History Characters / AttackOnTitanMarley

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Yelena was last seen on a lifeboat with Lady Kiyomi, and her whereabouts after the three-year TimeSkip are not mentioned.]]

* KilledOffScreen: [[In the anime, as they are last seen embracing each other as the Rumbling comes closer towards them.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: He attempted to have Grisha eaten and wanted to see him scream in agony. [[KickTheSonOfABitch He ends up being eaten instead.]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: Pushes Gross off a wall, into the hands of a Titan]]. Judging by his following line, Kruger's been wanting to do that for long time.

* BastardlySpeech: He puts on a grand performance, with a play telling the history of the world and makes an impassioned speech to the gathered dignitaries, military officials, and reporters. All as part of a larger plan to declare war on Paradis, and unite the world under Marley's authority.

* IdiotBall: The Marleyan military's high command completely ignores the input of the "Warriors" regarding the island of Paradis, even though they are their front-line troops and the backbone of their military might. This is, of course, because they cannot go beyond their ingrained racism towards Eldians. [[spoiler:This happens to be one of the reasons Willy Tybur and Magath conspire together to get rid of them]].

* LaserGuidedKarma: The Marleyan Government was so eager to eradicate the populace on Paradis and was gathering other nations for that purpose. Just over a month after officially declaring war on Paradis, the world faces its worst nightmare in the form of [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the Rumbling]].

* FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: She despises the Eldians that live on Paradis, calling them demons, because that is what Marley made her believe during the entirety of her life.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: He was unaware of [[spoiler:the tainted wine]] when asked by Grior to serve it to the high-ranking members of the Paradis military.

* MisplacedBlame: She taught her son and her niece that the Eldians of Paradise are solely responsible for the atrocities of the Eldian empire despite the fact that her ancestors were part of the empire too (likely to shift blame that Marley taught her to feel for herself). She also resents them for “abandoning” the other Eldians to suffer for “their” crimes in Marley (in reality it was solely King Fritz that made that decision and he set the walked people up to be exterminated someday anyways).

* MisplacedBlame: She taught her son and her neice that the Eldians of Paradise are solely responsible for the atrocities of the Eldian empire despite the fact that her ancestors were part of the empire too (likely to shift blame that Marley taught her to feel for herself). She also resents them for “abandoning” the other Eldians to suffer for “their” crimes in Marley (in reality it was solely King Fritz that made that decision and he set the walked people up to be exterminated someday anyways).

* BoomerangBigot: She's incredibly vocal in her hatred of the Eldians living behind the Walls, raising her son to want to exterminate them. She also deeply resents having been born an Eldian.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The Marleyan officer Gross fed her to his son's dogs for leaving her ghetto without permission.

** As the Scouts discover, even Marleyans who campaign for the interned Eldians to be granted equal rights still hate and fear the Paradisian Eldians, or "Island Devils."

* BlatantLies: [[spoiler: Before seeing her son off, Karina tells him how his father will be praying for his success and promising the family will be together. Reiner had ''already'' met his father by then, and knew she was lying... but doesn't say anything]].

** According to Reiners father, there is a rule that says if a Marleyan has an relation with an Eldian that results in a child the Marleyan will be killed along with their family. His reaction to Reiners Warrior status implies that even being an “honorary Marleyan” doesn’t exclude this, regardless of Kariana’s belief.

* {{Foil}}: To Reiners father. Both were blonde Marleyan men who worked as cooks and had a relationship of sorts with a Eldian woman. However, he and Sasha never entered a true romantic relationship, he genuinely loved her and got over his xenophobia because of it. Reiners father, despite atleast getting physical with Karina, never got over his xenophobia and didn’t care at all about her or Reiner.

* DisappearedDad: Literally only met his son ''once'', and made it clear he wants nothing to do with Eldian "devils".

* {{Foil}}: To Historia's mother, Alma. Both were involved in an illicit relationship that resulted in a child desperate to reconnect with them. But his position as a Marleyan citizen allowed him to abandon his child, and deny any relation to avoid punishment while Alma was a servant to the royal family and killed to remove any loose ends.
* FantasticRacism: Like most other Marlians he hates Elidians considering them spawn of the devil. Its unknown what events lead to him having an affair with one but its clearly something he greatly regrets and this is part of the reason he wants nothing to do with their son.

* {{Jerkass}}: A rather unpleasant person who had no remorse for abandoning his mistress and son. Even considering the circumstances, his behavior toward Reiner is rather callous.
* JerkassHasAPoint: It's implied that Karina had Reiner against his wishes, and he argues that she enlisted the boy into the Warrior Unit in order to spite him for leaving her, thus putting his real family in danger. Though what he did is not morally justifiable by any means, Karina is indeed enacting DisproportionateRetribution on him, this being the reason he attempts to sever all connections with Reiner by lashing at him.

** Given that he's just as racist towards Eldians as most other Marlyeans, it is unknown why he even entered a relationship with Karina in the first place.

** He also mentions that in addition to himself being executed "his family" will also be screwed. Was he just referring to his parents and other relatives or is he married with another (Marleyean) woman and they have children of their own?

* SinsOfTheFather: The Marleyeans justify their cruel and oppressive treatment of the Eldians in Libero by saying that they deserve it for the sins committed by their ancestors and the fact that they aren’t “directly” responsible doesn’t matter.

** According to Reiners father, there is a rule that says if a Marleyean has an relation with an Eldian that results in a child the Marleyean will be killed along with their family. His reaction to Reiners Warrior status implies that even being an “honorary Marleyean” doesn’t exclude this, regardless of Kariana’s belief.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Lord Tybur is absolutely ''adored'' by the international community, with the officials greeting him warmly and referring to him as the descendant of their "savior". While the Marleyan officials are tolerated and the Eldians treated with open contempt, Willy is the life of the party. [[spoiler: He exploits this status to the fullest by setting himself up to being assassinated during his announcement so that every nation in the world would unite together under Marleyan authority against Paradis Island]].

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: They've lived through this nightmare not once, but ''twice''. Their daughter was killed in a violent fashion for disobeying the law, and later they had to helplessly watch as their son and daughter-in-law were arrested for treason. [[spoiler:Given that Zeke and Eren are the holders of Titan powers, had Mr. and Mrs. Yeager not perished in the Rumbling, they would probably have outlived their two grandsons as well.]]

* FateWorseThanDeath: Instead of being Titanized, Grice is thrown from the bordering wall of Paradis in order to lure his Titanized comrades into the island towards The Walls.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: They've lived through this nightmare not once, but ''twice''. Their daughter was killed in a violent fashion for disobeying the law, and later they had to helplessly watch as their son and daughter-in-law were arrested for Treason. By virtue of their Titanization, their grand-kids Zeke and Eren are bound to die before them too.

* TheParanoiac: Aside from his hatred of Marlians, the other reason he wants nothing to do with Reiner and Katrina is because he is terrified of the Marley police executing him and his family for his affair. He is also convinced that Katrina wants revenge on him for leaving her and when he first meets Reiner he accuses him of being sent by his mother and becoming a Warrior in the first place just to torment him.
* ThatThingIsNotMyChild: Rejects Reiner completely, calling him a demon and slamming the door in his face. He also refers to Reiner as "her" (Katrina's) child.