Rod Reiss

Rod Reiss (ロッド・レイス Roddo Reisu) was the current king of the Eldia, and was an supporting protagonist (former antagonist) in the fan novel, The lady of Eldia.

He was a member of the Reiss family and the father to Frieda, Urklyn, Drik, Abel, Florian, Historia, Nomi, Tomas, Kubal, Abal, Sandra, Lina, and Alma Jr.

In 827 to 845, he was married to Lori Reiss, his first wife. After redeemed by his illegitimate daughter in 850, he was re-married to Alma Reiss, his servant-turned-queen, and becomes a grandfather to Ymir Reiss, Historia's daughter.

Appearance
Described in the novel, Rod, like his daughter, was a rather short person in his mid 40s later in 50s. Though, unlike his daughter, he was a slightly overweight man with a round face, short black hair and a thin black mustache. He was typically seen wearing the clothes of a wealthy man, featuring a white button-front shirt with a black pullover vest, loose black pants and black dress shoes.

History
Rod was born on September 15th, 796, as the eldest son of his and Uri's father in the Reiss family residence inside of Sheena as it was controlled, as he was raised and a prince of the 9th century.

Some time later, he was joined by a younger brother, Uri. Uri and Rod constantly begged their father to free humanity and its freedom from the outside world, but he always refused as it wasn't impossible. It apparently had been so many times that Rod was locked behind bars for his attempts, and it is implied to have happened more than once. When it came time for his father to pass his ruling to a son, Uri volunteered, asking Rod to pray. After his father's death on his deathbed from an unknown disease, Uri takes his place as the next king.

As a young man, Rod married a woman named Lori and had five children with her: Frieda, Urklyn, Dirk, Abel, and Florian. He also met Kenny Ackermann when he tried to kill his brother and former king, Uri Reiss. Despite Rod urging Uri to kill him, especially since he was an Ackerman, Uri refused and apologized to Kenny. This created a strong bond between the two and Kenny became a servant of the Royal Family.

Secretly, Rod Reiss conceived a sixth child, Historia, with Alma, one of his maids and confidant.

Gallery
Main article: Rod Reiss/Gallery

Quotes
Main article: Rod Reiss/Quotes

Relationships

 * Alma Reiss,
 * Historia Reiss,
 * Eren Jaeger,
 * Uri Reiss,
 * Kenny Ackerman,
 * Andrew,

Chapter appearances

 * The Royal Reiss Family (debut)
 * Kenny the Ripper
 * Face-to-face with the King
 * Alma

Trivia

 * Despite his birth year being unknown, he was described as being in his early or mid 50s, which turns out he was born in 795.
 * Unlike his counterpart from the original, he was one of the characters to be still alive.