About Alphonse
Alphonse Elric
DOB: 1900 Hometown: Resembool Family: Van Hoenheim (Father, MIA), Trisha (mother, deceased), Edward (brother, living) Height: taller than Ed.
Bio: The son of Trisha Elric and Van Hoenheim, a mysterious alchemist, Alphonse inherits his father's talent for alchemy. Alongside his brother Ed, the two boys grow up healthy and curious, 'til one fateful day, when Trisha's unannounced illness steals her from them. After that, the Elric brothers set about learning everything they can about the most forbidden form of alchemy:
Human transmutation.
They have the materials, the proper array, the blood (which they think is equivalent to a human soul). Everything is set one rainy night and, as the weather howls all around the small home they once shared with their mother, Edward and Alphonse begin the preparations for bringing her back. The alchemical reaction goes horribly wrong and steals away Al's body and Edward's left leg. In a last ditch effort to keep Al with him, Edward scribbles blood alchemy on the inside of a suit of armor, forcing a bond of soul to steel and costing his right arm.
Edward barely survives the encounter with the Gate, what he later refers to as The Truth, but it is from this that he learns to use alchemy sans array. All that will be for naught, however, if Alphonse cannot bring him to the safety of the Rockbell home. He has lost a lot of blood, but the boy is tough, hanging tightly to life for his brother's sake.
The two boys live for each other. They fight and grieve and laugh for each other. They have nothing else.
Appearance: A tall, broad suit of armor with the crest of Flamel on one shoulder. (03, tall willowy young man with long, dark blond hair and soft, golden brown eyes), (brotherhood, tall willowy young man with bright gold hair and eyes, same as Ed)
Personality: Sweet, passive, and gentle, Alphonse is by far the more agreeable of the brothers, but if pushed, he will lash out with a force and violence that can only be mustered by a child.
Tag: readysteadygone (fma ‘03) beyondthetruth (brotherhood)