Ed and Al permanently abandoned their world to attempt to "fix" one that doesn't even belong to them. Instead of resolving the story by having Ed close the gateway on the Amestris side, the film creates more problems by stranding Ed and Al powerlessly on Earth. The Thule Society is shown to be expanding and becoming more hateful, especially in how they treat the Roma. The dragon, revealed to be Envy, is captured by the Thule Society - an occultist society aiming to empower Adolf Hitler and the Nazis through magical means. Edward agrees to join him on a quest to find inspiration for his next film in the rumor of a nearby dragon.
The next day, he runs into Fritz Lang, a Jewish film director behind many famous German Expressionist movies. Noah then begins to live with Ed and a rocket engineer named Alfons Heiderich. The Ishvalan-Roma connection is later confirmed when audiences see that the real-world counterparts of both Scar and Lust are Romani.Įd begins to display clear character growth when he goes out of his way to rescue a Romani woman with psychic abilities named Noah from being sold. Clear parallels are meant to be made between the Ishavalans of Amestris and the Roma being persecuted in Munich. During Conqueror of Shamballa, Ed is trapped in the Weimar Republic in the year 1923 and must navigate a world that is becoming increasingly hostile toward the Roma.