In fact, Hohenheim and Greed-Ling do not differ in their abilities, essentially. Greed (at least, the second one) and Wrath are both already human, and have souls put into them. Gluttony, Envy, Lust, Sloth, and Pride are all created by manufacturing the human bodies in which they reside, and fueling their bodies with souls from Father's philosopher's stone. The homunculi are beings (false humans) created from Father's blood, which is essentially a philosopher's stone in liquid form. However, he is not a real human he remains a homunculus (a manufactured human). As Hohenheim states, Father started out as nothing more than the same Dwarf, contained inside a human "flask" (rather than a glass one).Īs you see in the series, he later evolves quite substantially he is the one who swallows God, and becomes the ultimate being. Fatherįather is the result of mixing the Dwarf with the Xerxes transmutation circle: The Dwarf in the Flask used some of the power from the resulting Xerxes transmutation to give himself a false human body (based on Hohenheim's). He has no physical form, and can only reside within the glass flask he was created in. This alchemist (who is not named) was experimenting with the Gate, and brought forth some of the essence of "God" to create the Dwarf in the Flask, the first true homunculus.
Homunculus, better known as Dwarf in the Flask, was created by the King's alchemist (as briefly mentioned above). So, while he is a real human being, he is also a philosopher's stone. Once this was successful, Hohenheim, as a human, had over 500,000 souls within his blood, giving him great power. The Dwarf gave the slave a name, Van Hohenheim, before allying with him in order to turn the citizens of Xerxes into a philosopher's stone. This alchemist was an experimenter, and managed to create a being, the Dwarf in the Flask, as a result of alchemy.
Van Hohenheim, also known as slave #23, was a citizen of Xerxes and a regular human being who was employed by King Xerxes' alchemist. It seems there are four different components you're addressing here, so I'll make the differences for each one clear.