

Just about a year after the accident, at the age of 12, Edward became the youngest certified State Alchemist in history. Recovering from his failure, Edward pushes forward with his pursuit of alchemy with a new goal: undoing the damage wrought upon himself and his brother.
FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST EDWARD FULL
His right arm was lost in a desperate move to prevent the soul of his brother (who lost his whole body in the attempt) from being lost forever.Īfter the incident, Edward was fitted with an automail arm and leg (automail is a special bio-mechanical prosthesis that can move at the wearer's will, enabling virtually full function).

Edward gave of his own body in the attempt, losing his left leg up to the thigh. What they learned-disastrously-is that some things just can't be measured. You cannot create something from nothing.Įdward and Alphonse knew of Equivalent Exchange and thought they had everything figured out. The most basic principle of alchemy is that of Equivalent Exchange: for everything, there is a price. However, alchemy still obeys the principles of nature. Seeing no other alternative, the two of them attempted to revive their dead mother using what they knew: the science of alchemy. When Edward and his brother Alphonse were just boys, their mother succumbed to an illness.
