Alphonse Elric - Appearances

Appearances

Alphonse is one of the protagonists from the series alongside his older brother, Edward. Losing his entire body in an attempt to revive his mother Trisha Elric using alchemy alongside Edward, Edward sacrificed his right arm in order to seal Alphonse's soul into an enormous armor. Edward later became an alchemist from their country's state military and started travelling alongside Alphonse to search for a method to recover it. The two seek the Philosopher's Stone whose material would allow them to restore their forms. Besides being a powerful alchemist, Alphonse is also a skilled hand-to-hand fighter as a result of being trained by Izumi Curtis. While Alphonse is unable to feel anything because of lacking a body, he is nearly invincible as long as the blood mark made by Edward in his armor to contain his soul is not defaced.

Believing that the immortal creatures known as the homunculi will lead them to more clues to recover their bodies, the Elrics try to use them. However, after meeting their creator, "Father," the Elrics are forced to keep working with the military by high-ranking officials who are secretly using their friends from their town of Resembool as hostages. Seeking to protect their friends, the Elrics travel to the northern area of the country in order to request help from General Olivier Mira Armstrong. As the two are successful in their plan, Alphonse' armor starts rejecting his soul, causing him to lose consciousness several times. Separated from Edward to assist his friends' escape from the military men serving father, Alphonse is captured by the homunculus Pride to use him against Edward. Joining forces with his father Van Hohenheim, Alphonse traps Pride and himself within a cave where the homunculus remains powerless. State Alchemist Solf J. Kimblee later comes to Pride's aid, and Alphonse is rescued by some of his comrades.

Seeking to transmutate the whole country, Father transports the Elrics to his base to use them as two of the five sacrifices so that he could achieve his goal. At the same moment, Alphonse finds his original body, but refuses to recover it as its weakened state would not help them to fight the homunculi. In the final fight against Father, Alphonse requests help from the alchemist May Chang to return Edward's right arm in exchange of his soul. As Edward is able to fight Father recovering his arm, Alphonse's soul disappears from the armor. Following Father's defeat, Edward sacrifices his ability to use alchemy to restore Alphonse's soul and original body. The two return to live to Resembool until deciding to separate to study alchemy. Alphonse joins with two chimera comrades to travel to the country of Xing to learn more alchemy with May's help.