- This is the story of two hoes, the Homunculus and Hoenheim. Boom. Demonetized for saying hoe. Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of
equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first
law of equivalent exchange. We are offering this complete Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Timeline. Will you exchange it with your attention? Maybe a like or a subscribe? You know, like equivalent exchange. The story of Fullmetal
Alchemist has a lot going on. It might be kinda tough to catch up and figure out what happened
when and who's who. Well, don't you worry about that, we'll be covering all things
Elric in this extensive look at the stunning 2009 series
"Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood". And yes, only Brotherhood; it's
the most faithful adaptation of the manga, so sorry
fans of the 2003 series, but we'll be considering the events of that series as non-canon. Although we stan it,
so you wanna check out why you should watch
both, definitely go take a peek at our video, Full Metal Alchemist: Why You Should Watch Both. Let's start with the birth of the homuncu, Homunculi. Let's start with the birth of. (boinging) Okay, sorry, sorry. - Let's start with the
birth of the Homunculi, from 1480 to 1500. In the ancient desert country of Xerxes, a young man known simply as "Slave 23" lives in service to a renowned alchemist. He's relatively content, but his life gets flip-turned upside down when his master uses him for an experiment, specifically, his blood. The result of this
experiment is a Homunculus, a shapeless shadowy creature that the alchemist keeps inside a small flask. The dwarf in the flask
is grateful to Slave 23 for giving him life, so it gives him an actual name: Van Hoenheim. - Okay, you get it. The two become friends as the Homunculus teaches Hoenheim to read,
write, do math, science and even basic alchemy. - Knowledge. - Hohenheim's master even promotes him from slave to assistant, upgrade. (ringing) One day, the Homunculus
tells Hoenheim about its one dream: to escape the
flask one day without dying. Ah, so that's why it's being so friendly. Shortly after, the King
of Xerxes calls upon the Homunculus to search for
a way to achieve immortality. Next comes the Immortality
Ritual, from about 1500 to 1550. After a decade of preparations, the day of the immortality
ritual finally comes. The nationwide transmutation
circle is complete, with the King of Xerxes at its center, well close to it, at least. Since nobody knows alchemy
better than the Homunculus, it completely tricks everyone, and places itself, and Hohenheim, at the true center of the circle. From there, over one million people living in Xerxes have their souls
ripped from their bodies. At the center of the circle, Hohenheim and the
Homunculus get pulled into the Gate of Truth, the
source of all alchemical knowledge and the
entrance to God's domain, an area where no mortal is
ever meant to step foot. The two of them take in
half a million souls each, giving them the gift, or
curse, of immortality. When Hohenheim wakes up,
he's horrified to find that the entire city is in
ruins, littered with corpses. There's also a man lying next to him who looks identical to Hoenheim. The man is the Homunculus, now freed from his glass prison and rocking a new Hoenheim-shaped vessel. With Xerxes completely devastated, the two immortals part ways as living, breathing philosopher's stones. The Founding of Amestris
from about 1550 to 1600. While wandering the vast dess, I was gonna say dessert, sorry, desert. While wandering the vast dessert. (laughing) The cupcake frosting that
is the land of, sorry. While wandering the vast desert outside of the ruins of Xerxes, Hohenheim
collapses in the sand. Some travelers from the eastern kingdom of Xing rescue him and take
him back to their home country. Once he's in Xing,
Hoenheim begins teaching its people his knowledge of alchemy. His advanced knowledge,
combined with the basic forms of alchemy already being
performed in Xing forms a new type of alchemy, called Alkahestry. While Hohenheim's spreading knowledge, the Homunculus is far busier
with a more nefarious agenda. Amestris , a country
founded by an unknown party, began around the year 1550. However, it was a pretty basic
country with no government or direction to speak of. Enter the Homunculus. He begins teaching its residents alchemy, but just enough that they can't
use it against him one day, pretty smart, you punky little eyeball. By weaponizing their knowledge of alchemy, Amestris begins to expand its territory, flexing on smaller territories
and taking them over. The Homunculus creates
an underground lair in the capital of the country to serve as his base of operations,
where he can control the country from behind the scenes. In his lair, he would use himself as a buffer against tectonic energy, so that alchemists would
be dependent on the energy from the souls of Xerxes
trapped within him. In the July of 1558, just
eight years later, Amestris declared war on a small city-state to the west known as Riviere. It's the first major war
in the history of Amestris, and perhaps one of its bloodiest. Now comes the birth of Father
from about 1600 to 1835. As Amestris becomes more
and more of a powerhouse, the Homunculus starts creating his own personal squad of Homunculi. Using the souls of Xerxes
trapped within him, he gives birth to a brand
new Homunculus named Pride. From here on out, he starts referring to himself as "Father"... so I will too! I mean, why not. Over the next few decades,
Father creates more and more Homunculi, including
Lust, Greed, Envy and Sloth. Meanwhile, Amestris invades
other city-states like Cameron and Wellesley,
taking them over as well. When Father creates Sloth, he tasks him with digging a massive
transmutation circle underneath all of Amestris. A job like that will take over a century. - It's so annoying. - I hear ya. I dunno, it might get done sooner if you didn't put Sloth in charge! Well, he's technically the
fastest homunculus, but, okay, whatever, I'm getting off topic. Whenever the transmutation
circle gets done, Father intends to turn the
entire country's population into a philosopher's stone, kinda like what happened with Xerxes. While Sloth digs his tunnel,
Father attempts to create a new Gate of Truth,
but he completely fails, and accidentally creates
Gluttony, the sixth homunculus. Father orders this big bundle of carnivorous love to go off to Xerxes and consume the transmutation
circle inscriptions within the castle remains. The evidence will be gone,
and Gluttony will be out of his hair for a few years; seems like a win-win for Father. As annoying as Gluttony
is, the third homunculus, Greed enters his rebellious teenager phase and defects from the Homunculi. He's after the finer things in life, and doesn't want to be tied
down by Father's order. So, he heads to the city of Dublith while taunting Father to his face. A few years later, Amestris
graduates from invading and small city-states to invading large neighboring countries, like the southern country of Aerugo. This war would continue
for over a century. With each area that Amestris takes over, the country starts to
resemble a massive circle. And with Sloth slowly chipping away at the ground underneath, Father's plans are beginning to take shape. Führer King Bradley rises to
power from about 1850 to 1890. In 1854, Father and the
Amestrian military launch a secret program to seek out
the perfect ruler of Amestris. Or rather, the perfect "face" of Amestris. They gather a group of
male orphans and train them in politics, military
strategy and swordsmanship. When the boys' training is complete and they're of age, the
final step is to inject them with a philosopher's stone
filled with Father's wrath. Out of all the orphans, only Prospective Führer Number
12 survives the experiment; he becomes Wrath, the
first homunculus with the ability to age. Under his new name, King Bradley, he quickly rises through the ranks of the Amestrian Military
thanks to his combat prowess and dedication to the military
ideals of Amestris and, you know, because his
Father owns the company. I mean, nepatism. In 1894 he becomes Führer King Bradley, he begins his reign over all of Amestris. - Yeah, Fuhrer, King. Well the military kingdom of Amestris. - That's cool, that's cool. For more information
for how Furher and King can go together in a title,
watch our next explainer. Titles in anime and how they make sense. But more on him later, let's see what Hohenheim has been up to. He's still alive and kicking, sadly. After spending several centuries traveling the world and gaining as much knowledge and experience as he
could, he finds his way to Amestris and settles in a
small town called Resemboo. He becomes good friends
with many of the townsfolk, including a young woman
named Pinako Rockbell. Around 1873, Pinako and
her husband give birth to a son, Yuriy. About 22 years later,
Hohenheim meets Trisha Elric, and they fall in love and get married. For a time, Hohenheim is finally at peace. But unfortunately, this is
far from the end of his tale. Birth and death from about 1890 to 1900s. Around the age of 18, Izumi
Harnet leaves her home in western Amestris to
travel to the northern region of Briggs and learn alchemy from the famed alchemist, Silver Steiner. When she gets there,
she has to prove she's a worthy apprentice by surviving in the fierce Briggs
wilderness for one month, alone, with nothing but a machete. Izumi, being the badass that she is, accepts the challenge and
passes with flying colors. During her time in the
mountains, she coins her own view of the universe: "One is All, All is One". When she returns to Steiner, he explains that he's actually
Silver Steiner's brother, Gold Steiner and he only
knows hand-to-hand combat. Rightfully pissed, she
knocks him unconscious and leaves to train herself in alchemy. One day, she bumps into
a man named Sig Curtis, not that Curtis, and move to Dublith to start a family. Sadly, they lose their
child during childbirth, absolutely devastating Izumi. Depressed and desperate, Izumi crosses the line that no alchemist
should ever cross; human transmutation. She opens the Gate of Truth, and learns from the Truth that she must pay a toll in
to bring her child back. She sacrifices some of
her internal organs, leaving her constantly ill and incapable of ever becoming pregnant again. Even worse, her attempt to
revive her child is a failure; whatever's in that human
transmutation circle is not her child. While Izumi's suffering in Dublith, Hohenheim and Trisha are living a wonderful live together in Resembool. In 1899, Trisha gives birth
to their first son, Edward. That same year Yuriy Rockbell
and his wife Sarah have a daughter named Winry. And just one year later, the Elrics have their
second son, Alphonse. Life in Resembool is
peaceful, for the time. The Ishvalan Civil War
from about 1900 to 1910. At some point, Amestris overtook a southeastern nation known as Ishval. However, the locals were never content with their new leaders, and frequently lashed out
against the Amestrian government. Tensions had been high, but everything changed in 1901 when the Homunculus Envy shapeshifts into an Amestrian soldier
and shoots an Ishvalan child. It's a deliberate attempt to instigate a civil war, and it sure works. All hell breaks loose, and a massive and bloody battle ensues. Aerugo has their own
grudge against Amestris, so they aid the Ishvalans in their fight. The war spreads over
the entire Eastern half of Amestris, turning an
entire fourth of the country into a warzone. When news of the civil
war reaches Resembool, Hohenheim realizes that Father's creating a nationwide transmutation circle. A massive amount of blood
must be shed on each of the country's "corners" and Ishval is the second to last one Father needs. With a heavy heart, Hohenheim leaves his new family behind in
Resembool, promising Trisha that he'll find a way
to end his immortality so they can die of old age together. Even with their dad gone, the young Elric brothers gain an interest in alchemy and begin to practice it. In 1904, a plague breaks out in Amestris, and Trisha falls gravely ill. On September 20th, 1904
Trisha Elric sadly succumbs to her illness and passes away. The mood in Resembool turns somber, as things get even more
heated down in Ishval. In 1908, seven years
after the civil war began, Führer King Bradley issues Order 3066, ordering Amestrian state alchemists to the front lines to
act as human weapons. One of the state alchemists, Solf Kimblee, uses a new philosophers stone created by military researcher Tim Marcoh. Kimblee's a sadistic monster, so he uses the power of the stone to kill innocent Ishvalans, wiping out an entire Ishvalan clan and severely scarring one
guy in particular, Scar. This final order ends
the war horrifically, causing the painful deaths
of countless Ishvalans. Amestrian soldiers occupy Ishval, forcing the refugees to escape and spread throughout
the rest of the country. As the war ends, Kimblee
swallows his philosophers stone and kills the military
leaders who gave it to him but he eventually gets
caught and imprisoned. Dr. Marcoh feels immense
guilt over his creation of the stone, so he goes into hiding. During this time, Scar makes vows to wipe out all state alchemists
as revenge for his brother, and his people. Yuriy and Sarah Rockbell
are giving him medical aid, but he wakes up in a
blinding fury and kills them. From there, Scar flees
Ishval and heads north. The ultimate taboo from
about 1910 to 1913. After the Ishvalan Civil
War, nobody is happy. It's pretty rough, during a
particularly rainy summer, Resembool gets flooded,
causing a whole mess of damage. Luckily, Izumi and Sig
happen to be passing through, so Izumi uses her alchemy to create a dam. After witnessing her powerful alchemy, the now-orphaned
Ed and Al approach her, asking if she'll teach them. She refuses at first, but after learning that they're orphaned, puts them through a trial very similar to the
one she endured in Briggs. Izumi brings the two brothers
out to a small island in the middle of a lake near Dublith. They have to survive for
one month with nothing but a knife and a cryptic phrase: "One is All, All is One." When Izumi returns, she
sees the boys have learned to fend for themselves. So for the next six months, Izumi teaches the boys everything she
has to offer about alchemy and martial arts before deeming them ready to begin learning on their own. But once they get home, the
Elrics have other plans. They try to revive their mother using the ultimate taboo: human transmutation. Of course, it fails horribly,
and Edward loses his left leg. But Alphonse isn't so
lucky, his entire body is sucked into the gate. In a state of panic, Ed exchanges his right arm
to bond Alphonse's soul to a suit of armor lying nearby. He saves Al's soul, but now Alphonse is a sentient suit of armor,
unable to eat, sleep or feel anything like wind or cold. Eventually, Roy Mustang,
my personal favorite and Riza Hawkeye arrive in Resembool to recruit Ed as a state alchemist cause they don't know about that whole human transmutation thing. Ed accepts, but there's not much he can do without an arm and a leg. So, Winry and Pinako use
their automail skills to create new metal limbs for Ed. After intense training, Edward
passes his certification and earns the title "Fullmetal Alchemist". - [Narrator] FullMetal Alchemist. - On October 3rd, 1911, don't
forget, Ed and Al burn down their family home, in order
to leave the past behind and focus entirely on their new goal; finding a philosophers stone
and regaining what they lost, their bodies, not their mom. (laughing) - And now, series begins from about August to September 1914. So now, with centuries of
backstory out of the way, the series itself takes
place only over the course of about one year. Hey, that's anime lore for you. From here on in, were' gonna
be moving a bit quicker, cause there's a lot of ground to cover. Lust entrusts the Freezing
Alchemist, Isaac McDougal with a philosophers stone to create the remaining blood
crests around Amestris. But now that he knows the
government's true plans, he wants to kill King
Bradley and save the country. Colonel Mustang, Major
Alex Louis Armstrong and the Elric brothers battle McDougal, but before he can reveal the truth, King Bradley shows up and kills him. After that, Mustang
sends the Elric brothers to meet Shou Tucker, a
state alchemist specializing in chimeras, who may be
able to help them get their bodies back. Desperate to wow his investors
and keep his license, Tucker transmutates his daughter, Nina, and her dog Alexander together
into an unholy chimera. Still, the saddest, not over it, ever. Understandably, the Elrics are disgusted, but before they can
bring Tucker to justice, Scar arrives. In his quest for justice,
he murders Shou Tucker and puts Nina out of her misery. Since Ed's a state alchemist,
Scar goes after him, even though he had nothing to do with the atrocities in Ishval. Scar obliterates Ed's automail arm and most of Alphonse's body, but Mustang and Armstrong show up and force Scar to flee into the sewers. From there, the Elrics
head back to Resembool so Winry can repair them. On the way there, the two
meet Dr. Marcoh who gives them a clue about where to learn
about the philosophers stone. At the Central Library, the two decipher Marcho's
code and discover the truth behind philosophers stones, they are made of human souls. Unfortunately, Lust burns
the library down before they can learn any more. Still, they have a lead to follow. The mysterious 5th laboratory. When the Elrics go to investigate, they encounter Envy and
Lust for the first time. Before the boys can learn more, the homunculi destroy the 5th
lab to cover their tracks. Meanwhile, Maes Hughes catches on to the truth behind the
wars throughout the history of Amestris, and the the
nationwide transmutation circle. But before he can tell
anybody, Envy murders him. Also not over it. - Except it's a terrible day for rain. - What do you mean, it's not raining? - Yes, it is. - Suspicions rise from about October 1914. After a lot of dead ends, Ed and Al decide to visit Izumi in Dublith to
gain more information about philosophers stones. Winry tags along as well so she can see the famous automail hub of Rush Valley. While she stays there
to hone her abilities, the Elrics meet with Izumi. She tells them that
their father, Hohenheim has far more knowledge on
philosophers stones than she does. Also, since Alphonse's whole
body got sucked into the gate, he knows more than any of them, too bad those memories are repressed. Ed briefly leaves Dublith for his yearly state alchemist assessment, and in his absence, the Homunculus Greed and his goons kidnap Al. Major Armstrong and King
Bradley help rescue Alphonse, capturing Greed in the process. Once Bradley gets Greed back to Father, Father melts him down
into a philosophers stone as punishment. Back in Rush Valley for
even more automail repair, seriously Ed, take better
care of those things, the gang comes across Ling
Yao, a prince from Xing. He seeks the philosophers
stone for immortality, and uses his bodyguards to force information out
of the Elric brothers. Despite their initial
scuffle, Ling joins the group. Back at Central Command,
2nd Lieutenant Maria Ross is being framed for the
murder of Maes Hughes. Ling also gets arrested for
being an illegal immigrant. Mustang knows she didn't do it, so he devises a plan to free Ling and fake the death of Maria
Ross so she can flee to Xing. The Homunculi catch up to them and won't go down without a fight. Luckily, Mustang uses his flame alchemy to push Lust's philosophers
stone to its limit and finally kill her. Back in Resembool, Ed
visits his mother's grave and runs into Hohenheim for
the first time since he left. He tells Ed that the body they summoned when attempting human
transmutation was not their mother after all. Once Ed digs up her body
and confirms it for himself, he gets a glimmer of hope, no really! That if bringing humans back from the dead is impossible, then that
means Alphonse's original body must still be alive somewhere! His new plan is to find
a way into the Gate and find Al's body. Once they hear that Scar has returned, the Elric brothers try
to lure to lure him out. That way, they can have him answer for the deaths of Winry's
parents, and lure out the Homunculi and try and figure out why the Elrics are such
"valuable human sacrifices." During this time, Scar meets May Chang, a royal princess from Xing
who is skilled in Alkahestry. Amid all the fighting, Mustang learns King Bradley's
true identity as Wrath. Additionally, Scar joins the
group, albeit reluctantly. And that was one month, wow. The sacred star of Milos
from about November 1914. Yes, we're covering the movie. It is canon to Brotherhood, okay? While all of that is going
on the Amestrian military is detaining a young
woman named Julia Crichton in Table City, the border
between Amestris and Creta. After a dangerous alchemist
named Melvin escapes prison with a picture of her in his possession, the military tasks the Elric
Brothers to investigate. Flying soldiers known as
Black Bats attack them on their train ride to Table City. In the chaos, Melvin
escapes and tracks Julia to the prison she's being held at, where he's confronted by Miranda, leader of the Black Bats. Melvin reveals his true
identity as Ashleigh, Julia's long lost brother. However, this is a bold-faced
lie; he's not Ashleigh, but an imposter named
Atlas, who seeks to use the Sanguine Star of Milos,
a philosopher's stone. He was the one who killed Julia's family to create the stone, and
now seeks to create another. It turns out the real Ashleigh is actually a Cretan commander, who is also kind of a bad guy. Together, they kill Atlas, save Table City and catch a glimpse of the Gate of Truth. With Table City saved, Ed and
Al depart for Central Command to get back to the real plot. The promised day from about
November to April 1914. Well, after the Elric brothers shrug the whole thing off
like it never happened, an enraged Gluttony attacks! He's trying to kill
Mustang for murdering Lust. Instead, he eats Ed, Ling and even Envy. Alphonse uses this situation
to manipulate Gluttony, and the homunculus leads
him straight to Father. Once they get to Father's
underground lair, Ed, Ling and Envy break free from Gluttony's belly. Ling is hungry for immortality, so Father infuses Greed's
philosophers stone into him, creating a new human-Homunculus,
and a new Greed. Envy takes the Elric brothers
to meet with King Bradley, who reveals his true identity to them. To keep the Elrics and Mustang quiet, King Bradley keeps Winry
and Hawkeye as hostages. The Elrics are in a bind, so they head north to Briggs to enlist the help of Major
General Olivia Armstrong, Alex Louis Armstrong's older sister. They give Bradley an excuse about how they're looking for May Chang, since Father couldn't
neutralize her alkahestry. She was actually hiding
inside Al's armor during the battle with Gluttony. In Briggs, the Elrics work
with the Briggs soldiers to defeat Sloth by freezing him for a little while, at least. Meanwhile, back in Central Command, Hawkeye learns that King Bradley's son, Selim is actually the
first Homunculus, Pride. She uses a coded message
to let Mustang know. From there, Mustang and
Hawkeye lure Envy out and destroy their
philosophers stone reducing the homunculus to a disgusting
small slug creature. Back in Briggs, Ed encounters Greed/Ling, let's just call it Greeling and coerces him to join their cause. With a large group formed, the gang learns of an Alkahestry method
that can actually counter the massive transmutation
circle Father plans to use. Finally, Hohenheim, joins
the group and helps form a plan for "the promised day", the culmination of Father's
four-hundred year plan. After joining, Hohenheim
confronts Pride, who kills and consumes Gluttony to gain more power. The Promised Day finally arrives, just as Sloth finishes his work. Major Armstrong and Sig
manage to finally kill him, though, thanks to incredible
valor and respectable muscles. Mustang reveals the true
nature of the government to the entire city,
leading Envy to give up and ultimately commit suicide. The final battle against Father begins, but he's about to put the final step of his plan into action. He needs five human sacrifices
to fully open the gate, those five being the ones
who have seen the Gate. That's Ed, Al, Hohenheim and
Izumi, but who's the fifth? Well, Wrath forces Mustang to
perform human transmutation, blinding him and sealing his
fate as the fifth sacrifice. Father successfully opens the gate, and steals the souls of
fifty million Amestrians. The final battle from about April 1914. With the Gate of the planet open, Father gains infinite alchemical knowledge and becomes a perfect being, essentially absorbing God itself. Father goes in to finish everyone off, but Hohenheim stops him
using his philosopher stone. The Alkahestry reversal plan works, and brings Father back down to a mortal state for the gang to battle. During this fight, Pride confronts Ed, but he gets defeated and
reduced to a fetus-state. Father throws out one
final blast of energy, but Hohenheim saves the Elrics
by taking the full blast. Hohenheim's sacrifice inspires
everyone to fight harder, including Greed, who Father kills. Father's not down yet, but he's almost exhausted
every philosophers stone within him, weakening him greatly. Ed's automail arm is busted,
so he can't use alchemy. As a last resort, Al reverses the exchange his brother made so long
ago and sacrifices his soul in order for Ed's right arm to return. In a fit of rage, Ed uses both arms to launch a barrage against
Father, eventually punching a hole directly through his chest. Father gets sent to the Gate
where he meets the Truth, and is exterminated once and for all. After the fight, Ed performs
human transmutation on himself, sending him to the Gate. In order to bring his brother back, Ed sacrifices
his ability to use alchemy. and finally brings Alphonse back home, in his original body. With Hohenheim's
philosopher stone depleted, he can finally die a peaceful death next to the grave of his beloved Trisha. Really, everyone gets
some kind of closure. Mustang uses a philosophers stone to restore his eyesight and plans to rise to the position of Führer. Scar begins his plans to rebuild Ishval and Ed and Winry get married
in a very cute, nerdy, alchemy-ish way, and
they end up having a kid! Also, Al and May end up together. All is well. Wow, that was one hell of a timeline. Thank you all so much
for sticking with me. I'm Cristal with Get in the Robot. It is comfy in here. (laughing) (soft music)
