Father (Fullmetal Alchemist)

The primary antagonist in the Full Metal Alchemist manga and second anime series, Father is both the first homunculus created and a living Philosopher's Stone, created from Van Hohenheim, the father of Edward and Alphonse Elric, the serie's primary protagonists. Father remains unseen during the first part of the story, misleading the readers to think that he is Van Hohenheim. He spent the last four centuries building and controlling the country of Amestris from the shadows, with the ultimate goal of sacrificing every denizen in order to pry open the Gate of Truth and absorb all the alchemin power it contains to become the new god of the world.