Paradis Island Operation

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Paradis Island Operation
Name	Paradis Island Operation パラディ島作戦 Paradi-jima Sakusen
Other names	Plan to regain the Founder (始祖奪還計画 Shiso dakkan keikaku?)
Information
Year	845 - 850
Participants	Marley Zeke Yeager Eldia
Outcome	Colossus and Female Titans lost, Jaw Titan also lost but later regained, the discovery of the Founding Titan within Eren Yeager, significant weakening of Marley's military power, significant loss of Eldian life, instigation of war between Marley and the Mid-East Allied Forces
Debut
Manga	The Other Side of the Ocean

	We have one goal, right? Regain the Coordinate here, and put a stop to this cursed history.
— Zeke Yeager reminds his Warriors of their mission

The Paradis Island Operation (パラディ島作戦 Paradi-jima Sakusen^?), also known as the plan to regain the Founder (始祖奪還計画 Shiso dakkan keikaku^?), was a long-term strategy undertaken by Marley to take the Founding Titan from the royal family of Paradis using the power of the Titans.

Prelude

During the 830s, the nation of Marley had become aware of the diminishing power of the seven Titans obtained during the Great Titan War. In order to meet the coming need for technological progress, the authorities of Marley turned their attention to the island of Paradis and the plentiful fossil fuels it possessed. However, the island was also home to the remnants of the former empire of Eldia, ruled by the Fritz family which possessed the Founding Titan, the greatest of all Titans.

At the closing of the Great Titan War, King Karl Fritz had made the ultimatum that if Marley made any move against the remnants of Eldia, the Founding Titan would be used to unleash the countless Colossus Titans which made up the three Walls surrounding Eldia's last territory. In order to avoid the ultimatum and a direct act of war, the military of Marley chose to begin a Warrior program in which low-class Eldian citizens within Marley would offer their children between the ages of 5 and 7 to the Marleyan military, where they would train until seven would be chosen to inherit the seven Titans in Marleyan possession.

Some time later, several Eldians were chosen to inherit six of the seven Titans of Marley, the seventh remaining in the possession of the Tybur family. These six Warriors were Zeke Yeager, Bertolt Hoover, Reiner Braun, Annie Leonhart, Marcel Galliard, and Pieck. Out of the six, Zeke was chosen to become the Warchief of the Warriors. Annie, in particular, faced grueling combat training in her early childhood in preparation for the program, supervised by her father. However, before she departed on her mission, her father gave her his heartfelt apologies, assuring her that even if the world came to hate her, she would still have her father by her side. All that he asked of her is that she would promise to return home.

The Operation

The Fall of Wall Maria

Main article: Fall of Wall Maria

The Warriors arrived on Paradis

In the year 845, Marley sent four of their Warriors to the Walls with the mission of wiping out its inhabitants, taking the Founding Titan from the royal family, and putting an end to the cursed history of the people of the Walls. The four sent were Bertolt Hoover, the Colossus Titan who would destroy the outer gate of Shiganshina District; Reiner Braun, the Armored Titan who would destroy the inner gate; Annie Leonhart, the Female Titan who called forth the Titans to invade Wall Maria and the Warriors' transportation; and Marcel Galliard, the Jaw Titan who would also be transporting them to the wall.

At some point before the breach, the Warriors came across a Titan who nearly caught and consumed Reiner. However, before he was caught, Marcel shoved him aside and was caught by the Titan in his place. Unable to save their friend, the Warriors fled the scene as Marcel's power passed into the Titan. After the Warriors had left, the Titan's human form, a girl named Ymir, awoke for the first time in around sixty years with the power of the Jaw Titan. As Marcel is lost, Annie and Bertolt decided to cancel the operation, but Reiner prevented them from stopping the operation and claimed that it would result in their deaths, and took on the role of the leader after a scuffle. As the Jaw Titan was lost, the Female Titan had to do all the transportation, pushing Annie to her limit until just before they reached the wall, at which point she switched transportation duties with the Armored Titan.

The Colossus Titan appeared outside Shiganshina

Upon arriving at Shiganshina, the southernmost district of the Walls, while Annie fell unconscious, Bertolt Hoover transformed into the Colossus Titan and broke through the south gate in a single kick. The Titans soon began to enter into the city in large numbers, feasting on the citizens and soldiers within. The Armored Titan carried everyone across the top of the wall and sneaked to the inner gate as the Eldians scrambled to evacuate the civilians. He then approached the northern gate, charging through and fully breaching Wall Maria. Reiner and Bertolt carried Annie and then infiltrated the refugees as humans, blending in with the native inhabitants of the Walls. Annie later woke up in a refugee camp inside Wall Rose.

Two years after their successful attack on Wall Maria, in the year 847, the Warriors enter the 104th Training Corps in the hopes to achieve the highest ranks possible and entering into the Military Police Brigade, giving them easy access to the interior, and by extent the royal family, the holders of the Founding Titan.

During the training period, the three often discuss over their progress and their plan, with Annie continually survey for information. At the graduation, all of them succeeded in earning ranks within the top ten of their Training Corps, probably due to their Warrior training they have had before.

The Battle of Trost District

Main article: Battle of Trost District

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Bertolt disappeared under the cover of his Titan's steam

After receiving their desired ranks in the 104th Training Corps, the Warriors proceeded with their mission on the day before their scheduled graduation. In the year 850, Bertolt Hoover transformed once again into the Colossus Titan outside of the southern gate of Trost District, successfully breaching Wall Rose. Eren Yeager attempted to destroy the Colossus Titan, but Bertolt managed to escape successfully, using vertical maneuvering equipment to flee the scene under the cover of his Titan's steam.

Before having Reiner transform into the Armored Titan to breach the north gate, the Warriors decided to wait until more Titans gathered. However, they brought their mission to a halt upon discovering a Titan openly fighting other Titans. Suspecting this Titan to be a human with the power of the Titans, Bertolt, Reiner, and Annie followed their fellow trainees' plan to use the Titan against the other Titans while they gather the resources necessary to leave the district. When the Titan was found again afterwards and collapses from exhaustion, the trainees discovered it to be Eren Yeager, having miraculously survived being swallowed by a Titan due to his newfound powers. With this unexpected turn of events, the Warriors began to suspect that Eren might have somehow inherited the Founding Titan, a possibility which would greatly simplify their mission. They halted their plans, and the inner gate of Trost District was never attacked by Reiner throughout the remainder of the battle.

Capturing Eren Yeager

Main article: 57th Expedition Outside the Walls

Main article: Wall Rose invasion

Annie found Armin while looking for Eren

When the time came for their graduation, Bertolt and Reiner figured that Eren more than likely was in possession of the Founding Titan. Thus, the two changed their plans and joined Eren's chosen military branch, the Survey Corps; Annie proceeded with the original plan and joined the Military Police Brigade in the Interior. However, when the Survey Corps embarked on the 57th expedition beyond the Walls, Annie invaded the expedition as the Female Titan in order to locate and capture Eren.

With Reiner's help, she nearly succeeded and managed to wipe out the Special Operations Squad, but she was foiled by Mikasa Ackerman and Captain Levi. Because she spared Armin Arlert in the attack on the expedition, the Survey Corps was able to figure out she was the Female Titan. A few days after the expedition, Annie battled with Eren in Stohess District and was ultimately caught by the Survey Corps. However, she used her specialized hardening abilities to conceal herself in an ultrahard layer of crystallized skin, preventing interrogation. Annie's comatose body was kept in the custody of the Survey Corps, signalling the loss of the Female Titan.

Zeke set Titans loose in Wall Rose

On the same day as the battle within Stohess District, a new Warrior arrived within the Walls. Warchief Zeke Yeager, an experienced and powerful Warrior of Marley, invaded Wall Rose. He turned the people of Ragako village into mindless Titans, perhaps in order to test humanity's strength, before leaving Wall Rose later that night. During the ensuing efforts of the Survey Corps and Garrison to deal with the event, the Survey Corps received family records from the chaos of five years ago and began to suspect that Reiner and Bertolt were in league with Annie.

A day after the beginning of the Ragako event, Reiner revealed himself and Bertolt to be the Armored and Colossus Titans respectively. Throwing all secrecy away, Reiner and Bertolt battled with the Survey Corps and captured Eren and Ymir, who they learned earlier was the Titan who ate Marcel. Over five hours later, a combined effort of all three military forces embarked on a rescue operation, and Eren was retrieved. In this battle, Eren seemingly unleashed the power of the Founding Titan upon Reiner and Bertolt, confirming their worst fears. The Warriors fled with Ymir to Shiganshina District to recover and sent Ymir back to Marley, where her Jaw Titan's power was passed on to Porco Galliard, allowing Marley to regain one of its Titans.

The Battle of Shiganshina District

Main article: Battle of Shiganshina District

The Armored Titan's second match against the Attack Titan

Two months after their arrival at Shiganshina, Zeke reunited with his Warriors. They expressed their desire to save Annie from the Survey Corps, but Zeke prioritized the retrieval of the Coordinate. They lay in wait in Shiganshina for the Survey Corps to arrive in search of Eren's basement, which was believed to hold secrets of the Titans. When the Survey Corps arrived, a battle ensued between the soldiers and Zeke's Warriors. The Corps, numbering over two hundred at the start of the battle, lost nearly all of its soldiers in the attack, though they succeeded in defeating Reiner and Bertolt.

In the waning moments of the conflict, Pieck rescued Zeke from Levi, but left Bertolt behind since Zeke was not prepared to face Levi so quickly again. Shortly after they abandoned Bertolt, she managed to rescue Reiner from Hange Zoë and Jean Kirstein. Shortly thereafter, Bertolt was eaten alive by a revived Armin Arlert after being administered the Titan injection, signaling Marley's loss of the Colossus Titan.

Aftermath

After their loss at the battle of Shiganshina District, the Warriors returned to Marley in defeat, having lost the Colossus and Female Titans to the Eldians of Paradis. These losses signaled a significant decline in the military influence of Marley, a weakness that did not go unnoticed by its neighboring countries. After receiving the news of Marley's losses, the Mid-East Allied Forces took the opportunity and declared war on Marley.

Participants

1. Eren Yeager/Attack Titan
2. Mikasa Ackerman
3. Armin Arlert
4. Bertolt Hoover/Colossus Titan
5. Erwin Smith
6. Keith Shadis
7. Hannes
8. Hugo
9. Ms. Braun
10. Carla Yeager
11. Grisha Yeager/Attack Titan
12. Dina Yeager
13. Reiner Braun/Armored Titan
14. Annie Leonhart/Female Titan
15. Jean Kirstein
16. Marco Bott
17. Connie Springer
18. Sasha Blouse
19. Historia Reiss
20. Trainee envious of Jean
21. Mina Carolina
22. Samuel Linke-Jackson
23. Thomas Wagner
24. Franz Kefka
25. Hannah Diamant
26. Ian Dietrich
27. Mylius Zeramuski
28. Nac Tias
29. Jumping Titan
30. Bigmouth Titan
31. Peering Titan
32. Bearded Titan
33. Ymir/Jaw Titan
34. Dimo Reeves
35. Male trainee in castle headquarters
36. Female trainee in castle headquarters
37. Tom
38. Male trainee who helps Tom
39. Female trainee who helps Tom
40. Supply soldier A hidden under a desk
41. Supply soldier B hidden under a desk
42. Hange Zoë
43. Mike Zacharias
44. Levi Ackerman
45. Long-haired SC soldier
46. Petra Ral
47. Devoured soldier
48. Kitz Weilman
49. Rico Brzenska
50. Phil
51. Daz
52. Dot Pixis
53. Anka Rheinberger
54. Gustav
55. Garrison ranking officer B
56. Anxious female trainee
57. Garrison soldier
58. Mitabi Jarnach
59. Combat medic
60. Ruth D. Kline
61. Sonny
62. Bean
63. Nile Dok
64. Waltz
65. Nick
66. Oluo Bozado
67. Gunther Schultz
68. Eld Jinn
69. Moblit Berner
70. Darius Baer Walbrunn
71. Sasha's team leader
72. Dieter Ness
73. Luke Siss
74. Man from the right flank scouting squad
75. Communications soldier
76. Squad Darius SC soldier A
77. Squad Darius SC soldier B
78. Squad Darius SC soldier C
79. SC soldier A who intercepts the Female Titan
80. SC soldier B who intercepts the Female Titan
81. Third column SC transport soldier
82. First column, thirteenth: enemy scout A
83. First column, thirteenth: enemy scout B
84. First column, fifth: enemy scout A
85. First column, fifth: enemy scout B
86. Last man from the Female Titan pursuit team reinforcements
87. Female Titan capture squad soldier A
88. Female Titan capture squad soldier B
89. Nanaba
90. Keiji
91. Abel
92. Wounded carriage soldier
93. Hitch Dreyse
94. Marlowe Freudenberg
95. Boris Feulner
96. Marlowe's colleague
97. Female believer in the Church of the Walls
98. Lauda
99. Rashad
100. Stohess District Mayor
101. Church of the Walls official
102. Thomas
103. Gluttonous Titan
104. Gelgar
105. Squad Mike soldier A
106. Squad Mike soldier B
107. Henning
108. Zeke Yeager/Beast Titan
109. Messenger soldier
110. Mr. Blouse
111. Unnamed village girl
112. Lynne
113. Ms. Springer
114. Mr. Springer
115. Sunny Springer
116. Martin Springer
117. Marcel Galliard/Jaw Titan
118. Nifa
119. SC soldier A
120. Reinforcement MP C
121. Reinforcement MP A
122. Reinforcement MP B
123. Regent SC soldier
124. Rod Reiss
125. Kenny Ackerman
126. Frieda Reiss/Founding Titan
127. Trost District citizen
128. SC soldier B
129. Military official
130. Portly Royal Government minister
131. Fritz
132. Company official
133. Flegel Reeves
134. Roy
135. Peaure
136. Dirk
137. Abel Reiss
138. Urklyn Reiss
139. Lady Reiss
140. Florian Reiss
141. Dirk Reiss
142. SC soldier C
143. Decoy SC soldier
144. Floch
145. Sandra
146. Gordon
147. Marlene
148. Klaus
149. Black-haired soldier
150. SC soldier who finds an empty space
151. Pieck/Cart Titan
152. Thunder Spear soldier A
153. Thunder Spear soldier B
154. SC soldier D
155. Theo Magath

Deaths

1. Marcel Galliard
2. Carla Yeager
3. Frieda Reiss
4. Dirk Reiss
5. Abel Reiss
6. Florian Reiss
7. Lady Reiss
8. Urklyn Reiss
9. Samuel Linke-Jackson
10. Thomas Wagner
11. Mylius Zeramuski
12. Nac Tias
13. Mina Carolina
14. Devoured soldier
15. Bearded Titan
16. Bigmouth Titan
17. Franz Kefka
18. Hannah Diamant
19. Male trainee in castle headquarters
20. Tom
21. Male trainee who helps Tom
22. Female trainee who helps Tom
23. Long-haired SC soldier
24. Peering Titan
25. Jumping Titan
26. Marco Bott
27. Mitabi Jarnach
28. Ian Dietrich
29. Ruth D. Kline
30. Sonny
31. Bean
32. Luke Siss
33. Dieter Ness
34. Man from the right flank scouting squad
35. Squad Darius SC soldier A
36. Squad Darius SC soldier B
37. Squad Darius SC soldier C
38. Darius Baer Walbrunn
39. Last man from the Female Titan pursuit team reinforcements
40. Gunther Schultz
41. Eld Jinn
42. Petra Ral
43. Oluo Bozado
44. Female believer in the Church of the Walls
45. Mike Zacharias
46. Lynne
47. Henning
48. Gelgar
49. Nanaba
50. Martin Springer
51. Sunny Springer
52. Mr. Springer
53. Gluttonous Titan
54. Reinforcement MP C
55. Hannes
56. Dina Yeager
57. SC soldier who finds an empty space
58. Thunder Spear soldier B
59. Thunder Spear soldier A
60. Black-haired soldier
61. Moblit Berner
62. Klaus
63. Marlene
64. Dirk
65. Marlowe Freudenberg
66. Sandra
67. Gordon
68. SC soldier D
69. Erwin Smith
70. Bertolt Hoover