Mr. Halling

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• Overview
• Appearances

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Mr. Halling
Names and Titles
Full Name	Mr. Halling Halling Hullings
Japanese Written Name	???
Personal Details
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Born	Youswell, Amestris
Nationality	Amestrian
Residence	Youswell, Amestris
Characteristics
Family	Mrs. Halling (wife) Kyle Halling (son)
Affiliations	Youswell Coal Mines
Occupation	Coal Miner, Tavern Owner, Mayor of Youswell
Goal	Maintaining a happy and healthy family and community
Series Information
Debut	Chapter 3OG Episode 903 Episode 3809
Voice Actor	Chris Rager
Seiyū	Jouji Nakata

Mr. Halling, alternatively just named Halling, is one of the many miners who live in the Frontier Mining Town of Youswell and, due to his amicable and clear-headed nature, has been chosen by the Youswell mining community to be their unofficial chief and spokesman in their ongoing (albeit fruitless) negotiations with the landowner of Youswell - Lieutenant Yoki.

As a result of Yoki's exorbitant property taxes, Halling (along with many other Youswell residents) runs a tavern with his wife and his son Kyle partly as a place where the tired laborers of the town can rest and unwind after a hard day in the coal mines, but mostly as a way to bilk tourists out of their money with an admittedly unreasonable 200,000 cens per night fee so as to keep up with Yoki's equally unreasonable demands. He is a friendly and kindhearted man, described by his friends and family as someone who will gladly take a loss if he can help out an ailing friend by doing so.

History

He first appears when Alphonse and Edward Elric appear in Youswell on an assignment to survey the Coal Mines and takes an instant liking to the boys, admitting that he'd dabbled in alchemy as a youth, but lacked the necessary talent to continue. But when it becomes clear that Edward is a State Alchemist, Halling - along with the rest of the town - becomes suddenly cold toward him, expressing his great distaste for the State Military, due to Yoki's corruption and the way the Lieutenant's bribes have kept Youswell from receiving proper help and attention from the authorities, and especially for State Alchemists, who have turned their backs on the concept of "Be Thou For The People" to become "Dogs of the Military" - in essence, selling their souls for power.

Halling refuses to allow a State Alchemist houseroom in his tavern and promptly kicks him out, though expresses further disgust when Yoki himself pays a visit, announcing yet another salary cut and gladly accepting Edward into his mansion for the night. When Yoki, angered at Halling's resistance on behalf of the town, orders that his tavern be burnt down during the night, Halling refuses to let Kyle and the other miners attack Yoki in revenge because he doesn't want them to become criminals and give Yoki more excuses to act. But all is solved when Edward returns, having cheated Yoki out of the deed to the town and "sells" it to Halling for 200,000 cenz, to be exchanged in the form of a night's stay in the tavern. With this, Yoki's leverage in Youswell is erased and Halling's faith in State Alchemists is restored.

The Envoy From the East

Halling appears again in Chapter 32 of the manga, when May Chang arrives in Youswell from Xing. Immediately after her encounter with Kyle, Youswell's Mine #8 collapses, trapping Halling and several other miners inside. They are rescued by May, who uses Xingese Alchemy to repair the mine in a flash, and spend the night thanking her with one of their rowdy parties. Halling mentioned to the Xingese girl that this is the second time he has been rescued by an alchemist and tells her the tale of Edward Elric. May falls in love with Halling's description of the Fullmetal Alchemist and departs immediately, but as she leaves, Halling and Kyle note that they had forgotten to tell her how short Ed is.

Trivia

• It's actually never made clear if Halling is supposed to be his surname or first name. Kyle is never given a full name in the manga, only ever referred to as Kyle. The characters are completely unnamed in the 2009 adaptation due to so many of their scenes being removed, and in the 2003 adaptation, Kyle was never given an official reference sheet other characters got, but his father did get one. In his father's sheet, his name is only labelled as "Halling" (no honorific or title). The description on the website only mentions Kyle's name once, in the short sentence カヤルの父親。(Kayaru no Chichioya.) literally meaning "Kyle's father." The DS game Dual Sympathy's character gallery includes both Halling and, for the first time, Kyle, and simply refers to them as "Kyle" and "Halling" respectively. Kyle's description further calls him "Halling's Son". Both descriptions never put any title in front of Halling. Conflictingly, the Fullmetal Alchemist: Trading Card Game gives Kyle the full name of Kyle Halling and calls Halling's wife Mrs. Halling, but only titles his card Halling, no "Mr".