Who was King Bradley supposed to be?


In Fullmetal Alchemist (2003 anime series) Fuhrer Bradley/King Bradley is a
homunculus and is head of the military in Central. They say the Homunculi are
created when an alchemist attempts human transmutation, which always fails and
from those failures, a homunculus is created and is born to look like whoever
they were suppose to be bought back as.

> e.g. Alphonse and Ed tried to resurrect Trisha, their mother, and end up
> failing. Years later they run into her but she is known as Miss Douglas.

I can't remember how I know that Homunculi are suppose to look like what they
were supposed to be resurrected as but what was King Bradley supposed to be?




I'll take my shot at an answer. In the 2003 continuity, homunculi are created
when alchemists attempt human transmutation, as you stated earlier. This more
or less explains the origins of:

  * Wrath, who was created by Izumi
  * Sloth, who, as you stated, was created by the Elric brothers
  * Envy, who was Hohenheim's son
  * Lust, who was created by Scar's brother

Given this "rule" and the examples in the anime, it's at the very least
implied that the resulting homunculus from a human transmutation will
resemble, at least to a degree, the original intended result of the
transmutation.

I don't recall the series explaining the origins of Gluttony, Greed, or Pride,
though according to the fan-made Fullmetal Alchemist Wiki, they were all
created by Dante. In [the case of
Gluttony](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Gluttony), this seems to have been done
for the purpose of creating philosopher's stones, at least according to the
FMA Wiki (which may or may not be a reliable source). In the case of Pride, it
would make sense to a degree for the homunculus to have been created as a
means to control the government for Dante's purposes, but it seems that
neither the purpose of creating Pride nor his origins are ever explicitly
stated in the 2003 series.




I'll take my shot at an answer. In the 2003 continuity, homunculi are created
when alchemists attempt human transmutation, as you stated earlier. This more
or less explains the origins of:

  * Wrath, who was created by Izumi
  * Sloth, who, as you stated, was created by the Elric brothers
  * Envy, who was Hohenheim's son
  * Lust, who was created by Scar's brother

Given this "rule" and the examples in the anime, it's at the very least
implied that the resulting homunculus from a human transmutation will
resemble, at least to a degree, the original intended result of the
transmutation.

I don't recall the series explaining the origins of Gluttony, Greed, or Pride,
though according to the fan-made Fullmetal Alchemist Wiki, they were all
created by Dante. In [the case of
Gluttony](http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Gluttony), this seems to have been done
for the purpose of creating philosopher's stones, at least according to the
FMA Wiki (which may or may not be a reliable source). In the case of Pride, it
would make sense to a degree for the homunculus to have been created as a
means to control the government for Dante's purposes, but it seems that
neither the purpose of creating Pride nor his origins are ever explicitly
stated in the 2003 series.

