Xenophon Harkimo

Xenophon Harkimo (ゼノフォン・ハルキモ) is an inventor who manages a workshop in the Industrial City located within Wall Rose.

Appearance
Xenophon is a rather short man with messy white hair. He commonly wears an eyepiece over his right eye, which he uses to inspect both machines and people.

Personality
Due to his status as a workman and his technological achievements, Xenophon is a proud man; however, he is not arrogant in the slightest. Xenophon can be a little bit brash at times and has a hasty manner of speaking, even to newcomers.

Story
After Kuklo was captured by the Military Police, Jorge Pikale arranged for Sharle Inocencio to stay with Xenophon in the Industrial City while Jorge worked to free Kuklo. Before he left, Jorge requested to borrow a certain device from Xenophon as a precaution.

Several days later, Jorge arrives back to the Industrial City with both Kuklo and Cardina Baumeister, his former pupil who he also saved from the Titans. They are brought to Xenophon's workshop, where the see the foreman asleep. Sharle goes and wakes him up, stating that he has visitors. Groggily, Xenophon gets up and notices that Jorge is with them and is glad to see his device was brought back and in good condition; Jorge mentions that it was instrumental in saving both Kuklo and Cardina.

Noticing them, Xenophon formally introduces himself and calls Kuklo by his infamous moniker of "Titan's son." He circles around Kuklo, intently studying him. He then sees Cardina and inquires if he is "a spare," offending the latter. Then, Xenophon asks to see both of their arms. Satisfied by what he sees, Xenophon asks if he can take the two men in like with Sharle; Jorge agrees and says that he will come back for them once he confirms the Military Police have stopped looking for them. Xenophon mentions that both Kuklo and Cardina are strong and would make excellent fighters, stating that the Survey Corps are in dire need of new soldiers; Jorge agrees, mentioning how both were able to survive numerous attacks by multiple Titans outside the Walls.

Later during dinner, Xenophon is surprised when Jorge mentions that he will be returning to the Training Corps the next morning. He expresses disappointment that he has no recent noteworthy developments to show Jorge and casually mentions a recent test he performed with a cannon barrel that ruptured. When several workers chastise him for it and say they are more than capable of performing the tests for him, Xenophon mentions that it is the best way for him to see results; he tells Jorge that he wished to be there to see the device in action. He is with Jorge and Cardina and is shocked when he hears Kuklo mention that Titans will one day breach the Wall.

The next morning, both Xenophon and Jorge were unable to sleep due to Kuklo's prediction the previous night, something Cardina takes note of. He takes them on a walk through the city and shows them the primary furnace where the weapons are made. Cardina mentions how big it is and Xenophon says it is fifty meters tall, roughly the same size as Wall Maria. He also says that it is where the iron bamboo is made, pointing to the tallest smokestack; he also takes pride in recalling that his own workshop had a hand in designing it. Eventually, Xenophon sees a Military Police carriage approaching and flags it down. He asks permission from the driver to allow him to access to the main groves, stating that he wanted to "show some of our fresh blood" the primary harvesting spot. When Jentsch Dafner, the head of the Military Police, inquires who Kuklo and Cardina are, Xenophon gives them aliases and are able to convince him to let them through. Jentsch allows them through and then departs, expressing to Xenophon that he will be looking forward to his next monthly report.

As they travel to the forest, Xenophon discusses that the grove they are heading to is the only place where iron bamboo grows naturally; thus, the army must stay vigilant to try and stop illegal harvesting of the bamboo. When Kuklo and Cardina inquire about the bamboo, Xenophon explains that the plants absorb the metallic compounds in the soil and as it grows, the bamboo pulls in the metal and causes it to harden. He reveals to Sharle that her knife was fashioned by him out of the bamboo. However, he goes on to say that due to the limited amount available, harvesting is strictly limited until they find out how the bamboo grows so they can replicate it. Despite this setback, Xenophon theorizes that perhaps the bamboo resides above a vein of iron ore or that it combines that with other elements to form a new and unknown alloy.

Trivia

 * His surname is Finnish.

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