Synopsis
"In order for something to be obtained, something of equal value must be lost.\" Alchemy is bound by this
Law of Equivalent Exchange—something the young brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric only realize after
attempting human transmutation:
the one forbidden act of alchemsy. They pay a terrible price for their transgression—Edward loses his left
leg, Alphonse his physical body. It is only by the desperate sacrifice of Edward's right arm that he is able
to affix Alphonse's
soul to a suit of armor. Devastated and alone, it is the hope that they would both eventually return to
their original bodies that gives Edward the inspiration to obtain metal limbs called \"automail\" and become
a state alchemist, the
Fullmetal Alchemist. Three years of searching later, the brothers seek the Philosopher's Stone, a mythical
relic that allows an alchemist to overcome the Law of Equivalent Exchange. Even with military allies Colonel
Roy Mustang,
Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye, and Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes on their side, the brothers find themselves
caught up in a nationwide conspiracy that leads them not only to the true nature of the elusive
Philosopher's Stone, but their
country's murky history as well. In between finding a serial killer and racing against time, Edward and
Alphonse must ask themselves if what they are doing will make them human again... or take away their
humanity.