

As far as I know, the Survey Corps (and other relevant Elderians) learned of
the Curse of Ymir (that a titan shifter only has 13 years to live and if not
eaten, will die to have his titan power born again with a random Elderian)
from the memories of Grisha Jäger, who in turn learned it from the Owl. The
Marleyian army seems to be aware of the course as well. Owl probably got his
information from the army or the Taybar family.

Now I wonder, is it guaranteed that this information is correct? From a
narrative POV I don't believe the author will just wave his hands and say "The
curse never really existed, sorry!", but from an POV from within the world, it
would make sense that this is misinformation, deliberately given by King Fritz
to protect Elderians outside Paradise (so they are not deliberately killed off
as long as they can be used).

**I want to know if there is hard proof that the curse is real? This can be
witnessing it in the main series or spinoffs** (I didn't really follow AoT -
After the Fall so much) **or in interviews with the creators.**

Something ominous, deliberately question-dodging like "Well, the characters
got told so." in the interviews would be interesting too. After all, the
characters got also told that titans are mankind's enemy, that you die if
eaten by a titan, that Paradise Elderians' are devils etc. Information given
in AoT through characters cannot be trusted, as we know after all these years
:D


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Is there hard proof for the Curse of Ymir?


I noticed that Grisha Jaeger did not suffer the rapid aging that other titan
shifters experience in their later years. There is one major variable however,
Grisha didn't use his powers nearly as much as the others, or suffer major
injuries very frequently. Aging is caused by the inevitable genetic screw-ups
that occur during cell division. The Matter and Energy may com from
Paths(whatever they may be). But instructions for building the titan titan
bodies and growing back limbs? That comes from the shifter.

Grisha Only used his titan form twice(Getting to the walls and supper with the
Reiss family), and he doesn't get major injuries like a soldier(You know, like
Eren Kruger) might experience. It would also explain why Grisha slacked off on
his mission for 12 years until he heard about some big-ass titan kicking a
hole in the wall.


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After the manga had ended, it can be concluded that the Curse of Ymir is
actually a lie, and no titanshifter actually died from the curse.


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