Sloth is a supporting character in the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. He is one of the seven Homunculi created by Father and a key component in his creator's grand plan, using his immense strength to dig a series of tunnels beneath Amestris in order to form a nation-wide transmutation circle. True to his name, Sloth is lazy and hates to do any sort of work, despite being the most physically capable of performing the task that Father has demanded of him.
Japanese Voice: Fumihiko Tachiki
English Voice: Patrick Seitz
Biography[]
Introduced mid-way through the series, Sloth is first discovered by the Elric brothers when they and the soldiers of Briggs discover him digging a tunnel beneath the Briggs mountain range. The tremors caused by Sloth's digging create an opening leading up into Fort Briggs, leading to a confrontation. General Olivier Mira Armstrong and her men attempt to bring Sloth down, but the hulking homunculus seems impervious to conventional attacks. The Briggs troops are only able to stop him by pouring a specialized fuel onto him and luring him outside into the harsh winter environment where he freezes solid.
As Armstrong and the Elric brothers ponder on what to do with Sloth, Fort Briggs is visited by General Raven. As one of the military commanders in on Father's plans, Raven orders that Sloth to be put back underground to continue his work. Over the next few months, Sloth continues digging until the nation-wide transmutation array is finished. With his task complete, Sloth rejoins Father in Central.
After Fuhrer Bradley goes missing, Father orders the Central Command staff to repel any attack on Military HQ, leaving Sloth behind to assist with the defence. On the Promised Day, Mustang's separatist forces launch an attack and as the fighting intensifies, Sloth enters the fray and battles against General Olivier Armstrong and her brother, Major Alex Armstrong.
Death[]
The battle between Sloth and the Armstrong siblings is a long and arduous one which is drawn out over several episodes. At first, Sloth fights sluggishly, but after being thoroughly beaten and even impaled, he decides to put his all into the fight and moves at incredible speeds, bulldozing his way through several soldiers. Major Alex uses his alchemy to generate several stone spikes to impale and incapacitate Sloth, but the homunculus keeps freeing himself and regenerating. Izumi Curtis and her husband Sig later enter the fray and Izumi alchemically forms a spike to impale Sloth through the back and out of his chest. After suffering so many fatal blows over the course of the battle, Sloth finally exhausts the supply of souls within his Philosopher's Stone core and begins to disintegrate, apparently happy at the prospect of dying as he found living to be an annoyance.