hunt For The Homunculi===
+===Hunting Immortals===
 Over the next few days, Edward draws as much attention to himself as possible by going around town performing flashy alchemy for the citizens of the capital in an attempt to lure Scar out of the shadows. Presuming that Scar's presence around one of their precious Human Sacrifices will cause the Homunculi to take action, the Elrics have arranged for Ling and Lan Fan to lurk nearby on lookout for the monsters' unique presence. Taking notice of Fullmetal's odd behavior, Colonel Mustang and Lt. Hawkeye stop by to speak with them, but as the alchemists exchange information, Scar himself appears on the scene and attacks. Explaining their plan, the boys persuade Hawkeye and Mustang not to attack and enlist them in the plan by asking them to keep the Military Police from interfering. Flame and his adjutant escape while the Elrics engage the Ishvalan murderer. Though teaming up on the Scarred Man with circle-less transmutation, the Elrics remain constantly on the run from Scar's potentially lethal destruction alchemy and while Alphonse instructs some freshly arrived MPs to keep back, Edward finds himself cornered. On a hasty gamble, Edward once again adopts his opponent's own style of alchemy against him and the deconstructive blows of the two right arms nullify each other, leaving both alchemists unharmed but for their respective right sleeves, which are torn away. However, with Scar's arm exposed, Edward notices a large and ornate tattoo upon the Scarred Man's skin and realizes that the killer before him had been the one to take the lives of Winry's parents.