Shortly afterward, a small group of his Titans is spotted by Squad Leader Mike Zacharias, who begins a mission with fellow soldiers and recruits of the Survey Corps in spreading the news of a Wall Rose invasion. In the year 850, Zeke Yeager infiltrates Wall Rose and uses the power of his Beast Titan to transform the residents of Ragako into Titans, possibly as a way to test the strength of the Eldians within the Walls. When the time came for the Paradis Island Operation, Zeke's Beast Titan was chosen to stay behind in Marley as deterrence against enemy forces. Over a year later, after the other Warriors had inherited their Titans, Zeke made use of his Titan form in a war between Marley and an enemy nation, using his Beast Titan to slaughter retreating soldiers in the battle. Īfter 13 years, Zeke Yeager would inherit the power of the Beast Titan from Tom Ksaver. During his tenure, the Beast Titan would often stay in Marley, as Tom claimed he was not too useful in war. In 829, Tom Ksaver inherited the Beast Titan in order to research the Titan's memories. After these seventeen centuries, when Karl Fritz, the 145th King of the Fritz family, abandoned the conflicts of Eldia and relocated to Paradis Island, the Beast Titan was taken by the nation of Marley during the Great Titan War. In the 1,700 years following her death, the Beast Titan was held in the possession of one or several of the warring Eldian houses subservient to the Founding Titan. The Beast Titan, like all the Nine Titans, was brought into the world after the death of Ymir Fritz. However, this ability was evidently imperfect some Titans could somewhat ignore Zeke's Beast Titan's orders. Titans under Zeke's control were even able to function using only moonlight without falling into fatigue. Zeke's Beast Titan was able to direct the actions of Pure Titans and could command them to move, resist the urge to eat humans, and stay in place. Zeke's Beast Titan was able to exercise some control over Pure Titans that he created through his screams. īy screaming, Zeke's Beast Titan commands Pure Titans to move at night Titan control However, there was a limited range to his scream. According to Niccolo, it was a common tactic for Marley to cause Pure Titans to overrun an area by sneaking in a few hundred specially prepared Eldians and having Zeke use this power to transform them. This ability could be used to devastating effect on the unsuspecting, such as the initiation of the Wall Rose invasion after the residents of Ragako were turned into Titans with the Beast Titan's power, as well as the time when the Marleyan military made use of this power to drop Titans onto Fort Slava in an airstrike. If a person was given Zeke's spinal fluid, Zeke would then be able to transform him/her with a roar, much like the scream-based abilities of the Founding Titan and the Female Titan. With his royal blood, one of the most perilous attributes of Zeke's Beast Titan was the ability to turn Subjects of Ymir into Titans. Zeke's scream turning Subjects of Ymir into Titans However, it was not strong enough to withstand the damage from several Thunder Spears.
The Beast Titan would later display the ability to harden its nape during their rematch. However, Levi cut the Beast Titan down before it could harden. Hardeningĭuring the brief battle with Levi, Zeke attempted to harden his Beast Titan's nape. Towards the end of the Marley Mid-East War, it annihilated the entire naval fleet of the Mid-East Allied Forces stationed at Fort Slava. This was notably used during the battle of Shiganshina District to wipe out most of the Survey Corps with crushed rocks. Zeke Yeager's ape-like Beast Titan possessed a devastating ability to throw objects with great accuracy and immense destructive capability. The nature of its power was similar to that of the Founding Titan. Zeke Yeager's Beast Titan had several unique abilities that no other known Beast Titan had, thanks to his royal blood and throwing experience. Furthermore, Zeke's spinal fluid, which carried the power of the Beast Titan, was used to transform Falco into a Titan and evidently gave his Jaw Titan falcon-like characteristics similar to those of a Beast Titan. Zeke Yeager's Beast Titan looked like an ape and Tom Ksaver's contained traits found in bighorn sheep, while Falco Grice testifies that there once existed a Beast Titan with wings. Unlike the majority of other Titans, which retained a largely "human" appearance, the Beast Titan exhibited animal-like traits, which greatly varied depending on its holders: some of the various animal appearances shown from prior holders of the Beast Titan have included monkeys, birds, crocodiles, elk, bulls, wolves, snakes, rabbits, dinosaurs, okapis and goats.