
With every evolution of the threat, the heroes of the story were forced to adjust their morals for the sake of their survival and the survival of their people. Finally, with the revelation that Paradis is a small part of a larger world, the enemy became every living person outside the island. Then, when the Scouts came under attack from Kenny Ackerman ( Phil Parsons), other humans became the enemy until the military staged a coup against the monarchy. At first, titans were the enemy that united humanity within the walls. It’s a turn for the character that reflects what Isayama has done with the world of Attack on Titan in the grand scheme. What made Eren such a compelling protagonist – his intensity, his bloodlust, and his devotion to his friends – also makes him a terrifying villain. In another thirteen years, before Ymir’s curse could claim Historia’s life, her children would eat her in order to pass on the power and maintain the threat of the Rumbling.Įren’s motivations for initiating the Rumbling have been somewhat murky until this finale. Since it would take about fifty years for Paradis to catch up with the rest of the world, after Zeke’s death his Beast Titan would need to be passed onto another Eldian with Royal blood – namely, Queen Historia ( Shiori Mikami). Because Eren is unable to use the Founding power on his own, Paradis would need to cooperate with someone from the Royal bloodline – namely their enemy, Zeke ( Takehito Koyasu). By announcing that the power of the Rumbling is within their hands, Paradis would buy time to catch up to the rest of the world technologically, thus rendering the need for the Rumbling unnecessary. Paradis would show the world a fraction of that power as a deterrent against invasion. The plan was ostensibly to use Eren’s Founding power to initiate a test of the “Rumbling”. Eren’s attack galvanizes hostile sentiments toward Paradis and damages the plans his friends had been making to get a foothold on the world stage.


The night that Eren attacked the Marleyan city of Liberio, Willy Tybur ( Jonah Scott) reveals the truth: that the king’s warning was an empty threat, that the Royal Family of Paradis was beholden to a vow renouncing war, and that an interloper had seized control of the Founding Titan’s power – making the Rumbling a reality.
