1923, munich, Germany. Two years have passed since Edward Elric was dragged from his own world to ours, leaving behind his country, his friends and his younger brother. Stripped of his alchemical powers, he was all this time researching rocketry together with Alphonse Heiderich find a way back home. His efforts so far had proven fruitless, but Edward is pitched in a series of events that could wreak havoc, after lending a hand to a gipsy girl. Meanwhile, at his or her own world, Alphonse Elric ventures deeper into the mysteries of alchemy in search for a way to reunite with his brother.