Carla Yeager

Carla Yeager (カルラ・イェーガー) was the mother of Eren Yeager, the adoptive mother of Mikasa Ackerman, and the wife of doctor Grisha Yeager. She was devoured by the Smiling Titan after the fall of Wall Maria.

Appearance
She highly resembled Eren, except with brown eyes instead of sea green. She had long brown hair and when around the house or working in the yard, wore a plain white apron.

Personality
When Eren wanted to join the Survey Corps, Carla forbade him on the grounds that it was too dangerous, showing her motherly care. She seemed to genuinely care for Eren's safety, and had been known to be protective of her family, enough to put them before herself when Eren and Mikasa were in potential danger for attempting to rescue her. However, once her children left earshot, she whispered that she didn't want them to leave her alone to die and continued crying until her death.

History
During her youth, Carla worked as a waitress in a bar that Keith Shadis frequented. One day, Keith brought there Grisha Yeager, who he had recently found lost outside the walls. Carla reprimanded Shadis, thinking that he wanted to beguile Grisha into joining the Survey Corps, but both men denied this.

Some time later, Carla became ill when a disease that plagued Shiganshina and was taken urgently by Keith to Grisha, who had become doctor. However, Carla was more worried by her parents, but Grisha ensured her that everyone would be fine.

Grisha managed to save her and her family, and a thankful Carla hugged Grisha. They soon fell in love, and some time later married and had a son, Eren.

When Shadis returned from an unsuccessful mission as commander, he approached Carla with a young Eren and she expressed her and Grisha's worry for him. Out of spite, he accused her of being ordinary and lack imagination. However she counted that someone don’t have to be special or greater than everybody and existing alone was special.

Fall of Shiganshina arc
Carla is first shown forbidding Eren to join the Survey Corps when Mikasa spoke of Eren's desire to join the military. Though Eren's father Grisha remained passive and even insistent of Eren's ambition before leaving the house, Carla continues to attempt to convince Eren otherwise, leading Eren to yell at her and deciding to run off to ignore her protests.

During the invasion of Wall Maria, when the Colossal Titan breaches the wall of the Shiganshina District after kicking at its main gate, her legs are crushed by the debris from her house. Eren and Mikasa attempt to free her but they are not strong enough. She begs them to leave because of Titans swarming the city, in which a 14-15 meter class Titan is visibly approaching their house. Soon, Hannes arrives, initially declaring that he would save the three of them from the approaching Titan, despite Carla's protests that he should grab the children and run. Realizing that he was too afraid to confront the Titan, Hannes decides to take the children to safety instead, abandoning Carla under the wreckage as she requested. Once the three were on the run and out of earshot, Carla mutters that she doesn't want them to go, but covers her mouth shut with her hands so that the children cannot hear her words. The Titan plucks her from her spot and breaks her back, and then devours her, as Eren watches in horror.

Relationships

 * Keith Shadis - Though it is hinted that Keith had a crush on her, Carla seemed to be always unaware of his feelings. However, she respected him and was worried for the dangers that he experienced in the Survey Corps. After one of the expeditions in which she hadn't heard of him, she awaited for him to scold him for risking his life. Despite the fact that Keith responded rudely, she didn't seem to be offended, but only momentarily surprised, and continued talking to him kindly. After her death, Keith regreted his reaction and tried to prevent her son Eren from joining the military in order to save his life, though ended up changing his mind since Eren's wishes were too strong.

Trivia

 * The scene of her death differs slightly from the anime than in the manga. In the manga, the Titan squeezes her until her spine snaps, making her vomit blood and twitch in its hand before it eats her, whereas in the anime, he simply breaks her spine off-screen with both hands and it simply shows the Titan biting downward, with blood spraying.
 * Carla is the first character in the series that is shown being eaten by a Titan.

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