Character Profile: Hohenheim of Light
Fields |
USA Info |
Japanese Info |
Image |
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Name |
Hohenheim of Light | Hohemheim of Light |  |
Alias |
Hohenheim Elric | Hohemheim Elric | |
Race |
Human | Human | |
Gender |
Male | Male | |
Age |
About 40 years old(body), Over 400 years old(spirit) | About 40 years old(body), Over 400 years old(spirit) | |
Hair |
Blonde | Blonde | |
Eyes |
Gold | Gold | |
Height |
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Weight |
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Status |
Ed and Al's father | Ed and Al's father | |
Quote |
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Voice |
Scott Mcneil | Masashi Ebara | |
Debut |
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Anime |
Fullmetal Alchemist | Hagane no Renkin Jutsushi |
Character Description: Hohenheim of Light
Hohemheim is the husband of Trisha Elric and the father of Ed and Al. He is not a state Alchemist, though is known well in the military... or at least to some in the military. When Al was still only a baby he would stay in his study reading his alchemy books, not paying any attention to his family or duties as a father and husband. After a few years he leaves home (as he didn't want them to witness his rotting body)... and never returns.
It is because of Hohemheim's lack of fatherly attention to Ed and Al that Edward hates his father. That and the fact that he didn't even come home for Trisha's funeral. Ed and Al tried to contact him from the letters he had sent to friends over the years, but he never returns and seems to have not only vanished from the lives of his family...but off the face of the Earth.
Hohemheim is also somehow linked with the villains known as the Sins.
Hohenheim's body may be about 40 years old, but his soul is over 400. Apparently he's been using a Philosopher's Stone to switch his soul from body to body, which we learn in episode 47.
Hohenheim is the father of Envy. Envy was the child of Hohenheim and Dante who died of Mercury poisoning. In attempting to bring Envy back, Hohenheim abandoned his attempts and left. That is why Envy loaths the Elric name.
Editor's Note:
There is a little debate about the official spelling of this character's name, either Hohemheim or Hohenheim. In episode 3, his name can be clearly seen written as "Hohemheim" on some envelopes, and three times no less. However, in the US dub it clearly sounds as if the name is pronounced with an "N", and as someone was kind enough to point out, that is how it is spelled in the English subtitles and the book that came with Conquerer of Shambala. For these reasons, I am calling the US spelling "Hohenheim" and the Japanese spelling "Hohemheim".
Also note that Elric is Trisha's last name, not Hohemheim's. Ed and Al used their mom's last name since they didn't want any ties to Hohenheim of Light
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Flag[admin]#4 - Posted by Ludus on Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 at 1:05pm:
Hohenheim left because his body was rotting, and he did not want trisha, ed, or all to see it, so he left, i wonder why he didnt at least leave a note...
Flag[admin]#3 - Posted by Amelia on Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 at 11:13pm:
I can't remember off the top of my head, but Trisha Elric developed a terminal illness, I believe, sometime after her husband left her. Ed and Al weren't really aware of this fact until after her death, and Edward came to the conclusion that Hohenheim was the reason she became sick in the first place.
Flag[admin]#2 - Posted by cheryl on Monday, June 22nd, 2009 at 11:10pm:
hohenheim shouldve at least been there for trishas funeral what did she die of? i think it was cancer
Flag[admin]#1 - Posted by Honhenheim on Friday, May 15th, 2009 at 3:55am:
In the sub titles his name is spelled Honhenheim, same with the book that came with the Conquerer of Shambala it clearly shows his name is spelled Honhenheim, not Hohenheim, which is a real life Alchemist.