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Paradis Island Operation
Name	Paradis Island Operation パラディ島作戦 Paradi-tō Sakusen
Other names	Plan to retake the Founder (始祖奪還計画 Shiso dakkan keikaku?, also translated as plan to regain the Founder)
Information
Year	845 - 850
Location	Paradis Island Wall Maria Wall Rose
Participants	Marleyan military Warriors Eldia Survey Corps Garrison Military Police Brigade
Outcome	Colossus Titan lost and taken by Eldia Female Titan captured alive by Eldia Jaw Titan lost, later regained through Ymir's capture Discovery of the Founding Titan within Eren Yeager Significant weakening of Marley's military power Significant loss of Eldian life on Paradis Island Instigation of war between Marley and the Mid-East Allied Forces
Debut
Manga	The Other Side of the Ocean

	We have one goal, right? Regain the Coordinate here, and put a stop to this cursed history.
— Zeke Yeager reminds his Warriors of their mission

The Paradis Island Operation (パラディ島作戦 Paradi-tō Sakusen^?), also known as the plan to retake the Founder (始祖奪還計画 Shiso dakkan keikaku^?), was a long-term strategy undertaken by the Marleyan military and its Warrior Unit to take the Founding Titan and eradicate the people of the Walls.

Prelude

During the 830s, the nation of Marley had become aware of the diminishing power of the seven Titans obtained during the Great Titan War. In order to meet the coming need for technological progress, the authorities of Marley turned their attention to Paradis Island and the plentiful fossil fuels it possessed. However, the island was also home to the remnants of the former empire of Eldia, ruled by the Fritz family which possessed the Founding Titan, the greatest of all Titans.

At the closing of the Great Titan War, King Karl Fritz had made the ultimatum that if Marley made any move against the remnants of Eldia, the Founding Titan would be used to unleash the countless Colossus Titans which made up the three Walls surrounding Eldia's last territory. In order to avoid the ultimatum and a direct act of war, the military of Marley chose to begin a Warrior program in which low-class Eldian citizens within Marley would offer their children between the ages of 5 and 7 to the Marleyan military, where they would train until seven would be chosen to inherit the seven Titans in Marleyan possession.

Sometime later, several Eldians were chosen to inherit six of the seven Titans of Marley, the seventh remaining in the possession of the Tybur family. These six Warriors were Zeke Yeager, Bertolt Hoover, Reiner Braun, Annie Leonhart, Marcel Galliard, and Pieck. Out of the six, Zeke was chosen to become the Warchief of the Warriors. Annie, in particular, faced grueling combat training in her early childhood in preparation for the program, supervised by her father. However, before she departed on her mission, her father gave her his heartfelt apologies, assuring her that even if the world came to hate her, she would still have her father by her side. All that he asked of her is that she would promise to return home.

The operation

The Fall of Wall Maria

Main article: Fall of Wall Maria

The Warriors arrived on Paradis Island

In the year 845, Marley sent four of their Warriors to the Walls with the mission of wiping out its inhabitants, taking the Founding Titan from the royal family, and putting an end to the cursed history of the people of the Walls. The four sent were Bertolt Hoover, the Colossus Titan who would destroy the outer gate of Shiganshina District; Reiner Braun, the Armored Titan who would destroy the inner gate; Annie Leonhart, the Female Titan who would call forth the Titans to invade Wall Maria and the Warriors' transportation; and Marcel Galliard, the Jaw Titan who would also be taking them to the wall.

At some point before the breach, the Warriors came across a Titan who nearly caught and consumed Reiner. However, before he was caught, Marcel shoved him aside and was caught by the Titan in his place. Unable to save their friend, the Warriors fled the scene as Marcel was eaten and his power was passed to the Titan. After the Warriors had fled, the Titan's human form, a girl named Ymir, awoke for the first time in around sixty years with the power of the Jaw Titan. As Marcel was lost, Annie and Bertolt decided to cancel the operation, but Reiner stopped them from returning and claimed that it would result in their deaths, and took on the role of the leader after a scuffle. As the Jaw Titan was lost, the Female Titan had to do all the transportation, pushing Annie to her limit until just before they reached the wall, at which point she switched transportation duties with the Armored Titan.

The Colossus Titan appeared outside Shiganshina

Upon arriving at Shiganshina, the southernmost district of the Walls, while Annie was unconscious, Bertolt Hoover transformed into the Colossus Titan and broke through the south gate with a single kick. The Titans soon began to enter the city in large numbers, feasting on the citizens and soldiers within. The Armored Titan carried everyone across the top of the wall and snuck to the inner gate as the Eldians scrambled to evacuate the civilians. He then approached the northern gate, charging through and fully breaching Wall Maria. Reiner and Bertolt carried Annie and then infiltrated the refugees as humans, blending in with the native inhabitants of the Walls. Annie later woke up in a refugee camp inside Wall Rose.

Two years after their successful attack on Wall Maria, in the year 847, the Warriors enter the 104th Training Corps in the hopes to achieve the highest ranks possible and entering into the Military Police Brigade, giving them easy access to the interior, and by extent the royal family, the holders of the Founding Titan.

During the training period, the three often discussed their progress and their plan, with Annie continually surveying for information in the interior. At the graduation, all of them succeeded in earning ranks within the top ten of their Training Corps, likely due to the Warrior training they had before.

The Battle of Trost District

Main article: Battle of Trost District

Bertolt disappeared under the cover of his Titan's steam

After receiving their desired ranks in the 104th Training Corps, the Warriors proceeded with their mission on the day before their scheduled graduation. In the year 850, Bertolt Hoover transformed once again into the Colossus Titan outside of the southern gate of Trost District, successfully breaching Wall Rose. Eren Yeager attempted to kill the Colossus Titan, but Bertolt managed to escape successfully, using vertical maneuvering equipment to flee the scene under the cover of his Titan's steam.

Before having Reiner transform into the Armored Titan to breach the north gate, the Warriors decided to wait until more Titans gathered. However, they brought their mission to a halt upon discovering a Titan openly fighting other Titans. Suspecting this Titan to be a human with the power of the Titans, Bertolt, Reiner, and Annie followed their fellow trainees' plan to use the Titan against the other Titans while they gather the resources necessary to leave the district. When the Titan was found again afterward and collapses from exhaustion, the trainees discovered it to be Eren Yeager, having miraculously survived being swallowed by a Titan due to his newfound powers. With this unexpected turn of events, the Warriors began to suspect that Eren might have somehow inherited the Founding Titan, a possibility which would greatly simplify their mission. They halted their plans, and the inner gate of Trost District was never attacked by Reiner throughout the remainder of the battle.

Capturing Eren Yeager

Main article: 57th Expedition Outside the Walls

Main article: Wall Rose invasion

Annie found Armin while looking for Eren

When the time came for their graduation, Bertolt and Reiner presumed that Eren was indeed in possession of the Founding Titan. Thus, the two changed their plans and joined Eren's chosen military branch, the Survey Corps; Annie proceeded with the original plan and joined the Military Police Brigade in the Interior. However, when the Survey Corps embarked on the 57th expedition beyond the Walls, Annie invaded the expedition as the Female Titan in order to locate and capture Eren.

With Reiner's help, she nearly succeeded and managed to wipe out the Special Operations Squad, but she was foiled by Mikasa Ackerman and Captain Levi. Because she spared Armin Arlert in the attack on the expedition, the Survey Corps was able to figure out she was the Female Titan. A few days after the expedition, Annie battled with Eren in Stohess District and was ultimately caught by the Survey Corps. However, she used her specialized hardening abilities to conceal herself in an ultrahard layer of crystallized skin, preventing interrogation. Annie's comatose body was kept in the custody of the Survey Corps, signalling the loss of the Female Titan.

Zeke set Titans loose in Wall Rose

On the same day as the battle within Stohess District, a new Warrior arrived within the Walls. Warchief Zeke Yeager, an experienced and powerful Warrior of Marley, invaded Wall Rose. He turned the people of Ragako village into mindless Titans, perhaps in order to test humanity's strength, before leaving Wall Rose later that night. During the ensuing efforts of the Survey Corps and Garrison to deal with the event, the Survey Corps received family records from the chaos of five years ago and began to suspect that Reiner and Bertolt were in league with Annie.

A day after the beginning of the Ragako event, Reiner revealed himself and Bertolt to be the Armored and Colossus Titans respectively. Throwing all secrecy away, Reiner and Bertolt battled with the Survey Corps and captured Eren and Ymir, who they learned earlier was the Titan who ate Marcel. Over five hours later, a combined effort of all three military forces embarked on a rescue operation, and Eren was retrieved. In this battle, Eren seemingly unleashed the power of the Founding Titan upon Reiner and Bertolt, confirming their worst fears. The Warriors fled with Ymir to Shiganshina District to recover and sent Ymir back to Marley, where her Jaw Titan's power was passed on to Porco Galliard, allowing Marley to regain one of its Titans.

The Battle of Shiganshina District

Main article: Battle of Shiganshina District

The Armored Titan's second match against the Attack Titan

Two months after their arrival at Shiganshina, Zeke reunited with his Warriors. They expressed their desire to save Annie from the Survey Corps, but Zeke prioritized the retrieval of the Coordinate. They lay in wait in Shiganshina for the Survey Corps to arrive in search of Eren's basement, which was believed to hold secrets of the Titans. When the Survey Corps arrived, a battle ensued between the soldiers and Zeke's Warriors. The Corps, numbering over two hundred at the start of the battle, lost nearly all of its soldiers in the attack, though they succeeded in defeating Reiner and Bertolt.

In the waning moments of the conflict, Pieck rescued Zeke from Levi, but left Bertolt behind since Zeke was not prepared to face Levi so quickly again. Shortly after they abandoned Bertolt, she managed to rescue Reiner from Hange Zoë and Jean Kirstein. Bertolt was then eaten alive by a revived Armin Arlert after being administered the Titan injection, signaling Marley's loss of the Colossus Titan.

Aftermath

After their loss at the battle of Shiganshina District, the Warriors returned to Marley in defeat, having lost the Colossus and Female Titans to the Eldians of Paradis Island. These losses signaled a significant decline in the military influence of Marley, a weakness that did not go unnoticed by its neighboring countries. After receiving the news of Marley's losses, the Mid-East Allied Forces took the opportunity and declared war on Marley.

Willy declares war

During the Marley Mid-East War, Marley sent 32 scouting ships to Paradis Island in an attempt to continue the operation, but none of them returned; this was due to the actions of both the Attack and Colossus Titans. In addition, many of their soldiers would either be captured or defect to Paradis.

After their victory in the Marley Mid-East War, Marley at Zeke Yeager's and Willy Tybur's urging begins to make plans to continue the operation, opting for a full-scale invasion of Paradis Island. About a month after the end of the war, Willy Tybur holds a festival for the nations of the world, where he announces the recent usurping of the Founding Titan by Eren Yeager. He then calls for the world nations to unite behind Marley in their renewed attempt to finish the operation, before officially declaring war on Paradis.

Participants

1. Eren Yeager/Attack Titan
2. Mikasa Ackerman
3. Armin Arlert
4. Bertolt Hoover/Colossus Titan
5. Erwin Smith
6. Keith Shadis
7. Hannes
8. Fugo
9. Survey Corpsman Braun's mother
10. Carla Yeager
11. Grisha Yeager/Attack Titan
12. Dina Fritz
13. Reiner Braun/Armored Titan
14. Annie Leonhart/Female Titan
15. Jean Kirstein
16. Marco Bott
17. Connie Springer
18. Sasha Blouse
19. Historia Reiss
20. Mina Carolina
21. Samuel
22. Thomas Wagner
23. Franz Kefka
24. Hannah Diamant
25. Ian Dietrich
26. Mylius Zeramuski
27. Nac Tias
28. Peering Titan
29. Ymir/Jaw Titan
30. Dimo Reeves
31. Louise
32. Tom
33. Hange Zoë
34. Mike Zacharias
35. Levi Ackerman
36. Petra Ral
37. Kitz Weilman
38. Rico Brzenska
39. Phil
40. Daz
41. Dot Pixis
42. Anka
43. Gustav
44. Lobov
45. Mitabi Jarnach
46. Ruth D. Kline
47. Sonny
48. Bean
49. Nile Dok
50. Waltz
51. Nick
52. Oluo Bozado
53. Gunther Schultz
54. Eld Jinn
55. Moblit Berner
56. Darius Baer-Varbrun
57. Dita Ness
58. Luke Siss
59. Nanaba
60. Keiji
61. Abel
62. Hitch Dreyse
63. Marlowe Freudenberg
64. Boris Feulner
65. Lauda
66. Rashad
67. Stohess District Mayor
68. Thomas
69. Gelgar
70. Henning
71. Zeke Yeager/Beast Titan
72. Artur Blouse
73. Kaya
74. Lynne
75. Ms. Springer
76. Mr. Springer
77. Sunny Springer
78. Martin Springer
79. Marcel Galliard/Jaw Titan
80. Nifa
81. Rod Reiss
82. Kenny Ackerman
83. Frieda Reiss/Founding Titan
84. High-ranking military official
85. Chubby Royal Government minister
86. Fritz
87. Flegel Reeves
88. Roy
89. Peaure
90. Dirk
91. Abel Reiss
92. Urklyn Reiss
93. Rod's wife
94. Florian Reiss
95. Dirk Reiss
96. Floch Forster
97. Sandra
98. Gordon
99. Marlene
100. Klaus
101. Black-haired soldier
102. Pieck Finger/Cart Titan
103. Theo Magath
104. Willy Tybur

Deaths

1. Marcel Galliard
2. Carla Yeager
3. Frieda Reiss
4. Dirk Reiss
5. Abel Reiss
6. Florian Reiss
7. Rod's wife
8. Urklyn Reiss
9. Thomas Wagner
10. Mylius Zeramuski
11. Nac Tias
12. Mina Carolina
13. Franz Kefka
14. Hannah Diamant
15. Tom
16. Peering Titan
17. Marco Bott
18. Mitabi Jarnach
19. Ian Dietrich
20. Ruth D. Kline
21. Sonny
22. Bean
23. Luke Siss
24. Dita Ness
25. Darius Baer-Varbrun
26. Gunther Schultz
27. Eld Jinn
28. Petra Ral
29. Oluo Bozado
30. Mike Zacharias
31. Lynne
32. Henning
33. Gelgar
34. Nanaba
35. Martin Springer
36. Sunny Springer
37. Mr. Springer
38. Hannes
39. Dina Fritz
40. Moblit Berner
41. Black-haired soldier
42. Klaus
43. Marlene
44. Dirk
45. Marlowe Freudenberg
46. Sandra
47. Gordon
48. Erwin Smith
49. Bertolt Hoover