Kuchel Ackerman

Kuchel Ackerman (クシェル・アッカーマン) was the mother of Levi Ackerman and younger sister to Kenny Ackerman.

Appearance
Kuchel was a slim woman with long dark hair that reached her back and light eyes. Her factions resembled those of Levi.

Personality
Little is known about her personality; however, she seemed to be a loving mother for Levi, since she decided to raise him despite him being the son of one of her clientes and despite her brother Kenny told her not to do so. She was shown shedding tears and smiling while hugging her newborn son.

History
Long after the persecution of the Ackerman clan, Kuchel took to working in a brothel in the Underground City. She ended up being impregnated by one of her clients. Kenny Ackerman, her big brother, eventually found her and tried to convince her not to keep the child, to which she refused and decided to raise him.However, several years after Levi was born, she got infected by an unknown disease by one of her clients and died.

Legacy
Kenny came to visit her not long after her death, and was surprised by how much weight she lost, though the young Levi informed him that she was already dead. Kenny eventually raised Levi but without revealing his relationship with Kuchel, just passing as an acquaintance of her.

He taught Levi everything he knew, and abandoned him after some time, when he believed that the child was ready enough to avoid a death like his mother's.

Their true relationship and the reasons for that abandonment remained unknown for Levi until many years later, when a dying Kenny revealed the truth to him.

Relationships

 * Levi Ackerman - Her only son, Kuchel decided to have it despite her brother's claims of not to do so, and raised him alone in the brothel for some years until she got sick and died when Levi was still a little boy. She seemed to be a loving mother for him, and Levi was also visibly affected when she died.
 * Kenny Ackerman - Despite being siblings, they were not close. They were separated for some time until Kenny found her when she was already working at the brothel and pregnant with Levi. He adviced her not to have the child but she did not listen him. Kenny did not visit her again until some years later, when she was already dead. Kenny raised Levi in Kuchel's place, but only until the child was ready enough to fend for himself, and never felt that he was fit to be Levi's parent so he kept their true relationship secret until moments before his own death.
 * Levi's father - He was one of her clients in the brothel. His identity is unknown, as well as whether he knew about their son; though the fact that he was never seen or mentioned again and that he did not help with Levi's care seem to indicate that he does not know or does not care.
 * Unnamed grandfather - No interaction was seen between them, since when Kenny found Kuchel, their grandfather was already in his deathbed. Though Kenny believed that the news about him finding Kuchel were not appropriate to tell to his grandfather in his last moments, the latter did not really express any emotion after listening the news.
 * Brothel's owner - He did not seem to care about Kuchel, since when she got sick, he was only worried about the fact that he could no longer make money with her.

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