Historia Reiss

Historia Reiss, also known as Krista Lenz, Christa Lenz, Queen Historia and Goddess, is a character from the Attack on Titan series.
== Charactah Account ==
Though she's known as a kind girl who puts herself out for others, it is suggested that her selflessness may actually stem from a lack of self-worth and the desire to become a martyr. Krista ranks 10th because her partner Ymir intentionally lags so that she can go to the interior and join the MPs, but Krista ends up joining the Survey Corps regardless.
Honoring her promise to Ymir, Krista reclaims her true identity as Historia Reiss, the illegitimate daughter of a powerful nobleman. When Ymir is taken by the traitors, she insists on joining the expedition to rescue her friend, but is instead kidnapped by Ymir and convinced to abandon humanity. Though prepared to leave the Walls with Ymir, she is instead left in the care of the Survey Corps and completely abandons her false "Krista" persona. Placed under the protection of her comrades, she becomes a vital key to humanity's fate when it is revealed that Historia has royal origins.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Attack on Titan
* Attack on Titan Movie 1: Crimson Bow and Arrow
* Attack on Titan Movie 2: Wings of Freedom
* Attack on Titan OVA
* Attack on Titan Picture Drama
* Attack on Titan Season 2
* Attack on Titan Season 3
* Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2
* Attack on Titan: Chronicle
* Attack on Titan: The Final Season
* Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2
=== Manga ===
* Attack on Titan
* Spoof on Titan
=== Video Games ===
* Attack on Titan
* Attack on Titan 2
* Attack on Titan 2: Mirai no Zahyou
* Attack on Titan: Escape from Certain Death
== Trivia ==
* Historia ranked fifth in the First Character Popularity Poll.
** Historia ranked fourteenth in the Second Character Popularity Poll.
** Historia ranked thirteenth in the Third Character Popularity Poll.
** Historia tied with Gabi Braun and Porco Galliard for nineteenth in the Fourth Character Popularity Poll.
* In a 2017 interview, Hajime Isayama stated that Historia is unique among the 104th cast in that she is the only character he designed before outlining what her role in the story would be. Believing readers would want a "moe" character in the main cast, he designed Krista Lenz as a character whose only qualities were that she was cute and perfect. Because he did not design her with any thing other than surface-level qualities, he felt that she was a hollow character and was not satisfied with her until he made her emptiness a core aspect of her character growth in the Royal Government arc.
** It is due to this growth from being a character who only "fulfills what is required of her" in the Royal Government arc that Isayama also considers her to be one of his favorite characters.
* The official site reveals that the majority of her male classmates had a crush on her, referring to her as the "Goddess" of the 104th.
** A recurring gag in the series is that people actually refer to her as "goddess" or by terms related to God in several circumstances. First it was Sasha in Episode 3/Chapter 15 when Historia gave her a bread after Sasha fell tired from being forced to run for 5 hours; second time by Jean and Armin in Episode 18/Chapter 24 when she came to their rescue after they were attacked by the Female Titan; and finally in Chapter 64 when Rod was trying to convince her to regain the Coordinate and become "God."
* In a Volume 11 sideart, Isayama portrayed Historia shifting into a Titan which depicted her as an angel.
* Historia strongly resembles the female lead character of "Heartbreak One", a one-shot Isayama had written before Attack on Titan.
** Her name Historia is Greek in origin and means "History." Also, her pseudonym Krista is of Greek origin (greek: Χριστή), meaning "she who is the anointed one." In Hebrew, Moshiach (Hebrew: משיח) "the anointed one with oil" translates to the English word "messiah."[1]
* Her birthday, January 15, was celebrated in Japan as Coming of Age Day between 1948 and 2000. It is now held on the second Monday of the month but continues to celebrate the entry into adulthood by those turning 20.
* Her alias surname "Lenz" means "spring" in old German.
* She is the only character in the series to have two chapters in the manga named after her.
* Historia's childhood resembles the situation of Paradis Island. The farm she lived in was surrounded by fences and there were bullies outside who threw rocks at her, which made her never want to leave the farm. This mirrors the humans inside the Walls who feared going outside because of the Titans outside. Frieda Reiss used to come over to take care of Historia, erased her memories, and told her to never go over the fence; this echoes the first king's will.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Historia Reiss at Attack on Titan Wiki
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