Saligia

by Quatermass

(AU, mostly based on Brotherhood and manga) When he left the Homunculi, Greed had some parting words for Lust, parting words which trouble her, even as she works to bring Liore into strife. Eventually, Lust will question her loyalties to Father and his genocidal plan, and Father will have more Homunculi defying his will...

1. Foreword

FOREWORD

If I had to choose my all-time favourite shounen manga of all time, it'd be a toss-up between Death Note and Fullmetal Alchemist, though to be fair, it depends on what sort of fare I want at the moment. If I want more thoughtful fare with a battle of wits more than a battle of bodies and powers, I'd go for Death Note. If I wanted something more action-y, then I'd go for Fullmetal Alchemist.

I only finished the manga series last year, and I enjoyed it. But one idea that's been buzzing around my head was to do with the Homunculi from the series. Greed showed himself to be an ally of the Elrics, but I had to wonder, what would the series be like if more Homunculi turned traitor? Obviously, this story would be an AU. Lust and Gluttony will definitely turn on Father. But will any others? You'll see…

The title of the story, 'Saligia', is actually a mnemonic device for the names of the Seven Deadly Sins in Latin, and considering that this story's emphasis will be more on the Homunculi (at least at first) than the Elric brothers, it's rather fitting.

Anyway, the usual disclaimers. Firstly, there'll be annotations up the wazoo. You don't like it, well, you can stop reading.

Secondly, there will be spoilers for Fullmetal Alchemist. You have been warned.

Thirdly, this is one of my more experimental works, so updates will probably be infrequent.

Finally, the following is a fan-written work. Fullmetal Alchemist is the property of Minoru Arakawa and any other owners I fail to mention. Please support the official release. Otherwise, Truth will take a body part from you. You really don't want to know which one.