Abazalwana benza ubuchwephesha obathintelweyo bokuhanjiswa kwabantu kumzamo wokumvusa xa uTrisha esifa sisibetho. Ngenxa yoko, ukubuyela umva komthetho kunye nomthetho ngokutshintshisanayo ngokulinganayo, umlenze wasekhohlo kunye nomzimba wonke ka-Alphonse ka-Edward bonakele. U-Edward uphulukana nengalo yakhe yasekunene ukuze asindise umphefumlo ka-Alphonse, ewubopha ngetywina legazi kwimpahla yesikrweqe. URoy Mustang umema uEdward ukuba abe yindlela yokubuyisela umzimba ka-Alphonse ukuba uphandwe ngu-Alchemist kaRhulumente. U-Edward woyisa, esiba ligama ngokwamalungu akhe okufakelwa, i-Fullmetal Alchemist.
Kwiminyaka emithathu ukuya phambili, i-Elrics ikhangela iLitye lefilosofi lokuqonda iinjongo zazo. Utywala buthumela amanqaku akhe ukuba afunyanwe ngabo, nangona kunjalo bafunda eyona nto ibalulekileyo yokwenza iLitye imibingelelo yabantu. Umhlobo ka-Mustang, u-Maes Hughes, uqhubeka nophando, kodwa wadutyulwa wabulawa ngomona ofihliweyo wokufumana izicwangciso ze-Homunculi.
Ukubona no-Izumi, ii-Elrics zifunde ukuhanjiswa komntu okwenziwa nguye kumntwana wakhe oswelekileyo. I-Hug homunculus Greed ithimba u-Alphonse, kodwa igcinwa ngumongameli ka-Amestris u-King Bradley, oboniswe esebenza njenge-homunculus Wrath. Ukubawa kunyibilikiswa ngaphakathi kwaye kwafakwa kwakhona ngaphakathi koyise we-Homunculi. UWinry kunye nee-Elric babuyela kwisiXeko esiPhakathi ukuya kuHughes kodwa bafunde ngokudlula kwakhe. U-Lieutenant Maria Ross uyilelwe ukubulala u-Hughes, kodwa kuyacaca ukuba wabulawa ngu-Mustang. Ukanti, uEdward ufunda ngokuhamba kukaRoss ukuze kwenziwe ngokungekho semthethweni ngu-Mustang ovela e-United States aye eXing, encediswa yinkosana u-Xingese uLing Yao. U-Hohenheim uphinde wadibana no-Edward kodwa uyamdelela ngokungabikho kwakhe ixesha elide.
Njengoko ingxelo iqhubela phambili, uHomunculi udibana nabo baphambili. U-Mustang ubulala inkanuko; U-Mustang no-Ling bathabathe ubu-Gluttony, nangona kunjalo ugqibela ngokutya umona kwi-null yakhe, kunye no-Edward, isisu esifana ne-Ling. U-Gluttony uthatha u-Alphonse adibane no-Bawo, kodwa u-Ling ujika abe yi-homunculus, ngakumbi i-avatar entsha ye-Greed, xa abanye bebaleka esiswini se-Gluttony. AbakwaElrics bayakhululwa ukuba baqhubeke nosukelo lwabo ukuba utata akachaswanga ngabo.
Ukufumana i-tunnel engaphantsi komhlaba phantsi kweBriggs, uGeneral Olivier Armstrong ufumanisa ukuba uBawo kunye ne-Elrics kudala iqela lesizwe kwaye ujonge ukunika abemi balo ukuze akwazi ukunyukela kubuthixo. Ukubawa kuphinda kuchache uBawo kunye neenkumbulo zakhe zangaphambili, ebambisene emva, kunye noEdward, iitshimera minion zaseKimblee Hohenheim. U-Hohenheim utyhila koonyana bakhe ngokukodwa ukuba akaswelekanga, wajika waba lilitye lefilosofi eliphilayo nguTata kwiminyaka engamakhulu amane emva.
Usuku lokuthembisa lufika kwaye uBawo ulungiselela ukuqala isicwangciso sakhe sokuphela kwelanga kunye nabo bazama ukuhanjiswa kwabantu njengemibingelelo yakhe ebalulekileyo. Oonobumba abaziintloko abaxabanayo bayangqubana nabaphathiswa bakaBawo, ngayo yonke into ephelelweyo nguHomunculi Ukulandela i-Mustang enyanzelekileyo, kunye ne-Elrics, Izumi, Hohenheim ziqokelelwa njengezizathu zokuba utata aqalise ukutshintshwa kwesizwe. Nangona kunjalo, iScar kunye neHohenheim zenza ukuba ama-Amestria asindiswe yimilinganiselo. Ukubawa kuyonakaliswa nguTata, nangona utata ejongene nomhlaba ongaphezulu apho abalinganiswa abaphambili balwa naye ukuba banxibe ilitye lakhe lefilosofi.
UAlphonse, isikrweqe sakhe sonakaliswe kwaphela kukungqubana kokugqibela nxamnye noTata, unika umoya wakhe ukuba aphinde abuye nengalo yasekunene, ethi yona ichithe ilitye likaTata, imbuyisele kwiSango leNyaniso likaEdward. U-Edward uphulukana namandla akhe okwenza i-alchemy ukubuyisa umphefumlo kunye nomzimba ka-Alphonse. U-Hohenheim ubona ingcwaba apho asweleka khona ene-grin yeTrisha.
