Episode 42: His Name Is Unknown (2003 series)

Al's armor slowly begins to turn black as the result of Solf J. Kimblee's alchemy. Scar confronts the dying Kimblee who admits bomb-making is his specialty and cannot undo the process himself. Just as he passes away, Kimblee admits the transmutation will occur slowly to give Al time to think about death. As Scar contemplates on what to do, Lust appears and reveals that Scar cannot undo Kimblee's alchemy with his destructive alchemy due to its inability to reconstruct matter, and only Edward Elric can reverse it. Lust wants Scar to complete the Philosopher's Stone, but Scar can see now she is not like his brother's fiancee. In the sewers, Ed stops Wrath from killing Rosé and her baby. Ed then re-transmutes his spear to restrain Wrath's arms to prevent him from using another transmutation. He then faces Sloth, admitting he had been thinking for a while now that she as Juliet Douglas had resembled their mother Trisha Elric, but had been denying himself the truth. Sloth tries to attack Ed with her water powers, but Ed stops the attack by transmuting the water into ice and then attack with his automail sword. Sloth breaks free and transforms into her true form, revealing she is a Homunculus due to the Ouroboros tattoo. However, Wrath breaks free forcing Ed to transmute giant spikes to separate him and Rosé for the two Homunculi. Though Lyra mentions it will take more than that to finish a Homunculi off, Ed thanks Rosé for getting her voice back and saving his life.

Back at the military outpost, Frank Archer is furious for not hearing anything from Kimblee or Tucker's chimeras. Just then Roy Mustang, Riza Hawkeye and Alex Louis Armstrong show up at his secret room confronting him and Shou Tucker. Armstrong admits he never supported Archer and only pretended to support him to root out the corruption within the military. Archer has Tucker send out his remaining chimeras to attack the three, revealing he plans to use the Reole incident to become a war hero, similar to Mustang's popularity in the Ishval Civil War. King Bradley (Pride) and Gluttony watch as Archer dispatches his troops. In Reole, Scar admits that the only similarity Lust had to his brother's fiancee was her appearance and denies her comment that if she did become human it would not be the same since the dead cannot come back to life. With Al's armor almost completely black from Kimblee's alchemy, Scar uses the locket to keep Lust at bay so she can't stop him. Scar then painfully transmutes the incomplete Philosopher's Stone into Al's armor, losing his remaining arm, but successfully nullifies Kimblee's alchemy, which also causes the same marking to appear on the armor. Scar reveals he plans to create the Philosopher's Stone in Al's body, similar to what his brother tried to do with his own body, and Lust can't stop him since he attached the locket to Al's armor and that her dream will fail if she tries to stop Scar's attempt.

After helping Rosé get back to the rest of her people, Ed decides to leave to stop Scar from committing his atrocity and upon learning the townsfolk will break up into smaller groups, Ed says goodbye to Rosé and Lyra and departs. Using Kimblee's corpse as bait with Lust's help, Scar provides Archer the excuse to mobilize the troops and they begin to swarm the city. Despite her being invulnerable, Scar shields Lust from the gunshots of a few soldiers out of impulse before she kills them. Scar admits he didn't do it for her, but instead for the woman Lust was modeled after. Moving to a safe place, Scar admits that while he hated his brother for becoming an exile and turning his back on Ishvala despite having saved his life, Alphonse clearly has a better relationship with his older brother, compared to Scar who never got to admit his feelings to his brother. Urging Lust to leave, Scar answers her question about his real name that he simply no longer deserves one. Ed confronts Archer, but Archer ignores Ed's words about Reole's surrender due to Kimblee's death, which Ed blames due to his obsession with glory. Once word is received of Scar being sited Archer personally heads in with his men restraining Ed.

Scar admits that he no longer has to worry about living anymore as he activates the giant Transmutation Array with the last of his strength, sacrificing himself and the soldiers within. Mustang, Hawkeye, and Armstrong finish off the Chimeras and the rest of the Mustang Unit arrive to explain what is happening. Ed urges the remaining soldiers to take care of the wounded and retreat as he heads to the desert remains of Reole. All Ed can find is Al, surprised to find him there, as Al worries about exploding. Once the two discuss the recent events, Ed realizes what Scar's plan was and confirms it when Al opens up the belly of his armor to see the Philosopher's Stone that Scar created. Lust appears and confirms this and states the two need to run since every force will now be after them. Once Al realizes he has the locket Scar gave which is why Lust can't attack, she leaves and the Elrics are now worried about what's to come.