Onyankopon

"Our creator had a thought. Wouldn't it be interesting if there were more kinds of people in the world? The same goes for the Subjects of Ymir, who can turn into Titans. All of us exist because someone meant for us to exist."

- Onyankopon to Sasha

Onyankopon (オニャンコポン) is a man allied to the Survey Corps during the Battle of Liberio. He pilots an airship following orders from Hange Zoë for the Corps to use during their retreat.

Appearance
Onyankopon is a dark-skinned man with black hair styled in a short crew cut. He appears to be well-built, as seen by his large arms and shoulders. He wears a military uniform of Marleyan issue with two black stripes going down the torso.

Onyankopon's casual clothes consist of a dark jacket over a dress shirt, and long pants.

Personality
Onyankopon comes off as a friendly man, easily building a repertoire with Hange Zoë and other members of the Survey Corps during his dealings with them. However, he also seems to have a rather serious mindset, becoming slightly perplexed by some soldiers' fixation on trivial matters during their preparations, and praising Hange for easily adapting to the technologies and ideas being introduced to Paradis.

Onyankopon appears to be a religious man, professing to the Paradis islanders that question him about his skin color his belief that God created different ethnicities of people out of a desire to make the world "interesting."

History
When Onyankopon's home country was taken over by Marley, he was one of many who forcibly conscripted into the Marleyan army to serve as a soldier.

Onyankopon, along with many of his fellow soldiers, were secretly taken in by Zeke Yeager, and began covertly working to help free the Eldian people as part of the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers.

Marley arc
In 851, Onyankopon is among the first survey fleet sent by Marley to Paradis after the operation to retrieve the Founding Titan failed. His ship is captured and beached by Eren Yeager, where he and his fellow soldiers are confronted by Hange Zoë, offering to negotiate with them. When his commanding officer refuses to listen, Onyankopon joins his fellow crew member Yelena in disarming their commanding officers and accepting Hange's offer.

Meeting with Hange and Levi Ackerman, Onyankopon and Yelena allow the two to inspect their weapons, explaining that Marley has not yet launched a full assault on Paradis due to a war they are currently caught in. Hange guesses that they are sleeper agents who have infiltrated the Marleyan army, but Yelena explains to her that they are simply conscripted soldiers who have chosen to rally around Zeke Yeager in opposition of Marley as the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers. Forming an alliance with Paradis, Onyankopon and his comrades begin sharing their technology with the islanders, with Onyankopon focusing on ways to strategically prepare Paradis for reintegration with the outside world, such as building ports for ships to dock.

In 854, during the Survey Corps' invasion of Liberio, Onyankopon participates in the retreat of the regiment's troops, serving as an airship pilot and picking up Armin first after his destruction of the Marleyan harbor. He follows the lights set up around the internment zone that function as a path for their escape, reassuring Hange of his piloting capabilities. He is left to pilot the airship as Hange leaves to speak with Zeke Yeager.

Trivia

 * Nyankopon (alternatively spelled Onyankopon) is one of the names of the Creator God in Akan religion.

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