"Mathematics and physics. That's all there is to it." Knowledge is power. Whether that power is used to build or to destroy, that is up to the person who controls it. This is a truth young Tom Coulburne learned from a young age. A truth taught to him by his father. But he would only truly understand the meaning of this years later. When he met the brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric, and unraveled a conspiracy that lay at the heart of his country.