Rod Reiss (Anime)

Rod Reiss (ロッド・レイス) is the true king of humanity, currently masquerading as a noble living in Wall Sina. He is a member of the Reiss family and Historia's illegitimate father.

Appearance
Rod is a rather short, overweight man, with a round face, short, jagged black hair and a thin black mustache. He is typically seen wearing the clothes of a wealthy man, featuring a white button-front shirt with a black pullover vest, loose black pants and black dress shoes.

The Fall of Shiganshina arc
On the day of Wall Maria's fall, Rod's entire family was slaughtered by bandits while praying. He was the only one to escape.

Several days after the fall of Wall Maria, Rod arrives to Historia's home, informing her that she would be living with him from now on. Kenny Ackermann and the Military Police First Interior Squad intervene, swarming around Historia and her mother. Kenny questions if Rod is familiar with the two women, which he denies. Kenny kills Alma, but as he prepares to kill Historia, Rod stops him and gives Historia the alias "Christa Lenz" to live by so that she will not have to die.

The Uprising arc
At Rod's suggestion, the royal government begins giving out food rations to the Walls' citizens, expending 60% of the government's food reserves. Despite other lords' misgivings, Rod insists that the expenditure was necessary to boost the citizens' morale, and to improve the royal family's public approval.

After Kenny Ackermann's squad successfully kidnaps Eren Jaeger and Historia Reiss, they are delivered to Rod. Rod undoes Historia's restraints and embraces her, apologizing as he does so.

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Rod Reiss (Anime)