Uri Reiss

Uri Reiss was the younger brother of Rod Reiss and uncle of the late Frieda Reiss. He was the true king of mankind for some time, when he gave his powers and his position to Frieda Reiss.

Appearance
He was a frail older man, usually wearing a simple light colored robe. He had neck length, thin, light colored hair. He also had light colored, weary eyes; with a calm, wise beyond his years type of expression.

Personality
Despite his upbringing and his responsibilities, he was a humble man. He refused to hold a grudge against Kenny, despite the latter's rudeness and repeated attempts to attack him; believing that because of the Reiss family the Ackerman's hate was justified. He even went so far as to bow down to Kenny and formally apologize.

He was a very calmed man. He did not shown any signal of pain when Kenny hurt him with a knife and he did not hesitated when Kenny aimed him with a pistol.

Even though he couldn't rid the world of Titan as he originally wanted, he truly cared about everyone. He wanted to make a paradise for the remaining members of humanity, believing not far in the future that their world would fall.

Story
He inherited Titan powers and memories of the world from he and Rod's father by eating him in the succession ritual of the Reiss family. They are the world's true, but covert royalty. Frieda later ate him in turn and inherited his powers and memories, which she later lost to Grisha Yeager during Grisha's attack on the Reiss family.

Uri also inherited the ideology of the very first Reiss King, who built the Walls 100 years ago and wiped out the memories of most of humanity. As Rod attempts to pressure Historia into injecting herself with the Titan serum, he says that initially, he and Uri pleaded with their father to free humanity from the Titans. Their father refused to do so or to explain why he would not. However, after Uri consumed him, Rod could tell by his eyes that he had inherited that same ideology. Before Uri had volunteered to take on that burden, Rod claims, Uri had entrusted him "with a mission of my own in exchange": to pray.

Rod states that, having become the sole creator and ultimate governing force of this world, "an all-knowing, all-powerful being" Uri had become God. With the fate of humanity in his hands. As Historia still struggles with the decision to inject herself, he tells her that his mission is to summon God back into this world and devote his prayers to it. Historia, prompted by memories of Ymir telling her to live for herself, violently resists her father, throws him to the floor, and calls him a liar.

Kenny Ackerman, who has been serving Rod for years, remains loyal to Uri even though Uri is long dead. When Rod says to Kenny that he never understood why his brother would have taken "a dog like you" off the streets, Kenny threatens to kill him if he ever speaks ill of Uri again, not seeming to care about the insult to himself.

After Kenny is gravely wounded, he begins recounting earlier memories in his life; with a majority of them consisting of Uri and the Reiss succession ritual. Uri and Kenny's first interaction was a strained one, with the latter wanting to kill him for the persecution of the Ackerman family. Though Rod insisted he kill Kenny, Uri decided to release him; believing that he had a right to be angry. Kenny was shocked by the gesture and decided to help him, but in return he wanted the attack on the Ackerman bloodline to cease; to which Uri agreed.

From that point on, Kenny was not only his bodyguard, but a close friend. The two spent much time together talking, with Uri going so far as to tell him that his power will soon be inherited by Frieda Reiss.

Abilities
He appeared to be quite an intelligent man, surmising from his encounter with Kenny that he was of the Ackerman bloodline. Though he is never shown fighting, he was able to block a knife that was aimed for his throat with his arm.

Like previous Coordinate owners before him he has:


 * Memory Manipulation: This ability is related to the "Invincible Power," the Coordinate. Rod

Titan Shifting
Though his full Titan form is never shown he possesses the same regular abilities as Titans and other Titan Shifters.
 * Regeneration: Like all Titans, he possessed healing abilities. He was able to heal from a knife launched by Kenny that pierced his left arm.
 * Enhanced Strength: This power has been shown at least of his Titan form. Even during a partial transformation, he had enough strength to hold Kenny effortlessly.
 * Partial Transformation: Similar to Ymir, he is seen holding Kenny Ackerman in his Titan fist while almost completely outside of his Titan body. While doing this he could talk and move both of his bodies without problem.
 * "Invincible Power": Briefly mentioned by Rod, it has the potential to exterminate all the Titans. It's unknown if he mastered this ability, but all Reiss members that take part in the succession ceremony gain this ability.

Relationships

 * Kenny Ackerman: Even when Kenny tried to kill him, Uri understood that his hatred was reasonable because he was an Ackerman and his family had been hunted and eliminated. Uri even apologized to him, which make Kenny to appreciate his new friend. They used to spend time talking, to the point that Uri told him the inheritance capability of his power.