Ed and Al go on assignment to inspect a small mining colony and discover its inhabitants are being heavily taxed by a tyrant and his Alchemist.

Ed reports back to Mustang in East City, where discussion of Doctor Marcoh and the Philosopher's Stone leads to a duel between Ed and the colonel.

Edward Elric arrives in World War I after being pulled through the Gate. Roy Mustang confronts his enemy, Homunculus Pride.