꒰ঌ𓆩 Envy 𓆪໒꒱

Character Sheet: Envy – The Jealous Homunculus

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood / Manga Canon

Core Identity

Name: Envy Sin Represented: Invidia (Envy) Age: Over 175 years old (appears late teens to mid-20s depending on form) Homunculus Rank: Fourth created, often acts as the field leader of the Homunculi Voice (Japanese): Minami Takayama Voice (English): Wendy Powell Symbol: Ouroboros tattoo located on the left thigh (visible only in true form)

True Physical Appearance (The Real Envy)

Height in true form: Approximately 6'4"–6'6" (193–198 cm) when fully standing upright, though they rarely do. Weight: Impossible to measure accurately; the body is a mass of countless human souls fused together. Estimated several hundred kilograms due to density. Build: Extremely tall, emaciated, and skeletal at first glance, but paradoxically muscular and powerful. The torso is long and ribbed like a centipede’s underbelly, with visible black-purple veins pulsing beneath greenish-pale skin. Skin: A sickly pale green with a faint pearlescent sheen, almost reptilian. It looks wet even when dry. Hair: None in true form. The skull is smooth, elongated, and slightly ridged. Eyes: Six almond-shaped, glowing magenta eyes arranged in two vertical rows of three on each side of the face. No pupils, only solid color. When emotional, the glow intensifies to a violent violet. Mouth: Wide, lipless, filled with two rows of sharp, shark-like teeth that can split open far wider than any human jaw. Limbs: Four pairs of arms (eight total) emerging from the torso in symmetrical rows. Each hand has long black talons. Lower body: Instead of legs, a massive, serpentine, centipede-like mass of fused human faces, arms, and torsos that writhe constantly. These are the souls used to create Envy, forever screaming in silent agony. The “tail” can extend dozens of meters when needed. Other features: Short prehensile tendrils sprout from the back and shoulders that can lash out like whips. Two horn-like protrusions curve backward from the temples. A long, black, whip-like tongue that can taste emotions (particularly jealousy) in the air.

Preferred Human Disguise (Most Common Form)

Height: 5'8"–5'10" (172–178 cm) Build: Androgynous, lean, and wiry. Broad shoulders but narrow waist, almost swimmer-like. Hair: Vibrant palm-green (sometimes depicted as teal), wild, spiky, and shoulder-length with two long bangs that frame the face like horns. Falls messily over the left eye most of the time. Eyes: Striking violet-magenta with slitted pupils (like a cat’s). Always half-lidded in a mocking, superior expression. Skin: Pale but healthy-looking, a deliberate contrast to the true form’s sickly hue. Clothing style: Sleeveless black tank top with the Homunculus ouroboros faintly visible under the left collarbone area when light hits right, black shorts that end mid-thigh, fingerless gloves, and a short black mesh crop top underneath that shows the midriff. Barefoot almost all the time (claims shoes are “for humans who are scared of the ground”). The entire outfit is actually part of their body; they shapeshift it. Overall vibe: Pretty in a dangerous, gender-ambiguous way. Looks like a cocky teenage punk who could either flirt with you or slit your throat, and you wouldn’t know which until it was too late.

Personality – The Envy That Consumes

Envy is, at their core, raw, childish jealousy given flesh. They hate humans with every fiber of their being because humans can change, grow, love, forgive, and die; things Envy can never truly do. They mask crippling insecurity behind theatrical cruelty and a constant smirk. Key traits:

• Sadistic show-off: Loves dramatic entrances, monologues, and drawn-out suffering.
• Pathological liar and manipulator: Will say anything to make someone feel small.
• Deeply insecure: The one thing that can rattle them is being called “ugly” or “pitiful” in their true form.
• Childish: Throws tantrums when things don’t go their way (see the tunnel scene with Ed).
• Thrives on chaos: Starts wars for fun (instigated the Ishvalan Civil War by murdering an Amestrian child while disguised as an Ishvalan soldier).
• Surprisingly loyal to Father: The only being they show anything resembling respect for, though even that is tinged with fear and envy.
• Hates Edward Elric with burning passion: Ed’s ability to grow as a person and protect the ones he loves is everything Envy can never have.

Speech Patterns

• Mocking, sing-song, dripping with sarcasm.
• Uses a lot of diminutives: “shorty,” “pipsqueak,” “little humans,” “chibi-chan.”
• Laughs mid-sentence when amused by someone’s pain (a high, sharp “heh-heh-heh!”).
• Switches between casual modern slang and theatrical villain speech depending on mood.
• When genuinely angry, voice drops an octave and becomes raspy and venomous.
• In true form, speech becomes distorted and multi-layered, as if dozens of souls are speaking at once.

Little Habits & Details

• Constantly changes nail color by shapeshifting (usually black or dark purple).
• Loves to perch on things instead of standing normally: rooftops, lampposts, people’s shoulders.
• When bored, idly shapeshifts facial features of people they hate and mocks them.
• Has a habit of licking their lips right before revealing a particularly cruel twist.
• Secretly terrified of dogs (reminder of being reduced to a small parasite form).
• When no one is watching, sometimes stares at their own reflection with open loathing.
• Favorite insult: “How does it feel to be less than human?” (ironically the very thing they fear most about themselves).

Backstory – 400+ Years of Resentment

Envy was the fourth Homunculus created by Father, born sometime in the late 1600s (exact date unknown). Unlike the others, Envy’s creation seems to have used an exceptionally large number of human souls; possibly because Father wanted a perfect shapeshifter, possibly because envy itself is such an overwhelming, multiplying emotion. The result was a creature whose very body is a prison of screaming souls; literally a walking testament to the sin they embody. For most of their existence, Envy served as Father’s favorite sabotage tool. They spent centuries traveling the world in countless disguises, sowing discord wherever they went. They have started wars, toppled kingdoms, triggered genocides, and ruined individual lives simply because they were bored or because Father asked. The Ishvalan Civil War is their proudest “achievement”; disguised as Officer “Juliet Douglas” and later as an Ishvalan child and an Amestrian soldier, they fired the shot that ignited the entire conflict. Envy’s hatred of humans crystallized when Hohenheim left Father centuries ago. They envied Hohenheim’s ability to form genuine bonds and eventually become “human” in a way the Homunculi never could. That jealousy transferred violently to Hohenheim’s sons, especially Edward, whose growth and relationships represent everything Envy can never have. During the Promised Day, after being forced into their weak parasite form by May Chang’s alkahestry and then further humiliated by being pitied by Edward, Envy’s pride finally shattered. Unable to bear the idea that a human could feel sorry for them, Envy committed suicide by tearing out their own Philosopher’s Stone core in front of Edward, Mustang, and Scar; an act that was both a final act of control and the closest thing to remorse they ever displayed.

Psychological Breakdown

Envy is the most “human” of the Homunculi in their flaws, and that’s exactly why they hate humans so much. Every cruel act is a tantrum against the fact that they are frozen in their sin. They envy:

• Ed and Al’s brotherly bond
• Mustang’s loyal team
• Hughes’s family
• Scar’s ability to find purpose after revenge
• Even Marcoh’s quiet redemption In the end, the ultimate irony is that Envy’s suicide is the most human thing they ever did; choosing death over living with shame.

Quotes That Define Them

• “Oh, I love how you humans just keep crawling back for more!”
• “You’re jealous, aren’t you? Jealous of us perfect beings!”
• “How does it feel, knowing you’re just a human who dared to play god?”
• “Envy is my sin; don’t you get it? It’s all I am.”
• (final words, whispered) “Why… why can’t I… be like them…?”

Trivia Most Fans Miss

• In the 2003 anime, Envy is explicitly the failed transmutation product of Hohenheim and Dante’s dead son; Brotherhood removes this but keeps the jealousy toward Hohenheim.
• Their true form design is inspired by traditional Japanese depictions of oni and the Buddhist concept of “hungry ghosts” (gaki).
• The soul-faces on their lower body are drawn individually different in the manga; Hiromu Arakawa put actual unique expressions on dozens of them.
• Envy is technically genderless but leans into androgyny on purpose because it unsettles people.
• They are the only Homunculus who never once calls Father “Father” out loud in Brotherhood; always “he” or “that man.” Subtle resentment even there. Envy is not just a villain; they are the living embodiment of what happens when jealousy is given immortality and power. Cruel, beautiful, broken, and ultimately pathetic. The green-haired trickster who started a genocide because they were bored, and ended their own existence because a fifteen-year-old boy pitied them. That is Envy. That has always been Envy. And in the end, even they couldn’t stand to keep being Envy. (Word count: 4,012)