Annie Leonhart

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*I used to not care about anything. But it's different now. I think I've committed irredeemable sins...But. If it meant returning to my father...I'd do it all over again.*

Annie to Hitch

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## Overview

**Annie Leonhart** (アニ・レオンハート *Ani Reonhāto*?) is a graduate of the 104th Training Corps and former member of the Military Police Brigade. Her exceptional skills with swords and unarmed combat earned her the 4th rank, but she is also noted to be a lone wolf who struggles to work with others.

She possesses the ability to transform into a Titan known as the Female Titan. Trained from an early age by her father, she is selected as one of Marley's Warriors. In the year 845, she is sent on a mission to retrieve the Founding Titan, along with fellow Warriors Reiner Braun, Bertolt Hoover, and Marcel Galliard. As the Female Titan, she serves as a major antagonist prior to her defeat, at which point she crystallizes herself and is left in a comatose state. She was held underground in the custody of the Survey Corps for several months before being freed under the command of Queen Historia Reiss

## Appearance

### Human Form

Annie is a young woman of considerably short height with a small yet very muscular build and physique. She has moderately short blonde hair that is often tied at the back with her right fringe mainly draping over the right side of her face (though she tends to push it to the side on occasion, possibly for better visibility); currently she wears it down and it falls slightly below her neck. She has an oval-shaped face, blue eyes, a Roman nose, and pale complexion. Her hair is particularly pale and, when untied, reaches down the nape of her neck. Her eyes, although of considerable size and proportion, often have a sullen vibe to their appearance. Annie's casual attire mainly consists of a hooded sweatshirt underneath a jacket accompanied by dark gray pants. She is often seen in the Training Corps uniform and then the Military Police Brigade uniform after graduation. Though Annie frequently dons hooded sweatshirts as part of her standard attire, she also wears her signature white hooded sweatshirt as part of her standard military attire. During risky missions, it is implied that she always wears her silver ring, which has a small folding blade, on her right index finger; she uses the blade as her primary means of causing self-injury to transform into her Female Titan form at any time.

### Female Titan form

Annie's appearance as the Female Titan changes quite drastically, though her overall physique and facial features remain mostly the same. The Titan body consists mainly of exposed muscle tissue, with noticeably limited skin coverage, and fingers made out of bone. Along with a massive difference in height from Annie's human form, its face is laden with muscle lining, notably underneath the cheeks (giving it the capability to stretch its mouth far more than it seems), along with yellowish teeth. Compared to the majority of other Titans encountered, Annie's Female Titan form seems much stronger and more physically fit, bearing a lean build with visible muscle definition. As it's name suggests, it is also the only Titan to appear physically female.

## Abiltes

### Power of the Titans

Like Eren, Annie displays an ability to transform into a Titan, referred to as the **Female Titan** (女型の巨人 *Megata no Kyojin*?). Her Titan form is 14 meters, the third shortest, being rivaled by the Cart Titan who is 4 meters and the Jaw Titan who is 5 meters. As the Female Titan, Annie is easily able to overpower veteran Survey Corps members, and wipe out several squads in Erwin's specialized scouting formations. Annie acquired her Titan powers while she was a Warrior candidate in Marley and was trained with using them by the military of Marley and by her father.[127][39] During the 57th Expedition Outside the Walls of the Survey Corps, she was far more experienced in using her Titan form compared to Eren, who had only discovered his Titan powers recently. She is one of the more skilled of the Nine Titans, sporting a variety of presumably learned powers and special abilities, some of them not exhibited by any others with Titan power. The Marleyan officials note that Annie surpassed all of their expectations.[128]

* **Regeneration**: In her Titan form, Annie is capable of healing any injuries and even regenerating any parts of her body that were possibly lost in a battle. However, she takes this ability to a new level, being able to focus this ability on certain parts of her body, healing the chosen injuries at a much faster pace as opposed to the automatic, simultaneous regeneration of all the damaged parts. This has proven to be useful in battle as shown when Annie chose to regenerate only one eye to see the approaching Special Operations Squad and to defeat them, using the moment of surprise.[129]
* **Crystallization**: Annie has the ability to harden parts of her skin at will, something that is similar to the ability of the Armored Titan, as stated by Erwin. However, unlike the Armored Titan, Annie's hardened skin cannot be maintained for prolonged periods, as it will chip if struck. Annie employs this ability in various situations for various effects. The armor is hard enough for the soldiers' blades to be unable to cut through it and thus Annie can effectively defend herself against any attacks, even those coming from Eren in his Titan form. She also uses this ability for destructive attacks, being able to heavily damage Eren's Titan body by hardening her fists or legs.[130] This way, she also avoids hurting herself as opposed to Eren, who easily loses even entire limbs after performing attacks in his Titan form. Upon capture and extraction, Annie used this ability to generate a cocoon of incredibly durable crystal to trap herself in to avoid being interrogated, something that is similar to the Structural hardening ability of the War Hammer Titan.
* **Titan Control**: Annie is able to summon pure Titans, though her range is limited.[127] Annie was the one who led Titans near Shiganshina District before the Colossus and Armored Titans broke Wall Maria.[131] During the 57th expedition, she was able to lead an army of Titans to destroy a part of the Survey Corps formation in order to capture Eren. Later, after being trapped by the Survey Corps, she also used her ability in a smart way to attract Titans, as upon hearing her shouts, all nearby Titans ignored any other humans and rushed to her location, devouring her Titan form.[132] This allowed Annie to effectively escape the Survey Corps' trap in her human form without being detected.[25] This ability is similar to the Founding Titan, as stated by Armin and Erwin. It is also similar to the screaming ability of Zeke Yeager.
* **High mobility and endurance**: In her Titan form, Annie has high mobility and endurance,[127] unlike most human-controlled Titans, who are less fast than her and who tire out to the point of collapsing. During the 57th expedition, she was able to run long distances while fighting against many soldiers and the Attack Titan. Also, after escaping the Survey Corps' trap, she was able to transform for a second time without an extended recovery period.[133][134]
* **Adaptation**: As the Female Titan, Annie is able to take in parts of other Titans and manifest their abilities easily.