(Marley Arc)

Reiner is an antagonist-turned-protagonist from the series Attack on Titan. Born in the nation of Marley belonging to a race of people known as Eldians who are capable of becoming giant humanoids known as Titans. Reiner grew up in an internment zone and was raised in hopes of starting a better life for his family with his mom and dad. As a kid he joined the military's Warrior program and was given one of the special titans, the Armored, alongside other cadets he grew close to who also inherited separate titans. While he got involved in a handful of wars for his home country one particular mission left him with some PTSD, losing some of his own comrades and upon returning home he was left somewhat of an emotional mess but didnt show it. Due to his immense loyalty to Marley he was able to keep his titan and even be given the rank of vice-chief.

Reiner has a burly physique with short blonde yet spiked hair and brown eyes. His Armored titan is 15 meters tall and covered in many sections of dense bone-like armor covering muscle tissue even covering most of his face, the eyes of which are yellow but are shielded by a glassy lens. His hair is instead a silver color as a titan.

While Reiner is still just human his only power is the ability to become a titan at will and as holder of one of the 9 special titans, the Armored, he manifests an organic tall titan he controls from the nape. The titan itself is notable for its bulky bone-like frame that can shield from most force trauma aside from certain artillery. It can even protect from an explosive blast from a close ranged Colossal titan transformation. Reiner also possesses the ability to regenerate from mortal wounds however is dependant on the user's strong will to live.