| May Chang | |
| |
| Race | Human |
| Birthplace | |
| Age | 13 |
| Gender | Female |
| Professional Status | |
|---|---|
| Affiliation | Xing Empire; Chang Clan; Scar |
| Rank | 17th Princess |
| Occupation | Princess of Xing |
| Partner | Xiao-Mei |
| Base of Operations | |
| Personal Status | |
| Relatives | Emperor of Xing (father, deceased); Ling Yao (half-brother) |
| Abilities | |
| Alchemy | Alkahestry |
| Skills | Expert Martial Artist Aura Sense |
| First Appearance | |
| Manga Debut | Chapter 32 |
| Anime Debut | Episode 15 |
| Voices | |
| Japanese Voice | Mai Goto |
| English Voice | Monica Rial |
May Chang (メイ・チャン Mei Chan) is the 17th royal princess of Xing, born to the Xingese Emperor and the royal concubine representing the Chang house. Skilled as she is in the art of Alkahestry, May sets out across the desert toward Amestris with her beloved pet panda, Xiao-Mei, so that she may learn about the Philosopher's Stone and, arriving there, seeks out the tutelage of the Fullmetal Alchemist.
Appearance[]
May is a short young girl of Xingese ethnicity with fair skin, dark-colored eyes, and dark braided hair, with her hair ending in two buns on opposite sides of her head that let down six strands of her hair that reach to her knees. She also wears light and dark-colored, eastern-style clothing, similar to the Xingese traditional royal attire, and a light-purple bag around her left shoulder and right waist. She is often holding her pet panda Xiao Mei. In her younger years, May wore her hair in two pigtails similar to Nina Tucker as shown when she remembers the day she met Xiao-Mei.
Personality[]
May is a sweet girl with remarkable inner strength. She is independent, intelligent, and amazingly brave. This is evidenced by when she crossed the desert between Amestris and Xing with no one but her friend Xiao-Mei, something few people have been able to do. She has a short fuse, and has been known to become emotional easily, but May knows when to put her personal feelings aside to achieve her goals. This is shown when she selflessly puts herself in danger to find the Elixir of Life in order to save her family. The Xingese girl is very imaginative, sometimes to a fault. She occasionally loses focus in important situations when her imagination gets the better of her. However, her imaginativeness makes her very creative, and allows her to think of possibilities and effective solutions that most people would not have come up with. At times, her imagination makes her turn a deaf ear to what others are trying to tell her, such as why Al and Ed were looking for her in the north. Fear is something May rarely shows, often having greater courage than one would expect a girl her age to have; she faced off with the Maniquin Soldiers and Father during the Promised Day, without any signs of turning back.
History[]
Plot[]
Abilities[]
Expert Martial Artist:
Aura Sense:
Alkahestry[]
Alkahestry Expert:
Trivia[]
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