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Thursday, February 1, 2007


more alchemy knowledge!-fullmetal style!
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

The Philosopher's Stone is thought by alchemists to allow the keeper to bypass Equivalent Exchange. The stone actually provides a way for the energy of human souls to be stored and channelled as a direct source of energy and material for transmutations. When the Philosopher's Stone is used, a certain number of souls are used up and taken away, lessening the stone's power, and eventually the number of souls deplete fully, and the stone erodes away. It is possible through transmutation to turn an inanimate object or even a person into the stone. For example, Scar transferred the array onto Alphonse's armor, and then used the array to perform the Grand Arcanum, which created the stone out of Alphonse's armor. But when an object or body is transformed, it will decay and disappear in proportion to the erosion of the stone. It was also suggested in the series that if one of the Homunculi were to consume an object that was turned into the stone, the stone would revert to its perfect crystal form, which is why Dante orders Gluttony to consume Al to form a complete stone in his stomach

The Gate is the basis for alchemy in the world of Fullmetal Alchemist. The energy of alchemy (required to at least decompose and rebuild matter) in the world of Amestris is generated by the souls of deceased humans traveling through the Gate from Earth. If accessed properly, the Gate can also be used for the living to travel from one world to the other. Furthermore, the Gate serves to bestow the "Truth" to those who open it


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