This is A story of tragic, betrayal, and romance blooms through a time of desperate and dark times. This story has no relation to any actual historical events, and anything depicted in this story is not true and did not take place in actual French history. This story was made for entertainment purposes, and only a name of a few locations actually exists.



In the late 1800s, Alchemy was a major part of European Culture, but was prohibited bởi the Church, for Alchemic teachings went against God’s teachings and the Catholic beliefs. In a Small town off the borderlines of Paris France, a middle aged Alchemist, Victor Alexander Damè conducts strange experiments in secret, for his tests required human sacrifice, which was forbidden bởi all Alchemists alike and abolished use of alchemy bởi the church of Catholics. He hires exiles of the Country of France to find potential sacrifices, which mostly ranged from higher up classmen in which he had strife against to various members of the French Court.

His curiosity and lack of a Heir lead him to discover a peasant boy named Nathaniel and his older brother Simon. Both boys had been abandoned from their English father after their mother died when they were both fairly young, and ever since they lived on the streets relying on stolen thực phẩm and any an toàn, két an toàn water they could find. Nathaniel at the age of 10 had obtained the illness known as Thantosis, a serious disease that caused the slow decay of the inner organs.

Realizing that his baby brother’s time was short, Simon desperately tries to find shelter for the both of them bởi going around various houses in England trying to get families to take either both of them hoặc at least his ill ridden brother in. No one would take them in, in fear of catching the disease themselves, Simon pleaded for them to let them stay, but only found disappointment, One ngày as Winter is fast approaching, Simon’s patience grows fairly thin with people as his brother starts to hiển thị thêm signs of the disease taking affect when Nathaniel starts to cough out large amounts of blood.

The boys soon gather attention from two fairly intoxicated men. They start to boast about their healthy sons, and pick at Nathaniel’s weakened and ill stricken state, out of anger and his weakened will power, Simon grabs a rock and pins the taller and larger man to the ground and with one hard swing, smashes the rock against his head, instantly killing him. The other man had escaped after this, and Simon, realizing what he had done, out of fear that he would be trialed and sentenced to Death bởi the British Police, he runs off with Nathaniel, stowing away on a Merchants Carriage heading to France where he manages to get a job in the small town of Damèberg.

For a time, the man Simon worked for let him and his younger brother stay in the vựa, chuồng trại, barn in which Simon worked in the most as payment for Simon’s work. Simon is relieved of this case, feeling like he and his brother can live a semi normal life, without the struggles of life on the street. 5 years past and word starts reaching the French Court of a Boy who was a suspect of murder escaped England and was hiding somewhere in France.

Terrified of someone finding them, Simon runs away from the Farm, leaving a note, which simply stated his regrets, and his sincerest apology over the murder of Alfred J. Jones. Now back onto the streets, Nathaniel’s condition starts to worsen even thêm so then it had been, Simon tries desperately to keep his brother out of the harm of the crime-ridden streets of Damèberg. One night, drunken men, who claimed that they lấy trộm, đánh cắp their money and food, corner Simon and Nathaniel; Simon tries to explain to them the situation. Not bothering to listen, one of the men hits Simon, and continues to beat him senseless while Nathaniel watches helplessly.


Simon facing the fact that this man was going to kill him, starts to accept death, for his death would redeem his sin of murdering Alfred, before the final blow the man is stopped bởi an elder gentleman, who the men recognize as Victor Damè. Victor saves the boys and brings them to his lâu đài on the borderline of Paris and Damèberg. Once Simon has recovered, he discovers that Victor is an Alchemist and he pleas for him to save his brother from the grips of the wretched disease, having known that Alchemist were known to do any miracles that succeeded the current knowledge of medical research.

Victor informs him that he cannot perform such Alchemy, but had something that might keep his brother alive for a bit longer then what he would have had. Simon Insisted that he gave him the antidote, proclaiming to do whatever he wanted him to do. Victor seizes the opportunity to make use of the young adult. For the tiếp theo couple months Victor has Simon retrieve former convicts from the prison in Damèberg, Simon doesn’t câu hỏi this request at first, but he grows thêm confused as time progresses.

One ngày when returning from an errand, Simon notices his brother is nowhere to be found, he imminently confronts Victor, slightly angered with this, but calms down slightly when Victor states that he merely had brought Nathaniel into a room in the basement in preparation to receive the antidote. Simon grows slightly suspicious when he asks to see his brother and Victor states that Nathaniel was in no condition to be seen in, and soon he begins to investigate behind Victor’s back.

Simon having conducted research from every book he could find in Victor’s library, he comes to a horrifying conclusion. Victor was using the forbidden alchemy of Human Transmogrification in an attempt to create a relic of ancient times, which granted the user immortality. Realizing the danger he had put himself and his brother in, he realizes he must find his brother and escape.

Late at night Simon sneaks from his room and tries to make his way to the basement to retrieve Nathaniel, when Victor catches onto his intentions and imminently tries to kill him, Victor burns down the castle, trying to take Simon down with it. Simon barely escapes the wreckage engulfed in flames, and tries to find shelter in a near bởi forest.

Unsure of rather hoặc not his brother is alive; he collapses from exhaustion, once thêm ready to face his death. He wakes up several weeks later, finding himself in a unfamiliar room. He learns that a man named Alphonse Heisenberg, a German/French merchant who had connections with Victor, rescued him.

He informs Simon that ore then likely Victor had his brother locked up in his main building of operations, the deepest bowels of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. Urgent to get there Simon tries to make his way to the door, but is stopped bởi Alphonse, who states that he was in no condition to take on Victor. He went on to explain to Simon that Victor was far beyond a normal human, he was already on his way to immortality, and that it would take a equally skilled Alchemist to take him down.

Simon begs him to teach him Alchemy, Alphonse simply disagrees, not having any knowledge of Alchemy, but sends him off to a friend. Thus Simon spends 7 months training and learning Alchemy, under a elder Alchemist named Johann, who sought refuge in Berlin, Germany. Simon returns the trang chủ of Alphonse, only to learn that he been kidnapped and taken as prisoner bởi Victor as described in a note left bởi Alphonse which stated that Victor had already gotten to his family.

Simon vows that with his newfound strengths he will redeem not only him, but save his brother and the man who saved his life, and to end Victor once and for all. During his travel to Paris, he runs into a young female, named Joanna, who he bumped into as she was running from the police due to that she had lấy trộm, đánh cắp some bánh mỳ, bánh mì from a local merchant. Reminded of how he used to live before Victor, he takes her and hides her in a near bởi Ally, and distracts the Police with his Alchemy allowing both to make a quick escape.

Realizing he was an Alchemist and his purpose she begs him to let her join, and it’s revealed that she is the only living daughter to Alphonse, who managed to escape Victor’s raid of their trang chủ two months before. He reluctantly agrees, as he had no real choice and couldn’t leave her behind. Both take on the Journey to make their way to France, along the way getting into all sorts of trouble, with the German Police on their tails, they reach the outskirts of France, and take refuge in a near bởi Inn, and begin to plan out their means of attack. What awaits them at Notre Dame? Will they be Reunited with missing family? What happens when things get a little out of hand? Will Simon manage to see his brother Alive?