Winry Rockbell is the childhood
friend of Edward and Alphonse Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist. She is a skilled automail mechanic and engineer--she made Edward's right arm and left
leg when he had made a mistake from human transmuation.
Winry lives in the quiet countryside of Resembool, where she was raised by her grandmother from her
dad's side. Her
parents were brilliant doctors who helped out in the Ishvalan civil war, and they were killed by their own Ishvalan patient--Scar (who, at that time, was unconscious).
Winry is not only there because she is
Ed's mechanic, but she is the constant support of both
Ed and Al, and she represents the "normal" person of the FMA society.
Not only did she give Edward an arm and a leg, but she also helped a mother deliver a
baby, saving both of their lives. She helped Al make up with Edward after they had a quarrel. Winry also helped rid Scar's (who had killed her
parents) vengeance against State Alchemists--she actually tends to his wounds, and she cleverly uses herself as a "hostage" of Scar to distract the enemy.
In the end, she is an important part to the plot in FMA, and without her, some things would have been left out or changed completely.
Winry accepts Edward's proposal two years later after the defeat of the antagonist in FMA (
Father), and they get married and have two
children (an older boy and a younger girl) in the future.
FMA fan 1: "You know Winry Rockbell from FMA?"
FMA fan 2: "That
one mechanic that's always paired up with
Ed? She's sooo
useless! She never does anything important, and she's only there to be Ed's mechanic. And Ed's MINE!"
FMA fan 1: "Uh, go read the manga...because obviously, you're still a newbie to FMA."
