Alphonse Elric

In many ways, Alphonse's calm and passive disposition exists as a foil to his older brother's more abrasive personality. Al is kindhearted, notably compassionate and patient almost to a fault, acting often out of protective selflessness for his loved ones, new friends and sometimes even toward his enemies (Scar is a particular example). Having had his psychological growth stunted at the age of ten due to loss of his physical body, Alphonse retains a childlike purity in the face of all his encountered horrors; however, despite his age, he has always displayed a significantly higher level of maturity than Edward.

The helmet that comprises Al's face is with a large, conical horn in the middle of the forehead, has a pair of parallel, horizontal vents beneath each half-moon eye hole and a fang motif just above the protruding chin. The top of the helmet also sports a ribbon of white hair that hangs down to the small of the suit's back.The trunk of the body also consists of a removable breastplate with a protruding, triangular shelf on the chest just below the throat guard, a high collar that extends out of the back and surrounds the rear and sides of the neck, and a large, circular leather patch on either side of the abdomen. A breech cloth covers the groin. Al's armour body also appears to have a triple spike motif, as each shoulder is adorned with a trio of large conical spikes lined in a row and each elbow, knee and foot carries small, spiky protrusions as well.

Al craves the human warmth of his former life in desperate silence, fears that he will never again know closeness, and is sometimes overwhelmed by the suspicion that he himself is not human. It is also revealed that Alphonse carries the added burden of blaming himself for the failure of his mother's resurrection and the subsequent loss of his brother's limbs. Whenever someone says it would be cool to have a suit of armor as a body, Al says that they should be careful what they wish for, since while it's saved his and Ed's lives several times, it also means he can't eat, sleep or even feel the air around him. At the same time, he doesn't like being pitied for his condition either, since as far as he's concerned, he brought it upon himself.

He CANNOT feel. He cannot feel anything, amy sensation, one of touch, of warmth, cold nor pain or pleasure. Becouse of lthe imposing stature of his armour body consisting of a bit over 7 feet in height, he doesn't get any physical or intimate affection ever, actually. A simple pat on the head, though he can't feel it per se, would be enough to make him blush and stutter shyly, then think about the contact for the rest of the day.

Becouse he was turned into an fleshless armour at the young age he never had the chance to have a factual romance, any crushes, nor even the primitive experimantations on his own body, like many teens would have. Not to mention ever beeing intimate with anybody. Which is precisely why he feels so much connection to a person he had a childhood crush on now. He is 18.