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Character Bios: Scar

A mysterious person with an arm capable of destroying the innards of physical substances, including people. He is currently hunting State Alchemists for an unknown reason.
-Kenshin Eternal

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One of the surviving Ishbalans, a people who reject alchemy as an offense to their god. His real name is unrevealed. He is called Scar by many due to the X-Shaped scar on his forehead given to him by the State Alchemist Kimblee. His right arm is tattooed with a transmutation circle that allows him to destroy objects at will, by performing only the first two steps of a transmutation (Understanding and Decomposing). Scar was first introduced while trying to gain access to the State Library, which held books only a State Alchemist would be privy to. There he had hoped to learn the nature of the strange markings on his arm - a "gift" from his older brother - but is instead driven off when his arm is inadvertently revealed by Edward Elric. He later learns of the power in his arm after killing Nina Tucker, and he begins a killing spree of retribution, passing judgement on all State Alchemists for the crimes of their organization against the Ishbalan people.

Because of Scar's vendetta against State Alchemists, Edward found himself one of the Ishbalan's targets. But Scar's relationship with the Elric brothers, particularly Alphonse, changes as the story progresses. Touched by their brotherly love, Scar promises Alphonse he would not kill Edward. Later, in the 5th Laboratory, Scar again refrains from trying to kill Edward when Edward chooses not to sacrifice prisoners to create the Philosopher's Stone. After working together to save the Ishbalan boy Rick from the Amestris military, Edward and Scar reach an uneasy détente.

Scar later learned that his arm is actually an incomplete Philosopher's Stone itself, created from the transmutation of countless Ishbalans who died in the war; it causes Scar pain every time it absorbs another incomplete Philosopher's Stone. Scar's brother gave him the arm to save his life after he had been gravely wounded by Kimblee. And though his brother sacrificed himself Scar still harbored for him a deep hatred. His practicing of the alchemic arts - even if it was to find a way to bring back the woman both had loved - was forbidden, a sin never to be forgiven.

Scar concluded that he needed the Philosopher's Stone to stop the actions of the state military, and decided to finish what his brother started; creating a complete Philosopher's Stone. To that end, he learned the necessary alchemy from the Ishbalan exile who had taught his brother and became an exile himself. Then Scar lured several thousand Amestris soldiers into a transmutation circle he drew over the city of Liore. He intended to use their lives as material to create the stone. Scar later transferred his incomplete Stone into Al to save him from Kimblee's alchemy, losing his right arm in the process (he had earlier ripped off his own left arm after Kimblee transmuted it into a bomb). As he explained, Scar did it because of the Elrics helped him reconciled with the feelings for his own brother. Scar then suffered injuries from bullet wounds incurred from shielding Lust from the miltary out of reflex. Just before he left to activate the transmutation circle in Lior, Lust asked Scar what his real name was. Scar replied that he once had a name, but felt he was no longer fit to use it because of his sins of revenge and use of alchemy. Shortly thereafter, Scar used the last of his strength to activate the giant transmutation circle covering the city of Liore, resulting in Al becoming the Philosopher's Stone. Scar perished a second before his transmutation took him.

In the anime, his arm glowed when he touched the chimera that was once Nina Tucker and became suddenly aware of her situation. He was also able to transmute the words in Marcoh's notes into an orb of energy and was able to decode and understand in a matter of seconds.
-divinedragonking