Scar (Japanese: スカー, Hepburn: SukÄ ), also known as Scarred Man
(å‚·ã ®ç"·, Kizu no Otoko), is a fictional character from the
Fullmetal Alchemist manga series and its adaptations created by Hiromu
Arakawa. Scar is introduced as a villain who targets alchemists
working for the state military from the fictional country of Amestris.
Scar hails from the region of Ishval whose people were almost
exterminated in a previous civil war against the state military, most
notably their alchemists. His alias is derived from the prominent
X-shaped scar that decorates his brow with his birth name being
unknown. As the series continues, Scar's backstory is further explored
and he questions his motives, eventually joining the side of the
Amestrian State military.Scar was created by Arakawa in order to
represent the continuous encounter that happened between people from
Hokkaido and the Ainu. Therefore, she regards Scar as a complex
character as his hatred spanned from the Ishval's civil war.
Similarly, his character was received positively by publications from
manga and anime, who find him as an atypical villain in the series.The
major conflict between Scar and the State Alchemists is based on
Hiromu Arakawa's own background when she lived in Hokkaido, as her
ancestors conquered the land belonging to the Ainu people, but some of
them were Ainu themselves. This is represented in Scar's revenge
against State Alchemists as he ironically uses alchemy like them in
order kill them despite being a taboo for his religion. As a result,
Arakawa comments that rather than being a common "evil antagonist",
Scar's character resulted from several catastrophes that occurred in
the Ishvalan Civil War and such a label should be avoided. When
illustrating characters, Arakawa states that Scar became one of the
easiest ones to design.Scar is introduced in the series as a serial
killer who targets alchemists working for the state military from the
country of Amestris as revenge for their involvement in Ishvalan civil
war, which caused the death of several of his comrades. During this
war, a state alchemist named Solf J. Kimblee attacked Scar and his
friends and family. With the last of his strength, Scar's brother
attached his own arm, through means of alchemy, to Scar. This gives
Scar the ability to use alchemy despite being a taboo for his people's
religion, as Ishbalans believe that only God has the right to create.
However, instead of fully transmuting what he comes in contact with,
he simply decomposes it into individual elements, completely
obliterating the object. When Scar awakens after the incident and
discovers his brother's arm attached to his own, he kills the doctors
treating him, Winry Rockbell's parents, in a blind rage. Using his new
ability, Scar tries to kill the state alchemist Edward Elric in
Eastern Headquarters, but escapes upon being ambushed by the military.
Knowing that the Elric brothers are headed to the first branch
library, he goes there to ambush them, but he is found by creatures
known as the homunculi. Retreating from them, Scar then joins with the
former military lieutenant Yoki and a young immigrant named May Chang
to go to Central City to continue his revenge. He finds the Elric
brothers, unaware that it is part of their plot to lure out the
homunculi. During this encounter, Edward reveals Scar's involvement in
the deaths of Winry's parents, unaware that Winry is present at the
time, and which Scar confirms. When Edward and his brother Alphonse
try to beat him while capturing a homunculus, Scar is saved by May. He
agrees to help May find her pet panda in thanks for saving him. Scar
and May end up stumbling upon the Elrics in the homunculi's lair,
where Edward reveals the fact that they sparked the Ishbal rebellion.
As he escapes, he finds Dr. Tim Marcoh, a state alchemist who
participated in the Ishbalan war, who asks Scar to kill him as he is
being used by the homunculi. Scar agrees to fulfill Marcoh's wish in
return for the true story behind the Ishbal Massacre. After learning
the truth behind his brother's research involving alchemy, Scar
decides to spare Marcoh's life to help him learn more. Scar's group
makes their way to the North where the secrets of his brother's
research are hidden.
(å‚·ã ®ç"·, Kizu no Otoko), is a fictional character from the
Fullmetal Alchemist manga series and its adaptations created by Hiromu
Arakawa. Scar is introduced as a villain who targets alchemists
working for the state military from the fictional country of Amestris.
Scar hails from the region of Ishval whose people were almost
exterminated in a previous civil war against the state military, most
notably their alchemists. His alias is derived from the prominent
X-shaped scar that decorates his brow with his birth name being
unknown. As the series continues, Scar's backstory is further explored
and he questions his motives, eventually joining the side of the
Amestrian State military.Scar was created by Arakawa in order to
represent the continuous encounter that happened between people from
Hokkaido and the Ainu. Therefore, she regards Scar as a complex
character as his hatred spanned from the Ishval's civil war.
Similarly, his character was received positively by publications from
manga and anime, who find him as an atypical villain in the series.The
major conflict between Scar and the State Alchemists is based on
Hiromu Arakawa's own background when she lived in Hokkaido, as her
ancestors conquered the land belonging to the Ainu people, but some of
them were Ainu themselves. This is represented in Scar's revenge
against State Alchemists as he ironically uses alchemy like them in
order kill them despite being a taboo for his religion. As a result,
Arakawa comments that rather than being a common "evil antagonist",
Scar's character resulted from several catastrophes that occurred in
the Ishvalan Civil War and such a label should be avoided. When
illustrating characters, Arakawa states that Scar became one of the
easiest ones to design.Scar is introduced in the series as a serial
killer who targets alchemists working for the state military from the
country of Amestris as revenge for their involvement in Ishvalan civil
war, which caused the death of several of his comrades. During this
war, a state alchemist named Solf J. Kimblee attacked Scar and his
friends and family. With the last of his strength, Scar's brother
attached his own arm, through means of alchemy, to Scar. This gives
Scar the ability to use alchemy despite being a taboo for his people's
religion, as Ishbalans believe that only God has the right to create.
However, instead of fully transmuting what he comes in contact with,
he simply decomposes it into individual elements, completely
obliterating the object. When Scar awakens after the incident and
discovers his brother's arm attached to his own, he kills the doctors
treating him, Winry Rockbell's parents, in a blind rage. Using his new
ability, Scar tries to kill the state alchemist Edward Elric in
Eastern Headquarters, but escapes upon being ambushed by the military.
Knowing that the Elric brothers are headed to the first branch
library, he goes there to ambush them, but he is found by creatures
known as the homunculi. Retreating from them, Scar then joins with the
former military lieutenant Yoki and a young immigrant named May Chang
to go to Central City to continue his revenge. He finds the Elric
brothers, unaware that it is part of their plot to lure out the
homunculi. During this encounter, Edward reveals Scar's involvement in
the deaths of Winry's parents, unaware that Winry is present at the
time, and which Scar confirms. When Edward and his brother Alphonse
try to beat him while capturing a homunculus, Scar is saved by May. He
agrees to help May find her pet panda in thanks for saving him. Scar
and May end up stumbling upon the Elrics in the homunculi's lair,
where Edward reveals the fact that they sparked the Ishbal rebellion.
As he escapes, he finds Dr. Tim Marcoh, a state alchemist who
participated in the Ishbalan war, who asks Scar to kill him as he is
being used by the homunculi. Scar agrees to fulfill Marcoh's wish in
return for the true story behind the Ishbal Massacre. After learning
the truth behind his brother's research involving alchemy, Scar
decides to spare Marcoh's life to help him learn more. Scar's group
makes their way to the North where the secrets of his brother's
research are hidden.
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