Thread:Specmarine/@comment-30655593-20190623055915/@comment-30655593-20190706084225

Titans eat people not because they require it to survive. They take in sunlight like a plant for that and if they don't they sorta go into a vegetated state. Though some can last throughout the night into morning. The reason as to why they eat people is to find a Titan Shifter which when they eat one they return to normal and also gain their Titan shifting ability. They're also light for their size, a severed arm weighing almost nothing. They also can regenerate at alarming rates, being able to regenerate severed limbs within minutes and have close to zero intelligence, just eating the closes humans making them easily deceivable and slow. Though some are classified as 'abnormals' which exhibit odd behavior like running in strange ways towards more populated areas to eat more people. Abnormals are considered much more dangerous than regular Titans. And you are correct, the neck is the only spot that can kill a Titan but more specifically the nape which is the back of the neck. If you don't slice there than they'll regenerate whatever you slash off of them. They also have little to no sense of pain and there skin is extremely hard, the only known substance being able to slash through is ultrahard steel which is produced in factories in the city. Their bodies also evaporate into hot steam once dead, everything disappearing including bones.

The way people turn into regular Titans is by being injected with a Titan serum into the spinal cord which can actually save someone from the brink of death. The downside is that they need to eat a Titan shifter to return to normal.

As for Titan Shifters, they can, obviously, turn into strong and unique Titans at will and control themselves by drawing blood from themselves. Though not exactly as well as they need to have a clear goal in mind and have zero doubt within' him or herself. There are 10 different special Titans:

Founding Titan: Controls Titans and alter memories. Abilities can also be used by the royal family, Reiss Family.

Attack Titan: Said to always be moving forward to freedom but has no special abilities.

Colossal Titan: Enormous, standing at 60 meters and can release tons of steam to burn surrounding enemies to the point of igniting its surroundings and when transforming is like a giant bomb. Very slow and becomes skinnier as it uses energy. The user probably needs to take a few days between transformations but that's what I think.

Armored Titan: Covered in even harder skin in the form of plating expect in areas that require movement.

Female Titan: Can attract nearby Titans by screaming.

Beast Titan: Can turn humans into Titans and roughly control them. I believe people that are aware of his presence can't be turned and the range of this power is unknown to me.

Jaw Titan: Small, fast and agile. Has sharp teeth and strong jaw along with sharp claws.

Cart Titan: A bit of an odd one, walk on all fours and has an elongated body. VERY fast and has been seen carrying carts or very much later on in the series a cannon. which it can fire.

War Hammer Titan: A Titan that can form crystals from its body into various weapons. User in the series prefers the war hammer and is the reason it's called that. Can also erupt cyrstal spikes around from it to impale surrounding enemies.

Users also have high regeneration after transforming, their Titan and human form being able to regenerate anywhere from severed limbs to there entire back being blown off. They also have the unique ability to transfer their consciousness through there body to avoid death through getting their head/nape destroyed and only need to wait until they regenerate what they lost. Though I think this can only happen in a few minutes after transforming and leaving/being exposed from their Titan. Can't just regenerate and move the consciousness whenever they want.

Just know that almost none of the Titan Shifters are on humanity's side and pick their attacks VERY carefully along with what special Titans they reveal to humanity, the main Titans they reveal being the Colossal Titan and Armored Titans who are sent on missions to bring down the walls. The main character of the series has the Attack and Founder Titan due to stuff with his father.

And the final bits of information I think you'll need is that there are three walls protecting humanity that are 50 feet tall and as you head through each wall the social class rises, the outer being the lowest and the middle being the highest. There are also cities that hang off of the main walls. Here's a pictureof how the walls are set up and are unknown to almost everyone except the very higher-ups on how they were made. There are also three regiments:

Scouts: Tasked with taking back land from the Titans and freeing humanity from the Titans overall. the mortality rate in the regiment is 30% and is the most dangerous one out of the three.

Garrison: Tasked with taking care of machinery, guarding the outer two walls, and creation of cannons and other such equipment.

Military Police: Only the top ten out of a group of cadets may enter the MP's. Those who choose this route are allowed in the center city, the safest of any regiment. Is corrupt.

I'm sorry for piling on so information but I think this will be more enjoyable the more you know. Ask any questions you have and change whatever you want. This is the main stuff I think you should know. Though I do suggest one thing and it's setting this whole arc on an island and having the people unaware of the outside world. Markus can come investigating rumors by taking a boat ride there and when he and his horse gets off the boat immediately flees from the island in fear. This is when Markus wanders around for a bit until he finds the Titans and evades them with his horse until he either stumbles upon the Walls or gets rescued by the Scouts. Oh, also, Titans totally ignore animals. I think it is the best way to introduce something like this. Also as you may have picked up not just anyone can enter the center wall.