Edward or Ed how most people know him is the titular protagonist of the series. Different from what we were used to in a shonen anime hero, he wasn't the lovable dim-witted guy who is always ready to help everyone around him, oh no. Ed is extremely ambitious, veeery smart and veeery arrogant, not really moved by a great cause like saving the world or becoming the biggest and baddest alchemist around. No he has a much simpler goal, to get back what he and his brother Al lost as kids, a normal life.