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Nine Titans
Name	Nine Titans 九つの巨人 Kokonotsu no Kyojin
Other names	Intelligent Titans (意志のある巨人 Ishi no aru Kyojin?) Titan shifters (巨人化能力者たち Kyojin-ka nōryoku-sha-tachi?)
Information
Height	4 - 60 m
Abilities	Various
Former inheritor(s)	Eren Jaeger (Attack, Founding, War Hammer) Armin Arlelt (Colossal) Reiner Braun (Armored) Annie Leonhart (Female) Zeke Jaeger (Beast) Falco Grice (Jaw) Pieck Finger (Cart)
Allegiance	Eldia Marley
Debut
Anime	To You, in 2000 Years: The Fall of Shiganshina, Part 1
Anime movie	Attack on Titan Part 1: Guren no Yumiya

	Upon her death, Ymir's spirit was split into the Nine Titans who formed the Eldian Empire.
— Jaeger explains the history of the Nine Titans to his son

The Nine Titans (九つの巨人 Kokonotsu no Kyojin^?) were nine Titan powers that had 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 were 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

The Nine Titans built the Eldian Empire

Around 2,000 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 power was then divided between her three daughters who had been forced by their father to consume her remains. Eventually, the powers would split further into the individual Nine Titans, which were subsequently inherited by nine of her descendants. The Nine Titans soon destroyed the ancient nation of Marley and conquered the entire continent to build the Eldian Empire.

The Nine Titans fought each other in the Great Titan War

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.

Description

Abilities

• The Founding Titan (始祖の巨人 Shiso no Kyojin^?) had the ability to control Titans with its screams. Its screams could affect humans as well, altering their memories, but certain bloodlines were unaffected. Only Eldians containing royal blood were able to use its abilities; however, as shown when Eren screamed and punched Dina Fritz's Titan, a member of non-royal blood was capable of using the Founding Titan's ability via physical contact with a member of the royal family while in Titan form. Eren's form of the Founding Titan was called Doomsday Titan (終尾の巨人 Shūbi no Kyojin^?).
• The Armored Titan (鎧の巨人 Yoroi no Kyojin^?) was covered by hardened armor-like skin, except in key areas necessary for movement. It also possessed the ability to harden its arms and feet into sharper claws which could have been used to climb structures such as the Walls.
• The Attack Titan (進撃の巨人 Shingeki no Kyojin^?) had the power to view memories from the future. It would later acquire hardening after Eren bit down an "armor" serum in the Underground Chapel.
• The Beast Titan (獣の巨人 Kemono no Kyojin^?) had a unique bestial appearance. Zeke's Titan had devastating throwing capabilities, and was able to turn humans into Titans and could control them to a rough extent.
• The Cart Titan (車力の巨人 Shariki no Kyojin^?) was quadrupedal, allowing for cargo and equipment to be carried on its back. It had great endurance that allowed it to stay transformed for long periods of time, as well as transform in rapid succession without needing to rest, hundreds of times per day even. Its speed rivaled that of the Jaw Titan.
• The Colossal Titan (超大型巨人 Chō ōgata Kyojin^?) was enormous and could evaporate its body to release immense amounts of steam. The user was able to control the Titan's transformation power and blast radius.
• The Female Titan (女型の巨人 Megata no Kyojin^?) could inherit abilities much more easily than any of the other Titans. It had significant fighting potential, allowed the user to encase themselves in hardened crystal casing and could attract nearby Pure Titans by screaming.
• The Jaw Titan (顎の巨人 Agito no Kyojin^?) was fast, and agile; while small in size, it was also equipped with strong jaws and claws capable of dealing great damage.
• The War Hammer Titan (戦鎚の巨人 Sentsui no Kyojin^?) could materialize various weapons and structures from its own hardened flesh. It could be controlled from afar through a cable of Titan flesh while the user remained hidden within a hardened crystal casing.

Physiology

Size comparison of Titans to the Walls

The heights of the Nine Titans varied greatly: the Cart and Jaw Titans were small at 4 and 5 m, respectively, and the Colossal Titan was enormous at 60 m. The rest hovered 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 was also around 15 m.

It did 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 District to the immense 60 m size of the Colossal Titan. The opposite was also known to occur; the Pure Titan form of Falco Grice was approximately the same size of the Armored Titan, but shrank down to 5 m upon receiving the power of the Jaw Titan.

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

Some of the Nine Titans could talk while others cannot. Those who could not talk had mouths that physically prevented them from proper speech, such as Eren's. The ones that could talk include Ymir, Zeke, Pieck Finger, and Lara. Speech was 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 were capable of speech implies that the ability to speak was completely arbitrary.

Eren's Pure Titan

Inheritors of the Nine Titans did not adopt the appearance of the previous owners' Titans, as both Ymir and Frieda's Titans' appearances were vastly different from Marcel Galliard and Uri Reiss's Titans, respectively. An inheritor's Titan form did experience certain changes depending on which of the Nine was 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 Attack Titan form, and both Ymir's Titan form and Frieda's Titan form were noticeably more emaciated than their Titan bodies after inheriting their Titans.

The Female Titan's nape hardens to block an attack

Eren's hardened Titan

Some Titans had been shown to possess the ability to harden. The Armored Titan was particularly skilled at this, being able to naturally harden its entire body. It could also control the areas of hardening, removing armor for additional mobility. The Jaw Titan had naturally hard teeth and claws; this hardening was much stronger than normal hardening, with its claws and teeth being able to even pierce the crystalline levels of hardening. The Female Titan was also capable of hardening. Annie was able to selectively harden regions of her Titan and even create a protective layer around her human body. The War Hammer Titan took it a step further and could make structures and even weapons out of hardening. The Attack Titan did not have this as an innate ability, but it could still be gained through specialized serums, such as the case with Eren. Zeke's Beast Titan could also harden parts of itself.

Inheritors and their Titan forms

Name	Titans Inherited	Description	Titan Form
Ymir Fritz 1003 B1 - 990 B1	Founding Titan	Ymir Fritz's Titan form was enormous in size with blonde hair, a feminine figure, and long protruding ribs. Her Titan's face possessed no apparent skin, musculature, or eyes, leaving only a skull visible. Ymir Fritz was the first individual to receive the power of the Titans, making her the true Founder of all Titans. She used her powers to make great advancements for her subjects, such as cultivating barren lands, building roads across the world, and building bridges between the mountains. After 13 years, she died, and her powers were split between the Nine Titans; her power as the Founding Titan would be passed down through the Fritz family (later the Reiss family) over the next two millennia.
Karl Fritz	Founding Titan	Karl Fritz' Titan is depicted with long, shaggy hair, long arms, and a skinny physique. He used his Titan power to create the Walls and alter humanity's memories. His refusal to fight the Titans outside the Walls has been passed down to his descendants that inherit the Founding Titan.
Eren Kruger 819 - 832	Attack Titan	Kruger's Titan face is very similar to his human form and has long blond hair. His body is very muscular and he appears to have great strength, as he was able to crush a boat.
Uri Reiss c. 829 - 842	Founding Titan	Though his full Titan form is never shown, Uri possessed the same regular abilities as Titans and others with the power of the Titans.
Tom Xaver 829 - 842	Beast Titan	Xaver's Beast Titan form possessed features of a bighorn sheep, having had a pair of dark curved horns on its head, a lengthened muzzle and a nose resembling the animal it took after, and light fur growing on his head, neck, and upper body. Like most Titans, it stood bipedal.
Grisha Jaeger 832 - 845 (Attack Titan) 845 (Founding)	Attack Titan Later: Founding Titan	Grisha's Titan form shared similarities with Eren's, such as their elongated ears and long hair, except Grisha's Titan had facial hair and bulkier physique. He used his Titan form to kill and devour Frieda Reiss along with most of her family, gaining the Founding Titan. However, due to not having royal blood, Grisha would not have been able to use it.
Frieda Reiss 842 - 845	Founding Titan	Frieda was able to transform herself into a female-looking Titan with dark hair. She devoured her uncle in the Underground Chapel when she was 15 in order to receive his Titan abilities and secrets of the world. She had the powers of the Founding Titan, but she died before she could learn how to fully use them.
Zeke Jaeger 842 - 854	Beast Titan	Zeke Jaeger's Beast Titan was an extremely unusual specimen, having a distinct, ape-like appearance. Its body structure and facial features were like that of a human's and it walked upright like one as well. It stood at 17 meters in height. Brown fur covered the large majority of its body, with the exception of its face, hands, feet, and torso. It had extremely elongated, thin arms with long fingers, hardened nails that he could use to crush rocks and parts of the Wall, and fully-functional thumbs and short (and somewhat stocky) legs. The proportions of its upper body were similar to those of the Colossal Titan, possessing a massive torso and small head, as well as disproportionately long and slim arms. Zeke's Titan possessed massive physical strength and incredible precision; he accurately hit members of the Scout Regiment by hurling chunks of the Wall from far away. He was also able to defeat the Armored Titan without any visible sustained damage. Furthermore, Zeke possessed the unique ability to create Pure Titans by screaming after administrating his spinal fluid into Subjects of Ymir; these Titans could then be controlled to some extent by the Beast Titan through vocal commands or roars, though these orders were not always followed precisely. Previous Beast Titans did not have this ability due to Zeke possessing royal blood from his mother, Dina Fritz.
Pieck Finger 843 - 854	Cart Titan	The Cart Titan was a 4 m class Titan with a short black hair and a long mouth resembling a canine snout. The smallest Titan form known yet, this Titan's quadrupedal stance allowed for large amounts of cargo and equipment to be carried on its back. This Titan had shown to be extremely fast and agile, due to its small size. Additionally, this Titan was capable of fluent speech.
Marcel Galliard 843 - 845	Jaw Titan	His Titan form was shown to be similar to his brother's, as both were shown to have long hair, a thick beard at its chin, sunken eyes, and a small, agile body. However, unlike Porco, his Titan was shown to have long dark hair and beard, and visible sharp teeth with no visible lips.
Bertholdt Hoover 843 - 850	Colossal Titan	The first Titan to appear chronologically within the series, the Colossal Titan is of 60 m class. This grants it incredible strength like no other, capable of causing monumental destruction with little effort or damage sustained on its body. Due to this size, its body temperature is extremely high to the point that it is constantly emitting steam. However, because it is so large, the Colossal Titan can only move slowly. It is the largest Titan form of the Nine Titans seen so far in the series, being four times the height of the regular Titans of the tallest class (15 m). It is the second largest Titan overall (coming second only to Rod Reiss' abnormal Titan, although it cannot stand). Strong enough to break down the Walls surrounding humankind with a single and very hard-focused kick. It has a unique ability to "superheat" its body to produce incredibly hot steam as a defense. The heat of this steam is intense enough to keep dozens of experienced soldiers at bay, lest they be cooked alive. When transforming, Bertholdt had the potential to release an explosive amount of energy during Titan transformation, leveling buildings in a significant radius of his transformation, and generating a massive mushroom cloud of steam and dust.
Reiner Braun 843 - 854	Armored Titan	Reiner Braun was capable of transforming into a 15 m class Titan with a slight resemblance to his human form. This Titan possessed thick, hardened plates of skin all over its body which served as armor. This Titan was well-built and had a slightly hunched profile. Its only visible weaknesses were the small areas on the backs of its joints where there was no armor. Though not particularly fast or agile, this form was very strong, capable of destroying a fortified Wall after a sufficient running start. It could also break off portions of the armor around the legs to allow it to move more swiftly.
Annie Leonhart 843 - 854	Female Titan	Annie Leonhart could transform into a 14 m class Titan with a distinctively feminine build and short, blonde hair. Her transformation endowed her with immense strength and speed. A Titan of athletic appearance with lean muscle and minimal skin, the Female Titan was a Titan of unusual power and intellect. It had the stamina and focus to maintain a running pace capable of keeping up with horses over a long distance; as well as the intelligence to defend itself from multiple omni-directional mobility gear attacked by prediction of the device's movements. This Titan form also had the unique ability to harden its body parts by generating a crystalline substance across chosen areas of its body; allowing it to simultaneously protect its nape and fight. Combined with Annie's refined martial arts techniques, it could perform incredibly deadly and destructive attacks. When cornered, the Female Titan's call had the ability to draw other Titans to it and drive them into a feeding frenzy, though its range was limited.
Ymir 845 - c. 850	Jaw Titan	Ymir's Titan is a 5 m class Titan with long, black hair, very large irises, and an agile, chimpanzee-like body. This form grants Ymir rather long arms and sharp claws that provide her with great speed and agility. This Titan form has a mouth with all pointed teeth, as well as sharp claws that can either be used to grasp on to things or for combat. Its long arms and small, muscular body enables it to maneuver itself around with great speed and agility in the same environments as those with omni-directional mobility gear, making it a formidable foe in battle. Unlike the others who gained their powers under a controlled process, Ymir gained her powers unexpectedly by eating Marcel while roaming Paradis Island.
Eren Jaeger 845 - 854 (Attack, Founding) 854 (War Hammer)	Attack Titan, Founding Titan Later: War Hammer Titan	Eren Jaeger is the first human with the power of the Titans to be revealed in the series, with his Titan being a 15 m class. Its most prominent characteristics were its elongated ears, fleshless jaws and highly muscular build. Eren's Titan form has been shown to have substantial physical strength, knowledge of martial arts techniques, and incredible endurance. After ingesting a bottle labeled "Armor" from Rod Reiss's bag, Eren's Titan gained the ability to harden, allowing him to seal the hole in Wall Maria. Prolonged and repeated use of this Titan form has allowed Eren to gradually increase control over its initially unstable mental state. Its eyes were emerald-green (occasionally appearing as gray); wherein they were often seen to be glowing bright green. Eren also had the power of the Founding Titan that he inherited from his father, which allowed him to control Pure Titans by screaming. However, due to not having royal blood, he was unable to use this ability freely and fully, though it was shown that he could temporarily use its abilities if he came in contact with a Pure or Intelligent Titan with royal blood, such as Dina Fritz or Zeke Jaeger. During the Raid on Liberio, Eren killed and consumed Lara Tybur, inheriting her War Hammer Titan and gaining structural hardening abilities, which he went on to use against both the Armored Titan and Jaw Titan. After coming into contact with his half-brother Zeke, Eren was able to obtain the full capabilities of the Founding Titan, such as controlling the Colossal Titans within the Walls. His Founding Titan was massive, towering over the Colossal Titans by a large scale, and was several hundred meters long. This form was known as Doomsday Titan (終尾の巨人 Shūbi no Kyojin?).
Lara Tybur unknown - 854	War Hammer Titan	Lara's Titan form was around 15 m. Her Titan has no hair and her skin jails the exposed areas near her eyes and mouth. She was capable of hardening her Titan form into various weapons and structures. She was skilled with the hammer and was able to defeat Eren Jaeger with a single blow from it. Unlike the other intelligent Titans, she controls her Titan from far away instead of from inside the nape, with her human body, encased in hardened flesh, connected to her Titan body by a kind of "flesh cord."
Armin Arlelt 850 - 854	Colossal Titan	Armin's Colossal Titan took on similarities as his predecessor, Bertholdt, namely the long arms, 60 m tall height, lack of cheeks, muscular torso and elephant feet.) His Titan form, however, lacked skin, ears, a nose, had lips and his spine being exposed at the neck along with other exposed bones.
Porco Galliard c. 850 - 854	Jaw Titan	Galliard received his Titan from Ymir after she decided to return the Titan to Marley. Galliard's Titan possessed long, light hair and a thick beard at the chin. However, the face above the jawline was hairless, and his Titan's mouth took a cog-like appearance in place of lips or cheeks. The fingers of Galliard's Titan possessed segments of hardened skin sharp enough to sever limbs.
Falco Grice 854	Jaw Titan	Falco gained the power of the Jaw Titan by inadvertently eating the previous holder, Porco Galliard. His Titan had shaggy light-colored hair with a second armored set of jaws. His Titan could harden his arms and legs, which took on a slight avian appearance, along with having a layer of feathers covering his arms. Unlike previous Jaw Titans, Falco's possessed the ability of flight due to having ingested Zeke's spinal fluid, thus obtaining avian traits similarly to a past Beast Titan.

Full list of inheritors

Founding Titan

• Ymir Fritz
• [Numerous inheritors] - Most from the Fritz family.
• Karl Fritz
• [Numerous inheritors] - All from the Reiss family.
• Rod and Uri's father
• Uri Reiss
• Frieda Reiss
• Grisha Jaeger - Mixed with the Attack Titan.
• Eren Jaeger - Mixed with the Attack and War Hammer Titans.

Attack Titan

• [Numerous inheritors]
• Eren Kruger
• Grisha Jaeger - Mixed with the Founding Titan.
• Eren Jaeger - Mixed with the Founding and War Hammer Titans.

Colossal Titan

• [Numerous inheritors]
• Bertholdt Hoover
• Armin Arlelt

Female Titan

• [Numerous inheritors]
• Annie Leonhart

Armored Titan

• [Numerous inheritors]
• Reiner Braun

Beast Titan

• [Numerous inheritors]
• Tom Xaver
• Zeke Jaeger
• Unknown Eldian baby

Jaw Titan

• [Numerous inheritors]
• Marcel Galliard
• Ymir
• Porco Galliard
• Falco Grice

Cart Titan

• [Numerous inheritors]
• Pieck Finger

War Hammer Titan

• [Numerous inheritors] - Many from the Tybur family.
• Lara Tybur
• Eren Jaeger - Mixed with the Attack and Founding Titans.

Trivia

• Many transformed Titan forms are modeled after mixed martial artists. For instance, the Armored Titan is modeled after Brock Lesnar and Eren's Titan is modeled after Yūshin Okami.
• 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 retained some traits in terms of appearance to their Pure Titan forms. For example, Eren's Attack Titan had a jagged jawline which resembled his Pure Titan form's jaw and Armin's Colossal Titan form shared his Pure Titan's lack of a nose.
• Blood relations can also play a role in a Intelligent Titan's appearance. The most notable examples would be the Jaw Titan inherited by the Galliard brothers; both had the same armored face and small, agile body, though the jaws were different; in Marcel's, his were sharp and had lips, while in Porco's, his were cog-like and lacked lips.
  • Grisha and his sons shared similar traits in having pointed ears, though there were differences between his, Zeke, and Eren's Titans in physical appearance.
• Inheritors typically tended to lose control of themselves during their first transformation into a Titan.
  • A example was when Eren attempted to attack Mikasa in his Titan form during the defense of Trost. Another example is Falco, as while he was initially in control during his first transformation, he lost control and attacked his allies.
  • Bertholdt was able to take control of his Titan almost immediately.
• In the August 2016 Issue of Bessatsu Shonen Magazine, Isayama was asked of what is it like to come out of a Titan's body. He stated, "Just think that it’s like coming out from a sauna."