Yelena

"Our native lands were snatched up by Marley and we were conscripted as soldiers. We were on our way to losing any will to oppose such a great power. Until...he guided us...."

- Yelena to Hange Zoë and Levi Ackerman

Yelena (イェレナ) is an ally of the Survey Corps, formerly a soldier of Marley who was part of the first survey fleet after the failed Paradis Island Operation.

Appearance
Yelena is a very tall woman with her blonde hair in a bowl cut. She has large, black eyes and somewhat androgynous features. She wears the standard Marleyan military uniform.

Personality
She is a fervent follower of Zeke Yeager, holding great admiration and respect for him. She is usually calm and collected, her demeanor remaining unchanged even when Jean Kirstein yelled at her for failing to see her job through. Nonetheless, she is willing to take responsibility and apologizes should she fail in her task.

History
Yelena saw her homeland being invaded and conquered by Marley and after that, she was drafted as a soldier, fighting in the Marleyan military. She held a deep hatred for Marley and only thought of rebelling against that large nation. It is said by her that she and her comrades were in a situation where they were losing their strong will to rebel against Marley, but one day, Zeke Yeager came and saved her, becoming the leader of the Anti-Marleyan faction. She admires him since then, even considering him as a God.

Yelena was among the first survey fleet that was sent by Marley to Paradis after the operation to retrieve the Founding Titan failed. Her fleet along with 31 others between the years 850 and 854 went missing and were presumed to have been killed by the Titan forms of Eren Yeager and Armin Arlert. In truth, Yelena and a number of the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers killed their commanding officer and captured the rest of their crew under the orders of Zeke Yeager with instructions to aid Paradis.

Marley arc
Using a fake beard to disguise her appearance, she pretends to be a Marleyan soldier and arrives at the Warriors' seating area during Willy Tybur's production. Declaring that Magath called for them, she asks that Pieck, Galliard, and Zeke follow her. Soon after, she sends Zeke off in another direction while continuing to lead the other Warriors. They stop temporarily when Pieck suddenly hugs one of the Panzer Unit soldiers they meet on the way. She leads them into a room, where she traps the two in a hole.

At the end of the Battle of Liberio, she joins the rest of the Survey Corps on the blimp. Standing in a room along with Zeke, Eren Yeager, Armin Arlert, Levi, and Mikasa Ackerman, she takes her fake goatee off when Levi asks her to, commenting how people seemed to like it. They are soon joined by Jean Kirstein, who brought the recently captured Gabi Braun and Falco Grice. Jean yells at her for not carrying out her duty of locking up the Jaw and Cart Titan, causing more soldiers than necessary to die, for which she accepts responsibility.

People killed

 * A Marleyan captain

Trivia

 * Yelena is the Anglicized form of "Jelena" which is, in turn, a Slavic derivation of a Greek name "Helénē" (Ἑλένη).

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