Board Thread:Theories/@comment-27938131-20161216095442/@comment-25322628-20161221044905

Dalmatia wrote: Kowys wrote: Hi Dal, I'm almost certain that the Attack Titan is the 2nd Eldian shifter (the 1st being the Founding/Progenitor Titan). The reason for that is as Ahmed stated above, during the initiation of their warrior program, the   Marley government claimed   that they still possess the power of 7 shifters, at a time when the Attack Titan is in the hands of Kruger and the Founding Titan controlled by Rod/Uri's dad.

The only other possibility is that the Marley government was lying in order to maintain the illusion of control, when in fact they had lost one of their shifters, the Attack Titan, to Kruger and now only have 6 shifters in their possession, i.e. the Colossal, Armored, Female, Beast, Quad, and Dancing Titans. This scenario seems unlikely, since you would expect such an important shifter to have taken some action against the Marleyans by now.

Regardless, we still end up with one shifter whom we have absolutely no information about. Could it be the final and strongest antagonist yet? Or could it turn out to be an unlikely ally in the fight against the Marleyans, just waiting for the right opportunity to come out of hiding? About the Marley's speech: ah yes, I totally forgot that. (but I still find that 13 years rule is perhaps useful for the angst but I'm not so sure for the plot)

I'm eager as well to (have confirm Quad is a Shifter and) learn about the last titan. The pretty draw of Ymir and her nine heirs isn't very useful by now... The 13-year limit is likely used to convince those under their control to not turn against them; even if they turned on them and fled, they wouldn't have long to live.