Father (Fullmetal Alchemist)

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==Summary==
Once, far before the events of the series, he was simply Homunculus, or Dwarf In The Flask, a small entity created by the science of the country of Xerxes, from the blood of a nameless slave. Homunculs taught the slave, whom he'd named Van Hohenheim, about a mysterious science known as Alchemy, which he used to elevate his social standing until he became the servant of the king of Xerxes himself. Dying of old age, the king latched onto Homunculus' promises of immortality, and helped him set up a country-wide transmutation circle, being told that it would bring him eternal life by draining the souls of the entire country within him. However, Homunculus had set up the circle in such a way that the souls would flow into him and Hohenheim instead, killing the king and destroying Xerxes in one night.
Horrified by his friend's actions, Hohenheim ran away from Homunculus, who chose to change his name to Father and chose to part with his seven sins, materializing them into powerful Homunculi meant to serve him. Now nearly emotionless, Father began a centuries-spanning plan to perform a much bigger-scale version of his Xerxes Transmutation, founding a large country named Amestris from the shadows, and awaiting the day in which a solar eclipse would allow him to absorb so many souls that his power would be sufficient to confront and absorb God within himself, becoming all-powerful.
Despite many efforts to stop him, Father eventually managed to pull off this feat and briefly become God, but his powers and the souls he absorbed were quickly stripped away by Van Hohenheim's own plan, and he was ultimately defeated and killed by Edward Elric.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: | At least , possibly far higher | At least , possibly far higher | , possibly | At least , possibly far higher
Key: Homunculus | Container Form | Evolved Form | Gates Absorbed | Depowered Form
Name: Homunculus, the Dwarf in the Flask. Known as Father by his children, and as the "Philosopher of the East".
Origin: Fullmetal Alchemist
Gender: None, appears as male
Age: 431
Classification: Dwarf in the Flask, Homunculus, and the father of the seven sins (Greed, Pride, Wrath, Envy, Gluttony, Sloth, Lust)
Powers and Abilities:
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Attack Potency: Below Average Human (Homunculus is very small and unable to leave his flask) | At least Town level, possibly far higher (His Philosopher Stone contains a much higher amount of Souls than the one Kimblee used to perform his feat) | At least Town level, possibly far higher (Defeated Hohenheim off-screen while they were previously roughly matched) | Planet level, possibly Star level (Absorbed the Earth's Gate of Truth, gaining the Earth's Energy. Stated that he could create planets. Also absorbed The Sun's Gate of Truth, confirmed through Edward's research on the slabs he found in the False Portal) | At least Town level, possibly far higher (Lost control of his godly powers, but is still capable of overwhelming Hohenheim)
Speed: Immobile | Supersonic (Comparable to Van Hohenheim) | Supersonic | Unknown | Supersonic (Can react to attacks from characters such as Roy Mustang or Lan Fan)
Lifting Strength: Below Average Human | Unknown, at least Class M with Alchemy (Crushingly superior to Edward Elric) | At least Class 10 (Restrained Edward Elric, Izumi Curtis and Alphonse Elric all at once), at least Class M with Alchemy | Unknown (Pushed open a huge Gate, though it might not have had any actual weight) | At least Class 10, at least Class M with Alchemy
Striking Strength: Below Average Human level | At least Town level, possibly far higher | At least Town level, possibly far higher | Planet level, possibly Star level | At least Town level, possibly far higher
Durability: Below Average Human | At least Town level, possibly far higher | At least Town level, possibly far higher | Planet level, possibly Star level | At least Town level, possibly far higher
Stamina: Unknown | Superhuman (Draws his energy from the nearly infinite pool of souls in his Philosopher's Stone. Homunculi such as Envy and Greed could regenerate from incredible damage over and over with a very tiny fraction of the souls Father has access to) | Superhuman | Superhuman | Unknown (Can barely contain his power, and if he's forced to consume too much energy he will die. However, this only even began to affect him after a combined assault from many characters and the Amestris Military, and he could fight a while more afterwards before finally dying)
Range: Standard Melee Range, Tens of Kilometers with his abilities | Hundreds of Kilometers via his size | Standard Melee Range, Hundreds of Kilometers with his abilities | Standard Melee Range, Tens of Kilometers with his abilities
Standard Equipment: None notable
Intelligence: At least Genius (Through hundreds of years. Father led the creation of the country of AmestrisChapter 67, and staged many bloody wars across key points to turn it into a gigantic alchemical circle. Back when he was just Homunculus, Father effectively discovered Alchemy, being the one to teach its principles to the country of Amestris and Hohenheim, who would go on to lead to the birth of Xing Purification Alchemy)
Weaknesses: Will die if his flask is broken | Tends to seriously underestimate humans. If his energy is depleted completely, he will die. | Same as before | Same as before | Can barely contain his power, and if he's forced to consume too much energy by regenerating or using Alchemy, he will die.
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