Eren Kruger

**Eren Kruger** (*エレン・クルーガー Eren Kurūgā*) was a supporting deuteragonist in the fan novel, *The lady of Eldia*. He is an Eldian officer in the Marley Public Security. He founded the Restorationists, and used the pseudonym **The Owl** (*フクロウ Fukurō*) to communicate.

## Background

### Appearance

Shown from the novel. Kruger was a fairly large, well-built, older man. He had shaggy dirty blond hair which he kept combed to the side. Kruger had a very slender face and pronounced cheekbones, and he was seen wearing the standard uniform for Marleyan soldiers and officers, although he only wore his uniform's hat when he was facing civilians.

### Personality

Kruger was largely stoic individual who never displayed any emotions, must been as a consequence of enduring years of suffering and misery as a mole and being forced to commit brutal and atrocious acts against fellow Eldians. After finding Grisha and Faye Jaeger outside of their internment zone, he felt no qualms in punishing Grisha physically. He continued to show a lack of empathy when the Jaegers learned of Faye's death, remaining stone-faced at the sight of their sorrow.

However, in truth, he felt remorse for all of his immoral acts that he did to his brethren, but saw it necessary for the betterment of Eldia. Another notable aspect of his worldview was his relativistic belief; he denied the concept of an objective truth, claiming that everything was a matter of personal opinion.

## In the novel

### History

Kruger was born on April 5th, 792, to an Eldian family living in Marley. His father had joined an Eldian revolutionary army led by the remnants of the royal Fritz family who remained on the mainland. Unfortunately, the army was very ineffective, and its members, including Kruger's father, were captured and burned alive by the Public Security Authorities as Kruger hid in a closet. Afterward, he was rescued by friends of his father.

Sometime later, Kruger joined the Marley Public Security as thanks to an Eldian doctor who was able to fake his blood tests as he had done for himself sometime earlier. As the officer in the military, Kruger would refer to himself in correspondence with the Restorationists as "the Owl," all while spending his military career turning thousands of Eldians into their executions over the years in order to hide his true identity.

On 817, He was seen spending his downtime watching blimps with Gross, Kruger caught sight of Grisha and Faye Jaeger following the blimp. Observing their origin looking, Kruger deduced that they are from the Liberio town. Because they had left their town without permission, Kruger offered them a choice between hard labor or "physical punishment." Grisha nervously chose to take both his and Faye's punishment, and Kruger proceeded to savagely knee him in the stomach. Afterwards, however, Kruger showed a vague hint of empathy after allowing Grisha to stay with him to watch the blimp, citing that since he was here, he may as well see it. Kruger accompanied his fellow officer to inform the Jaegers of Faye's death and observed quietly as they grieved for Faye. Amidst the conversation, he looked into the traumatized Grisha's eyes, seeing pure hatred and a desire for revenge.

## Chapter appearances

* Marley City *(debut)*
* The Owl
* Journey to the Island *(last appearance)*

### Mentions

* Restorationists *(only mentioned)*
* First Training for Zeke *(only mentioned)*