"Oh, he told you about Nortes III? Yeah, it was an accident, but Uncle Al was about to be killed by Hennig, who is also technically an uncle, but nobody wants to claim him, so Uncle Ed fired off an energy transmutation designed to be the alchemical equivalent of a Dragon Slave. Punched a hole in the entire face of the moon, sent it spiraling into the gas giant it orbited. Sent debris everywhere. The Gate had to grab them and Uncle Roy and Aunt Riza out of the way of harm when it blew. And yes, the transmutation sucked so much out of him that it killed him. Dumbass."