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⌈ CHARACTER SECTION ⌉
Character: Greed
Age: ~300; never explicitly stated in canon
Canon: Fullmetal Alchemist (2003)
Canon Point: Episode 32, after kidnapping Al
Background: here; under the sections labeled “2003 anime” only.

Personality: Like his name suggests, he's greedy. He says himself that he wants everything the world has to take. Women, money, status, power, eternal life-- he wants all of it. He's monumentally selfish and knows it and doesn't really care at all about Dante's goals. He claims he doesn't want to become human, and he also doesn't want to exist as her pawn.

Having been created from the remains of Dante's human lover, Greed more than likely has access to his human memories just as the other homunculi are shown to have, though they're not indicated in the show itself. One can speculate, however, that most if not all of the memories he has have to deal with Dante and being her lover given his behavior towards her—he's unable to harm Ed knowing that Dante is watching him and he inevitably finds himself drawn back to the place where he was born. It's part the fact that he really wants attention and also partially the fact that he desperately wants her attention in particular.

Somehow, despite being the homunculus that has spent the most time isolated and alone to think about revenge, Greed manages to be the least psychopathic of the seven homunculi. He's reasonably stable and though he doesn't seem especially bothered by the prospect of having to hurt or kill people, he does go out of his way to avoid it except in very specific circumstances, saying that it's "not his style." Included in this is his specific desire to avoid hurting women, which might have to do with his attachment to Dante.

Remarkably, despite his name being Greed and avarice being a key part of his personality, Greed genuinely seems to care for his friends. The chimera that he rescues from Lab 5 become incredibly loyal to him and he in turn is protective of them, urging his followers not to go through with suicidal attacks. It's probably in large part due to his own greed and selfishness that he dislikes seeing people be so selfless for his own sake. He's greedy and selfish and has trouble understanding why someone would want to die for him because he certainly doesn't want to die for someone else. Even so, he is clearly shown to mourn the loss of his followers and he urges Al to protect Martel after the death of the other chimera, also letting Al go in turn which effectively ends his search for getting his spirit attached to armor.

Maybe it's because he found himself getting attached to Al that he decided not to hurt him after all, it's not entirely clear, but it would make sense because he also knowingly engages in a fight with Ed that was extremely likely to end in his own death. To help Ed out and throw the ultimate wrench in Dante's plans, he's willing to die to give the information that the alchemist needs in order to defeat the other homunculi. That sheer amount of self-sacrifice seems to be the antithesis of what Greed exists to be, but it's also not entirely surprising that a greedy man would ultimately want to die on his own terms rather than be imprisoned for centuries once more.

It's not accurate to call him a "good" person because of his selfishness and the fact that he was willing to kill Al to figure out how a spirit attachment is done, but his bond with the chimera is proof that he does genuinely care about people, as is the fact that he eventually let Al go when he was certain that his confrontation with Dante would end in the loss of his life. He's selfish but not unnecessarily cruel; this is an important distinction. He's not "good" but he's also not evil either, floating somewhere in between. He is extremely loyal to the chimeras he broke out of Lab 5 and would absolutely never betray them even in a situation where it would be advantageous for him to do so.

Greed's hideout with the chimera is in the basement of a dingy bar called The Devil's Nest, which says that he's not afraid of hanging out with outlaws. Unlike the other homunculi who treat humans like something beneath them, Greed is at least capable of a somewhat civil discussion. He makes it clear that he's extremely strong and not someone to be messed with, but he also is fairly content being around outlaws. He's shown with his arms around human women in the hideout while discussing what to do about Wrath. In general, he seems capable of genuinely getting along with people so long as they don't treat him like trash for being a homunculus or otherwise try to provoke him.

Despite his long life and despite experience that would indicate he should know better, Greed is quick to trust certain people. It doesn't happen often, but when it does happen, he's very protective of the people who have allied with him and he has a tendency to take betrayal extremely personally. It can be difficult to gain his trust, but once a person does, he's a fairly trusting man and that is something incredibly exploitable— he was genuinely blindsided by Kimbley's betrayal despite earlier banter that seemed to hint towards him not entirely trusting the man.

A final thing to note would be the suicidal inclinations of homunculi in the original anime; it’s not that Greed would actively be looking to end his life and indeed it’s actually the opposite to a certain extent—he wants to live. However, in spite of this, homunculi are born with the innate knowledge that they are created because somebody died, and because of that they are prone to despair. Greed is never directly shown having the problem himself, but he’s one of the only homunculi not shown having this problem so it’s safe to say he is capable of feeling misery; he’s just not as immediately prone to it for the time being. Important to note that while he doesn’t go looking to end his life for most of his appearance in canon, he does provoke Ed into killing him.

Abilities: Greed’s primary ability is something he calls “the Ultimate Shield” and involves changing the chemistry of his body such that his skin becomes diamond-hard and virtually impervious to physical damage. He is also capable of regenerating from any wound, even fatal ones, because of the shards of Philosopher’s Stones in his stomach. Different from his manga/Brotherhood counterparts, he ingests the stones rather than having a Stone at his core.

He’s also shown to be able to jump to ludicrous heights, though he can’t leap to the top of a skyscraper like he’s in The Matrix or anything like that, more like he can jump from limb to limb of a tree.

I’m okay with Greed’s power being nerfed as need be.

Alignment: Daimonia. Greed is always walking the fine line between wanting to continue existing and wanting to die. He normally finds pride in what he is and what he does, but can sink into sadness if he dwells too long on things.

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⌈ SAMPLE SECTION ⌉
Sample: Greed on the test drive

Questions: N/A