Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-39463658-20190515010536/@comment-25933225-20190601201257

Omnichr0matik wrote: Unknown005 wrote: Yes. If the current holder isn't eaten, the power they hold is given to a random Eldian child. Is that right? I know i read that the current inheritor will survive 13 years then perish. Is that what happens if their not consumed in time; the power gets redistributed randomly? Yes, that's what happens when you die because of Ymir's curse (or any reason making you die without getting eaten by an other subject of Ymir). We haven't seen it yet, but considering that during 2000 years of Eldian history, none of the power of Titan was lost, that means that the power is passed to another subject of Ymir if the previous holder dies for X reason without being eaten. The power is redistributed randomnly, and being a relative of the previous holder or being geographically close to him doesn't change anything in this process.

It is stated that the power is transfered specifically to a newborn, we could imagine reasons for "why specifically a newborn". However, it's not really clear if the power is transfered to a child during his/her conception, or during a specific phasis of the pregnancy (maybe when the foetus starts to develop consciousness) or during the birth.

And also, if the holder has more than one Titan power within him/her, we can easily assume that when he/she dies, the x powers are splitted and received by x newborn subjects of Ymir. (If Eren dies suddenly, 3 baby will inherit of Titans powers). I assume that the powers are splitted after death of the holder (unless he's eaten, like we saw with Grisha and Eren), because we know that at the start there were 9 Titans, and there are still 9 in 845. And it's impossible that in 2000 years of Eldian history, someone holding more than one Titan power never existed, so the powers splitted after the death.

It's not really related to your post, but I think that those children, born with the power of Titan, probably won't reach the 13 year limit imposed by the curse: they're still child, the power of the Titan might consume them more easily. 13 year is a maximum limit, not an exact lifespan you get when you receive the power. If you're too weak to handle a Titan power, you might die sooner of Ymir's curse, so that's what happens to those cildren I think.