Ep. 40: Homunculus: Der Zwerg im Kolben

Olivier goes to Central, where she admits to killing Raven and convinces Bradley to let her take his place. Hawkeye uses a coded message to tell Roy Mustang that Selim is a homunculus. Meanwhile, Father dreams of ancient Xerxes, where Hohenheim had been raised as a nameless slave, known only as Number 23. There, Hohenheim had met Homunculus, a being in a flask who was created from his blood, which gave Hohenheim his current name and taught him the basics of alchemy. One night, Homunculus had been summoned by the King of Xerxes, who asked Homunculus to tell him the secret for immortality. Homunculus had tricked the king into making a gigantic transmutation circle, using the whole country as a sacrifice, while it and Hohenheim stood at the center of the circle. When Hohenheim had awakened, everyone else in Xerxes was dead, except for Homunculus. It had created a body shaped like Hohenheim for itself, then becoming known as Father. Back in the present, after Hohenheim awakes from this shared dream, he runs into Izumi and Sig. When Hohenheim notices that Izumi committed the ultimate sin, he rearranges her organs so that her blood can flow better. After this, Hohenheim tells Izumi and Sig that he is the philosopher's stone in human form. (Source: Wikipedia)
Episoden
- Ep. 36 · Hohenheim denkt über den Abschied von seiner Familie nach, während Soldaten in den Tunneln der Briggs-Festung einem Schatten gegenüberstehen.
- Ep. 37 · Edward repariert sein Automail, während Kimblee Alphonse isoliert und Olivier Überlebende in dunklen Tunneln jagt.
- Ep. 38 · Die Spannungen in der Baschool steigen, als Scar Winry als Geisel nimmt, während die Militärbewegungen zunehmen.
- Ep. 39 · Winry pflegt Scar, während die Gruppe einen Schneesturm durchquert, um zur Festung zu gelangen.
- Ep. 40 · Homunculus: Der Zwerg im Kolben
- Ep. 41 · Miles und Edward verfolgen Kimblee, während Scar Alphonse in Sicherheit bringt, währenddessen eine Infiltration des Zentralkommandos stattfindet.
- Ep. 42 · Alphonse erwacht, während May die Notizen von Scar's Bruder entschlüsselt, die Transmutationskreise enthüllen.
- Ep. 43 · Die Festung Briggs besiegt die Drachman-Streitkräfte, während Marcoh den Philosophen-Stein von Envy zerstört
- Ep. 44 · Alphonse und Winry besuchen Liore, während Edwards Guthaben eingefroren wird und Hohenheim Geheimnisse preisgibt.