Reiss Chapel

The Reiss Chapel was a church owned by the Reiss family. On the surface, it appeared to be a regular church that the Reiss family frequently prayed in, but below the surface, it served as the site where all the Reiss succession rituals took place and possibly more.

Description
The Reiss Chapel was a small church to the east of Orvud District. Above ground, it looked and functioned like any other church. Below the altar, hidden by a rug, was a stairway that led to a large underground cavern. The cavern was created by the First King, and contained hardened crystal Walls that produced their own natural illumination.

History
The cavern below the chapel was created over 100 years ago by the First King. Sometime afterward the Reiss Chapel was built above it. The chapel was destroyed during Grisha Yeager's attack on the Reiss family. Rod covered this fact up by saying that it was destroyed by bandits in an attempt to avoid suspicion.

Story
Shortly after the resolution of the Wall Rose invasion, Rod Reiss has Kenny Ackerman's Anti-Personnel Control Squad kidnap his illegitimate daughter, Historia Reiss, and Eren Yeager and has them taken to the cave beneath the chapel. There, Rod has Eren chained in preparation for the inheritance of his Titan powers.

Dubious of the bandit cover up story, Hange Zoë and the remaining members of the Special Operations Squad ride to the chapel in search of the captives. After finding the underground cave, the Survey Corps members ambush the Anti-Personnel Control Squad who had been guarding the area. Despite the MPs' advantage in numbers, the Survey Corps manage to drive back their opponents.

Rod attempts to coerce Historia into using a Titan injection and consuming Eren, regaining the Founding Titan for the Reiss family. Despite initially being receptive towards Rod, Historia has a change of heart and breaks the injection before throwing her father to the floor. As she begins unlocking Eren's chains, Rod Reiss licks the remnants of the Titan serum. Rod transforms into a massive 120m abnormal Titan that collapses the cave on itself.

Seeing the explosion from Rod's transformation, the Special Operations Squad moves further into the cave to find Eren and Historia. Reaching the succession altar, they free Eren from his chains, but cannot locate a safe exit due to the falling debris. Finding a bottle from Rod's bag labeled "Armor," Eren decides to believe in himself and ingests the serum. After transforming into a Titan, he hardens his Titan body, leaving a stone husk that prevents the cave from collapsing further. Squad Levi is then able to secure an exit from the cave.

The members of the Anti-Personnel Control Squad who had survived their battle with the Corps are killed by the falling debris. Only Kenny Ackerman makes it out, though he later succumbs to his wounds.

Later on, the shining stones in the cavern beneath the chapel are distributed to the population to provide a source of limitless light.

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