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1. gloria of rubies and gold by asthmaticbee

   Fandoms: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   15 Sep 2023

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Edward Elric/Winry Rockbell
   • Gracia Hughes/Maes Hughes
   • Riza Hawkeye/Roy Mustang
   • Alphonse Elric & Edward Elric
   • Edward Elric & Roy Mustang
   • Edward Elric & Riza Hawkeye
   • Edward Elric & Maes Hughes
   • Edward Elric
   • Alphonse Elric
   • Roy Mustang
   • Riza Hawkeye
   • Winry Rockbell
   • Maes Hughes
   • Ling Yao
   • Ishval Civil War
   • Ishval Civil War Veteran Edward Elric
   • Aged-Up Character(s)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Child Soldiers
   • mosly just Ed
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • gratuitous use of flashbacks
   • Genocide
   • Colonialism
   • Smoking
   • Drinking
   • lots of cussing
   • who needs healthy coping mechanisms if you have alcohol and cigarettes amirite
   • Ed is good with guns
   • This is Important Trust Me
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Suicidal Ideation
   • no actual suicide
   • but PTSD Ed kinda went off the rails in the flashbacks I'm sorry
   • disordered eating due to trauma
   • Panic Attacks
   • aaaand present day Ed has also gone off the rails with his passive suicidal ideation
   • just when he started to get better :')
   • Ed has a motorcycle and drives like Riza on steroids

   Summary

   Eight years can make a lot of difference.

   Edward Elric, youngest State Alchemist in history, is 15 when Executive Order 3066 takes effect, turning a civil war into genocide.

   All State Alchemists are to serve at the front lines of Ishval and kill indiscriminately, humans turned weapons.

   --

    

   Ed shields his eyes against the blazing desert sun of Ishval and tries to ignore the way his white glove is stained red, pretends it’s oil instead of blood.

    

   There is a wave of heat from somewhere to his right and up ahead, yards away but unnaturally strong, and the wind carries with it screams and the smell of burning flesh.

    

   A shot echoes through the stillness of the high noon, and he counts to five in his head. Another shot.

    

   --

   This story has a playlist!

   Series

   • Part 1 of songs of war-torn lands

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