Edward Elric Edward Elric is the Fullmetal Alchemist. He is a prodigy, becoming the youngest State Alchemist in the Army's history. Edward stunned his superiors by using Alchemy without an array, a miraculous feat never witnessed before. Ed despises being "a dog of the military," but it grants him the opportunity to seek out the legendary Philosopher's Stone, a crimson crystal rumored to increase the power of the Alchemist who uses it. Edward seeks the stone so that he may restore his missing limbs, and more importantly reunite his younger brother Alphonse's body with his soul, which was tragically trapped in a suit of armor after a failed attempt through Alchemy to revive the dead Tricia Elric, the boys' mother. Edward realizes he has a gift, a gift that most State Alchemists could only dream of having. But he knows that with that gift he becomes a high profile target. As Edward reluctantly fights off a crazed assassin who vows revenge on all State Alchemists...