Personality: Fletcher is somewhat more shy and introverted than other boys his age. While it's certainly possible for him to get along with others and make friends, he's not going to open up to a new person right away. He's above-average in intelligence for his age, which also puts him at a disadvantage; he has little in common with other children his age, but he's not an adult so it's hard to make friends with older people, too. The person he's most comfortable around is his brother Russel, the one person who's always been there for him no matter what.

The reason for his introversion is clear: Since his mother died when he was very young and his father abandoned him and Russel shortly after that, he grew up spending much of his time reading and learning about alchemy. In addition he and Russel moved around a lot, not really wanting to stay in one place long enough for people to get suspicious about two kids living on their own, and once they finally settled down it was in a village where they were outcast for having lied to the townspeople, taken their money to fund their research, and provided absolutely nothing of use in the end. So it's not surprising he's hesitant to open up.

That's not to say he's hostile or anything. Even -- no, especially -- to people Fletcher doesn't know well, he's extremely kind and polite. If someone says something he disagrees with and there's no tactful way to point it out, he'll simply remain silent. In fact, he's more likely to speak his mind and argue with people the closer he is to them. He always thinks about other people before himself, to the point where he would sacrifice himself to save a complete stranger from mortal peril -- and, in fact, has.

He's very intelligent for a child his age. If measured on a modern scale he would be found to have a high-school reading level and college-level comprehension of botany and chemistry. When it comes to street smarts, though, he's rather naive, having been sheltered by Russel for most of his life. He knows that bad things happen and bad people exist, but the full brunt of that never really hit him until he was nine and he found out the details of his father's death at the hands of a man who was about to kill him and Russel, too. Since that incident Russel has tried being a better brother and tried to shelter Fletcher a little less, but his overprotective instincts have proved difficult to overcome, so Fletcher is still pretty ignorant of much of the world.

Abilities: Aside from his level of intelligence, Fletcher's main ability is the use of alchemy. In his universe, alchemy isn't anything mystical; it's a science capable of analyzing, breaking down, and reconstructing matter. Destroying and creating matter are impossible, but alchemy is capable of rearranging matter into a new form. It has its limitations, of course; the end result must be at least superficially similar to the materials used, so a broken-off table leg could be fixed, but it couldn't be turned into a building; most alchemists have to draw elaborate transmutation circles containing arcane symbols that detail the process (there are few exceptions, and Fletcher isn't one of them); and the usage of alchemy consumes some of the energy of the alchemist. For small transmutations this usually isn't a big deal, but for anything large and intensive it can wear the alchemist out to the point that he can't even move.

Though he can transmute other things, Fletcher's specialty is plant-based alchemy. Transmuting wood is no big deal for most alchemists, but for the Tringham brothers it goes further: They can speed up the growth of plants, alter their cells and enzymes to make them grow in different ways, even temporarily restore a piece of dead wood to a state resembling life. Of course, reviving the dead is impossible in his world, so the effects of the latter are transient at best.

History: Once, Xenotime was a prosperous farming town, with green no matter where one looked. Then, a man named Mugear moved in, bought all the land, and started digging for gold. The townspeople neglected their farms and gardens, and Xenotime transitioned from a town of green to a town of gold. Eventually, the gold ran out, and the town's economy plummeted.

Meanwhile, an alchemist from Xenotime, one Nash Tringham, was living in the capitol city of Central, working in a secret government laboratory. He never quite explained his reasoning, but one day shortly after his wife took ill and died, he simply left his young sons Russel and Fletcher to fend for themselves.. Nash returned to Xenotime, and seeing the despair of the town, he was easily convinced by Mugear to pick up the research he'd abandoned in Central: Synthesizing an alchemic relic called the Philosopher's Stone. He only ever managed to create a cheap imitation, but the red stone he made boosted his alchemic power and was able to transmute gold from plain rock. Once again, Xenotime prospered. At the same time, though, a mysterious illness swept through the town, killing many children and making many more people sick. It was one of the side-effects of Nash's research, and he couldn't allow it to go on. He confronted Mugear, and when he attempted to quit, he was killed.

Five years later, Russel and Fletcher went to Xenotime in search of Nash. They borrowed the names of the nation's youngest military-certified alchemist, Edward Elric, and his younger brother Alphonse, and were hired by Mugear to continue Nash's research. Even after finding out that their father had died, they continued his work in hopes of bringing happiness to Xenotime. Once again, though, the same mysterious sickness was plaguing the town. Russel and Fletcher both knew the cause, but Russel was too determined to finish Nash's work to stop, and Fletcher was too scared to confront Russel. He figured that if he quit, Russel would be left all alone, with nobody on his side.

Luckily, the real Elric brothers were lured to Xenotime by rumors of alchemists trying to create the Philosopher's Stone. The townspeople quickly denounced the real Ed and Al as impostors, but the real brothers investigated and got to the bottom of things. Al confronted Fletcher and told him that he needed to speak up to Russel and let him know that what he was doing was wrong, because if he didn't, then nobody else would. When Russel and Ed got into it and Russel almost had Ed beat, Fletcher stepped in to protect Edward and was badly injured. It was then that he shouted at Russel, explaining to him why they were wrong and how their father would be ashamed of what they were doing.

Russel used the artificial Philosopher's Stone to heal Fletcher's injuries, and the two of them were then approached by Mugear, who had known their true identities all along. He locked them up with the intention of killing them since they refused to go along with the second phase of his plan -- force-feeding the main ingredient of their fake stones to pregnant women, as a very roundabout way of enhancing the stones' power. The real Ed and Al pretended to agree to work for him, but instead they rescued Russel and Fletcher and proceeded to work together to try to bring Mugear down. However, he wound up doing himself in, making his mansion collapse down on his own head.

From there, the Tringham brothers moved in with Belshio, an old friend of their father's, and set to work trying to bring back the greenery that had died out so long ago. About a year after that, they went to Central to meet Edward and Alphonse again and assist them on their own quest, and were pivotal in helping them reach their goal -- even if it didn't quite go as planned.

Relationships: (elaboration coming soon)

Russel Tringham -

Edward Elric -

Alphonse Elric -

Euphemia li Britannia -

Lelouch vi Britannia -

Nunnally vi Britannia -

Akito Wanijima -

Agito Wanijima -

Orihime Inoue -

Shirley Fenette -

Sentience -

Acumen -

Xion -

Winry Rockbell -

Pearl Fey -

Zelda -

Miranda Lotto -