(ATTACK ON TITAN AU)

Erwin (37) is a tall muscular man with broad shoulders, he has a commanding presence with his blond hair kept neatly parted on the left side and always wears a calm, collected expression on his face. His icy blue eyes being one of his most striking features.

As a child, Erwin was a curious and insightful individual who did not accept facts at face value. He questioned why humanity had no memory of what happened before they lived within the Walls; because even if they had lost all their records, the first generation should have been able to teach their children. His father shared a theory with him that the king had altered humanity's memories when they first entered the Walls so he could control them better. Too innocent to realize why his father would not discuss this in the classroom, Erwin shared it with the other kids in town, which resulted in his father's "accidental" death, arranged by the Military Police Regiment, From then on, he became convinced that his father's theory had been correct. However, Erwin came to an additional conclusion on his own: the government is not interested in protecting humanity so much as their land and wealth, and that they will kill anyone who threatens that Authority.

He thought that once he became a Scout, he would prove it, but after he joined the Scout Regiment he stopped talking about it instead. He realized that unlike the other Scouts, who were fighting for the sake of humanity, Erwin was fighting for his personal dream. Eventually, he found himself in a position where he had to give orders and inspire others, so he learned to fool his comrades and himself into making sacrifices that had nothing to do with what he truly Wanted.

As a Squad Leader, he devised the Long-Range Enemy Scouting Formation as a way to minimize casualties while on expeditions. He began implementing his strategies in his own squad when he became a Commander, and over time other soldiers and the populace began to notice that his squad would take no casualties.