Wrath (FMA 2003)

Wrath is one of the Seven Homunculi and a villain in the 2003 anime adaptation of Fullmetal Alchemist, whose storyline radically differs from the manga. He's a resurrected version of Izumi Curtis' son. Unlike his manga and 2009 anime counterpart, this version is a character exclusive to the 2003 anime.
In the Japanese version, he was voiced by Nana Mizuki, while in the English dubbed version, he is voiced by Luci Christian.
==Biography==
Izumi Curtis, a talented Alchemist, was distraught at the loss of her baby son. Desperate and wanting to have her child back, she performed Human Transmutation in the hopes of resurrecting her son. However instead of gaining her son back, she instead created a Homunculus, and as punishment for performing Human Transmutation, she was sent to the Gate and had some of her insides removed as sacrifice, preventing her from having a child again. The Homunculus was also taken into the Gate as well. Inside the Gate, Wrath was slowly aging into a young boy.
=== Freedom ===
Alchemist Brothers Edward Elric and Alphonse Elric unintentionally opened the Gate in an attempt to revive their dead mother (who would later become the Homunculus Sloth), only to create a Homunculus as well. As Edward and Alphonse were pulled into the Gate, Wrath who was in the Gate as well, managed to steal Edward's limbs for himself, and after some time, Wrath gained Edward's Alchemist powers and used them to free himself and get out of the Gate. Wrath, now grown into a boy with Edward's right arm and left leg attached to him, is set free into the world.
=== Joining the Homunculi ===
Wrath was transported to Yock Island after opening the Gate, the place where Izumi created him. After a short fight with the Elric brothers which was stopped by Izumi, he was allowed to stay with Izumi who later deduced that he is her son or at least her son's Homunculus form. After that Wrath is captured by the Amestrian Military and after a five-way fight over him, Wrath ended up in Envy's clutches. Envy then feeds him the Red Stones in order to rejuvenate him and activate his Homunculi powers. Wrath from then on joined with the Homunculi with his mind bent on stealing Edward's entire body in order to become a human or at least get to the Philosopher's Stone first to turn himself human. Also while with the Homunculi Wrath comes to see Sloth (Edward and Alphonse's mother) as a maternal figure.
=== Losing Everything ===
﻿After losing Sloth in a battle with the Elric brothers (which was partly his fault) he ran for Envy and the Homunculi's master Dante's help only to be beaten up badly by Envy for his insolent and contumelious behavior. During the final moment when Dante's plan to obtain the Philosopher's Stone had come to fruition, Wrath came running in, demanding to use the Philosopher's Stone to bring Sloth back, only to be held back by Envy. Dante had summoned the Gate to rip Edward's limbs painfully off Wrath's body, disabling him and preventing him from disrupting the Philosopher's Stone's activation. When Edward fights Envy later on, Wrath, in spite of his injuries, grabs onto Envy's leg, keeping Envy in place long enough for Edward to tackle him.
=== Conqueror of Shamballa ===
Rose takes Wrath to safety, He was taken in by Winry Rockbell and Pinako Rockbell. His lost limbs were replaced with Automail right arm and left leg. He later on left them, at Izumi's graves, Wrath became depressed over her death and Winry accompany him for Automail maintenance. Wrath accompanied Alphonse Elric to the underground city lair of the deceased Dante, to aid Alphonse in finding his brother Edward. They were suddenly attacked by a Gluttony who was mutated, Wrath engages into a fierce combat with him. Despite losing Edward's limbs as well as his ability to use Alchemy, Wrath was still capable of holding his own against the gigantic Gluttony, especially since he consumed a few Red Stones that were spewing out of Gluttony's body. Wrath managed to get Gluttony into a Transmutation Array with him at the cost of being bitten nearly to death plus having his Automill right arm and left leg destroyed. Wrath tearfully begs Alphonse to activate the Transmutaion Array in order to sacrifice them and take him 'to where mommy is' Alphonse unwillingly activates the Transmutation Array effectively destroying both him and Gluttony. Wrath, naked and with all of his original limbs, is later seen reunited with the spirit of his real mother: Izumi Curtis as they hugged each other and walked into the closing Gate forever in peace and solace.
==Personality==
Initially, Wrath started out as a shy and timid young boy, staying in the shadows to avoid being spotted, but runs away if he is, but after meeting and staying with his mother Izumi and the Elric brothers, he's shown traits of a typical kid (i.e. curiosity, playful innocence). After being kidnapped by Envy (disguised as King Bradley), and being fed the red stones, he becomes a spiteful person, who openly declared his hate towards his mother for his "incomplete life", as well as chiding Edward for acting as God for attempting to resurrect his mother and at the same time derisively showing gratitude for giving him both an arm and leg, and lastly the ability to perform alchemy.
Out of all of the homunculi, Wrath felt a particular closeness to Sloth and thinks of her as his "mother" (presumably to not only reject, but replace Izumi), preferring to team up and is quite protective of the latter as well. He's also shown to be vengeful to whomever harms her, as he did with Ed and Lust. After Sloth's death (partly because of his involuntary assistance), he became desperate to have her revived and tried several times. All attempts fail, which eventually resulted in Dante summoning The Gate, which caused him to lose his right arm and left leg. Wrath quickly turns over to Ed's side after realizing Dante's intentions by distracting Envy as a chance for Edward to attack. He becomes shocked and in disbelief when Ed was killed.
In Conqueror of Shamballa, Wrath was shown to be very depressed over Izumi's death, no longer thinking of Sloth as his "mother". During his final battle with Gluttony, Wrath finally admits that he has planned on sacrificing himself, showing a sense of humanity, while openly declaring that he wants neither him nor Ed to endure any more hardships, thus making the conscious decision to die and desiring to be with Izumi.
Overall, Wrath was just someone who desired maternal warmth, only to find it with his mother/creator Izumi in the end. He also noticeably became distressed at the sound of crying infants, the most notable example being Rosé's child, which became one of his known weaknesses.
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