

The story of Attack on Titan says the Eldian Empire grew unstable due to
internal conflicts between the families with the power of the Titans, and
collapsed during the Great Titan War a century ago, and that Eldia lost 7 of
the 9 Titans to the nation of Marley.

How did the people of Marley steal 7 of the 9 original titans?


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How did the people of Marley steal 7 of the 9 original titans?


There is no official answer in the manga, but I can speculate that they pulled
a Riener and simply bit the nape of the Titan, taking their powers (and life).
They might have waited 13 years, or just killed them outright to separate the
powers. There could have been constant attacks and threats to the titan
shifters, so this also might explain the reason the Ackerman family came to
be. We know one thing though, King Riess said he was horrified at the
atrocities of his ancestors (or something along those lines). There was
probably a ton of backstabbing that, over time, enabled Marley to eventually
acquire seven out of the nine titans.


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Actually, it was 8 not 7. As simple as I can say when king fritz decided to go
and live on the paradise island. He only took the **founding** titan with him.
And the other 8 titans remained on the mainland.

> 7 of them in the hand of Marley and the other one (Warhammer titan) in the
> Tybur family.


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