Armony Eiselstein

Armony stands out most for her red hair, cut into a short, feathered bob with one strand that splits above her bangs. Amber eyes and a ready smile complete a warm look, and she dresses in a matching khaki jacket and shorts, the jacket left open over a white tee and fastened with a row of belts. Red bands ring both wrists, and she rounds out the outfit with brown folded socks and coordinated shoes.

Bright and diligent, Armony throws herself into whatever she takes on and nurses a deep love of flowers, the Etherflower above all. What she wants most is to learn alchemy, and her sincere yearning for the craft proves hard for anyone to refuse. Within her story she also answers to grimmer names, the Broken Angel and the Philosopher's Catalyst.

Armony grows up as the daughter of the respected researcher Wilhelm Eiselstein, who sternly bars her from studying alchemy and even orders the Elric brothers not to teach her. In truth he dreads the Philosopher's Catalyst hidden inside her body, though she knows nothing of it and assumes his coldness stems from her apparent lack of talent. Won over by her earnestness, Edward eventually relents and begins instructing her, but during one of her first attempts she collapses, gasping for breath as a single white wing unfurls from her back.

The truth emerges that Armony is not who she believes herself to be. She was born when Wilhelm's daughter Selene fused with the catalyst in an accident, and the girl she recalls as a dead older sister was in fact herself. In the end the catalyst within her is released, killing both Armony and her father while Mustang and Armstrong hold Edward back. She leaves him a parting letter tucked with a flower seed, which blooms into a full Etherflower in his hand and scatters hundreds more across the field beyond the train.