Fee Fie Foh is the eleventh short story of the Attack on Titan Anthology. It is written by Si Spurrier, illustrated by Kate Brown, colored by Paul Duffield, and flatted by Dee Cunniffe.
Overview
A week after he failed to kill a Titan and protecting his tribe, including his pregnant lover Greti, out of laziness, chief Mod wakes up. He must learn from his mistakes in order to secure secure his people. Choosing this time to listen to the druidess, he eventually sacrifices his life to blow up the Titan that destroyed his village.
Summary
The Dover Tribe kills Titans
Atop of a cliff, Mod regains consciousness, unsure if he is dreaming or not. The druidess of his tribe is by his side but gives him elusive answers. Near them, there is a screaming baby-like Titan. Mod begins to believe he has become crazy but the druidess manages to make him remember what happened a week ago. Mod was on the very same spot with a few men of his tribe, observing eleven Titans who had reached their land and were trying to reach the top of the cliff. As he was worried Titans might use the steps, Grum assured him it was too narrow for them. The other men were preparing the rituals for Titan slaughter, much to Mod's annoyance. He also recalls killing a whale some time before and ordering his men to leave its corpse on the beach, where Titans usually arrive. They procced to drop blood bags from the cliff and they land on the whales's corpse, which lurs Titans there. As they are now gathered and begin to devour the dead whale, Mod shots a flamed arrow and manages to kill them all.
The group gets back to their village and is greeted by the druidess. Back in the present time, the druidess reproaches Mod his lack of interest in Titans' behaviour, as the young chief only cares about the way they can be killed.
A Titan ravages the village and kills Greti
The druidess asks Mods if he cleared the beach while doing the ritual and the latter tells her he did before demanding the divine, the divine. The druidess tells him his lover, Greti, was looking for him, but Mod does not mind and keeps demanding his reward. After getting it, he gets back home and meets Greti, who is pregnant and complains about his lack of investment in house chores. He ignores her, take the divine and takes a nap, much to the woman's dismay. Then suddenly she hears screams and rushes outside to see what is going on.
Several villagers have been crushed to death and lie on the ground. Mod, about to fall asleep due to the devine, ignores the situation and demands not to be bothered. Greti gets out her home and tell the villagers to help the druidess getting out the weapon to kill the Titan. Mod, still hazy, witnesses what is happening but barely reacts. Meanwhile, his people gather the bombs and the blood needed. Led by the druidess, an archer is ready to fire an arrow but the Titan suddenly destroys the building next to them. The druidess is is badly injured on the face and Mod vomits. Noticing the Titan is now heading to the village nursery, Greti takes several fireworks. After screaming the traditional words before killing a Titan, she tells Mod, who had taken his bow and lit his arrow, not to miss his shot. Unfortunately he does not and Greti is killed, but her lover barely shows concern.
Back in the present, Mod recalls the disaster while the druidess tells him the tribe had to wander in the woods and now despised him. She adds that they tried two times to reach the cliffs, to no avail. Mod begins to acknowledge it but the druidess scolds him for not respecting the rituals, as the situation became a nightmare because of this. She teaches him once Titans get out of the sea, they do not stay there and wander until they reach places with beaches, which could lead to the fall of Albion.
Mod has managed to kill the Titan that threatened his tribe
Mod begs her to tell him what can be done fix the situation. After putting once again the emphasis on how poorly he dealt with the situation a week ago, the druidess shows him the ancient stories where men had to face giants. She states the true nature of Titans, comparing them as children in need, and concludes by giving Mod the last devine she has and wishing him good luck.
Now determined to do his duty, Mod drinks the divine, cuts his arms and says the traditional words whilst thinking of Greti's sacrifice. The Titan, which was chasing villagers, is drawn to Mod and throws itself at him, falling frol the cliff in the process. As he is being devored, Mods talks to the Titan as if it was a crying baby. Some time later, the Titan is found below the cliff, completely blown-up. Atop the cliff, the survivors of the tribe watch below with the druidess stating Titans coming here shall meet their end.
Characters in Order of Appearance
Trivia
- "Albion" is an alternate name for Britain in the real world. In English mythology, Albion was originally inhabited by giants until they were killed by Brutus and the Trojans who then took the land for themselves, renaming the land Britain (after him and his companions, the Britons). There is a cliff in Albion named Dover, which the tribe featured gets its name from.
- The title of the story and the blessing screamed before killing a Titan, Fee Fie Foh Fum! I smell the blood of an Englishman! are references to "Jack and the Beanstalk".