EREN YEAGER
The Protagonist of Attack on Titan
"I'll destroy them! Every last one of those animals that's on this earth!"
ORIGINS & EARLY LIFE
835 Born in Shiganshina District to Grisha and Carla Yeager
844 Rescues Mikasa Ackerman at age 9
845 Wall Maria falls; witnesses mother's death
847 Joins the 104th Training Corps
"I'll kill them all! Every last one of those animals that's on this earth!"
Eren's childhood trauma shaped his fierce determination and uncompromising resolve.
TITAN POWERS
Eren possessed three of the Nine Titans
ATTACK TITAN
- Enhanced strength and endurance
- See memories of future inheritors
- High combat capability and regeneration
- Height: 15 meters
FOUNDING TITAN
- Control over other Titans
- Memory manipulation
- Titan creation
- Connection to the Paths
WAR HAMMER TITAN
- Creates hardened structures and weapons
- Remote control from distance
- Advanced hardening capabilities
- Superior structural manipulation
Ultimate Form
FOUNDING TITAN AWAKENING
CHARACTER EVOLUTION
EARLY EREN
845-850
- Driven by revenge for mother's death
- Black and white worldview
- Reckless determination
MIDDLE EREN
850-851
- Learning to control his Titan power
- Developing tactical awareness
- Confronting moral complexities
LATE EREN
854-855
- Manipulator with long-term vision
- Willing to sacrifice humanity
- Freedom at all costs
THE TRAGIC HERO'S JOURNEY
Eren's transformation from freedom-seeking hero to global destroyer represents a tragic inversion of the traditional hero's journey. His pursuit of freedom ultimately led him to become the very thing he once fought against: a force that takes away others' freedom.
"That day, humanity remembered the terror of being dominated by them... the humiliation of being kept in a cage."
KEY BATTLES & MOMENTS
Battle of Trost
First Titan transformation triggered by self-sacrifice to save Armin
First display of Attack Titan abilities to seal the breached wall
57th Expedition
First battle against Annie (Female Titan)
Learns of traitors within Survey Corps ranks
Clash of Titans
Battle vs Reiner & Bertolt
First unconscious use of Founding Titan power
Raid on Liberio
Surprise attack on Marley, collateral civilian casualties
Defeats War Hammer Titan & gains its power
The Rumbling
Unleashes Wall Titans to destroy 80% of humanity
Final confrontation with former friends & allies
"Fight, fight... if you win, you live. If you lose, you die. If you don't fight, you can't win."
ULTIMATE FATE & LEGACY
THE RUMBLING
Of humanity destroyed
Year of death
Legacy
"To save the island... to save Eldia... I would sacrifice my own life without hesitation. The problem is... I can't accept an end like that."
DEATH
- Beheaded by Mikasa at Fort Salta
- Final moments with Armin in Paths
- Buried beneath the tree of his first outside-world dream
His death ended the power of the Titans permanently, freeing all Eldians from the curse.
HIDDEN TRUTH
- Saw the future via Attack Titan memories
- Manipulated events for a specific outcome
- Wanted friends hailed as humanity’s saviors
Became the villain to unite humanity against a common enemy.
PHILOSOPHICAL LEGACY
In seeking freedom, Eren became enslaved to a future he foresaw via the Attack Titan.
His actions briefly broke the Eldian–Marleyan hatred, though conflict later resumed.
Knowing the future drove him to despair, showing foreknowledge as a curse.
From victim to oppressor, his story reflects the cycle of violence and vengeance.
"I don't know why, but... I wanted to do that... I had to do it."
— Eren's final confession about his motivations