Birthplace: Resembool
Date of Birth: 1900
Age: 14-15 (10 at the 2003 end, 13 at movie, 17 at the manga/fmab end)
Family: Edward Elric (brother), Trisha Elric (mother, deceased), Van Hohenheim (father)
Species: Human
Occupation: Alchemist
Abilities: Alchemy, Martial Arts, High Intelligence, Highly Resistant Armor Body
Weapon: Fists, Alchemy

Alphonse Elric is a human child who lost his body during a forbidden alchemical transmutation to bring his deceased mother back to life, and had his soul transmuted into a suit of armor by his brother, Edward Elric. Al's blood seal lies just below the base of the neck at the back of the suit, on the inside. It is drawn with Ed's blood. According to Edward, he needs to be careful whenever he reconstructs Alphonse's body because he must keep the blood seal intact during the transmutation. If the blood seal is removed, Al's soul will be lost.

"Kindness in a can." - Edward Elric

(Source: Wikipedia)