Nine Titans (Anime)

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

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

The Nine Titans (九つの巨人) are nine Titan powers that have 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 are 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 1,820 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 soul was then split into the Nine Titans, which were subsequently inherited by nine of her subjects. 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) has the ability to control Titans with its screams. Its screams can affect humans as well, altering their memories, but certain bloodlines are unaffected. Only Eldians containing royal blood are able to use its abilities; however, as shown when Eren screamed and punched Dina Fritz's Titan, a member of non-royal blood is capable of using the Founding Titan's ability via physical contact with a member of the royal family.
 * The Armored Titan (鎧の巨人) is covered by hardened armor-like skin, except in key areas necessary for movement. It also possesses the ability to harden its arms and feet into sharper claws which could be used to climb structures such as the Walls.
 * The Attack Titan (進撃の巨人) has the power to view memories from its 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) has a unique bestial appearance, devastating throwing capabilities, and is able to turn humans into Titans and can control them to a rough extent.
 * The Cart Titan (車力の巨人) is small with a quadrupedal stance, allowing for cargo and equipment to be carried on its back. It also possesses remarkable speed similar to the Jaw Titan.
 * The Colossal Titan (超大型巨人) is enormous and can evaporate its body to release immense amounts of steam. The user is able to control the Titan's transformation power and blast radius.
 * The Female Titan (女型の巨人) has significant fighting potential and can attract nearby Pure Titans by screaming.
 * The Jaw Titan (顎の巨人) is small, fast, and agile; it is also equipped with strong teeth and claws capable of dealing great damage.
 * The War Hammer Titan (戦鎚の巨人) can materialize various weapons and structures from its own hardened flesh. It can be controlled from afar through a cable of Titan flesh while the user remains hidden within a hardened crystal casing.

Physiology
The heights of the Nine Titans vary greatly: the Cart and Jaw Titans are small at 4 and 5 m, respectively, and the Colossal Titan is enormous at 60 m. The rest hover 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 is also around 15 m.

These heights are definite and it does 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 to the immense 60 m size of the Colossal Titan.

If an inheritor possesses two or more Titan powers, it appears that one of them would take precedence over the others. Eren Jaeger has both the 13 m Founding Titan and the 15 m Attack Titan, but his Titan form is 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 does not affect the appearance of the Nine Titans. The Warriors' Titan forms remain constant through their childhood and into early adulthood. The only thing that may change is the hair, for example, Reiner Braun's Armored Titan's hair changed as he aged. This is also shown by how, as Eren's hair grew longer, the hair of his Attack Titan also grew longer.

Some Intelligent Titans can talk while others cannot. Those who cannot talk have mouths that physically prevent them from proper speech, such as Eren's. The ones that can talk include Ymir, Zeke, Pieck Finger, and Lara. Speech is 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 are capable of speech implies that the ability to speak is completely arbitrary.

Inheritors of the Nine Titans do not adopt the appearance of the previous owners' Titans, as both Ymir and Frieda's Titans' appearances are vastly different from Marcel Galliard and Uri Reiss's Titans, respectively. The current inheritor's Titan form does experience certain changes depending on which of the Nine is 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 have been shown to possess the ability to harden. The Armored Titan is particularly skilled at this, being able to naturally harden its entire body. It can also control the areas of hardening, removing armor for additional mobility. The Jaw Titan has naturally hard teeth and claws; this hardening is much stronger than normal hardening, with its claws and teeth being able to even pierce the crystalline levels of hardening. The Female Titan is also capable of hardening. Annie is able to selectively harden regions of her Titan and even create a protective layer around her human body. The War Hammer Titan takes it a step further and can make structures and even weapons out of hardening. The Attack Titan does not have this as an innate ability, but it can still be gained through specialized serums, such as the case with Eren. Zeke's Beast Titan can 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 retain some traits in terms of appearance to their Pure Titan forms. For example, Eren's Attack Titan has a jagged jawline which resembles his Pure Titan form's jaw and Armin's Colossal Titan form shares his Pure Titan's lack of a nose. Reiner and Bertholdt also recognized Ymir's Jaw Titan as the Pure Titan that ate Marcel.
 * Inheritors typically tend to lose control of themselves during their first transformation into a Titan.
 * Bertholdt was able to take control of his Titan almost immediately.

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