
Taking it in stride however, he is quick to show his tattoo as proof once more. The two brothers have a short exchange, with Alphonse annoying Greed by revealing his nature. Before they can do anything however, Edward suddenly bursts through the door with a defeated Bido at his feet. Learning from Alphonse that the armoured boy wasn't the one who performed the transmutation, Greed declares that they would just need to find the one who had. However, Greed goes on to admit that he was not truly immortal, and that he believed that by transmuting a soul onto a physical object he could achieve just that. Showing his Ouroboros tattoo as proof, Greed then has one of his subordinates kill himself in order to demonstrate his regenerative abilities.Įdward arrives to save Alphonse from Greed and his men. Greed then reveals himself to be a homunculus which greatly surprises Alphonse, who believed artificial humans were impossible to create.

Explaining that there was a side to the world society was ignorant of, he claimed to know everything that went on in that world, including the nature of Alphonse's body. Responding that there's no way, "there's no way", Greed explains that they were true chimeras created by the military. Greed having Loa help him demonstrate his regeneration.Īsking about the nature of his subordinates, Alphonse continued to believe that there's no way they were actually chimeras. There he finds that Alphonse truly is an empty suit of armour, and from there attempts to find out the secret of his soul transmutation. Successful in this, he has his chimera subordinates set a trap and ambush Alphonse, bringing him to their hideout in Devil's Nest.

Greed inspecting the inside of Alphonse's body.Īfter learning of Alphonse Elric's existence, that of an armour with no body but just a soul, Greed sends out Bido in order to locate the armoured boy. Believing himself indestructible due to his Ultimate Shield, it wasn't until Greed encountered Edward, Izumi and finally King Bradley that he found an opponent capable of bypassing or negating his defences and experienced true vulnerability. Greed was also quite prideful of everything he possessed, placing a lot of value in his subordinates as well as his own capabilities. Wanting to possess everything material in the world and more, he was willing enough to kidnap Alphonse in order to learn the secret to transmuting a soul onto an object to gain what he believed to be eternal life. Greed, as his name suggests and by his own claim is a very greedy individual. His Ouroboros tattoo was located on the top of his left hand. Greed originally wore a pair of small, rounded sunglasses when in public, however these were broken when the homunculus demonstrated his regenerative qualities to Alphonse. Underneath the vest he also wore a sleeveless maroon shirt which hugged his body shape closely. He wore an open, dark leather, sleeveless vest with a fur collar as well as leather pants of the same colour. The original Greed was a young, muscular man whose appearance reflected his indulgent nature.
