

Though Envy promises to tell Edward what they know, he went back on his word while restraining him and his younger brother Alphonse so Father could make Ling the new Greed. This drains many of the souls from Envy in the process, but it was evidently not enough to kill him.

However, seeing Envy's Philosopher's Stone at their core, Edward placates the monstrous Envy, allowing him to use their Philosopher's Stone to open Gluttony's fake Gate of Truth and pass through the true doors back to the real world. However, seeing no more need to hold back, Envy assumes his unleashed state to kill the two humans.ĭuring the fight, Envy takes advantage of the captive souls within his body to mess with Edward's mind before knocking him out and swallowing him alive. There, once finding Ling and Edward, Envy states that there is no escape as they admit to the war he caused in Ishval, which provokes Edward to right hook the monster. Later, when Gluttony is captured, Envy attempts to retrieve the Homunculus, but ends up fighting Ling Yao before both he and Edward are sucked into Gluttony's subspace. When Greed is captured by King Bradley, which is the alias for the homunculus Wrath, Envy winds up in a "brotherly quarrel" with the rogue Homunculus that almost causes Envy to lose his cool before Father stops the argument.Īfter Lust's death by Colonel Roy Mustang, Envy takes over as the Homunculi representative and Dr. Colonel Maes Hughes when he stumbles in on the planned Day of Reckoning, assuming the form of his wife Gracia to kill him when his guard is down. Ending up making an enemy out of Edward, Envy takes advantage of the boy's automail arm malfunctioning to knock him out with a knee to the gut while telling him to feel lucky that he and Lust were not going serious on him. Envy was later sent to pose as Father Cornello to oversee the events in Reole after the false prophet was exposed by Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist, and killed off by Lust.Įnvy later meets with Fullmetal when he and Lust both enter the Fifth Laboratory and kill off the younger Slicer brother with his own katana for nearly jeopardizing their plans.

Overall, Envy gloated about having enjoyed committing the deed with great zest. One such event was in Ishval, posing as an Amestrian militant to kill an Ishvalan child in the open, causing a massive revolt that led to the Ishval Civil War while the soldier he impersonated was the fall man. History Manga and Brotherhood anime Įnvy was the fourth Homunculus created by Father, used for the purpose of causing mass slaughter with his shapeshifting powers to induce distrust and bloodshed. This monstrous form is green-skinned and sports multiple groaning human faces, one for each human soul contained within his Philosopher's Stone core. In the 2009 series, his true form is that of a grotesque, dragon-like beast. In the 2003 series, his true form is similar to that of Hohenheim's, given that he was created to replace Hohenheim's deceased son. This is merely Envy's chosen form, however. He wears a black, skin-tight bodysuit and a headband adorned with a triangular symbol. His typical appearance is that of a young, attractive human with a youthful and slender build with long, wiry hair. While identified as a male, Envy is actually genderless and has a rather androgynous physique.
