Mugear

Mugear is an Amestrian man who owns the gold mines of Xenotime and dabbles in science. Featured only in the 2003 anime, he is rendered as an avaricious figure whose hunger for riches colors every dealing he makes.

Greed governs Mugear completely. Fixated on restoring Xenotime to its fabled standing as a City of Gold while lining his own pockets, he proves willing to poison a town and murder a partner to reach his ends, showing neither conscience nor loyalty whenever profit hangs in the balance.

Hoping to rebuild Xenotime's wealth, Mugear recruited the alchemist Nash Tringham to perfect the Red Stone, a potent amplifier that imitates the Philosopher's Stone. When Tringham's technique failed, Mugear devised a horrific alternative: lacing the town's water with Red Water so that expecting mothers would ingest it, their unborn children serving as catalysts that solidified the poison. Tringham refused to take part and was murdered for his defiance.

Casting about for new collaborators, Mugear was approached by Russell and Fletcher Tringham posing as Edward and Alphonse Elric. Already tipped off by Lust, who had told him about the real Elrics, he merely feigned belief in the impostors, knowing full well they were Nash's sons. The genuine Fullmetal Alchemist soon reached Xenotime and dismantled the plot; as Mugear fled toward the underground Red Water reservoir, the tunnel caved in and killed him.