Ling and Lan Fan never marry. However, she becomes his mistress and has two of his children. When their son is twenty and their daughter twenty-one and able to protect themselves from any threats one their lives, Ling acknowledges them as his children and appoints them ambassadors to Amestris.

Human transmutation fails because of the Law of Equivalent Exchange. This law states that in order to gain something, something of equal value must be exchanged. However, the show heavily implies that the human soul is priceless, and because of this fact, human transmutation fails.

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For the most part, Ling and Lan Fan’s relationship is rather casual on his part and very professional on her side (she almost always refers to him as waka, which scanlators translate as Young Master.

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Roy Mustang never married in either of the anime and also in manga. Several hints were given on his relationship with Riza Hawkeye but he was infact more inclined towards his work rather than the relationship.

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Mustang reluctantly refuses to perform human transmutation, seemingly leaving Riza for dead. However, they are saved by the appearance of May Chang and the other chimeras. May heals Riza’s neck wound enough to stop the bleeding.

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Envy’s death is probably the most prominently symbolic. Why? Because Envy commits suicide, after discovering that he has been envious of humans. Throughout the series, Envy was always criticizing humans, looking down on them for being “weaker” creatures.