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Tablecity

Table City is a town on the Western border of Amestris within Creta. Table City is not mentioned in the manga or either anime series and only appears in Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos.

Government[]

In the early 1910s, Table City sat under Amestrian control, with Major Peter Soyuz acting as the Amestrian official in charge of the city in a similar manner to how Yoki once ruled Youswell for his personal gain, even attempting to acquire the city's fabled Sanguine Star in hopes of selling it to the highest bidder. Due to its location on the Cretan border and the state of the native Milosian population, travel into and out of the city is heavily controlled, requiring travel permits and visas even for those not intending to leave Amestris.

Due to its position on the border of Amestris and Creta, the valleys surrounding Table City are heavily contested, with the Milosians within unable to even touch the cliffs of the city on either side without being shot. Without support from either government, the Milosians are instead seemingly held together by less formal communities, and much of the population owes its loyalty to the Black Bats terrorist organization.

History[]

For three hundred years, the land now known as Table City was called the Hill of Milos and was inhabited by the Milosians, who believed it was their holy land. In recent history, the land was forcefully annexed by Creta, who believed the Sanguine Star to be housed within the mountain Milos sat atop as legend stated, forcing the native population into slave labor in an attempt to locate it.

During Amestris' era of expansion, the Hill of Milos was one of many cities invaded and annexed. In this conflict, the Cretan front line was comprised solely of Milosians, though much of the Milosian population assisted Amestrian forces in their invasion, believing that Amestris would then allow them to resume control of their homeland. In reality, however, Amestris had likewise heard the legends concerning the Sanguine Star, and may have also wished to secure it. Following Amestris' successful conquest, much of the native Milosian population was pushed into the valley and declared foreigners, only the city itself becoming part of the nation, renamed Table City.

In the 1910s, Edward and Alphonse Elric traveled to Table City pursuing a rogue alchemist. In their pursuit, the brothers, the convict they chased, the woman the convict chased, and the terrorists the woman chased crossed the border into the valley where the Amestrians learned of their search for the Sanguine Star before returning to the city, being sympathetic to their plight but not willing to sacrifice a city to create a Philosopher's Stone.

The next night, the Milosians mounted an assault on the city, with Cretan double agents within the revolution seizing the opportunity to activate the city's transmutation circle, fueling it with the Amestrian soldiers of the city. With no further use for it, the Cretans attempted to destroy the valley with the city's magma. In the conflict, the means to create the Sanguine Star were lost, with the Milosian resistance gaining control of the last Star created, using much of its power to save the valley.

Ultimately, the Milosian resistance was able to push both Amestris and Creta from its borders, returning Table City to its former name, and though Colonel Mustang believed that Amestris would attempt to retake the area, both Ed and Al believed that the Milosians would retain their newly won freedom.

Geography[]

Table City sits on a small mountain that is noticeably lacking in vegetation and precipitation, and seems to have a temperate or warm climate. Due to its history of forced mining, it is surrounded by a number of deep gorges, which have become the city's trash heaps in modern times despite being inhabited by the city's former native population.

The city also has magma flows relatively close to the surface, with a single large explosion being capable of unleashing a flow of viscous lava into the valley.

Conspiracy[]

Much like Amestris, the Hill of Milos was built in such a way to create a three-dimensional Transmutation Circle utilizing a series of secret underground chambers that would create a Sanguine Star under the right circumstances. Unlike Amestris, however, it is unclear how the Milosians acquired this information or to what end this was done.

Trivia[]

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