Attack on Titan · Story arc
War for Paradis
Paradis splits apart: Eren is imprisoned, the Yeagerists seize the army, Zeke betrays Levi. Marley attacks Shiganshina with its airships; Gabi shoots Eren, and his head touches Zeke's hand.
In the Paths Zeke wants Eren to help him sterilise every Eldian; Eren tricks him, walks through Grisha's memories with him and reveals he always wanted the opposite. He frees Ymir from her king, and the Rumbling begins. Meanwhile Levi barely survives the blast of the Thunder Spear strapped to Zeke.
- Position
- Arc 13 of 14
- Saga
- The Final Season
- Period
- Year 854
- Canon status
- Canon
- Manga
- 107-122
- Anime
- ep. 69-~81
Arc events(10)
- Tom Ksaver and ZekeBefore 845The Beast holder, Tom Ksaver, becomes young Zeke's friend and mentor: they play catch and talk about ending the Eldians' suffering. Zeke inherits the Beast and their dream: a world without Eldians.
- Eren imprisonedYear 854Back on Paradis, Eren is imprisoned for acting alone. Historia is pregnant to escape the plan that would make her heir to the Beast; Zeke is held in the Forest of Giant Trees in Levi's custody.
- The Yeagerists kill ZacklyYear 854A Yeagerist bomb kills Supreme Commander Zackly. Floch and his followers take control of part of the army; Eren breaks out and heads to Shiganshina to meet Zeke.
- Niccolo's wineYear 854Sasha's parents, Gabi and Falco gather at Niccolo's restaurant. Niccolo reveals that the wine served to the army's leaders contains Zeke's spinal fluid; he discovers that Gabi killed Sasha and attacks her. Falco has already drunk some.
- Zeke's betrayalYear 854In the Forest of Giant Trees Zeke screams: Levi's soldiers, who had drunk the wine, turn into Titans. Levi kills them all and leaves Zeke half dead, strapping a Thunder Spear to him. Zeke pulls the pin.
- "I've always hated you"Year 854In a Shiganshina restaurant Eren meets Armin and Mikasa in front of the Yeagerists and wounds them with words: he calls Mikasa a slave to her Ackerman instinct and tells Armin he has always hated him. Armin hits him; Eren knocks him down.
- Marley's attack on ShiganshinaYear 854Marley's airships swoop on Shiganshina. Zeke, still alive, screams: the soldiers who had drunk the wine — Pixis, Nile and Falco included — turn into Titans. Colt dies holding his transformed brother.
- Gabi shoots ErenYear 854As Eren runs towards Zeke, Gabi decapitates him with the anti-Titan rifle. In the instant before death, Eren's head touches Zeke's hand: the Paths open.
- In Grisha's memoriesYear 854In the Paths Zeke takes Eren through their father's memories to 'cure' him of his brainwashing. But it is Eren guiding the journey: Grisha hesitates before the Reiss family, and his son from the future pushes him to kill.
- Eren frees YmirYear 854At the Coordinate Zeke asks Ymir to make the Eldians sterile. Eren, freed from his chains, runs to her and tells her she is not a slave: she can choose. Ymir chooses him.