Dante (ダンテ, Dante) is the main antagonist of the Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 anime series, first introduced in Episode 32. She is a cold, calculating ancient woman and a formidable alchemist. She is the former lover of Hohenheim and has used Philosopher's Stones to transfer her soul to new bodies for around four hundred years. Several centuries prior to the series, she and Hohenheim had a son together who died of mercury poisoning and was made into a homunculus, whom she later names Envy. However, Hohenheim realized how corrupted Dante had become and left her, leaving behind only a small fragment of a Philosopher's Stone which she quickly used up. Dante leads the homunculi, either creating them herself, or finding them after they are created, feeds them red stones to reshape their form into resembling the person meant to be resurrected, and thus, uses them to create conflicts in the hope of having a desperate alchemist create a new stone for her. She orchestrated her agenda within the shadows of the Amestrian government and military.
Species: Human
Status: Deceased
Gender: Female
Family: Hohenheim (ex-husband)
Envy (homunculus of her dead son)
Affiliations: Homunculi,
Occupation: Alchemist,
Leader of the homunculi
Abilities: Ancient knowledge of alchemy,
Stealing others' bodies
Unique Trait: Ability to bypass 'Equivalent Exchange' laws
Goal: Create Philosopher's Stones in order to live forever
Debuts: Episode 32 (2003 Anime)
Episode 58 (brotherhood) (Cameo)
English Voice Actor: Cindee Mayfield (old)
Monica Rial (in Lyra's body)
Japanese Voice Actor: Kazuko Sugiyama
Dante is cruel, manipulative, arrogant, narcissistic, single-minded, devious, and vindictive. In her long years as a parasitic soul, moving from body to body, her personality has apparently changed considerably: as Hohenheim lay dying after creating the Philosopher's Stone, she rushed to save him, but now she cares little for the lives of others, believing those who die in order to preserve her life to be "necessary martyrs." Ever since then, Dante developed a god-complex, as well as exhibiting a misanthropic and egotistical view of the world, believing most human beings to be "selfish, ignorant creatures", unworthy of the knowledge of alchemy and the Philosopher's Stone (demonstrating a large degree of hypocrisy as well). As such, she has no qualms over starting wars or taking countless lives, as she is convinced that she is ultimately protecting mankind from itself. Because this is all Dante cares about, global politics, wars, and human lives mean nothing to her, as she has control of Amestris through her homunculus Pride and uses the whole country as a tool to obtain Philosopher's Stones.
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