Full Metal Alchemist Universe

Birth Name:: Unknown

Nickname: Father

Gender: Male

Race: Unknown

Alliance: "Father" Army.

Age: 3000 years or more

Looks: He about 6 ft tall, light skin, Dirty Blonde hair with full Mustache. Father wear this old looking white Robe alway.

Personality: He is a cold and pragmatic person who loathes treachery of his plans, and he may be responsible for the very creation of Amestris itself, as well as for the provocation of every war relating to it. He considers himself an existence far beyond human, comparing them to insects, and anyone who isn't useful in his plans is considered expendable.

Military Rank: No Rank. But he is the creator of the seven Homunculus.

Profession: Amestris Alchemist Expert

Weapons: so far no weapons.

History/Background Story: An enigmatic being with no known name, "Father" is the central antagonist of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga, and is responsible for the creation of the seven Homunculus (and ultimately the cause for most of the atrocities throughout the story), his children with which he "shares his soul" (thus explaining his title).

"Father" has the extremely useful power to nullify all alchemic processes within a large radius of himself, rendering any and all alchemic attacks - no matter how lethal, powerful, or proficient - to be completely useless against him. He is apparently vulnerable, however, to Xingese and Ishbalan alchemy (a mix between Xing and Amestris alchemy used by Warrior monks). The reason for this is that the two types of alchemy use different power sources. The Xingese alchemy uses the power that "flows from mountain into underground, nourishing land as it passed by". Amestrinian alchemy however, appears to be a brainchild of "Father". While believed to get it's power from tectonic plate movement, its power source actually appears to be a vast number of human souls that are being kept underground by means unknown, first time is felt by Mei Chan when she goes underground on Central. The current theory behind Amestrinian alchemy is as thus: Hohenheim's body houses a multitude of extra souls, which can be released in some sort of liquid, possibly liquified Philosophers Stone, when Hohenheim deliberately opens his body. Since both "Father" and Hohenheim appear to have almost identical bodies, it is assumed that "Father" has a similar number of extra souls. He has been seen in several chapters sitting in a chair with a very large number of pipes that connect to the inside of his body, and very likely to the underground soul-storage facility. Therefore, his ability to "turn off" Amestrinian alchemy stems from the fact that he created it and supplies it's power source. It would also seem that he can perform alchemy purely through thought, with no movement whatsoever, and that he can transmute with any part of his body, not merely his hands as with most other alchemists. He has a third eye, hidden in his forehead, which dispatches Greed's incomplete Philosopher's Stone (later drinking it after punishing Greed for his transgressions). In addition, he is apparently capable of violating the law of Equivalent Exchange, as demonstrated when he replaces Al's missing hand without any visible raw material to use - though he may hold extra materials within his body, using them for such transmutations; or is able to bypass the law of natural providence, (transmuting air to metal, etc.).

His body is not that of a human, as shown in a scene where Scar grabs his face and attempts to decompose it, an ability that only works if Scar knows what he is decomposing; it didn't work on Father, which means that his body is not composed of the elements that form a human body (and the rebound nearly kills Scar in process). His third eye and the fact that he can create bodies for the Homunculi out of his own body further support this theory. The full extent and source of his abilities are both unknown. At this point in the manga, his goal appears to be to create an enormous Philosopher's Stone, even larger than the one he used to animate Envy, to use as a passage fee to the Gate. To obtain the stone, he appears to be preparing to sacrifice the entire country of Amestris and the people of various surrounding areas. Once he has the Stone, he will then proceed to open the gate either by performing human transmutation on himself, or by some unknown process possibly relating to his need for "human sacrifices". The entire thought behind this is probably to see the entire "Truth", which would enable him to become a god. He appears to have tried this process in Xerxes, but somehow failed. As a side note, his need for "human sacrifices" is completely unknown at this point. Also, there is very likely more to the plan, as Envy has let on several times to characters who have attempted to figure it out("Are you planning to create philosopher stone using this country?!" "HA! That's close one!"). It is revealed that he created the country of Amestris solely for the sake of his master plan, and is directly responsible for all of the deliberately bloody and chaotic wars of expansion that it has waged.