Father (Homunculus)

**Dwarf in the Flask, Homunculus, or Father** is the Homunculus who caused the downfall of Persia by manipulating it's king Xerxes, allowing him to absorb half the souls of Persia's denizens, with the other half residing in the sole survivor Van Hohenheim.

He is the progenitor of the Seven Sins and has waged war for centuries against Sparta and it's army of warriors, all while working towards a unknown goal.

## Appearance

Father's first form was small round mass of black gas with a single eye, a wide toothy mouth, and tendril-like arms.

After absorbing the souls of Persia he evolved and obtained a second form in a new body that was a twin to the slave Van Hohenheim. But this new body would not last long when he clashed and lost to the Emperor losing it and many of the souls he absorbed in the process.

After his dip into a pool of dark substances Father's form became that of a giant monster that vaguely resembles a spider. His main body is a black orb with dull red markings, large red eyes and a mouth filled with pointed teeth; both its eyes and its emitted a bright red glow. Eight tentacles are attached to the top of the orb, each ending in a jagged mouth surrounded by black sharp teeth.

## Biography

### Early Life/ The Grimm and the Spartans

Known as the original and first Homunculus to exist, this
creature was born born directly from the Truth, the source of all the
alchemic power and knowledge of the universe, and was created in the
kingdom of Persia, mostly from the blood of one of his creator's slaves,
 a young man called "number 23". This makes him the young slave's 'son'
of some sort (or offspring at the very least). The Homunculus offered to
 name the slave Van Hohenheim, (he initially offered Theophrastus
Bombastus Van Hohenheim, but the slave refused as it would be too long
to remember) and taught him reading, writing and mathematics, as well as
 basic Alchemy. Hohenheim's newfound knowledge caught his master's
attention, and he was appointed as his personal assistant.

Over
 the years, Hohenheim perfected his mastery of Alchemy, still under the
tutelage of the Homunculus with whom he had long conversations about
their respective goals and ideals. The elderly king of Persia eventually
 heard of the Homunculus' vast knowledge and had it brought before him
to learn the secret of immortality. Upon the Homunculus' advice, the
King ordered his soldiers to dig a gigantic alchemic transmutation
circle all around the country, and later sent them disguised as bandits
to slaughter the population of several villages located at certain
points of the circle, (following the circle's pentagram-like pattern) as
 the slaughters were necessary to activate the alchemic ritual to create
 a gigantic Philosopher's Stone, which would make the King Immortal. Or so he thought...

In fact, the Homunculus had no intention of making the King immortal and the friendliness and helpfulness he had
 displayed until now was just a facade to enact his own agenda. When the
 King activated the ritual, little did he know that it was, in fact, Hohenheim, carrying the Homunculus' flask, who was located at the center
 of the transmutation circle. The ritual killed the more than 1 000 000
inhabitants of the country, whose souls were absorbed into Hohenheim's
and the Homunculus' bodies, turning them into living Philosopher's Stones and granting them immense alchemic powers. Shortly after Leonidas of Sparta arrived to investigate and came with a stranger who had taught him a great power to defend the world against the coming evil.

### GrimmFall Entropy

The resulting battle left Homunculus weakened, his body destroyed and
barely clinging to life as a formless shadow. However eventually he came
 upon a dark pool deep inside a cave and when he bathed in it he was reborn as a monster that fed on the surrounding land until that was left
 was Sparta. To better counter Sparta's armies it created its seven children from its own desires: Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy, Gluttony, Sloth
 and Wrath to act as the generals of its armies.

## Relationships

### Allies

**Seven Deadly Sins -** Father's creations and children who he created to serve him and lead his armies, and enact his will.

**Von Reichter -** Father's entered a alliance with Reichter with him providing a means to create a time bridge to accelerate his promise day plan.

### Enemies

**Sammael -**

**Van Hohenheim -**

**Edward Elric -**

**Phil Ken Sebben -**

**Vandal Savage -**

## Background Information

Father is the main antagonist from the anime Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

## Trivia

* While not yet confirmed it is possible that because he was reborn through a Dark Substance pit and control's a species of Grimm, Father might now be a hybrid of Fallen and Homunculus.