Factions and organizations
Ancient Eldian Empire
An empire built on the power of Ymir Fritz, which dominated the continent for about 1,700 years.
End
After the Great Titan War, the 145th king withdrew to Paradis with part of his people and raised the Walls.
104th Training Corps
The class of cadets that graduated in 850, shortly before the attack on Trost. Almost all of the main characters come from it.
Top 10
1. Mikasa Ackerman · 2. Reiner Braun · 3. Bertolt Hoover · 4. Annie Leonhart · 5. Eren Yeager · 6. Jean Kirstein · 7. Marco Bott · 8. Connie Springer · 9. Sasha Braus · 10. Krista Lenz.
Instructor
Keith Shadis, former Commander of the Survey Corps, famous for his intimidation ritual ('Who the hell are you?').
Civilians / Others
Characters with no direct military affiliation.
Garrison
The largest branch of the military. It maintains and defends the walls and districts, operates the cannons and acts as the first response force when there is a breach. Its emblem is two roses.
Command
Commander-in-chief of the southern territory: Dot Pixis. Notable officers: Hannes (captain of a brigade in Shiganshina and later Trost), Rico Brzenska, Kitz Woermann.
Reputation
Before 845, many of its soldiers were known as 'wall builders' because of their idle life. The fall of Shiganshina radically changed that perception.
Hizuru / Azumabito Clan
Image: FandomA nation in the east and a former ally of the Fritz family. The Azumabito clan shares a bloodline with the Ackermans through Mikasa.
Interest
Kiyomi Azumabito seeks an alliance with Paradis, motivated in part by control of the island's combustible ice (ice burst stone) resources.
Marley
Image: FandomA nation on the continent that defeated the Eldian Empire about a hundred years ago and confines Eldians to internment zones. It uses seven of the Nine Titans as weapons.
Warriors
Eldian children made 'honorary Marleyans' and trained to inherit the Titans. The generation of 845: Marcel, Reiner, Bertolt, Annie, Porco, Pieck and Zeke as chief.
Warrior candidates
Falco Grice, Gabi Braun, Udo and Zofia.
Officers
Theo Magath (general), Calvi (high-ranking general), and in the past Commander Gross (head of public security).
Military Police
An elite branch in the king's service that keeps watch over the interior of Wall Sina. Only the top ten of each graduating class may join. Its emblem is a unicorn.
Command
Commander: Nile Dok. Notable members: Marlowe Freudenberg, Hitch Dreyse, Annie Leonhart.
Interior Police
Its secret wing, the Interior Police (with Kenny Ackerman's Anti-Personnel Control Squad), eliminated those who questioned the king's order: inventors, historians and sympathizers of the truth.
Eldian Restorationists
Image: FandomA clandestine group of Eldians in Marley seeking to restore the Eldian Empire and recover the Founding Titan.
History
Founded under the influence of the spy known as 'the Owl' (Eren Kruger). Grisha Yeager and Dina Fritz were key members. The group was betrayed by the couple's own son, Zeke, and its members were turned into Pure Titans on the island of Paradis.
Royal Family / House Reiss
Image: FandomThe bloodline that holds royal power within the Walls. The visible king is an impostor; the true power lies with the Reiss family.
Secret
The Reiss family descends from King Fritz and secretly inherits the Founding Titan. Under the influence of the 145th king's 'vow to renounce war', no heir of royal blood can use its power to rebel against that ideal.
Members
Rod Reiss (patriarch), Uri Reiss, Frieda Reiss, Historia Reiss (illegitimate daughter of Rod and Alma).
Survey Corps
The branch of the military of the Walls that ventures beyond them to explore, reclaim territory and uncover the truth about the Titans. Its emblem is the Wings of Freedom (blue and white).
Role
Expeditions beyond the walls, mapmaking, and the capture and study of Titans. It has the highest casualty rate in the military and is looked down upon by much of the population, who see it as a waste of taxes.
Commanders
Keith Shadis (12th) → Erwin Smith (13th) → Hange Zoë (14th).
Fate
After Hange's death during the Rumbling, Armin Arlert is appointed 15th Commander. After the war, the survivors serve as Paradis's ambassadors to the world.
Tybur Family
Image: FandomA noble Eldian family in Marley, regarded as 'heroes' for helping to overthrow the Empire. It guards the War Hammer Titan.
Role
Willy Tybur, head of the family, controls Marleyan politics from the shadows. In Liberio he declares war on Paradis.
Anti-Marleyan Volunteers
Image: FandomMarleyan soldiers and soldiers from other nations who deserted to support Zeke and Paradis.
Members
Yelena (leader), Onyankopon, and others who arrived in 851. They help modernize Paradis: railway, port and weapons.
Wall Cult
Image: FandomA religion that worships the walls as deities. Its head priest is Nick.
Secret
The priests knew that the walls contain Colossal Titans and kept that secret by royal order.
Yeagerists
Image: FandomA radical faction on Paradis that supports Eren Yeager and his plan, and seizes military control of the island.
Origin
They emerge from young soldiers discontented with the military leadership, led by Floch Forster and backed by Yelena. After the coup, they dominate Paradis and hunt down the 'traitors'.