“Shingeki no Kyojin“has many important characters that give meaning to its story, such as Eren himself, the protagonist of this story. However, there is another name that has even more relevance to the meaning of the franchise’s lore, and it is clearly that of ymir. Who was Ymir in “Shingeki no Kyojin? Well, the truth is that there are two relevant characters that are identified with this nameand today I plan to talk about it in detail.
Ymir Fritz, the origin of the titans of Shingeki no Kyojin
- Ymir Fritz was a human girl from whom the powers of the titans were born. Obviously, the well-known people of Ymir are from there.
- The history of Ymir Fritz is entirely marked by the pain and loss:
- As a girl it was captured by what would later be known as Eldiaa country at constant war and hungry for power.
- An Eldia, the prisoners have lost their language so that they do not speak.
- As if that weren’t enough, it was unfairly blamed for an act that cost her an eye.
- After that, began to be hunted like a wild animalwhich caused his “awakening”.
- Fleeing his pursuers, Ymir took refuge in a tree inhabited by a strange organism that clings to his backwho ended up generating the first titanic transformation in history.
- King Fritz of Eldia considered that the power acquired by Ymir could be an incredible tool for the country. So he made her his concubine and makes her the mother of three daughters: Rose, Maria and Sena.
- Eldia began conquering more territories with Ymir’s power, including Marley. However, Ymir ended up sacrificing himself to intercept an attack that aimed to destroy King Fritz..
- Even though Ymir could have survived as a Titan, decides to die as a human being (which gives rise to the creation of paths that unite the people of Ymir, and which would welcome the presence of their souls). This leads Fritz to ordering his daughters to eat their mother, inheriting and fragmenting the power of the Founding Titan into what would later become known as “The 9 Titans”.
His intervention during the activation of ‘El Retumbar’
- Ymir Fritz’s next big story consideration brings us to the final stage of Shingeki no Kyojin, with Eren and Zeke “fighting” to see who Ymir will eventually reveal the Founding Titan’s true power.
- When Eren and Zeke finally get in touch, they are both straight transported to the People’s Roads of Ymirand they find Ymir Fritz herself.
- Immediately, Zeke tries to convince her to activate the euthanasia plan. end the line of the Eldians and, above all, the People of Ymir.
- However, Eren manages to reach her, hug her and give her what no one had given her in her thousands of years of existence: the freedom to choose.
- So, faced with the scenario of continuing to be a slave to the royal family, Zeke’s direct lineage through his mother Dina, or being free and making his own decisions, Ymir opts for the latter option. In this way, he gives the powers of the Founding Titan to Eren and he starts The Rumble.
Ymir, ‘the friend of History’
- Indeed, Shingeki no Kyojin tiene a second character named Ymir which has nothing to do with Fritz.
- The only relationship between the two Ymirs is that it was named in honor of the first.
- Ymir’s story finds the origins in the streets of Marley, abandoned at a very young age. This is how a man who found him decided to name him precisely Ymir, which caused who ended up being worshiped by a cult (It seems they interpreted her as a reincarnation of the mythical figure of Ymir Fritz).
- However, the authorities in Ymir echoed all this and they ended up dooming her and her followers to wander Heaven transformed into titans for no reason. After decades of wandering, Ymir managed to devour one of the 9 titans (the jaw) in the possession of Marcel Galliardallowing him to start living as a human again, this time within the walls of Paradise.
- In Paradise, Ymir quickly showed an interest in history hear how in a church they spoke of her as a nuisance, a bastard of the royal family. Ymir was able to identify how, like her, Historia was someone hated for just existing.
- Historia and Ymir establish a very strong and lasting friendship some time later which leads us to see them still together in Shingeki no Kyojin. The truth is that Ymir ends up falling in love with Historia and he’s doing everything he can to get him in order as a member of the Scouting Corps and also so that he can live a good life away from hate.
- Eventually, during the Shiganshina assault, Ymir thinks he’s indebted to Reiner, Bertolt and others, because if she had not made expeditions from Marley to Paradis, she would never have been able to devour Marcel Galliard and, consequently, have a second chance in life. That’s why allowed to be captured as spoils of war and brought back to Marleypreventing Reiner and company from arriving empty-handed.
- In Marly, Ymir agrees to be eaten by Porco Galliard, Marcel’s little brother., which he devoured at the time. Before that, however, Ymir writes a letter to Historia revealing all the secrets from her past that she could never tell him.and forcing Reiner to send it to him.
And that’s the outline of what you need to know about the characters who get the name Ymir in “Shingeki no Kyojin.” Obviously Ymir Fritz is much more relevant than just Ymirbut even so, the latter ends up being decisive in the fate of characters such as the aforementioned Reiner or Bertolt.
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