After the events of Snake Eater, Big Boss takes a retirement of sorts to process the death of his teacher and what it means to be a soldier. He takes to the city of Kandahar, acting as a hunting and field survival instructor - which is dismal at best. However, things begin to change when a quirky botanist begins taking his classes.

Edward has been missing for almost a year. The only thing Roy had was Ed's pocket watch and the horrible memory that Al was gone. When they finally find the man who the Elrics were investigating, they find out some disturbing things of Edward's whereabouts. Ones that could break a man. When they find him, can they even put him back together?