This included the fact that Scar and Colonel Mustang were enemies, that Scar killed Winry's parents and that the Amestrians had destroyed Scar's home of Ishval. With Mustang calmed down, the weak Envy attempt create hostilities among the various parties by highlighting their various grievances against one another.

This resulted in the Ishval Civil War with State Alchemists being deployed against the Ishvalans. Years ago, he was noted for having taken the guise of an Amestrian soldier where he journeyed to Ishval and whilst there he triggered hostilities by shooting an Ishvalan girl. The homunculi operated as his agents and sought the completion of his objectives. Under Father's rule, he established the nation of Amestris where he secretly ruled from Central and waited for the culmination of his plans. These homunculi were Pride, Greed, Lust, Gluttony, Sloth and Wrath. He sought to achieve his own mysterious goals and crafted numerous homunculi that were shed from his own personality with each being based on the Seven Deadly Sins of Man. As such, he was created after the fall of that nation and when Father gained a human form for himself. The sacrifice of the inhabitants of Xerxes waa used to create a Philosopher's Stone that served as the core of Envy. He was crafted with the core of a Philosopher's Stone. Envy (Japanese: エンヴィー, Hepburn: Envī?) the Jealous was a Homunculi that was an artificial being created from one of the emotional traits of Father.

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