Historia Reiss

Historia Reiss (ヒストリア・レイス Hisutoria Reisu) is the main deuteragonist in the fan novel, The lady of Eldia.

She is the current princess of Eldia, also the illegitimate child of the nobleman Rod Reiss and his servant-turned-queen Alma Reiss. She is the wife of Eren Jaeger who Historia becomes pregnant.

After 16 years of her husband's death in the last battle of Eldians and Marleyans, Historia became a single mother and she conceived a daughter, whom she named after her ancestor.

Appearance
Historia is a petite young woman and the smallest soldier from the 104th Training Corps, from which the central cast originates. She has long blonde hair, large blue eyes, and a heart-shaped face; originally, she usually wore the standard Survey Corps uniform. Historia is noted for being very cute; this, coupled with her kindness, sometimes caused her classmates to refer to her as an angel or a goddess. It is hinted that many of the boys in her class adore her. While on expeditions, she wore her hair in a low ponytail and donned the traditional Survey Corps green cloak.

Personality
Although the fact there wasn't more about her personality like her original counterpart, but Eren Yeager tells her that she seems more genuine and "less creepy" now, she continues to regard herself as lacking any true nature or identity.

As in her Krista persona, Historia is usually very shy, kind, and uncertain on how to interact with others (likely due to her isolation as a child). However, Ymir notes that Historia's urge to show kindness to others stems not only from a desire to gain their esteem, but also that of the people around her: to be seen as a good person. This likely stems from her having been denied the esteem of others as a child and being raised to believe that she was an unfortunate mistake.

After she reveals her true self, Historia begins to slowly believe in herself and develop strength, such as defying her father, and going on Dimo Reeves's idea to punch humanity's strongest soldier. Like her 'Krista' personality, she develops kindness by freeing Eren and opening the orphanage, developing her own personality.

History
Historia was born on January 15th, 835, as the illegitimate and unrecognized daughter of Rod Reiss, the head of the Reiss family and true monarchs of Paradis Island. Her mother, Alma, was a servant in his household who later became his mistress and confidant. After her mother became pregnant, she returned to the farm where her family worked, and Historia was later born.

Historia was then raised on the farm which was owned and administered by the Reiss family. Her mother was a lovely caring and very kind for her, taught her how to read, and further encouraged her personal development in the hopes of becoming a kind girl that everyone would love, and tells bedtime stories in each night before gives her goodnight kiss and she'll leaves to town, dressing in fancy clothes and a carriage would take her into town for her job as a Escort.

While in working out for the farm, her half-sister Frieda Reiss who would often visits her. Frieda teaches her how to ride a horse and how to grow food, after each meetings, she has leave and tells her to forget for these interactions and her existence. However, Historia would not forget about these dreams when she awoke.

But unfortunately Historia and Alma where they lived in, soon later forced to leave from the farm due to a terrible incident after Alma uses her father's Musket rifle as she claimed she tried to kill something as she couldn't describe something from what she saw. However Alma manages to find another farm where she and her daughter can live and stay, but only her mother was ashamed to herself after what she did, and needed some alone time by reading some books, which Historia feel bad for her.

Growing up, she began to read every book she could get her hands on, including ones that depicted the typical relationship between a mother and her child, causing Historia to question her own relationship with her mother, and desiring to understand what it was like to have meaningful physical contact with her mother. This led to an attempt to hug her mother and was successful as she hugs her back and laughs together as her mother care her so much.

While she was about to getting older and finally decides to tell her mother if she likes to come with her to town, as she agrees, with them leaving together.

Story
Somewhere after the bloody massacre of Shiganshina, as she's away with her mother and didn't know what happen as Alma heard the news who she was shocked, causing her to take Historia back to the farm and pack up as preparing to leave, as she feels frightened as Rod will formally introduces himself to Historia for the first time.

While they begin to make their way out at the empty plains, they were suddenly found/met by Rod and were quickly surrounded by the Military Police's First Interior Squad, who have been sent to suppress Historia and her mother. With her being an illegitimate Reiss heir, the council thought it best to be rid of both her and Alma.

Confused and scared, Historia called out to her mother after Kenny Ackermann grabbed her, causing her to shout out to her daughter that she loves her so dearly as she begin to tear up, then begs the First Interior Squad to spare her daughter and only take her instead. Taken aback, Kenny questioned Rod if he knew either of them, to which he lied, saying that he did not. Historia began to call out to her again as she start to tear up, causing her mother to tell the First Interior Squad to wait and need time to say goodbye to Historia as Kenny tell her to make it quick. She walks towards and kneels down to the tearing up Historia, she hugs her to calm her and she'll be okay, telling her be strong and live in a better life, before telling her that she loves her, and give her a goodbye kiss to her forehead as Alma now sobbing as Historia seeing her walks away to the carriage and was then sent away to prison. The soldiers then prepare to arrest Historia as well, but Rod intercepts their efforts by offering an alternative arrangement: that if she were to disappear from the Reiss household, assume a new name and identity before enlisting as a soldier, that would mean they would not need to kill or capture her. The soldiers agree with this, and Rod gives her the new name of "Krista Lenz."

Due to the influence by her mother, Historia is able to use a persona that she had created for herself that was to be in all things selfless and kind to those around her. It is this persona that she uses when entering the military; in her innermost self, however, she is a melancholy, empty shell of a girl, uncertain of her true nature and personality and of her purpose and meaning in the world.

Upon the military's return to Rose, Historia nearly faints from exhaustion as she is looked after by Rico Brzenska. She struggles to her feet and tells Eren that they should hurry back to rescue Ymir. When reminded that Ymir left with Reiner and Bertolt of her own free will, Historia is distraught that Ymir chose them over her. Jean notes that "Krista" is not behaving like herself and Historia says she is done being her. Krista was a role she was given to stay alive.

Shortly afterward, Historia is relocated with the new Special Operations Squad to an undisclosed location. On her first day with the new squad, Historia reveals her past to her comrades.

The Special Operations Squad leaves from their hideout on Erwin's orders to rendezvous in Trost District, but rather than going into town, Historia hides with Eren in an undisclosed location while Armin and Jean act as their respective doubles. While waiting, Historia dreams of her time with Frieda, forgetting her memories as she wakes up. She discusses the nature of their situation Eren, noting that while Krista was an altruistic, kind-hearted girl, the real Historia is empty. Eren admits that he prefers the true Historia, a normal girl who is absurdly honest.

Historia and Eren are placed in the care of Dimo Reeves, the Survey Corps' new accomplice against the Royal Government, so that they can be captured by the First Interior Squad and taken to Rod Reiss, Historia's father and the true king of the island. However, Kenny Ackermann arrives to take them and suspecting a betrayal, he kills Reeves. His squad removes the blades on Historia and Eren that would have freed them.

The Military Police transport the two to a discreet location, where Historia is reunited with her father. Embracing her, Rod apologizes for the methods he employed to obtain her, but explains that he had no other way. Rod offers to take her to where "it all began," explaining that she possesses royal blood and is the only one who can save humanity.

Gallery
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Quotes
Main article: Historia Reiss/Quotes

Relationships

 * Alma Reiss, Alma was the mistress of Rod, Historia's father, although when Alma got pregnant, Rod was forced to send Alma away to a Reiss estate. Historia and Alma have a very loving-care relationship, as her mother deeply loves her so much ever since she was born, taught her how to read, grab out fruits from the trees, and encourage her personal development in the hopes of becoming a girl that everyone would someday love. She is protective by Alma before Rod will formally introduces himself to Historia for the first time as her mother gets captured and she tearing up as she begs to spare her daughter in order to save Historia, before she goes to prison, she told her that she'll be fine before ending up sobbing after a goodbye kiss. For several years after, she finally reunites her mother, after Rod redeemed, Historia and her mother becomes recognized in public with her becoming princess.
 * Ymir,
 * Rod Reiss,
 * Frieda Reiss,
 * Eren Jaeger, Historia had always envied Eren for always knowing his goals and being able to work toward them. Eren had initially disliked her Krista persona, seeing it as phony. Since the revelation of her true identity, Eren has come to respect her as a "stupidly honest and regular person." His statement that he likes her better as Historia meant a lot to her, and it motivated her in great part to stand up to her father and try to save Eren's life, rather than consume him. After the uprising, Eren and Historia will become a couple when Eren reveal he loves her. Sometime after his death and childbirth, Historia still remembers him and becomes a single mother of her child.

Trivia

 * Frieda Reiss used to come over to take care of Historia, and told her to never go over the fence; this echoes the first king's will.
 * She was featured in the novel cover along with her mother, Alma.
 * Historia was changed from queen to princess, as thinking that she might be a bit too young to become a queen as she's 15 and decides to make her a princess, the princess of Eldia, since her mother Alma is still alive in the novel, as well Ymir and Frieda tell her to live in a better life, as maybe Historia lives somewhere outside of royal capitol, otherwises that she currently lived in the farm with her daughter like what she was been years before.