Warrior Unit

*Healthy boys and girls from ages five to seven will be gathered as potential Warriors!! Only a small few will become these chosen Warriors. For these Warriors—must be worthy of inheriting...the seven Titans now under the Marley government's control!!*

The Public Security Authorities of Marley announces the beginning of the new Warrior program

## Stats

### Name

Warrior Unit
戦士隊
*Senshi-tai*

### Occupation

Serving as the main force of ground-based warfare, Titan Warriors act as the main assault force in ground-based combat, acted as spies in the Paradis Island Operation

### Notable Former Members

* Reiner Braun
* Annie Leonhart
* Gabi Braun
* Falco Grice
* Pieck Finger

* Zeke Yeager (Former Captain)
* Bertholdt Hoover †
* Marcel Galliard †
* Porco Galliard †
* Tom Ksaver †

### Affiliation

* Marleyan military (Formely)
* Survey Corps

## Overview

The **Warrior Unit** (戦士隊 *Senshi-tai*?)[2] was a subdivision of the Marleyan military. Its members are Subjects of Ymir under Marley's control who are given the power of the Titans.

## Duty

The Marleyan Warriors were expected to carry out the needs of their superiors without question or objection. From a young age, Eldians were raised to believe that their race is responsible for all the wrongdoings in the history of the world, given the fact that they are the only humans capable of transforming into Titans, the catalysts for millennia of death and chaos. With this stigma in mind, Eldian children are at times offered up to the Marley government to become Warriors so that the families of accepted children may be granted honorary Marleyan citizenship rather than face subjugation within isolated internment zones, such as the one in Liberio.[1][4]

Warriors cadets who demonstrate the most exceptional performance on the battlefield are often said to be given the privilege of inheriting one of the seven Titans which Marley obtained during the Great Titan War. Due to the rarity of the Warriors, efforts are taken to ensure that they are not put into dangerous situations which could lead to the loss of one of Marley's Titans.

In recent years, the Marley Warriors with the power of the Titans have served as the main force of the Paradis Island Operation, a critical operation for Marley in which the Founding Titan must be taken from the royal family within the Walls.

## Structure

Warriors are selected from a pool of candidates who are also Subjects of Ymir. These candidates can vary in age, ranging from young adults to some as young as twelve years old.[6] New cadets can enter the training program between the ages of five and seven.[1]

### Titan Warriors

Out of the many Warrior cadets enlisted by the Marleyan military, only six at a given time are able to inherit the power of the Titans. While these Warrior cadets are not spared from deadly situations in combat or infiltration missions, efforts are taken to ensure that these Warrior candidates are not killed in action if possible. After inheriting a Titan, the Warriors keep their Titans for a 13-year "term" before they are passed down to other candidates chosen for the inheritance. This term limit was not established by choice, but due to the "Curse of Ymir" which ensures that any Subject of Ymir who inherits the power of the Titans will die in 13 years after receiving the power.[7]

Those who have inherited the power of the Titans are granted red Eldian armbands as opposed to the yellow bands given to Warrior cadets.[8] Families of these Warriors also receive red bands