Nine Titans

The **Nine Titans** are nine Titan powers that have 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 are 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

Around 1,820 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.

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.

## Description

### Abilities

* The **Founding Titan** has the ability to control Titans with its screams. Its screams can affect humans as well, altering their memories, but certain bloodlines are unaffected. Only Eldians containing royal blood are able to use its abilities; however, a member of non-royal blood is capable of using the Founding Titan's ability via physical contact with a member of the royal family.
* The **Armored Titan** is covered by hardened armor-like skin, except in key areas necessary for movement. It also possesses the ability to harden its arms and feet into sharper claws which could be used to climb structures such as the Walls.
* The **Attack Titan** has the power to view memories from its future inheritors.
* The **Beast Titan** has a unique bestial appearance, devastating throwing capabilities, and is able to turn humans into Titans and can control them to a rough extent.
* The **Cart Titan** is quadrupedal, allowing for cargo and equipment to be carried on its back. It also possesses remarkable speed similar to the Jaw Titan.
* The **Colossal Titan** is enormous and can evaporate its body to release immense amounts of steam. The user is able to control the Titan's transformation power and blast radius.
* The **Female Titan** has significant fighting potential and can attract nearby Pure Titans by screaming.
* The **Jaw Titan** is fast, and agile; while small in size, it is also equipped with strong teeth and claws capable of dealing great damage.
* The **War Hammer Titan** can materialize various weapons and structures from its own hardened flesh. It can be controlled from afar through a cable of Titan flesh while the user remains hidden within a hardened crystal casing.

### Physiology

The heights of the Nine Titans vary greatly: the Cart and Jaw Titans are small at 4 and 5 m, respectively, and the Colossal Titan is enormous at 60 m. The rest hover 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 is also around 15 m. These heights are definite and it does not matter what the height of the Pure Titan was before inheriting the power of the Titans.

Age does not affect the appearance of the Nine Titans. The Warriors' Titan forms remain constant through their childhood and into early adulthood. The only thing that may change is the hair.

Some Intelligent Titans can talk while others cannot. Those who cannot talk have mouths that physically prevent them from proper speech. The ones that can talk include, Zeke Jaeger and Pieck Finger. Speech is not defined by the Nine Titans. The fact that even some Abnormal Pure Titans are capable of speech implies that the ability to speak is completely arbitrary.

Inheritors of the Nine Titans do not adopt the appearance of the previous owners' Titans. The current inheritor's Titan form does experience certain changes depending on which of the Nine is received.

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

## Inheritors and their Titan forms

### Former

**1003 B1 - 990 B1**

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.
**c. 829 - 842**

### Full list of inheritors

**Founding Titan**

* Ymir Fritz
* [Numerous inheritors] - Most from the Fritz family.
* Karl Fritz
* [Numerous inheritors] - All from the Reiss family.
* Uri Reiss
* Frieda Reiss

**Attack Titan**

* [Numerous inheritors]

**Colossal Titan**

* [Numerous inheritors]
* Bertholdt Hoover - Current inheritor.

**Female Titan**

* [Numerous inheritors]
* Annie Leonhart - Current inheritor.

**Armored Titan**

* [Numerous inheritors]
* Reiner Braun - Current inheritor.

**Beast Titan**

* [Numerous inheritors]
* Tom Xaver
* Zeke Jaeger - Current inheritor.

**Jaw Titan**

* [Numerous inheritors]
* Marcel Galliard - Current inheritor.

**Cart Titan**

* [Numerous inheritors]
* Pieck Finger - Current inheritor.

**War Hammer Titan**

* [Numerous inheritors] - Many from the Tybur family.