Lust (Rasuto?) is the first Homunculus formally introduced in the series and is frequently seen dealing with various individuals to create the Philosopher’s Stone for her master. Gaining true humanity is the focal point of her ambition, arguably much more so than the rest of the Homunculi. Lust’s Japanese voice actor is Yuko Sato,[1] while her English voice actor is Laura Bailey.[2]

Lust’s Homunculus power allows her to turn her fingertips into razor sharp blades which can seemingly pierce through anything, which is why she is called “the Ultimate Lance”. Her Ouroboros mark is located above her breasts, as lust is often linked with sexual desire.

Lust claims to have first observed the Elrics while she was evaluating the potential of the alchemist Majhal to create a Philosopher’s Stone. While she was always in the background, using those like Cornello or Mugear, Lust only revealed herself to the Elrics years later during the events of the 5th Laboratory, where she attempted to convince Ed to create a true Philosopher’s Stone.

Lust doesn’t introduce herself or Gluttony by name to Edward until they meet face to face again in Lior. Even then, she only introduces herself intending to kill Edward immediately after.

She is often directly involved in encouraging humans to seek out the Philosopher’s Stone, using their desire for the stone to her advantage. Once baited, the alchemists are molded into following whatever path that best suits Lust and the other Homunculi’s designs. Lust was created by Scar’s brother, when he attempted to use alchemy to bring his lover back from the dead.

After he was cast out from Ishbalan society as a heretic, Envy visited the wretched creature and fed it red stones, giving her human shape, and her new name. She was not the first Homunculus to bear the name of Lust, and is the third youngest Homunculus, with only Wrath and Sloth being younger.

While ruthless throughout most of the series, she changes near the end during the Lior incident as she begins to recover some memories of her life as a human, and she softens particularly towards Scar and the Elrics. But her involvement is reckless, and allowing the Elrics’ escape (a locket containing strands of hair from Scar’s brother’s lover prevented her from acting) raised doubts about her loyalty.

Lust was taken to Dante, who gave her a chance to redeem herself by helping Wrath take out Edward while Sloth abducted Al. Realizing Dante’s true intentions were never to make the Homunculi human, Lust betrays Wrath and forms an alliance with Edward, under the condition that he and Alphonse use the Philosopher’s Stone to help her achieve her goal of becoming human. In return, she would reveal to the Elrics the identity of her master. Her desire was never fulfilled, however, as she battled Wrath when he arrived to save Sloth from the ambush Edward and Lust set up for her.

Using the locket and the transmutation circle that Lust made for Edward to use on Sloth, Wrath first immobilizes, then kills her by transmuting his arm temporarily into a blade. Before her death, Lust wonders where she will go when she dies, as if the sole reason she wanted to become a human was to die.

An alternate reality version later appears in the Conqueror of Shamballa, side by side with Scar’s counterpart, driving a truck of Romani.

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