Chapter 122: From You, 2,000 Years Ago

Two thousand years ago, Ymir was a slave serving King Fritz; blamed for releasing some pigs, she was hunted for sport and, hiding in a hollow beneath a tree, came into contact with a substance that turned her into the first Titan. Fritz used her to farm the land, build and wage war, and forced her to bear his daughters. After she died shielding him from an assassination attempt, Fritz made his daughters eat her body to perpetuate her power. In the present, Eren tells Ymir she is not a slave and can choose; she weeps and sides with him, and outside the paths the Walls crumble, releasing the Colossal Titans.