Chapter Summaries

After surviving the train explosion with Annie and Mr. Leonhardt, Yago found the dead Lieutenant Colonel Loa Russell and took his identity. He sent Annie and Mr. Leonhardt toward Paradis Island while he assumed Loa’s place and prepared to command Marley’s Eldian forces.

• A warning prompted Yago to drink the War Hammer Titan blood and shield himself, Annie, and Mr. Leonhardt from the explosion with Hardening.
• Yago and his companions walked through the wreckage and found the train’s passengers and Marleyan soldiers dead or badly injured.
• Yago discovered the dead Lieutenant Colonel Loa Russell and took his identification booklet and silver ring.
• Yago asked Annie to take Mr. Leonhardt to Paradis Island and deliver a message to Commander Erwin, then parted from them.
• Marleyan troops arrived, and Yago stepped out of a military vehicle posing as Lieutenant Colonel Loa, ordered to command the Third Regiment of the Eldian forces.

Yago infiltrated the Marleyan army under Loa’s identity and learned that the Eldia Third Regiment was infamous as a cursed, expendable unit. As he arrived at its camp, Selina and the Eldian Restorationists prepared to meet their new commander.

• Yago used the War Hammer Titan’s Hardening to alter his face and maintain his disguise as Loa while riding to the Eldia Third Regiment.
• A Marleyan driver told Yago that the regiment was called the Cursed Unit and that its five previous commanders had been killed in action.
• At Marleyan Command Headquarters, a general revealed that Loa’s transfer to the Eldian regiment followed orders tied to a political struggle against the old nobility.
• Yago felt sorrow for the Eldians who had repeatedly been sent to the front as cannon fodder and approached the regiment’s camp.
• An Eldian soldier reported the new commander’s arrival to Selina and the Restorationists, and Selina chose to go meet him.

Yago arrived at the Third Regiment as its new commander and met Captain Selina, while the Marley Warrior Unit prepared for a Middle Eastern counteroffensive. The chapter left the Warrior Candidates in Koslow’s care, with him planning to send them to a dangerous frontline unit.

• Yago introduced himself as Loa Rosé, met Selina, and asked her to show him to his commander's tent.
• Yago recognized Selina’s name from Jack’s final words and suspected a connection to the Eldia Restorationists, but chose not to get involved.
• Zeke and the Marley Warrior Unit gathered in their tent as Magath arrived with the Warrior Candidates.
• Magath ordered Zeke’s unit to help crush the Middle Easterners’ expected counteroffensive.
• Magath left the Warrior Candidates with Koslow, who secretly decided to send them to the most dangerous frontline unit to prove their loyalty to Marley.

Annie told Erwin that Yago had stayed in Marley to gather intelligence, while Paradis Island received foreign aid and prepared to welcome a ship carrying Eldia Restorationists. Elsewhere, Connie dragged Jean to help brush his mother's teeth, and Historia met Sasha and Ymir at Niccolo's restaurant.

• Annie told Erwin that Yago had remained in Marley because he considered it a rare chance to gather intelligence and warned that Zeke could not be fully trusted.
• Annie passed on Yago's message that people's hearts changed when the world humanity faced changed, and Erwin said he would report the situation to Parliament.
• Hange and Yelena waited at the port as Hizuru's specialists and machinery supported Paradis Island's development and the Marley Volunteers supplied a weapons production line.
• Yelena worried that the island's peaceful development and Eren's lack of interest in Zeke's plan were obstacles, then noticed a freighter carrying Eldia Restorationists and saw them as potential radicals.
• Connie dragged Jean to the Logistics Squad to brush his mother's teeth because Sasha had disappeared.
• Sasha ate with Historia and Ymir at Niccolo's restaurant while Coris watched Niccolo cook and recalled that he had once advised him not to join the military.

Selina’s Eldia Restorationists investigated Loa and decided to keep the seemingly harmless officer under watch while trying to recruit Eldian soldiers across the regiments. Yago uncovered their identity and prepared to leave with documents for Paradis, but a supply dispute erupted between Selina and the Third Regiment’s quartermaster.

• Selina reviewed intelligence on Lieutenant Colonel Loa Russell and learned he was a minor Marleyan noble with few surviving relatives.
• After an observer reported Loa had spent his days quietly reading documents, Selina decided not to kill him and instead to use him as a controllable shield.
• Selina’s subordinates reported mixed recruitment results across the regiments, and she worried that their numbers were far too small to challenge Marley.
• Yago listened outside Selina’s tent, confirmed that the group were Eldia Restorationists, and returned to his tent to pack the military documents he had gathered for Paradis.
• An Eldian soldier summoned Yago after Selina came to blows with the quartermaster, whose trucks carried supplies that the Third Regiment had barely received.

Selina confronted Bagg over the Third Regiment’s stolen supplies and risked taking a beating to secure what remained. Yago intervened, defeated Bagg’s men, and beat the quartermaster until he begged for mercy.

• Selina accused Bagg of withholding the Third Regiment’s supplies, and Bagg challenged her to endure a beating in exchange for the trucks’ cargo.
• Selina accepted because her soldiers desperately needed food, ammunition, and medicine, despite her subordinates’ protests.
• A Marleyan soldier swung at Selina, but Yago stopped his hand and sent him to the ground.
• Yago knocked down Bagg’s soldiers and confronted the quartermaster.
• Yago repeatedly slapped Bagg until Bagg fell to his knees and pleaded for him to stop.

Yago forced Bagg to hand over his supplies after stopping his shot, winning the Third Regiment's gratitude. As Yago prepared to leave, new military orders directed Marley's Warrior Candidates to join the regiment at the front.

• Bagg drew a pistol and fired at Yago, but Yago caught the muzzle between his fingers and crushed it.
• Yago threatened Bagg with a military tribunal, then demanded the supplies from his trucks in exchange for letting him go.
• Bagg surrendered the supplies and promised to provide the same amount regularly, while the Third Regiment's soldiers cheered.
• Selina approached Yago to thank him, but he startled her by calling her name before telling her to keep doing her best.
• Yago prepared to leave the camp, then received orders transferring Marley's Warrior Candidates to the Eldia Third Regiment at the front.

Gabi traveled with the Warrior Candidates to the front lines, still shaken by the Marleyan who had nearly killed her. As Aili accompanied the children to their destination, Yago decided to remain at the Eldia Third Regiment's camp, where the candidates' arrival could bring the Marley Warrior Unit and the Titans he wanted within reach.

• Falco worried about Gabi's silence, and Zofia suggested it stemmed from the Marleyan who had nearly strangled her.
• Colt brought snacks to the candidates, and Falco offered Gabi her favorite apple pie, prompting her to smile.
• The sleepy Aili woke, ate far more than the others expected, and soon fell asleep again.
• Carlos announced that the train would soon reach its destination.
• Yago chose to stay at the Eldia Third Regiment's camp because the candidates' arrival might bring the Marley Warrior Unit and Ebson's Intelligent Titans there.

Colonel Koslow arrived at the Eldian Third Regiment with the Warrior Candidates, while Yago prepared to meet them. In the desert, Ebson’s experiment produced several Artificial Titans, and one attacked him as he ordered Bill to intervene.

• Colonel Koslow arrived at the Eldian Third Regiment with elite guards and ordered the Warrior Candidates to line up.
• Aili stumbled while getting out of the vehicle, and Koslow disapproved of her clumsiness.
• Selina and Yago received word of the candidates’ arrival, and Yago set out to meet them.
• In the desert, Bill asked Ebson whether his plan was going smoothly as three bound figures began to transform.
• Golden lightning and steam filled the sky, and several enormous Artificial Titans emerged from the experiment.
• One creature dove toward Ebson, who ordered Bill to teach it a lesson.

Ebson forced a vengeful young man and two others to submit, then prepared to use a bottle labeled “Y.N.” At a camp, Yago met Colonel Koslow and the Warrior Candidates, whose memories and fear of him drew his attention to Gabi and Aili.

• Bill defeated a brown-haired Titan shifter and brought him before Ebson, who taunted him about his family’s execution and offered him a chance to avenge himself on Marley if he submitted.
• The young man agreed to submit, and the other two people present followed; Ebson took out a bottle labeled “Y.N.” and reminisced about Norman.
• Yago sensed something wrong as he approached the camp, while Falco and Gabi recognized him as the man who had frightened Gabi before.
• Yago greeted Colonel Koslow and examined the Warrior Candidates, identifying Gabi, Falco, Zofia, Udo, and Colt.
• Yago asked about Aili, and Koslow explained that she was the Sea-Swimming Titan Warrior; Yago recalled seeing a white shape beneath the sea.

Yago met the Warrior Candidates at the Eldia Third Regiment camp, while Selina’s Restorationists learned that Pulei and several comrades had died after Fusi betrayed them. That night, Yago and Annie thought of each other beneath the same stars.

• Koslow introduced Yago to the Warrior Candidates, and Gabi ran into the camp after hearing his unsettling welcome.
• Selina rejected the idea of recruiting the brainwashed candidates and ordered the Restorationists to watch them without drawing attention.
• A soldier told Selina that Fusi had betrayed Pulei and that Pulei and several others had killed themselves to protect the group; Selina collapsed and withdrew to her tent.
• Yago approached Aili Ambas, the Sea-Swimming Titan Warrior, and found her timidly eager to please him.
• Yago thought of Annie under the stars, and Annie, walking with her father on Paradis Island, looked up and wished him well.

Yago worried about the threat posed by artificial Titans and decided to observe the Warrior Candidates at the Third Regiment before acting. After learning that the Eldia Restorationists had suffered devastating losses, he saw an opportunity to bring them under his control and redirect their cause toward revitalizing Paradis Island.

• Yago considered the danger of Ebson creating more intelligent Titans and resolved to watch the Warrior Candidates before deciding whether they threatened Paradis Island.
• Yago heard Selina crying on the Back Mountain and learned that Jack and many Eldia Restorationists had died during a rescue attempt in Marley.
• Selina worried that the surviving Restorationists and the rescued families might not be accepted on Paradis Island.
• Yago saw a chance to persuade the younger Restorationists to abandon restoring the Eldia Empire and support Paradis Island instead.
• Yago approached Selina, telling himself that persuading the Restorationists to join his cause would help Eldians and Paradis Island.

Yago confronted Selina about the Eldia Restorationists, and she attacked him to protect the group’s secret. After overpowering her, he revealed his Titan healing and removed his disguise, identifying himself as Yago Norman, an Eldian from Paradis Island; Selina was left stunned.

• Selina shot at Yago after he said the Eldia Restorationists’ future was bleak, but he dodged the bullet and was wounded in the shoulder.
• Yago stopped Selina from firing again, but she drew a dagger and attacked him, determined to kill him to protect the Restorationists.
• Selina stabbed Yago in the palm, and he subdued her with a chokehold before asking why she would risk her life for the group.
• Yago healed his palm with Titan Power, and Selina accused him of being a Marleyan Warrior.
• Yago removed his disguise and told Selina that he was Yago Norman, an Eldian Titan from Paradis Island, leaving her unable to process the revelation.

Yago persuaded Selina to unite the Eldia Restorationists with the Eldians on Paradis Island and revealed his plan to free their people. Selina pledged the Restorationists to his command, renamed them the Eldia Revival Army, and promised to bring its core members to meet him.

• Selina apologized to Yago after learning he had saved Eldia Restorationists and their families.
• Yago told Selina that Jack had asked him to save the families and children, then urged her to unite with the Eldians on Paradis Island.
• Selina questioned whether the island Eldians wanted unity, and Yago admitted the idea was his while insisting it was their best chance.
• Selina pledged the Eldia Restorationists to Yago and asked him to give them a new name.
• Yago named them the Eldia Revival Army, revealed that he possessed the Fate Titan, and Selina promised to gather its core members.

Selina announced the Eldia Revival Army’s goal of uniting Eldians and reviving their nation, while Yago continued his undercover duties in the Marley military. When Colonel Koslow revealed that war had begun and the troops were moving to attack a Middle Eastern fortress, Yago decided to secure more supplies and medicine for the Eldian soldiers.

• Selina told the Eldia Restorationists’ core members that they would become the Eldia Revival Army and work to unite Eldians and revive their nation under a hidden spiritual leader.
• Yago visited the training grounds, tried shooting a rifle, and missed four of his five shots.
• Yago entered the Warrior Candidates’ training grounds and pressured Gabi into joining the others in greeting him as Officer Loa.
• Colonel Koslow told Yago that war had begun and that Marley’s forces were ordered to attack the Middle Easterners’ fortress.
• Yago decided to obtain more supplies and medicine for the Eldian troops, many of whom belonged to the Eldia Revival Army.

Yago pressured Bagg into handing over a large haul of quartermaster supplies for the Third Regiment. Meanwhile, Levi warned Erwin that Eldia Restorationist ideas and information about the outside world were spreading among Survey Corps soldiers, and Erwin left to investigate.

• Yago arrived at the quartermaster's camp and demanded fifty crates each of several supplies from Bagg.
• Bagg reluctantly let Yago load the supplies into more than a dozen vehicles and watched them leave for the Third Regiment.
• Levi told Erwin that Eldia Restorationist talk and rumors about the outside world were radicalizing Survey Corps soldiers and reaching the public.
• Erwin put on his Survey Corps uniform and cloak, declared he would investigate, and left with Levi.

Floch refused Daz’s attempt to recruit him into an anti-outsider organization, while Yelena pushed the Marley Volunteers’ propaganda campaign to advance the Eldia Euthanasia Plan. The chapter ended with Zeke overseeing the Titans’ assault on a Middle Eastern fortress.

• Daz asked Floch to join an organization spreading hostility toward humanity beyond Paradis, but Floch refused and said he wanted to focus on killing Titans.
• Yelena told Onyankopon that provoking tensions and publicizing Eldians’ oppression in Marley were necessary to ensure the Eldia Euthanasia Plan succeeded.
• Yelena monitored events on Paradis and expressed confidence that Zeke’s leadership would bring the Volunteers success.
• The Red Fire Titan burned much of a Middle Eastern fortress while the Beast Titan hurled rocks into it, and Zeke watched the attack from the Beast Titan’s nape.

Sasha impressed Coris with her sniper skills while Marleyan prisoners faced suspicion among the Scouts. After Yago brought a huge cache of supplies to the Eldia Third Regiment, Selina asked why the Eldians still had to fight for Marley, and Yago weighed the dangers of leaving the war against Marley’s eventual losses.

• Sasha hit the same target spot with all six shots, and Coris praised her as a gifted sniper.
• Coris continued teaching the Eldian soldiers to use rifles and training future naval personnel, despite gossip and hostility toward Marleyans.
• Yago returned to the Eldia Third Regiment with truckloads of weapons, ammunition, food, and medical supplies.
• Selina asked Yago why the Eldians still had to fight for Marley and whether they were trying to recruit for the Revival Army.
• Yago reasoned that the Revival Army could not safely disappear from Marley’s view and that fighting as a Marleyan Eldian unit bought them time.
• Yago recalled that the war would devastate both sides, leaving Marley too weakened to dominate the world after its eventual victory.

Zeke dreamed that the Eldia Euthanasia Plan would be rejected by Eldians, Eren, and Yago Norman, leaving him shaken by doubts about the plan. After waking and accidentally punching Porco, Zeke questioned whether Eren and Yago would truly cooperate with him.

• Zeke dreamed that Ksaver urged him to carry out the euthanasia plan, while anguished Eldians and unborn children accused him of taking away their right to live.
• Zeke begged Eren to understand his plan, but Eren rejected euthanasia and proposed trampling the world instead.
• Yago Norman mocked Zeke's plan as a naive fantasy, and Zeke attacked him in the dream.
• Zeke woke after punching Porco, who had come to summon him to the command room.
• Zeke realized the plan might face uncertainty, questioned whether Eren would cooperate, and grew deeply suspicious of Yago Norman.

The Eldia Forces charged Grayle Fortress and were nearly annihilated by the Middle Easterners’ artillery and machine guns while Marley’s soldiers forced them forward. Yago watched the slaughter with the Warrior Candidates and resolved to find another way to protect the Eldia Revival Army, or consider rebelling against Marley.

• Aliti and Abrit discussed Grayle Fortress’s defenses before a stray bullet killed Abrit as Eldian soldiers began charging toward the fortress.
• The Middle Easterners opened fire with heavy machine guns and artillery, devastating the Eldian Forces while Marley’s troops aimed their rifles at the Eldians to prevent their retreat.
• Yago, Selina, and the Warrior Candidates watched the battle from a trench, where the children were frightened by the shelling and Gabi noticed Colonel Koslow was absent.
• Yago recalled that Koslow had been wounded by shrapnel and had left Yago in temporary command of the Warrior Candidates.
• After the battle, fewer than fifty Eldian soldiers returned unscathed, and Yago vowed not to waste the Eldia Revival Army and considered rebellion against Marley as a last resort.