Several years have passed since the time of the Elric brothers, the famous sibling alchemists who saved the country of Amestris countless times. Their tales have been written down in history books, their heroic deeds turned into legends, and the Homonculi they once fought have become nothing more than the things of nightmares for young children. Yes, over the years peace has fallen on the land, save for the endless conflicts with the neighboring nations, but that is to be expected. And what has happened to the brothers?

During their last adventure they passed through the Gate and emerged on the otherside, in a new world that was quite the opposite of their own. Alchemy as they knew it did not exist their, but they where whole, and together, and that was all that mattered. Their fates after crossing, however, are unknown. In our own world, however, Roy Mustang has taken up the position of Fuhrer, and though his experiences with the Elric brothers he has been slowly using the military to bring peace to the land, rather than conflict, as was often the case before. Winrey is now funded by the military, however is still completely independent of their workings, except that now if a solider ever looses a limb they get an automail replacement for free. Other than that she ownes the country's best automail shop.

But, over the last few years, strange reports have reached Mustang's desk. Reports of odd lights, mysterious deaths and dissapearances, and other such things. At first he thought nothing of it, but as more and more reports came in, some of them showing signs that alchemy may have been involved, he begins sending out special investigation units. These are usually cells of three to five people, most or all of them being State Alchemists, who go out on location, make a formal, first hand report, and do whatever they can to prevent further acts from occuring. Afterwards they return to Central Command, though so far little has been turned up. It seems that if an alchemist, or a group of them, are responsable for these events, they are very good and covering their tracks.

All of this changes one day with the dissaperance of one of the highly ranked State Alchemist, known as the Forecast Alchemist, who had the abilities to change the weather in the area for a time. The man had just returned from an inventigation of a small farming village in the West Area and was making out another, follow up report, more thorogh than his first, as he was not so pressed. This partialy finished report was found on his desk, but there was something odd about it. It seems that alchemy was used to erase parts of the report, and more importantly on an area near the bottom, where he may have tried to write something just before whatever it was happened to him. All that could be understood from the information on the paper was that alchemic symbols were found etched into the rafters of a barn, seemingly randomly. It is suspected that prehaps he was onto something and those behind the mysterious events had to silence him.

While Mustang believes the man is dead, he is still gathering a new group of State Alchemists together to investigate the West Area more thoroghly. Incidentally, it is also time for the annual State Alchemist Entrance Exams.

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So, several years have passed by rather peacefully since Ed and Al crossed over into the parallel world. Roy Mustang as taken control of the military, and up until recently things have begun to calm down quite a lot without the Homunculi around. But now a new evil has emerged in the land of Amestris, but anyone who might know why has begun to dissapear, as have the clues. Now the new Fuhrer, Mustang, is gathering alchemists to investigate, while also having to deal with the entrance exams and new alchemists wishing to join the military.

You can choose from a few different roles-
State Alchemist: an alchemist who has been with the military for some time
New Alchemist: an alchemist taking part in the exams to become a State Alchemist
Regular Alchemist: just an ordinary person who can use alchemy, but is somehow involved in the events
Soldier: a normal, none alchemy using person who works in the military
Homunculi: a souless being created through human transmutation

Character Sheet-
Name:
Age:
Position: (State Alchemist, Soldier, ext, and more specifics like general or private if you want)
Title: (the --- Alchemist, or anything else you go by besides your name)
Description:
Alchemical Specality: (fire, ice, weapons, etc)
Equipment: (anything you carry with you)
History:
Other: (anything extra you'd like to add)

The Homunculi will be a little different this time around, and if you wanna be one PM me. They are a part of the new evil, but not as much as they were in the series. More information reguarding them will be revealed in the story, so you may wanna wait on creating one as a main character...that and they won't appear until a bit later on. If you have any questions or comments feel free to PM me or post them in the OOC.