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manga and second anime, Wrath repeatedly kills Greed multiple times, finally managing to subdue him, and then takes him back to Father. Unwilling to rejoin them, Greed is melted down and returned to the form of the Philosopher's Stone, then consumed by Father.ch.31 Later, Lin Yao, in his search for immortality, offers to become the new Greed. Greed is given complete control of Lin's body after Lin willingly relinquishes control, believing this to be the only way to gain immortality.ch.56 Though this Greed initially has no recollections of his actions as the former Greed, Bido's death brings back the memories of all his loyal subordinates.ch.82 Angry with Bradley for killing his "possessions," and further provoked by Lin, the new Greed defects from the homunculi once more, eventually joining forces with Edward Elric during their fight against Father.ch.83 Greed sacrifices himself during the final battle by separating himself from Lin's body and merging with Father, using his Ultimate Shield abilities to slow him down before Father extinguishes him.
In the first anime, Greed escapes the raid, fleeing to Dante's mansion. Dante, having created Greed when attempting to revive her dead lover, still retained the bones from his original body, which left him severely weakened. Edward kills Greed soon after he was made to believe that Greed killed Dante, though not before leaving with the valuable knowledge of how to kill the homunculi.ep.34 He is voiced by Junichi Suwabe in Japanese, and Chris Patton in English.ep.33ep.33 For the new series, his voice is provided by Yuichi Nakamura in Japanese;ep.13 in English, Patton reprises his role for the first Greed, while the second Greed is portrayed by Troy Baker.
[edit] SlothSloth (
?, Sur?su?) differs greatly in the first anime and in the manga. In the manga, Sloth is a large, muscular, dim-witted man who believes everything to be pointless and tiresome. Despite his lazy nature, he is very strong physically, and is the fastest of the homunculi. ch.92 He is tasked with digging a gigantic transmutation circle beneath Amestris to be used in turning the country into a Philosopher's Stone. Though he is briefly impeded in this job when he runs into the Elric brothers at Briggs' Fortress, he is allowed to continue his work. After finishing the circle,ch.78 Sloth serves as Father's bodyguard and fights off Mustang and Olivier's troops when they invade Central.ch.92 He is eventually killed through the combined efforts of the Armstrong siblings and Izumi and Sig Curtis.ch.96 He is voiced by Fumihiko Tachiki in Japanese and Patrick Seitz in English.ep.34
In the first anime, Sloth is the product of the Elric brothers' attempt to revive their mother, Trisha Elric, found by Dante and fed incomplete Philosopher's Stones until she assumes her original form's likeness. She is given the alias "Juliet Douglas" (
??, Jurietto Dagurasu?) and appointed as King Bradley's personal secretary, allowing her to serve as the homunculi's direct contact within the State Military. She is able to transform her body into a watery composition, which she uses to drown others by grabbing hold of them.ep.42 Sloth constantly suffers from memories of Trisha raising the Elric brothers and, determined to prove to herself that they are not her memories, longs to be able to kill the brothers as their real mother would never do such a thing. She develops a mother-son relationship with Wrath, and the two stick together during the second half of the first anime. During her final battle with the Elric brothers, Wrath, having merged with Trisha's remains earlier, merges with Sloth's body so that he will never have to be separated from her. This leaves Sloth paralyzed, allowing Edward Elric an easy opportunity to convert the water in her body into ethanol, which then evaporates into the atmosphere.ep.47 Yoshino Takamori is her seiyu, and Lydia Mackay her English voice actress.ep.3ep.3
[edit] WrathWrath (
, R?su?) differs greatly in the first anime and in the manga. In the manga and second anime, Wrath is the true identity of King Bradley, and his Ouroboros tattoo is on his left eye, usually disguised by his eye patch.ch.29
The first anime shows the origins of Wrath in Izumi Curtis's attempt to revive her infant child. Her effort failed, and the infant's body was taken beyond the Gate of Truth. There, the child, Wrath, grew up. When Edward Elric later lost his arm and leg while trying to revive his mother, Wrath took both for himself, which allowed him to use alchemy and escape to Amestris.ep.31 Because of his ability to perform alchemy, Wrath can assimilate any sort of material or object into his body. Since the remains of his former body were used in his creation, Wrath lacks the weaknesses of the other homunculi, though both the Gate of Truth and the cries of a child have similar psychological effects on him.ep.42 After joining the homunculi, Wrath develops a mother-son relationship with Sloth. When he unknowingly helps to kill her (having absorbed the remains of her original body) he becomes distraught, realizing the truth behind Dante and Envy, as the former takes Ed's limbs from him to keep him quiet when he attempted to revive Sloth himself. He is later given automail replacements by Winry Rockbell.ep.51 He appears again in Conqueror of Shamballa, in which he battles against Gluttony so that Alphonse Elric can use them both as sacrifices to open the Gate of Truth. Al does so, and is able to reunite with Ed, while Wrath is able to reunite with the spirit of Izumi.[8] The first anime Wrath is voiced by Nana Mizuki in the Japanese series, and by Luci Christian in the English dub.ep.28ep.28
[edit] PridePride (
?, Puraido?) differs greatly in the first anime and in the manga. In the manga, his identity is a mystery until during the later half of the series;ch.70 Pride was created in Father's original image, and thus appears as a dark blob with many eyes.ch.78 He can destroy or manipulate anything that this shadow comes into contact with, and can gain the traits of whomever he eats (such as Gluttony's appetite and sense of smell).ch.87 Taking on a host body in Selim Bradley (
?, Serimu Buraddorei?), the adoptive son of King Bradley, Pride can only exist within a given area: the area surrounding his body and the underground transmutation circle running throughout Amestris. He needs a light source in order to be able to use his shadow, and his shadow can similarly be "killed" if the light becomes too bright or he is surrounded by darkness.ch.88 He is very dedicated to the homunculi's cause, and does not allow anyone to get in his way. He does, however, have some attachment to his adoptive human mother. Edward destroys Pride's body in battle, reducing him to his true form: a minuscule, fetus-like creature. After the battle with Father ends, the now powerless Pride is brought to his adoptive mother and raised all over again. Two years later, Selim is shown to have grown into a much more compassionate young child.
In the first anime, Pride represents the true identity of King Bradley, while Selim is a normal human child who briefly appeared in the end of the series, playing an unintentional role in King Bradley's death at Mustang's flames, but not before the Führer strangles him to death in his rage. In the first anime, Makoto Tsumura voices Selim in the Japanese version, and Zarah Little in the English dub.ep.51 His voice in the second series is provided by Yuko Sanpei in Japanese, and by Brittney Karbowski in English.
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