Breach of Wall Maria

## Belligerents

	+ Warrior Unit
	+ Garrison Regiment
	+ Scout Regiment

## Strength

* Warhammer Titan
* Armored Titan
* Female Titan
* 40 Assorted Cannons

Scout Regiment* 800 Scouts

Wall Maria Reclaimation Operation

The **Fall of Wall Maria** was a tragic disaster which began when Shiganshina Distict came under the attack of the Colossal Titan, Armored Titan, and Female Titans - controlled by the Marleyan Warrior Unit - in which humanity was forced to retreat to Wall Rose as the Titans entered humanity's territory for the first time in a hundred years.

## Prelude

Over two decades ago, the nation of Marley began to consider the necessity of claiming the immense amount of fossil fuels on Paradis Island where the majority of the remnants of the nation of Eldia lived within the three Walls: Maria, Rose, and Sina.

Over eighty years ago, King Karl Fritz had issued an ultimatum to the nation of Marley at the end of the Great Titan War: if Marley made any move of hostility against the Eldians of Paradis Island, the King would use the Founding Titan to release the countless Colossal Titans contained within the Walls. In order to claim Paradis Island without a direct act of war, the Marleyans chose to begin a Warrior program. In this program, low-class Eldian citizens within Marley would offer their children between the ages of 5 and 12 to the Marleyan military, where they would train until the top cadets would be chosen to inherit the seven Titans in Marleyan control, obtained during the Great Titan War.

Over a decade later, six of the seven Marley's Titans were inherited by their top Warriors: the Beast Titan to Zeke Jaeger, the Armored Titan to Reiner Braun, the Colossal Titan to Bertholdt Hoover, the Female Titan to Annie Leonhart, the Jaw Titan to Marcel Galliard, the Warhammer Titan to Evangelica Tybur, and the Cart Titan to Pieck Finger. Out of these Seven Warriors, five were chosen to be sent out from Marley to begin the attack on Paradis Island: Bertholdt, Reiner, Annie, Evangelica, and Marcel. Zeke and Pieck would remain behind in Marley to defend against local conflicts and other nations.

The four Warriors travel from the borderline of Paradis Island to the Walls, Reiner was nearly eaten by a Titan. Marcel sacrificed himself to save Reiner, who watched helplessly as their friend was consumed. As they continued on their mission, the Titan absorbed the power of the Jaw Titan and returned to its human form as Ymir, an Eldian girl who had been turned into a Titan around sixty years before. With her humanity regained, Ymir made her way to the Walls to live a new life.

Tensions arose between the Warriors following Marcel's death, and some considered returning the borderline in defeat. However, after some conflict between Evangelica Tybur & Reiner Braun and the other remaining warriors it was decided that they would continue their mission to retrieve the Founder lest their failure cost them their right to live upon their return to Marley. The three travel to Wall Maria's outer district, Shiganshina, where Bertholdt transforms and destroys the gate.

Meanwhile on Paradis, on the morning before the fall, Commander Keith Sadies returned to Shiganshina District from an expedition beyond Wall Maria with devastating losses. With the Scout Regiment's drastically reduced numbers, the people of the Walls were all the more susceptible to the Titans.

Elsewhere in Shiganshina, Grisha Jaeger made plans to travel to the interior on an appointment. Before leaving his home, he promised his son Eren Jaeger that upon his return, he would show him the secret he had kept secret in the basement of their home.