Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27938131-20170808181809/@comment-28958062-20170815223224

Senatedude14 wrote: So hold on a minute if grisha lived past 13 years then what happened how did the guidebook mess up did Hajime actually help them write the thing. Why would Hajime spoil that and didn't we already establish that Grisha got the power in 832 and died in 845 why would the guidebook change that it may have been a typo for all I know. This may disprove the curse but why would Marley kill off their warriors then give the Titan to another Eldian. It just doesn't make sense. Also why would it be answered in the guidebook instead of the Manga that also bears some investigation (I bet it was the Russians). This is as surprising as the sudden focus on Reiner. We need to verify the information because I'm not buying it. Someone get to work on this go as far as to ask Hajime himself if this is true he may not answer but this is a surprise so do it anyways. I hope the flashback does not continue so that the story can go on. If it does I'm gonna be mad. In case that's not a typo there is a possible theory.

The Curse of Ymir is a genetic disfunction tied to the people possessing Royal Blood that cause them to die in thirteen years when they turn into a shifter.

Given the time period it was assumed it would happen to any Eldian who inherited the powers so everyone ended up passing thier power to the next holder every thirteen years without knowing there was no need.

Now Marley may have either been in the dark or have kept the myth going as a means to have Eldians throwing their children at them in hopes they would be choosen next.

Imagine how many children had been forced to serve in the army just from that alone and how less they would be if every shifter had an averange live span.