Karl Fritz (Anime)

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Karl Fritz

Name

Karl Fritz

Alias

"Founding Titan" (始祖の巨人 Shiso no Kyojin^?)

Other spellings

"First King" (初代王 Shodai-ō^?)^[1]

First King Reiss^[2]

Biological Information

Species

Human

Gender

Male

Relatives

Fritz family
- Ymir Fritz (ancestor, deceased)
- Dina Fritz (relative, deceased)
- Zeke Jaeger (relative)
Reiss family
- Rod and Uri's father (descendant, deceased)
- Rod Reiss (descendant, deceased)
- Uri Reiss (descendant, deceased)
- Frieda Reiss (descendant, deceased)
- Historia Reiss (descendant)
- Ulklin Reiss (descendant, deceased)
- Dirk Reiss (descendant, deceased)
- Florian Reiss (descendant, deceased)
- Abel Reiss (descendant, deceased)

Status

Deceased

Professional Information

Occupation

King

Debut

Episode

Wish

Monarchs
_{◄ Preceded by}	First Reiss King (743-Unknown)	_{Followed by ►}
Unknown	First Reiss King (743-Unknown)	Unknown, eventually Rod and Uri's father

Founding Titans
_{◄ Preceded by}	First Reiss King	_{Followed by ►}
Unknown, eventually Ymir Fritz	First Reiss King	Unknown, eventually Rod and Uri's father

The First Reiss King was the first ruler of humanity inside the Walls and prior to that he ruled also the 145th Fritz King of Eldia.^{[citation needed]} He possessed the Founding Titan which he used to create the Walls and alter the memories of humanity inside.^[1]

Appearance

Founding Titan

The first king's Titan form had long, straight hair and sharp teeth. In contrast to its thick legs, the upper part of its body was quite skeletal, with its ribs visible through the skin. Its arms were thin and long, similar to those of the Beast Titan.

History

The first king used the power of the Founding Titan to construct three concentric Walls around the last remaining territory of humanity in which mankind could finally live in true peace. With the last remnants of humanity gathered within the Walls, the king used his power again to alter their memories, erasing all knowledge about the world outside the Walls and the history before their creation.^[1] However, some bloodlines were excluded, such as the Ackermann family and the Oriental clan. To prevent the risk of these unaffected groups spreading information about the world beyond the Walls, King Reiss offered positions of nobility in Wall Sina to these minority families, and most accepted the offer. However, the Ackermann family and the Oriental clan rejected King Reiss' ideology and turned against him. For this reason, King Reiss ordered for these families to be hunted down and exterminated.^[3]

Legacy

Throughout the generations, the ideology of King Reiss was carried through the monarchs of the Reiss family.

The Uprising arc

When Eren Jaeger and Historia Reiss are captured and taken to Rod Reiss, he tells the two the history of the Reiss family and the passing of the First King's ideology through the line of monarchs in the past century, preventing the truth of the world from being known to the people of the Walls.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Attack on Titan anime: Episode 44
↑ Attack on Titan anime: Episode 49
↑ Attack on Titan anime: Episode 43

Navigation

[e44-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Attack on Titan anime: Episode 44

[e49-2] Attack on Titan anime: Episode 49

[e43-3] Attack on Titan anime: Episode 43

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	v - e - t Nobility
	Paradis Island
Reiss Monarchs	Historia Reiss Rod Reiss^† · Frieda Reiss^† · Uri Reiss^† · Rod and Uri's father^† · Karl Fritz^†
False Monarchs	Fritz^{^}
Nobles	Wald · Nicholas Lovof Roderich^{^} · Aurille^{^} · Gerald^{^} · Deltoff^{^} · Ulklin Reiss^† · Florian Reiss^† · Frieda's mother^† · Abel Reiss^† · Dirk Reiss^†
	Marley
Nobles	Fine Tybur^? · Alois Tybur^? · Bruno Tybur^? · Rico Tybur^? Lara Tybur^† · Willy Tybur^†
	Eldia
Fritz Monarchs	Karl Fritz^† · Fritz^†
Nobles	Sina Fritz^† · Rose Fritz^† · Maria Fritz^† · Ymir Fritz^†
	Hizuru
Nobles	Kiyomi Azumabito

	v - e - t Intelligent Titans
Founding Titans	Eren Jaeger^† · Grisha Jaeger^† · Frieda Reiss^† · Uri Reiss^† · Rod and Uri's father^† · Karl Fritz^† · Ymir Fritz^†
Attack Titans	Eren Jaeger^† · Grisha Jaeger^† · Eren Kruger^†
Colossal Titans	Armin Arlelt^{^} Bertholdt Hoover^†
Armored Titans	Reiner Braun^{^}
Female Titans	Annie Leonhart^{^}
Beast Titans	Zeke Jaeger^{^}^† · Tom Xaver^†
Jaw Titan	Falco Grice^{^} Porco Galliard^† · Ymir^† · Marcel Galliard^†
Cart Titan	Pieck Finger^{^}
War Hammer Titan	Eren Jaeger^† · Lara Tybur^†
Unknown	Sina Fritz^† · Rose Fritz^† · Maria Fritz^†

	v - e - t Titans Victims
Scout Regiment	Hange Zoë^† · Erwin Smith^† · Sandra^† · Gordon^† · Marlo Freudenberg^† · Tomas^† · Dirk^† · Marlene^† · Klaus^† · Harold^† · Moblit Berner^† · Rashad^† · Lauda^† · Peer^† · Beirer^† · Nanaba^† · Gelgar^† · Henning^† · Lynne^† · Miche Zacharius^† · Jurgen^† · Ivan^† · Oruo Bozad^† · Petra Rall^† · Eld Gin^† · Darius Baer Walbrunn^† · Dieter Ness^† · Luke Cis^† · Ilse Langnar^† · Moses^† · Furlan Church^† · Flagon^† · Isabel Magnolia^†
Garrison Regiment	Hannes^† · Ian Dietrich^† · Mitabi Jarnach^† · Hugo^†
Military Police Regiment	Kenny Ackermann^† · Caven^†
104th Cadet Corps	Hanna Diament^† · Ruth D. Kline^† · Marco Bodt^† · Tom^† · Franz Kefka^† · Mina Carolina^† · Milieus Zeremski^† · Nack Tierce^† · Thomas Wagner^†
Civilians	Armin's grandfather^† · Grisha Jaeger^† · Ulklin Reiss^† · Frieda's mother^† · Florian Reiss^† · Abel Reiss^† · Dirk Reiss^† · Frieda Reiss^† · Carla Jaeger^† · Uri Reiss^† · Rod and Uri's father^† · Karl Fritz^†
Titans	Dina Fritz^†
	Eldia
Civilians	Sina Fritz^† · Rose Fritz^† · Maria Fritz^†
	Marley
Marleyan military	Calvi^†
Warriors	Porco Galliard^† · Colt Grice^† · Zofia^† · Bertholdt Hoover^† · Marcel Galliard^† · Tom Xaver^†
Marley Public Security	Eren Kruger^† · Gross^†
Civilians	Ramzi^† · Halil^† · Grisha's mother^† · Jaeger^† · Lara Tybur^† · Willy Tybur^† · Ymir^† · Grice^†