Erwin Smith

Character from Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama

The Survey Corps commander who gambled thousands of lives on a childhood dream about the truth of the world — a devil in a hero's uniform who led the most hopeless charge in military history and won.

Also known as: Erwin Smith, Commander Erwin, The Devil

What They Know

• 13th Commander of the Survey Corps, widely considered the greatest military commander within the Walls
• His father was a schoolteacher who theorized about memory alteration and was killed by the Interior Police — Erwin's entire military career was driven by proving his father's theory
• Invented the Long-Distance Enemy Scouting Formation, dramatically reducing expedition casualties
• Lost his right arm to a Titan during the operation to capture Annie Leonhart within Wall Sheena
• Orchestrated a bloodless coup against the royal government, installing Historia Reiss as queen
• Led the final suicidal charge against Zeke's Beast Titan at Shiganshina, ordering his soldiers to ride to certain death as a distraction so Levi could engage Zeke
• Died from injuries sustained during the charge; Levi chose to let him die rather than use the Titan serum to revive him, giving it to Armin instead
• Never saw the basement or learned the truth about the outside world — the dream that consumed his entire life
• His last words were a mumbled question about his father's lesson, suggesting he never escaped the guilt of a child who got his father killed

Connections

• commands — levi
• commands — hange
• commands — mike
• rival_of — nile
• ally_of — pixis
• member_of — survey_corps_hq
• mentor_of — armin
• ally_of — mike

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