As Marcoh and May try to decipher Scar’s brother’s notes, Al, who had been taken apart to make him easier to carry, regains consciousness. As they put him back together, May figures how to arrange the notes, which reveal the nationwide Amestris transmutation circle. After further investigation, they find another transmutation circle used for alkahestry. [...]

Miles and his men set off with the intent of killing Kimblee and his henchmen, something Ed objects to. As Scar’s group exits the mine, they find Al, who warns them about Central infiltrating Briggs, so Scar decides to take them towards an Ishbalan slum. Miles’ group attempts to snipe Kimblee, but Kimblee has already [...]

Olivier goes to Central, where she admits to killing Raven and convinces Bradley to let her take his place. Riza uses a coded message to tell Roy that Selim is a homunculus. Meanwhile, there is a flashback of Hohenheim, who was raised in Xerxes as a nameless slave. There, he met Homunculus, a being in [...]

When faced with the option of judging her parents’ killer, Winry decides to bandage Scar’s wounds, knowing it would be something her parents would do. Miles explains to Scar that he joined the military to gradually change the way people think of Ishbalans. Since Marcoh and May need Scar to decipher his brother’s research, Miles [...]

Riza receives a call from Roy, but is unable to say anything in fear of being watched by Pride. In the town of Baschool, Ed and Al, along with Winry, lose the guards that were assigned to them, and end up running into May and Marcoh. Elsewhere, Scar encounters two of Kimblee’s men, a pair [...]

Winry fixes up Ed’s automail before Kimblee talks with him, and orders his men to keep Al separated from Ed. Olivier sends a search party down the tunnels, who find a couple of survivors, warning them not to put any lights on, or else a monster would come. Riza learns that Bradley’s son, Selim, is [...]

Hohenheim recalls when he left the Elrics’ house, lamenting that his body would outlast his family’s. Meanwhile, soldiers investigating the tunnels under Briggs find themselves under attack by a mysterious shadow. Raven tells Olivier to put Sloth back into the tunnel and seal it off. While Miles stalls Kimblee for time, Olivier kills Raven. As [...]

Olivier and her crew manage to subdue Sloth by dousing him in fuel and sending him outside to freeze. Olivier then has Ed and Al arrested so she can learn more about the homunculus. Kimblee, who is in the hospital, is visited by Lieutenant General Raven, who brings along another alchemist who uses the Philosopher’s [...]

After learning about what type of automail is suited for the Northern weather, Ed and Al are confronted by Olivier. Deciding not to mention anything incriminating, they speak of their search for May, leading Olivier to be interested in alkahestry. They are given work to do by Major Miles, who is part Ishbalan, and also [...]

After some investigation, Kimblee deduces that Scar is headed north. He manages to catch onto a train where Scar is hitching a ride on, only to find his companion is actually Yoki, not Marcoh. Scar and Kimblee recognize each other from when they crossed paths in Ishbal, and a fight ensues. Scar manages to impale [...]

As May heads off towards the North with one hooded person, Scar escapes with another to the West. General Grumman, disguised as a woman, meets up with Roy to discuss current matters. Upon hearing that Grumman saw May at the train station, Roy asks Armstrong to pass the message on to Ed, who had decided [...]

Ed passes on what Riza told him to Al, and the two contemplate about what to do after they complete their objectives, and as to why Scar and May’s alchemy worked when theirs was blocked. However, May had run off, so they go and look for her. Meanwhile, Riza, Breda, Fuery and Falman say their [...]

Years ago, Roy’s desire to become a state alchemist was disapproved of by his teacher, Berthold Hawkeye, Riza’s father. Before dying from an illness, he asked Roy to look after Riza, who, on her back, has the details of his flame alchemy research. In the present, Ed visits Riza to return the gun she gave [...]

Envy leads Ed and Al, who has May and Shao May hidden inside of his armor, out of Father’s hideout, which is actually under military HQ, to meet with Bradley. Ed threatens to quit the military, but Bradley says he will kill Winry if he does. However, he allows Ed and Al to continue their [...]

Alphonse and Gluttony arrive at Father’s lair, when Ed, Envy, and Ling burst out of Gluttony’s stomach. Alphonse, Edward, and Ling then battle Father and the homunculi. Father then uses his strange powers and turns off Ed’s and Al’s alchemy, rendering them vulnerable. Lin is then captured and given the Philosopher’s Stone, which he willingly [...]