King Bradley

King Bradley (キング・ブラッドレイ, Kingu Buraddorei) is the Führer of Amestris, and with this status, it is his duty to protect and control the country, maintaining the stability of it. In the 2003 Anime, Bradley was known as the Homunculus Pride, but was changed in the 2009 Anime re-boot to his original status in the manga series of Wrath. As Fuhrer, he is the respected Commander-in-Chief of the State Military, even though his political standpoints are often questioned in certain instances such as the civil war with Ishval. The civil war with Ishval was only one of many insurrections focused on creating a massive Philosopher's Stone for his creator, Father. In the 2003 anime, Bradley was created as Pride by Father's fourth Homunculus named Dante, as opposed to his Manga counterpart being the final Homunculus named Wrath, created by Father himself. In the Manga series, there are only seven Homunculi aside from Father himself, all created by Father; Dante was never one of the seven.

Appearence
Bradley appears as an older man near sixty with an incredible physique for his age. He has a full head of black hair and a thick black mustache, and a blue tint to his right eye as he is seen to wear an eyepatch over his left. He is usually seen to wear a full length military issue coat and slacks with black boots. Bradley is always seen with at least one sword on him, but has also been known to carry up to five. On occasions, he has been seen without his coat in battle, wearing a short-sleeve black undershirt or a casual dress shirt with suspenders.

Personality
Several differences are apparent in Bradley when compared to the other Homunculi, such as the ability to sympathize with Humans and even show compassion despite his status as being Father's Wrath. In spite of his true identity as Wrath, Bradley is perhaps the most misleading of the Homunculi, appearing generally calm and surprisingly pleasant when compared to the others. He is rarely seen to associate with the other Homunculi, aside from times when it is nessicary to do so. Instances of his misleading demeanor include giving watermelons to Edward Elric as a gift without reason, and even mischieviously sneaking out a window to escape his assistants when he visited the Elric brothers in the hospital. However, as pleasant as he may seem, Bradley embodies the true image of wrath when enraged. One instance of this fury was his trembling hands at Maes Hughes' funeral, upon hearing Hughes' young daughter interrupting the honored silence with protests to her mother about her father being covered with dirt. Colonel Roy Mustang at the time mistook this as a silent weep from Bradley, only to discover later in the series that Bradley was trembling due to the difficulty of restraining his immense fury. Moments before his death in the series, Bradley admitted that the only person who he ever felt anything towards was his wife, suggesting that the Philosopher's Stone hadn't fully overpowered his soul.

Abilities
Bradley is known to have an inhuman level of skill in swordsmanship, being able to wield up to five swords simultaneously. As opposed to the rest of the Homunculi, Bradley was originally a human who was injected with a Philosopher's Stone that was made from wrathful souls which eventually dwindled to a single soul, which was the most wrathful of all. Because of this singular soul, Bradley doesn't have the extreme regenerative abilities of the other Homunculi, however, he does have increased resiliance and physical abilities when compared to regular humans even half his age. Due to his origin as a human, Bradley has retained his natural aging process, an ability that the other Homunculi do not have. Being a Homunculus, Bradley posseses a special kind of power in his left eye, giving him sight abilities that far exceed a regular human's eyesight; allowing him to read an opponent in battle and avoid oncoming attacks with little to no effort. This ability is known as the "Ultimate Eye". Bradley later states that his aging body irritates him, as it isn't able to keep pace with the power of his Ultimate Eye, suggesting that his power is exclusive to his eyesight and that his other physical abilities are purely his own from years of extensive training.

As a child, Bradley was simply known as "Fuhrer Candidate Number 12", being born and raised simply to be developed into a potential ruler. During his teen years, he was injected with a Philosopher's Stone created from wrathful souls, and was the only candidate to have assimilated the power of the stone into his body sucessfully. Bradley later states to Mustang that he didn't know if he retained his original soul, or if his soul at that time was the single wrathful soul which eventually overcame the rest of the souls in the stone that he was injected with.

2003 anime (Pride)
Bradley was introduced as the Fuhrer of Amestris, but later introduced as the Homunculus Pride. Bradley maintains his role as the president of the country, although he is a carefree man, he has a mind like a steel trap and his personality can change rapidly. It was he who finished the Ishval Civil War by sending in the State Alchemists to end it, although it was Bradley himself who started the war in the first place.

Pride was created by Dante as the fourth Homunculus in existence. He was made the president of the country by Dante to keep an eye on things. Despite his power, it was never known why he did not rebel against Dante and take charge of things, but it is possible that loyalty had something to do with it. Bradley made Edward Elric the Fullmetal Alchemist, and in secret made Sloth his secretary, under the guise of Juliet Douglas. Bradley and the rest of his group in Central fled east and took command of the Eastern Command Center to escape the wrath of Scar, although Bradley apologized to Roy Mustang for the hassle that was being caused. The Führer later returned to Central.

The Führer accompanied Hughes and his team to save Edward and Alphonse from Laboratory 5, allowed Hughes to continue his investigation into the Homunculi, and also permitted the capture of Scar in Reole. However, Martel, the snake chimera found him talking about the deliberate destruction of Reole with Frank Archer. She cornered him and soon discovered him to be the Homunculus Pride.

With his identity exposed and now his role as the Führer on the line, Pride hunts Martel who he finds hiding in Al's armour and stabs her with his sword. However, Al already has learnt the truth about Pride and quickly tells Edward about it. Mustang, Armstrong and other members of the military discover the truth as well. Roy decides to avenge Hughes with the help of Lt. Hawkeye.

A final battle between Pride and Mustang occurs in the Führer's estate. As Pride is on the verge of defeating Mustang, Selim appears with a sack, which in fact contains the skull of the person Pride was created from. Pride mindlessly kills his son. Mustang uses this opportunity to seize the skull and paralyze Pride. He repeatedly sets fire to Pride, until he is no more. In the aftermath, Pride has been reduced to a puddle of red liquid. Mustang drops the skull onto the puddle and sets fire to it, melting the skull and ending Pride's life.

Conqueror of Shamballa
In the movie, Ed sees a man drive by that looks like Führer Bradley. He realizes after the confrontation that isn't Bradley, but his counterpart of a Jewish movie director named Fritz Lang.

Trivia

 * As a member of the military, Bradley is named for a real world military vehicle, the M2 Bradley tank.
 * King Bradley came in the 28th place in the latest fan poll.
 * Before becoming a Homunculus, Bradley had no name other than "Führer Candidate".
 * King Bradley is one of the two homunculi to have a living Earth counterpart, the other being Lust.