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Not a real human
- However, he is not a real human; he remains a homunculus (a manufactured human).
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Van Hohenheim —also known in the 2003 anime series as Hohenheim of Light (光のホーエンハイム, Hikari no Hōenhaimu)—was a deceptively ancient and extremely powerful Alchemist as well as the estranged father of Edward and Alphonse Elric.
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He's named after Theophrastus Phillippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim, a real life doctor, alchemist and scientist, known as the father of toxicology. Generally important dude, makes sense to name a main character after him. Other characters are named after real-life stuff.
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- He Keeps Humanity In Alchemy. This is the final, and perhaps most important, difference between Hohenheim and Father. The latter sees human beings as fuel for his plans, and as ants to crush.
- He Wants A Good Death. It's a morbid thought, for sure, but Hohenheim has been alive a lot longer than he ever meant to. He's been wandering the earth for all these centuries, and unlike Father, he doesn't seek godhood.
- He Can See Through People. Edward looks pretty troubled in this screenshot, doesn't he? What's going on? When you have lived as long as Hohenheim has, you learn how people really think, and you can see through just about any facade or lie out there.
- His Similarities To Edward. Edward and Alphonse are blood brothers, but Ed takes after their father much more than Al does. In his youth in Xerxes, Hohenheim was excitable and would snap at any provocation, much like Ed does in the main series.
May 9, 2013 · Hohenheim in FMA is based on a real person also named Hohenheim. How similar are the character from anime and the real person, and how do they diverge?
Van Hohenheim, also known as slave #23, was a citizen of Xerxes and a regular human being who was employed by King Xerxes' alchemist. This alchemist was an experimenter, and managed to create a being, the Dwarf in the Flask, as a result of alchemy.
Van Hohenheim was not always a free man. Before his descent into the world of alchemy, he was a slave. Hohenheim was then known as Slave #23, and it was there that he met the mysterious figure, Father. Then, he was called the Dwarf in the Flask, otherwise known as Homunculus.
The following page is the history of Van Hohenheim as it pertains to the manga and 2009 anime series. The young man who would later go on to be known as Van Hohenheim grew up during the 15th century in the capital of the ancient and advanced country of Xerxes.
