Wall Titans

*Karl Fritz used the power of the Founding Titan...to give birth to massive Titans. These were to act as both his shields and his spears*

Willy Tybur recounting the past

## Stats

### Name

Wall Titan

壁の巨人
*Kabe no Kyojin*

### Other spellings

Colossal Titan (超大型巨人 *Chō ōgata Kyojin*?)[1]
Phantom-like Titan (幻の巨人 *Maboroshi no Kyojin*?) (*Attack on Titan Guidebook*)

## Overview

The **Wall Titans** (壁の巨人 *Kabe no Kyojin*?)[4][5] are Abnormal Titans similar in appearance to the Colossal Titan, one of the Nine Titans. They possess the ability of crystallization and exist in the order of the millions within the three Walls.

In the year 743, King Karl Fritz used the power of the Founding Titan to create and command "tens of millions" of these Titans to create the three Walls and protect the last Eldian territory on Paradis Island. The lack of sunlight inside the Walls has rendered them immobile ever since, although King Fritz "threatened" to release them and use them to flatten the Earth should Paradis Island come under attack.

Their existence was discovered when the Female Titan tried to climb Wall Sina to escape from Eren Yeager and the Survey Corps.

## Appearance

These Titans are similar in appearance to the Colossal Titan in that both their surfaces are covered primarily in muscle tissue and lack skin (although the Colossal has exposed bone over the muscle tissue of its form). Their exact heights are unknown, but they are about the height of the Walls, which are 50 meters tall.

## Abilites

Each of the Wall Titans have the ability to produce a substance similar to the hardened skin of the Female Titan. This was used to mold the surface of the Walls with the Wall Titans acting as the central pillars.

## History

n the year 743, after King Karl Fritz abandoned the conflicts of Eldia causing the Great Titan War, he fled overseas with the main branch of the Fritz royal family and remnants of the Eldian populace to Paradis Island, Eldia's last remaining undisputed territory.[7] He used the power of the Founding Titan to create and order tens of millions of Wall Titans form the three concentric Walls to protect the Eldians.[8] The King sent a message to the people of Marley, demanding that the Eldians on Paradis Island must be left alone or else the Wall Titans would "flatten the entire Earth."[9]

Over 80 years later, Dina Fritz explained this story to the Eldian Restorationists.

## Story

### Assault on Stohess arc

During the battle between Eren and Annie Leonhart in the Stohess District, Annie attempts to escape by climbing the Wall but is stopped by Mikasa Ackerman. She damages part of the Wall, however, and a huge chunk is torn off, revealing the face of a mysterious Titan.[3]

### Clash of the Titans arc

The missing chunk of the Wall is immediately noticed by the scouts. The Titan within the Wall follows the scouts gazes, and Minister Nick calls for the immediate covering up of the Titan, as the sunlight eventually will enable its movement.[10] After Nick ignores Hange Zoë's questions about it, he is nearly thrown off the Wall by her, but still refuses to reveal any details he might know because of the Church of the Walls' forbidden nature to disclose secrets.

### The Uprsing arc

In the Reiss Chapel, Rod Reiss explains how the First King used the power of the Founding Titan to form the three Walls which surround humanity's territory, though the Wall Titans are not mentioned.

### Amber Eyes arc

After the  Survey Corps reach Grisha Yeager's basement,[12] they learn from his books the story of the formation of the Walls as it was told to the Eldian Restorationists by Dina Fritz.

### Raid on Manehatten arc

Reiner Braun recollects his past and remembers how he had infiltrated the Walls in order to take the Founding Titan and save the world by eliminating the threat of the Wall Titans.[13]

During the festival hosted by the Tybur family, Willy Tybur tells the Equestria of the truth about the Walls, the Great Titan War, and King Karl Fritz.  He reveals that due to the King's vow of pacifism preventing the Founding Titan from being used for war, the Wall Titans were never a true threat; however, due to coup d'état in recent years, the military of Paradis Island have overthrown the previous royal government and the King's ideology of peace.[16] Now that the Founding Titan belongs to Eren Yeager, who is seemingly capable of using its powers despite not being royal and without interference from King Fritz's will, Willy says that the Wall Titans may be the only things that can save Equestria from Grogar.[17] Eren himself considers this as well.

### War for Paradis arc

As the Royal Government discusses Zeke's requests which were brought to them by the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers, Eren reveals he is able to activate the powers of the Founding Titan by coming into contact with a royal-blooded Titan. He also states that this method can be used to awaken the Titans sleeping within the Walls without invoking the vow renouncing all war.[19]

After Kiyomi Azumabito arrives on the island, she divulges the rest of Zeke's strategy to save Equestria which involves unleashing some of the Titans inside the Walls to demonstrate its destructive power. The island would then need to keep that power in reserve for the next 50 years as Eldia and Equestria catches up to the rest of the world in technology.

Following Zeke's encounter with Eren, the latter is able to awaken the Titans lying dormant within Walls protecting Paradis after pleading with Ymir to lend him her powers.[21] The Titans subsequently begin to march under Eren's command to eradicate all life outside the island.  As they make their way towards the outside world, they inflict collateral damage in the areas formerly within the Walls, mindlessly demolishing buildings and killing civilians. Within a few days, the last of these Titans have left the cities of Paradis.[25]

By the time the combined force of the remaining Survey Corps and Warriors reach the harbor, the Titans are long gone from Paradis, their plumes of steam having receded over the horizon. Hange Zoë predicts that the Titans would be able to reach the coast of Marley and annihilate the cities closest to Paradis in the span of a few days. As half a day is required to service the flying boat, they decide to replot their course towards Odiha to buy some time.[26]

The Titans nearing the Marleyan coast eventually encounter a naval blockade: The Global Alliance Fleet. The battleships begin bombarding the horde, who are swimming just below the surface. Few shots land, and fewer still do lasting damage. The Titans easily bypass the blockade, and as they pass under the warships, they unleash bursts of heat, instantly boiling the seawater around them and scorching the ships' crew to death. A thick haze obscures the harbor, hiding the coast from the view of the artillerymen defending the land. As the smoke clears, the Wall Titans rise out from the water and the remains of the naval fleet. The land artillery begin their barrage, but to the soldiers' shock, it is ineffective as well. As the artillerymen desert their posts and retreat towards higher ground, they spot Eren's Founding Titan following the phalanx of Wall Titans.

As the Titans march, Eren recalls his mother's death, and the vow he made that day to keep pushing forward until he destroys every last one of his enemies. As he does so, the Wall Titans take their first steps on Marleyan soil, marking the beginning of the prophesied Rumbling.[27]

The Wall Titans make their way further inland, eventually reaching the seaside town infiltrated by the Survey Corps some months before. Encircling the town via the mountains surrounding it, the Titans annihilate the settlement with the civilians who were unable to escape. As they leave the cratered remnants of the town, a youthful incarnation of Eren reminisces on his childhood: confined by the Walls and inspired by the descriptions of the outside world from Armin Arlert's book; his thoughts compounded with the spectacle of the Titans' carnage. He then states he has reached freedom, and, turning around, asks Armin's opinion of it through the Paths.[28]

The Wall Titans continue their long march through the continent's interior, eventually nearing the port city of Odiha. As they lumber closer towards it, a lone soldier flies up to face them. The soldier is able to slay a few Titans, but succumbs to the intense heat of the Titans' bodies. The Titans proceed to crush Odiha underfoot.[29]

As the Rumbling continues, the Wall Titans reach Fort Salta. Far from being defenseless, the airbase sends out airships in response to the Titans' arrival.[30] The airships float high above the Titans, and as the base's commander addresses his men in the craft, the Attack Titan makes a sudden movement. Panicking, the commander orders the bombing to commence, to the protest of the airmen as they are too high to accurately drop their bombs. Consequently, the bombing does little to the advancing Wall Titans, and they continue marching as the Beast Titan manifests and shoots the airships down.

## Other Media

### The Science of Attack on Titan

In Rikao Yanagita's analysis of the *Attack on Titan* manga, an estimation of the amount of **Wall Titans** residing within the Walls is given. Using the dimensions given in *Attack on Titan: Before the Fall*, Rikao estimates that, if the Wall Titans are all approximately 45 meters in height with a proportional 13-meter shoulder width with all Titans lined up shoulder to shoulder, there are approximately 246,000 Wall Titans within Wall Maria and a total of 585,000 Titans within all three Walls combined.[23] This conflicts with information given much later in the manga in Chapter 86, in which King Fritz's ultimatum given to Marley states that he would unleash the "tens of millions of Titans that sleep inside the Walls" if war was declared against Eldia.[24] It is unknown whether the King's claim was accurate to the Wall Titans' numbers or was mere hyperbole.