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Edward Elric's story begins in February 1910, when he and Alphonse Elric , his younger brother, attempt to revive their mother by a forbidden act of alchemy: human transmutation. The process requires the correct proportion of elements which constitute a human body, (according to the dialogs this includes 35 liters of water, 20 kilograms of carbon, 4 liters of ammonia, 1.5 kilograms of lime, 800 grams of phosphorus, 250 grams of salt, 100 grams of saltpeter, 80 grams of sulfur, 7.5 grams of fluorine, 5 grams of iron, 3 grams of silicon, and trace amounts of fifteen other elements) as well as the more metaphysical element of a human soul which is rendered by Ed and Al through a drop of one another's blood, the same blood as that of Trisha Elric. The attempt backfires, resulting in Al losing his body and Ed his left leg as well as bringing to life an inhuman monster. In order to save Al's soul, Ed sacrifices his right arm to bind Al's soul to a nearby suit of armor using knowledge he attained from this glimpse into the Gate [of Truth]. Unbeknownst to Ed at the time, he also gains the rare ability to perform transmutations without a transmutation circle.

In order to regain what they had lost, Ed and Al decide to search for the legendary Philosopher's Stone, which allows an alchemist to perform transmutations that violate the Law of Equivalent Exchange (which states that in order to gain, something of equal value must be lost). To gain access to the vast amount of research and information on alchemy available only to State Alchemists, Ed and Al decide to take the notoriously difficult State Alchemist entrance exam. They stay for a year in Central with Shou Tucker, the Sewing Life Alchemist, while studying for the exam.

Note:This is in the anime only. The stay with Tucker came after the incident in Liore in the manga. In the manga, the brothers went to Mustang once Ed had finished his rehab, who took them to Central and only Ed took the test. He passed, and they returned to Resembool and burned their home down. In the anime, they stayed with Tucker while studying for the exam, and had burned their house down before they left. That explains why the date on the inside of Ed's watch is different between the two canons- in the anime, it's "3 Oct 10" and the manga is "3 Oct 11".

However, because the brothers feared that their secret (that they had performed forbidden alchemy) would be exposed during the physical phase of the exam if Al were to take it, they decided that only Ed should take the test alone. Ed easily passes, and, at the age of 12, becomes the youngest State Alchemist that the State has ever certified. (Note: Had Al not been forced to drop from the Exam due to his "condition" and passed it, he might have been the youngest State Alchemist ever certified -at age 11- instead of his brother, Ed. He did finish the written portion of the exam while Ed was unable to do so. Al's selection, though, is not given. The state only takes one or two alchemists a year, so presumably even some alchemists that pass are not selected. However, there is a chance that even if Al had made it to the final stage of the exam Edward would have been selected over Alphonse because of Ed's ability to perform transmutations without a circle.)

After passing the alchemy exam Edward and Alphonse set out to look for the Philosopher's Stone. Since the Stone allows the owner to bypass the laws of equivilent exchange, Ed and Al believe that locating the stone will enable them to regain what they have lost in their failed attempt to resurrect their mother. In an effort to help the Elric Brothers in this quest, Mustang (Ed's superior officer) issues orders to Edward to conduct an alchemic investigation into the Philosophers Stone, allowing Ed to use his position in the military to legitimately search for the stone without raising suspicion among other officers in the military.

There are lots of enemies, the Homonculus which are created by a failed Human Transmutaion attempt (Ed's failed Human Transmutation ended up in having a Homunculus with the appearance of his mother)There are 7 Homuculi . Scar a citizen from the city of Ishbal, Scar eventually helps Ed.

Edward Elric was supposedly born on February 3,1899 to Hohenheim of Light, known in the manga as Van Hohenheim, and Trisha Elric. His birthday has never been specifically stated in either the manga or the anime. Hohenheim left the family while Ed was very young, for reasons later revealed in the series. Ed has a short stature, for this, he's called as 'bean, dwarf, pea or smaller'.Edward states that he is 18 years old during Conqueror of Shamballa. This occurs when the suit of armor Al attached his soul to inexplicably implied that Edward had changed and gotten taller after passing through the temporary gate. In reply Ed knocked off the armor's head exclaiming that Al didn't anticipate him getting any taller now that he's 18 years old. This reveals that Edward was 16 at the end of the series since he stated he spent two years traveling around Europe. During this time, Edward lived with his father, who designed replacement robotic prosthetics for his arm and leg until he disappeared without a word.

Some time later, Edward became friends with Alfons (often mistaken for Alphonse, his name is the German version) Heiderich, whom he helped in developing rockets. While the main story of the series revolved around the changes of Edward and those around him, the objective of the Elric brothers was to find the Philosopher's Stone to correct their lacking bodies. While Al's body is recovered, Edward continues to live with artificial limbs, with which he seems now comfortable since he has his brother back.