Nine Titans (Anime)

"Upon her death, Ymir's spirit was split into the Nine Titans who formed the Eldian Empire."

- Jaeger explains the history of the Nine Titans to his son

The Nine Titans (九つの巨人) were nine Titan powers that had been passed down through the Eldian people for nearly 2,000 years after Ymir Fritz's death, each of them having their own name. They were called the Founding Titan, the Colossal Titan, the Female Titan, the Beast Titan, the Armored Titan, the Attack Titan, the Jaw Titan, the Cart Titan and the War Hammer Titan.

History
Around 2,000 years ago, Ymir Fritz obtained the Power of the Titans and became the first Titan, the Founding Titan. Thirteen years later, she died and her power was then divided between her three daughters who had been forced by their father to consume her remains. Eventually, the powers would split further into the individual Nine Titans, which were subsequently inherited by nine of her descendants. The Nine Titans soon destroyed the ancient nation of Marley and conquered the entire continent to build the Eldian Empire.

When the 145th King inherited the Founding Titan, he abandoned his duties of balancing the continent's powers, leading to the Great Titan War between the other eight Titans. The King fled and moved many Eldians onto Paradis Island, where he erected three, central Walls. He erased the memories of the Eldians on the island, except for a few minority races which were immune. Marley seized control over seven of the Nine Titans during the war, with only the Founding and Attack Titans escaping their grasp. They distributed the Titans they had among Eldians loyal to them known as warriors.

The Reiss family would later lose their Titan to Grisha Jaeger; after Grisha's Attack Titan ate Frieda Reiss's Founding Titan, the two Titans mixed into one. This resulted in the number of Titans being reduced from nine to eight. The number was reduced again years later when Eren Jaeger's Attack Titan consumed Lara Tybur's War Hammer Titan, bringing the number of Titans down to seven.

Abilities

 * The Founding Titan (始祖の巨人) had the ability to control Titans with its screams. Its screams could affect humans as well, altering their memories, but certain bloodlines were unaffected. Only Eldians containing royal blood were able to use its abilities; however, as shown when Eren screamed and punched Dina Fritz's Titan, a member of non-royal blood was capable of using the Founding Titan's ability via physical contact with a member of the royal family. Eren's form of the Founding Titan was called Doomsday Titan (終尾の巨人).
 * The Armored Titan (鎧の巨人) was covered by hardened armor-like skin, except in key areas necessary for movement. It also possessed the ability to harden its arms and feet into sharper claws which could have been used to climb structures such as the Walls.
 * The Attack Titan (進撃の巨人) had the power to view memories from both past and future inheritors. It would later acquire hardening after Eren bit down a "armor" serum in the Underground Chapel.
 * The Beast Titan (獣の巨人) had a unique bestial appearance, devastating throwing capabilities, and was able to turn humans into Titans and could control them to a rough extent.
 * The Cart Titan (車力の巨人) was quadrupedal, allowing for cargo and equipment to be carried on its back. It also possessed remarkable speed similar to the Jaw Titan.
 * The Colossal Titan (超大型巨人) was enormous and could evaporate its body to release immense amounts of steam. The user was able to control the Titan's transformation power and blast radius.
 * The Female Titan (女型の巨人) could inherit abilities much more easily than any of the other Titans. It had significant fighting potential and could attract nearby Pure Titans by screaming.
 * The Jaw Titan (顎の巨人) was fast, and agile; while small in size, it was also equipped with strong teeth and claws capable of dealing great damage.
 * The War Hammer Titan (戦鎚の巨人) could materialize various weapons and structures from its own hardened flesh. It could be controlled from afar through a cable of Titan flesh while the user remained hidden within a hardened crystal casing.

Physiology
The heights of the Nine Titans varied greatly: the Cart and Jaw Titans were small at 4 and 5 m, respectively, and the Colossal Titan was enormous at 60 m. The rest hovered around 15 m, with the Founding and Female Titan being slightly smaller at 13 and 14 m, respectively; the Beast Titan being slightly larger at 17 m; and the Armored and Attack Titan being exactly 15 m. The War Hammer Titan was also around 15 m.

It did not matter what the height of the Pure Titan was before inheriting the power of the Titans. For instance, Eren's Pure Titan was originally 4 m, but grew to 15 m after inheriting the Attack Titan, and Armin's Pure Titan form grew from barely being tall enough to look over the buildings in Shiganshina District to the immense 60 m size of the Colossal Titan. The opposite was also known to occur; the Pure Titan form of Falco Grice was approximately the same size of the Armored Titan, but shrank down to 5 m upon receiving the power of the Jaw Titan.

If an inheritor possessed two or more Titan powers, it appeared that one of them would take precedence over the others. Eren Jaeger had both the 13 m Founding Titan and the 15 m Attack Titan, but his Titan form was 15 m. Even once Eren took the War Hammer Titan, and it merged with his Attack Titan, his Titan's form did not increase in height or take on any other visual aspects of the War Hammer.

Age did not affect the appearance of the Nine Titans. The Warriors' Titan forms remained constant through their childhood and into early adulthood. The only thing that may have changed is the hair, for example, Reiner Braun's Armored Titan's hair changed as he aged. This was also shown by how, as Eren's hair grew longer, the hair of his Attack Titan also grew longer.

Some of the Nine Titans could talk while others cannot. Those who could not talk had mouths that physically prevented them from proper speech, such as Eren's. The ones that could talk include Ymir, Zeke, Pieck Finger, and Lara. Speech was not defined by the Nine Titans, as Ymir could talk in her Titan form while Porco Galliard could not, despite them both having the Jaw Titan. The fact that even some Abnormal Pure Titans were capable of speech implies that the ability to speak was completely arbitrary.

Inheritors of the Nine Titans did not adopt the appearance of the previous owners' Titans, as both Ymir and Frieda's Titans' appearances were vastly different from Marcel Galliard and Uri Reiss's Titans, respectively. An inheritor's Titan form did experience certain changes depending on which of the Nine was received, as Ymir's Titan form gained sharp claws and teeth after acquiring the Jaw Titan and Armin's Titan form became much larger after acquiring the Colossal Titan. Eren's Pure Titan form was much smaller than his current form, and both Ymir's Titan form and Frieda's Titan form were noticeably more emaciated than their Titan bodies after inheriting their Titans.

Some Titans had been shown to possess the ability to harden. The Armored Titan was particularly skilled at this, being able to naturally harden its entire body. It could also control the areas of hardening, removing armor for additional mobility. The Jaw Titan had naturally hard teeth and claws; this hardening was much stronger than normal hardening, with its claws and teeth being able to even pierce the crystalline levels of hardening. The Female Titan was also capable of hardening. Annie was able to selectively harden regions of her Titan and even create a protective layer around her human body. The War Hammer Titan took it a step further and could make structures and even weapons out of hardening. The Attack Titan did not have this as an innate ability, but it could still be gained through specialized serums, such as the case with Eren. Zeke's Beast Titan could also harden parts of itself.

Trivia

 * Many transformed Titan forms are modeled after mixed martial artists. For instance, the Armored Titan is modeled after and Eren's Titan is modeled after.
 * Grisha Jaeger consuming the Founding Titan and Eren Jaeger consuming the War Hammer Titan are the only known cases where a person inherits one of the Nine Titans while already having one. As a result, the number of Titans available are seven.
 * When inheriting the War Hammer Titan, Eren's pupils expanded then later gained it's color back. Interestingly, a purple light is shown in Frieda's eyes when she was influenced by Karl Fritz's vow of renouncing war. This purple light was shown in Uri Reiss as well.
 * A blue light was shown for Rod and Uri's dad.
 * Grisha's Titan form used to possess green eyes, but after eating Frieda, it transformed to purple.
 * Inheritors of the Nine Titans retained some traits in terms of appearance to their Pure Titan forms. For example, Eren's Attack Titan had a jagged jawline which resembled his Pure Titan form's jaw and Armin's Colossal Titan form shared his Pure Titan's lack of a nose.
 * Blood relations can also play a role in a Intelligent Titan's appearance. The most notable examples would be the Jaw Titan inherited by the Galliard brothers; both had the same armored face and small, agile body, though the jaws were different; in Marcel's, his were sharp and had lips, while in Porco's, his were cog-like and lacked lips.
 * Grisha and his sons shared similar traits in having pointed ears, though there were differences between his, Zeke, and Eren's Titans in physical appearance.
 * Inheritors typically tended to lose control of themselves during their first transformation into a Titan.
 * A example was when Eren attempted to attack Mikasa in his Titan form during the defense of Trost. Another example is Falco, as while he was initially in control during his first transformation, he lost control and attacked his allies.
 * Bertholdt was able to take control of his Titan almost immediately.
 * In the August 2016 Issue of Bessatsu Shonen Magazine, Isayama was asked of what is it like to come out of a Titan's body. He stated, "Just think that it’s like coming out from a sauna."

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