|
Post by Kaiser on Mar 16, 2006 20:25:00 GMT -5
==Obtaining a Stone== Obtaining a stone is often a risky, painful process.
A "Red Stone" can be obtained by crystallizing the highly toxic "Red Water." As the water can intoxicate and kill over a wide area when it contaminates the soil, the easiest method to crystallize it is to insert the substance into the womb of a pregnant woman, and leave it to became solid, killing the woman. Then it can be surgically removed. A slow and expensive chemical process is also possible, but the Stones created are usually very small, and not very useful.
The real deal takes a high toll. Only an expert alchemist could transmute it, using as raw material a very large amount of human lives, ranging from thousands to millions. The obtained Stone is not bound to a fixed form... the first Philosopher's Stone transmuted by Hohenheim was shown as a glowing diamond-like stone, a sort of "perfect red stone".
|
|
|
Post by Kaiser on Mar 16, 2006 20:29:34 GMT -5
==Using a Stone==
The Philosopher's Stone could have infinite potential uses for an Alchemist. The State Alchemists had researched it for the Military. It was hinted that even those unskilled in Alchemy, could perform amazing feats like the transmutation of chimeras and temporary reanimation of dead animal corpses. It can also give the ability to decompose matter by Alchemy and an instinctive understanding of a material's makeup.
A genuine Philosopher's Stone is capable of amazing feats, among them complete human transmutation, conferring immortality or soul transference into new bodies. Such transference comes at the cost of a fraction of the Alchemist's soul, and runs the risk of the new host body decomposing into a living corpse. the Philosopher's Stone is the main ingredient in the creation of a Homunculus. A true Philosopher's Stone is not eternal... every time it's used, a bit of it vanishes, and its power is likewise reduced.
|
|
|
Post by Kaiser on Mar 16, 2006 20:33:06 GMT -5
==The Mechanism of the Stone==
The two types of Stone operate in the same manner. When a transmutation is performed, the matter is usually supplied by the Alchemist himself. A broken radio can be reshaped into a fully functional radio, some scrap iron can build a sword, a spear, a gun, etc. ... The energy is supplied by the mysterious ''Gate'', a passage present in every human soul, linked to the "Real world" and the ''Fullmetal Alchemist world''. Every death in "our" world generates energy, meaning the souls of our dead became the energy harnessed by Alchemists to perform their transmutations. The Philosopher's Stone supplies an additional energy-source, utilizing not the souls from our "alternate world", but souls collected in the "Fullmetal Alchemist world"
|
|
|
Post by Artemis Godhand on Mar 20, 2006 20:28:43 GMT -5
|
|