Kurz Mauer

Kurz Mauer (クルツ・マウア) is a recruit of the Survey Corps.

Appearance
Kurz is a tall individual with light colored hair swept to the left side. He wears a white button up shirt underneath the traditional uniform worn by the Survey Corps.

Personality
Kurz has an air of professionalism to him, seen as he is always standing or sitting upright at attention. He also has a heightened sense of justice and bravery. This is shown after coming face to face with the threat of Titans and not withdrawing from joining the Corps like many of his fellow trainees; he does express some slight fear after seeing the size of a 10-meter Titan training dummy, but quickly brushes it aside.

Kurz is also somewhat prideful of his skills and abilities. When someone is shown to be able to master techniques or equipment faster than him, he becomes noticeably jealous of them. In order to keep his senses clear and alert, Kurz tries to abstain from drinking alcohol but is known to get drunk quite easily.

Restoration of the Survey Corps arc
Kurz is one of the many trainees that volunteer to take part in the training regimen that is offered by Carlo Pikale for those interested in joining the Survey Corps. He is one of the five that are able to pass the initial aptitude test and is given the chance to operate the vertical maneuvering equipment. Despite being shown the real threat Titans pose, he does not withdraw his application like many other trainees over the next few days. Soon after the trip to Wall Maria, Kurz, along with Ivo and Hugo, are suited up with the vertical maneuvering equipment while the rest of the class looks on. After Carlo takes them to the nearby forest, Kurz volunteers to go first. He succeeds in anchoring himself to a tree, but is caught by surprise by the speed. He tries to orient himself in time, but fails and lands headfirst into the tree, knocking himself unconscious and trapped upside down.

Some time later after the second aptitude training session, Kurz is taken with Ivo, Hugo and the newly passed secondary group for another testing of the equipment in the forest. He becomes surprised when trainee Rosa Carlstead volunteers to go first ahead of them; while the other trainees cheer and applaud Rosa after she manages to successfully use the equipment to land on a tree branch, Kurz becomes noticeably jealous and does not join in. Despite the training process being halted for a few days due to Kurz's equipment and several others getting sabotaged (along with Rosa getting injured because of it), Kurz and the remaining trainees end up passing the training regimen.

Survival Expedition arc
As a result of passing, Kurz and the rest of the trainees are officially accepted as recruits into the Survey Corps and begin the final preparations to the expedition outside the Walls. After the Survey Corps travel to Shiganshina District, Kurz is assigned to team ten with many of his team-mates from the special training class. While slightly upset that Rosa was chosen over him as a Team Leader, he does express his desire to become Team Leader someday; he does not partake in as much drinking as the others, something Kai pokes fun at. After fellow recruit Felix swears he will become Team Leader for the next Survey Corps expedition (and getting quickly drunk due to Kai's actions), Kurz stands up and vows to become one as well before several others follow suit.