"He died, a few months ago I arranged his funeral. Only Gareth and I were present,"
An unexpected ending? No, quite the contrary, the Sage's Stone as the pinnacle of Alchemy, could be deemed the legend of Alchemy. And beneath that legend, bones litter the ground.
In the rumors, the Sage's Stone, a perfect creation, required the Alchemist to perfectly balance the Five Great Elements, achieving an impossible miracle.
In the legends of Alchemy, there was a source to the world that comprised five basic elements. One day the source shattered, the Five Great Elements fell out of balance, creating the world, an irreversible process. And the Alchemist must find the hidden Fifth Element, balance the Five Great Elements, reverse time back to the origin, and thus the Sage's Stone, is completed.
Fire, water, wind, earth, The Fifth Element.
These alchemical experiments, a series of attempts to find balance, are all harmful to the human body.
