Karin

Karin, a character exclusive to the 2003 anime, was a beautiful young flower seller living and working in rural Amestris before a cart accident twenty years ago pitched her over a cliff. She survived the fall, but - due to a serious head injury - lost her memories, including those relating to her young sweetheart Majhal. Karin was found at the bottom of the cliff by residents of another nearby town, who brought her back to their settlement for treatment; there, she eventually recovered her physical strength and, despite her memory loss, resumed working as a flower seller nearby.

However, as time stole her beauty away, her memories returned and, longing to see Majhal once more, she returned anonymously to her old hometown. Unrecognizable even to her lost love, Karin shyly resigned herself to aiding the aging alchemist Majhal as he went about his daily business, never truly attracting his attention no matter how much she tried, for Majhal was too obsessed with her youthful image to make the connection. When the Fullmetal Alchemist arrived in town, however, he discovered that Majhal's obsession had grown into a sinister experiment wherein he would take the souls of village girls in an attempt to create a Karin golem to be his companion. During Fullmetal's confrontation with Majhal, Karin revealed her true identity and explained what had really become of her, but Majhal - too blinded by his memories of her youthful beauty - became enraged rather than enlightened and, in attacking Fullmetal, was himself slain. As he lay dying in Karin's arms from a self-inflicted wound, Majhal still refused to accept that the old woman shedding tears for him was actually the beautiful flower seller he had loved.