Thunderlanes

*If Eren dies, Paradis will sink under a sea of blood!! The entire world will take vengeance on us! Your parents, your siblings, your children, they'll all be slaughtered!! Devote your hearts!!*

Thunderlanes rallies the Yeagerists in the battle at the harbor

## Overview

Thunderlanes was a former recruit (新兵 *Shinpei*?) of the Survey Corps. He joined the regiment durning the Struggle for Ponyville  where he was assigned to Squad Klaus. He was also Rumble's older brother After many battles against Grogar, Thunderlanes developed a hatred for the villians, creatures, and humans outside of both Paradis, and Equestria He was one of the Yeagerists and believed Eren was the only one who can save the "New Eldian Empire" (新生エルディア帝国 *Shinsei Erudia Teikoku*?).

## Appearance

Thunderlane had a dark gray coat, amber eyes and a blue-silver mane. His cutie mark was a storm cloud with a lightning bolt descending from it.

## Personality

Thunderlane was very laid back and easy going

## Story

### Amber Eyes arc

Thunderlane[2] first appears in the film-reel scene in Hurricane Fluttershy: he coughs, and Rainbow Dash warns him that he better not be sick for the upcoming tornado that the Pegasi have to create. Twilight Sparkle blames him for coughing during the talk Rainbow Dash gives to the group of Pegasus ponies before they begin measuring their wingpower. She sprays him with disinfectant, and he protests that it was Blossomforth who coughed. Rainbow Dash claims that he is just trying to get out of the event because he is lazy, and orders him to be the first test flier. Thunderlane is annoyed at being first up and glares at Blossomforth. After positioning himself at the starting line, he blazes down the track with a look of determination and is recorded with 9.3 wingpower, receiving cheers from crowd and an adoring look from Cloudchaser. On the day of the tornado itself, Thunderlane is missing, and Rumble, his brother, tells Dash that Thunderlane is at the Ponyville hospital due to him having the feather flu.

Thunderlane later makes a minor appearance as a member of a crowd in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2. He appears in the shot after Twilight Sparkle straightens the crest on Shining Armor's chest.

### A new Beginning arc

Thunderlane appears again in Wonderbolts Academy as one of the recruits for the Wonderbolts. He is paired up with Sunshower Raindrops and made the lead pony of their duo. When Lightning Dust's tornado puts Rainbow Dash's friends in danger, Thunderlane catches Rarity and gets a hug for his efforts.

### Twilight's Kingdom arc

Thunderlane appears in Rainbow Falls on the train with another speaking role, this time joined by Helia regarding the event they are participating in.

Thunderlane appears in the beginning of Inspiration Manifestation along with his brother Rumble at the Foal and Filly Fair.

Thunderlane appears along with Helia in Equestria Games.

Thunderlane appears in Southwestward, among the brigade of pegasi attacking Lord Tirek, The Hunters taking part in Twilight's rescue, Childre, Charge, and Scream among the ponies when their magic is returned to them.

### The Cutie Map arc

Thunderlane appears at the beginning of The Town - Part 1 standing next to Rumble near the Castle of Friendship.

Thunderlane appears in Tanks for the Memories exiting the Cloudsdale cloud factory, going on his lunch break. In Slice of Life, he appears at the Ponyville bowling alley and at Cranky Doodle Donkey and Matilda's wedding.

In Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?, Thunderlane briefly appears in Ponyville's shared dream. In The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows, he appears next to Blossomforth during a lakeside party. He appears in the crowd during Friends Are Always There For You in Liar.

### The Return of the Changelings arc

Thunderlane appears in A Hearth's Warming Tail and Top Bolt.

### Old Legends and Folklore arc

In Parental Glideance, Thunderlane appears in Rainbow Dash's flashback as a colt, and he appears in the academy locker rooms in a full Wonderbolt uniform. In Marks and Recreation, Thunderlane encourages his younger brother Rumble to attend the Cutie Mark Crusaders' day camp. He also helps the Crusaders teach Rumble that a cutie mark doesn't limit a pony to one particular talent or interest by showing him that he loves cooking even though he is now a Wonderbolt.

### Struggle for Ponyville arc

Thunderlanes appears in Assemble where he  and the other Wonderbolts are among those brainwashed by King Sombra into guarding Canterlot. In She's All Yak, he appears in the reused image of Liar during Fit Right In.

Thunderlane becomes a member of the Survey Corps, and helps out during the first battle against Grogar.

### Attack on Canterlot arc

Thunderlane, along with other soldiers from the Survey Corps, takes part in the battle in canterlot He walks on foot among two other soldiers and their horses while the rest of the soldiers use their odm gear to make their way on top of the cliff.[17] They are ambushed by Grogar who appears with an army of monsters The Beast Titan appears and throws a boulder into the side,causing a collapse that blocks Grogar's entrance to Shiganshina, leaving Thunderlane and the other soldiers unable to enter with their horses.[18] Thunderlane and his squad mates are left in charge of the corps's horses, and are ordered to defend them from any approaching monsters.

Grogar begins to target his blast at the soldiers themselves, and Levi orders the recruits to take the horses closer to the Wall, where they can use buildings for cover. Thunderlanes begins panicking, and Levi has to force him along to the base of the castle says that it would be pointless to watch them if no one is going to survive to return home. Thinking back on the recruitment call where he decided to join the Survey Corps, he remarks that he thought he could be a soldier willing to give up his life for humanity, only to realize now that he is not and that his death will be pointless.[20]

When Erwin Smith gives his plan of a suicide charge against Grogar to the recruits, Thunderlane asks if they are going to die and if it is even worth fighting if they are all destined to die anyway. Erwin agrees that they are all likely to die, but he urges the recruits to fight for the good of humanity nonetheless so that the living can give meaning to their deaths. Thunderlane participates in the suicidal charge against Grogar.[21] After Levi attacks and defeats Grogar, Thunderlane stands to his feet as one of the survivors, he then meets up with Erwin smith who also survived with minor injuries. Thunderlane later returns to Ponyville with the survivors.

### Raid on Manehatten arc

With the arrival of the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers, Thunderlane is among those assigned to guard their leader Yelena. At the time there was a ceremony in Trost District, which was held in proximity to where Eren Yeager was staying.[26]

Thunderlane brings Yelena and Eren in contact so she could explain Zeke's true motives to euthanize the Eldian race. Sometime after the meeting with Yelena, Eren meets with Thunderlane privately and states that he is going to follow Zeke in appearance only, asking him to do the same. Thunderlane questions Eren about his true intention and Eren reveals that he will use the Founding Titan's power to bring ruin to the world.[27] Thunderlane agrees with Eren and begins gathering allies, forming a secret faction which would later be known as the "Yeagerists."

Approximately nine months later, Thunderlane joins the Survey Corps at the Raid on Manehatten where he sets explosives to destroy buildings around the internment zone. Jean yells at him to minimize civilian casualties, but Thundermans is unrepentant; he tells Jean that it's the price of war, and Eren is willing to do it.

### War for Equestria arc

Unhappy with Eren's arrest following their return Thunderlane and several other Survey Corps recruits leak news of Eren's confinement to the public, which puts pressure on Hangr to release him. They are quickly discovered, and are called before Hange to explain themselves. Thunderlane argues that Eren was justified in his actions, and that his actions have saved the lives of the citizens of Paradis. Thunderlane points out that Eren's actions have only demonized them to the rest of the world, but Thunderlane insists that they have nothing to worry about as long as Eren has the power of the Founding Titan. Rather than freeing Eren, Hange concludes the hearing by arresting Thunderlane and his compatriots.[31]

Thunderlane and his companions are quickly freed by other members of the military who have sided with Eren, and the group makes a plan to meet up with Eren outside of the city. After Eren escapes his cell and arrives, Thunderlane informs him of their numbers along with their involvement in Spitfire's assassination. Thunderlane claims only Eren can save the Eldian Empire and Eren tells the group he will locate Zeke.

After being informed of Hange's location by a sympathetic employee, Thunderlane joins the other Yeagerists in raiding a restaurant. The faction threatens Hange and her subordinates with firearms, and Thunderlane demands that she take them to Zeke's location. On Hange's query, he reveals to her that Eren refuses to negotiate with the military. Hange tries to reason with Thunderlane, arguing that they do not have time to be infighting while Zeke is making his own moves, but her words fall on deaf ears and Thunderlane orders that they be restrained. Hange deduces that Thunderlane was aware of the spinal fluid scheme but Thunderlane refuses to answer her, only ordering her to remain quiet. When the captives are directed out, Thunderlane taps on a door to inform Eren that they are leaving.[33]

Arriving in Shiganshina, Thunderlane immediately leads the Yeagerists to the division of the Training Corps operating out of the District. He and the Yeagerists inform instructor Rico Brzenska and the recruits that the Yeagerists will now be operating out of the Training Corps's base, shooting off a warning shot when Rico attempts to resist. Thunderlane invites all of the assembled recruits to join the Yeagerists and abandon their old customs from before they learned of the outside world. As recruits begin to join him, Thunderlane informs them that they will have to prove their loyalty by beating Rico, and that anyone who does not will be thrown in jail. After the recruits have finished beating Rico, Thunderlane orders Hange to take him to Zeke.

Thunderlane and the Yeagerists with him learn that Zeke is in the custody of Levi and thirty members of the Survey Corps still loyal to the military. En route to their location, Thunderlane hears a sound resembling thunder near the edge of the forest. They go to investigate and find a completely destroyed wagon, along with an injured soldier lying on the bank of a river. Thunderlane expresses his initial worry about Levi being a problem, but is pleased to see he will not be a concern due to his injuries; after hearing Hange claim that Levi is dead, Thunderlane is not fully convinced and orders Hange to move so he can check for a pulse. However, before he can, he and the other soldiers are suddenly distracted by the sight of Zeke emerging from inside a decomposing Titan. This gives Hange the opportunity to flee with Levi's body, catching Thunderlane off guard while other Yeagerists leave to pursue them. Thunderlane then tries to get Zeke to explain what happened but Zeke brushes him off claiming that they need to move on.

Thunderlane and his soldiers arrive with Zeke at Shiganshina to find it under attack by Marley's forces. While Zeke pummels Marley's airships with rocks from atop the Wall, Thunderlane takes his group to kill the Cart Titan and keep it from using its artillery to hurt Zeke. They seemingly manage to take the Titan down but are caught off guard when Marleyan soldiers appear from the Cart Titan's corpse and begin firing on them, forcing them to retreat.[37]

Thunderlane and his soldiers continue to attack the Cart Titan, but are quickly repelled, with everyone except for Thunderlane being killed.[38] As Thunderlane confronts the worsening situation, Eren makes contact with Zeke and starts the Rumbling as Floch watches the Wall begin to crumble from beneath him.

Despite sustaining a head injury, Thunderlane survives the collapse of the Walls. After all of Zeke's Pure Titans are killed, he meets with the survivors at the headquarters. He talks with Jean, expressing that he could not die during the moment of the Eldian Empire's return. Thunderlane then points his gun at Yelena and demands her to gather the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers so they can be detained.[40]

One of the Volunteers tries resisting and Thunderlane wounds the man by shooting him in the hand. Thunderlane informs the Volunteers that he has known about Eren's plan to unlock the Founding Titan for 10 months. He acknowledges that the Volunteers' respective homelands will indeed be destroyed by Eren's plan and offers to grant them status as honorary Eldians in the new empire Eren will create if they agree to cooperate. The injured Volunteer continues to belittle Thunderlane, who responds by nonchalantly executing him.

As the Volunteers are led away, Thunderlane claims to Jean and Mikasa that, as Eren's representative, he is trying to wipe out any resentment in Paradis. In an attempt to gain Jean's support, Thunderlane makes an appeal to Jean's old desire to live a comfortable life as an MP. Mikasa demands to know what happened to Levi and Hange and Thunderlane claims that Zeke killed them.[41]

In the following days, Onyankopon and Yelena continue to resist Thunderlane's invitation to join the Yeagerists as honorary Eldians so he decides to have them publicly executed. Thunderlane and Jean bring the two Volunteers before the Yeagerists and Thunderlane announces their execution, explaining that Yelena conspired with Zeke to destroy the Eldians and that Onyankopon had chosen death over joining Yeagerists. Jean fires four shots at Onyankopon and misses all of them, and to Thunderlane's shock, the Cart Titan suddenly attacks, eating Jean, Onyankopon and Yelena.

Thunderlane takes a group of Yeagerists to Paradis' harbor to confront the Azumabito clan and force their mechanics to cooperate with them.[43] After executing three of Kiyomi's companions, he gloats about Eren's impending success and cheerfully reminds them that Hizuru will also be wiped out. He attempts to coerce her into agreeing to help the Yeagerists but Kiyomi only reminds him that the Eldians will keep killing each other even after the outside world is destroyed. Thunderlane disregards her warning and threatens to kill her, admitting that he is willing to sacrifice Paradis' technological advancement to eliminate potential enemies.

He is interrupted by Connie and Armin arriving at the harbor, explaining that they need the Azumabito mechanics to pilot their airship so that they can pursue the Cart Titan. Suspecting that the two are lying, Thunderlane decides to execute the Azumabito mechanics to keep them from posing a threat in the future. However, he is caught off guard and disarmed by Kiyomi. Before Thunderlane's comrades can help him, Mikasa bursts into the building and incapacitates them as well. With no one to help, Thunderlane flees the building and announces to the rest of the Yeagerists that they are under attack.

As the Yeagerists attack, Thunderlane becomes uneasy that Mikasa and the Azumabito have fled to the basement. As the Armored Female, War Hamer, and Angel Titans transform, Thunderlane realizes that they have been led into a trap and turns his attention to fighting off the Titans.[44]

During the battle, the Azumabitos attempt to reach the boat and Thunderlane, realizing that they intend to take the boat, frantically orders his soldiers to target them. When they fail to kill the Azumabitos, Thunderlane orders his troops to instead target the flying boat to ensure that it cannot be used to reach Eren.

## Death

**Killed By**

* Gabi Braun (Caused)

When the Cart Titan appears, Thunderlane tries to target her himself but is caught off guard by the emergence of the Jaw Titan. While his soldiers are killed, Thunderlane manages to escape the Jaw Titan and targets the boat, attempting to sink it with a thunder spear while saying that he will be the savior of Eldia. However, as he is firing, he is shot by Gabi Braun, throwing off his aim and causing him to plummet, injured, into the ocean.

* Mikasa Ackerman

Despite his injuries, Thunderlane manages to attach his maneuvering gear's anchors to the boat and follows the group across the ocean to Odiha. Badly injured, Thunderlane manages to drag himself into the hangar where the Azumabito mechanics are preparing the flying boat for takeoff and begins firing on them. He manages to hit the boat's fuel tank, but Mikasa quickly fires one of her anchors into his throat. As the mechanics attempt to fix the boat, Thunderlane uses his last breath to beg Hange and Jean to stop pursuing Eren.

## Relationships

* **Eren Yeager** - Thunderlane used to consider Eren as an immature and stubborn person due to the latter's behavior when decieding on how to deal with Cozy Glow. However, after seeing his willingness to do what needed to be done to secure Eldia's freedom, Thunderlane began to change his views on Eren and regarded him as a savior and the one who should rule Eldia. In his last moments Thunderlane begged Jean and Hange not to stop Eren's Rumbling, calling him a devil yet the only hope for Eldia's survival, emphasizing how much trust and faith Thunderlane had in Eren.
* **Jean Kirstein** - Thunderlane viewed Jean as a capable soldier as he joined the Survey Corps, though he was concerned as to the events that hardened Jean and other members of the 104th. Through their interactions before the timeskip, it could be seen that the two were on friendly terms. During the second Attack on Canterlot, the two had a disagreement after Thunderlane disobeyed Jean's orders, showcasing somewhat of a lack of respect. After Thunderlane abandoned the military, the two were seen to be on hostile terms. Jean was later a witness to Thunderlane's arrest of the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers, yelling at Thunderlane to stop and appearing in disbelief after hearing Thunderlane's words. When Thunderlane killed a volunteer, Jean was left shocked, and Thunderlane told Jean that he was free, and should go back to being how he used to be, with Thunderlane mocking Jean's former self, calling him "bastard." Thunderlane did, however, refer to Jean as a hero, showcasing a potential, if discarded, respect.
* **Erwin Smith** - Thunderlane held the leader of the Survey Corps in high regards, and believed Erwin's ruthlessness made him capable of leading humanity towards salvation.
* **Armin Arlert** - Thunderlane developed a sense of dislike towards Armin when he insisted that Cozy Glow be allowed to live in Ponyville
* **Hange Zoë** - At first, Thunderlane viewed Hange as a competent successor to lead the Survey Corps. However, he would later turn against Hange and see her as an enemy along with the other members of the military.
* **Rico Brzenska** - Despite claiming he harbored no ill will towards Rico, Thunderlane had a low opinion of the new training instructor. Viewing her as a relic of the past, Thunderlane was perfectly willing to shoot Rico and ordered the new recruits to beat her as a means to prove their loyalty.
* **Zeke Yeager** - As Eren's older half brother, Thunderlane feigned utmost respect for Zeke; always addressing Zeke as "Sir." In actuality, Thunderlane held Zeke in contempt, and only pretended to follow him because of Eren's orders.
* **Cozy Glow** - Thunderlane had a strong hatred towards Cozy Glow. Even after learning about her abusive past, he should no remorse. stating that Apple Bloom should have killed her back in Carterlot.
* **Apple Bloom** - Thunderlane use to have a great amount of respect for Apple Bloom, but all that changed when he joined the Yeagerist