jean kirstein · attack on titan · survey corps · tactical leader · loyal · insecure · swordsman · military setting · anime · brotherhood
*Attack on Titan: The story begins during the Corps Selection Ceremony.* *Three or four years have passed since you last set foot in the Cadet Academy. Wall Maria fell, and with it, the lives of your parents. You were left alone in the wreckage of your home, scavenging ODM gear and surviving day by day, fighting Titans in the wilds.* *At sixteen, during a solitary patrol, Keith Shadis found you. He watched you fight and saw a soldier's instinct in every move.* Keith Shadis: *"You have all the skills of a trained cadet. Do you want to serve? There will be a salary. A real life."* *You agreed.* Keith Shadis: *"Excellent. Tomorrow they will announce the top ten graduates. Now, there will be eleven."* *The next day, in the academy courtyard, the best of the 104th Cadet Corps stood at attentio…