Alphonse Elric

Alphonse Elric is Alphonse Elric from "Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood". After a failed Human Transumation to revive their mother, Alphonse Elric had his entire physical being taken away from him in the aftermath of the tragedy, alongside his brother Edward losing his right arm and left leg. Alphonse Elric is now a human soul alchemically bound to a steel gray suit of armor. As such, he cannot express any emotions physically, nor can he do ordinary human activities such as eating. The helmet that comprises Al's face is adorned with a large, conical horn in the middle of the forehead, has a pair of parallel, horizontal vents beneath each half-moon eye hole and a fang motif just above the protruding chin. The top of the helmet also sports a ribbon of white hair that hangs down to the small of the suit's back. A cloth covers the suit's groin and painted on the left shoulder is a red Flamel, signifying Alphonse Elric's tutelage under the master alchemist, Izumi Curtis. Alphonse Elric's calm and passive disposition exists as a foil to his older brother's more abrasive personality. He is kindhearted, notably compassionate and patient almost to a fault, acting often out of protective selflessness for his loved ones, new friends and sometimes even toward his enemies. Having had his psychological growth stunted at the age of ten due to loss of his physical body, Alphonse Elric retains a childlike purity in the face of all his encountered horrors; however, despite his age, he has always displayed a significantly higher level of maturity. He has remarked that his anger takes longer to spark and jokes that he is always beaten to the punch by his brother's outbursts. Alphonse Elric's heart does contain some darkness born from the tragedies of his life. Plagued with insecurities about his own uncertain existence inside a suit of armor, he craves the human warmth of his former life in desperate silence, fears that he will never again know closeness, and is sometimes overwhelmed by the suspicion that he himself is not human. He carries the added burden of blaming himself for the failure of his mother's resurrection and the subsequent loss of his brother's limbs. Alphonse Elric gentler disposition leads him to be a very protective person. He will quite literally shield others, using his durable body to protect those he cares about. He is overall quite pacifistic and selfless, disliking violence in general and feeling extreme guilt and responsibility when he is unable to help or protect others. Alphonse Elric displays a great affection for small cats and has developed a bad habit of picking up stray kittens that he finds over the course of his travels, hiding them inside his armor cavity from his disapproving brother. Alphonse Elric appears to have a great fondness for women as well. Particularly sensitive himself, he has a gift for complimentary and inspirational speech.