Alma Reiss

"This article is about a supporting character in The lady of Eldia novel. For the chapter that goes by the name, see Alma."

Alma Reiss (アルマ・レイス Aruma Reisu) was the current queen of the Eldia, and was a supporting protagonist in the fan novel, The lady of Eldia.

She is a former servant of Rod Reiss and a former escort who works in the city at night, until before becoming his second wife, and also the mother of Historia, Nomi, Tomas, Kubal, Abal, Sandra, Lina, and Alma Jr.

After 16 years of the death of her daughter's husband Eren Jaeger, she becomes the grandmother to Ymir Reiss, Historia's daughter.

Appearance
Described in the novel, she was a very beautiful woman in late 20s or early 30s, Alma was slender and of average height. She had bright eyes and shoulder-length, blonde hair with bangs that brushed just past her eyebrows. When staying on the farm, she usually wore a plain button up shirt with a dark-colored skirt. She wore much finer clothing when going into the city. When she was a maidservant to the Reiss family, she wore a long black dress with a white apron and a white cap with her hair pulled back.

Personality
Alma was shown to be pensive, courageous, caring, observant, fair, kind and protective. She was also to have had a more pleasant and understanding personality while in the presence of Rod Reiss, as he felt that she was the only one who could understand what he was going through.

However, she carried a deep kind, and loved caring towards Historia. Despite her daughter being illegitimate she still loves her, in some of the days from the farm. Alma taught her how to read and read books, take fruits out from the trees and brushes, and encouraged her personal development in the hopes of becoming a girl that everyone would someday love. She is also brave against Rod about what is right or wrongs about the meaning of being a royal family in order to save Eren's life.

As the queen of Eldia, she was grateful, comforting kind and pleasurable, Alma beloved her people and felt royal for giving it more strength along with Rod. As she comforts him and their people whatever goes trouble and loses themselves. Alma also remains as the mother of her children.

History
Alma was born on July 14th, 815, from the small farm managed by her parents in northern Sheena, which the land she lived in was controlled by the Reiss family.

As a child, Alma was a lovely kind girl and did a lot of chores in her early years, dreaming about being a farmer like her parents and wanted to make them prove for her. When she became older, she was picked and meet up from the royal government while she was at town.

She became one of the servants to the lord Rod Reiss in late 820s and she did a lot of hard chores when becoming as a servant for the lord's household even felt embarrassed over liking Rod by other servants, sometime when he was sobbing from what is going on with the family, otherwise the fates of his father and his younger brother's take over or thinking himself of been a father by having children, before believed on her as she could tell him anything, which she is the only one out of the servants to understand him. Only the beginning for Alma to like him and do her best to comfort him.

Between in the years through out in early to mid 830s, when Rod was finally married and had children of his own, the two started a secret romantic relationship, Alma suddenly became pregnant around in May, 834, which soon later she was sent away to her home after she got pregnant, in order for her child to not shame Rod and his reputation.

Within a year and months later after she becomes pregnant, Alma give birth to a baby girl at her home, within days after she give birth and her newborn daughter was born, with only to recover and hold her baby, due to been a blood related to the lord she was with, since the baby is illegitimate and the only child of hers. Alma decided to name her Historia.

About 3 months later, she goes into the city with her baby to find something to get food and only looks when most of the people look at her baby, which Alma ignores. Before heading back to her home after getting enough food and from shopping, she was stopped by an officer who wanted to know about her child and their current residence, with Alma telling him that she and her baby are at the northern Sheena and revealing her baby's name, she soon left before the officer talked more.

During her time with her daughter in the farm, Alma takes good care of Historia by becoming a lovely caring woman 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. However Alma feels something different about being a single mother and sometimes goes alone, until feeling alright again and goes back to be kind for Historia, as Alma still loves her.

But unfortunately Alma with her daughter 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 Alma is ashamed after what she did, and needed some alone time by reading some books.

One day, with Historia wanting a mother-daughter relationship like in her books, Historia decided to embrace her to see what if it will work to cheer her up. Alma, in surprise, hugs Historia back and laughs together as she cares for her so much, making Alma feel better.

Around late 844, when her daughter is getting older and finally decided to tell her if she likes to come with her to city, as she agrees, they leave together to the city. About in 7 months, Alma's daughter has a lot of fun playing with some kids while she goes out shopping and talks with other parents. The two get along through the city and Alma feels a new future for her daughter.

Story
Somewhere after the bloody massacre of Shiganshina and the deaths of the royal family members, as she's away with Historia and heard the news of what happened, Alma was one of the civilians to hear this. She feels frightened as Rod will formally introduce himself to Historia for the first time after hearing the queen was murdered, so she takes her daughter back to the farm and packs up as she prepares to leave. During leaving through out the grassland plains, her daughter Historia asks her where they'll at and Alma tell her kindly that somewhere out from Shenna

As they begin to make their way out at the empty plains and few trees, Historia spot a carriage and Alma revive to see somebody there who she believes to be lost, only leading to get found/met by Rod and are quickly surrounded by the Military Police's First Interior Squad, who have been sent to suppress Alma and her daughter. Alma felt panicked and look around as they're surrounded, before she backing up and feeling her heart beating out of control before bumping something behind her. Alma suddenly screams and tell Historia to run before suddenly get grabbed.

Confused and scared, Historia called out to her mother after Kenny Ackerman grabbed her, causing her to shout out to her daughter that she loves her so dearly as she began to tear up, then begs the First Interior Squad to spare her daughter and only take her instead. Alma tells them she'll do everything for them whatever she becomes their prisoner and wants them not to hurt Historia.

Taken aback, Kenny told her they'll won't and questioned Rod if he knew either of them, to which he knew but not close enough, saying that he did know them but only knowing Alma before she suddenly tells him it is not true and begs him to not hurt Historia before gets her mouth covered by Kenny to get Rod talk more whatever for the choices, with only Rod agrees to not hurt the child and will only take Alma as it is the main choice to be chosen with Alma thanking him. Kenny then grabbed her hands and pulled her into custody. Historia began to call out to her again as she started to tear up, causing Alma to tell the First Interior Squad to wait and need time to say goodbye to Historia as Kenny told 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 she walks away to the carriage and was then sent away to prison.

Several years later, Alma in her prison cell, has been silent and alone with whom she still remembers her daughter. As she looks up and is suddenly shocked to see Rod along with the prison guard whom Alma hasn't seen Rod in five years, and was told that she is free to go, which to her, is surprising.

However while they're walking outside with Alma carrying new outfits, she suddenly stops following Rod as she tells him where they're going but only Rod tells her later until they arrive. This soon suddenly become an angry conversation as she tells him that he always don't understand and listening what she's saying, and that then she telling him that she took care of her after she got pregnant from their secret romantic, she loves her daughter even she taught her everything she have given to Historia, before ending a conversation, she tells him that she is the only person who understands him, with only Rod didn't say nothing until breaks off the silence. With only Rod just telling her that they will get there, leaving Alma only remained silent, feeling hopeless and depressed, as both of them continued to walk for their arrival.

After arriving at the capital, Alma was fully dressed for the meeting and information from the large room and waiting as she was feeling there is nothing to show off as Rod tells her they'll be here, as it didn't take long to figure out who it was.

33 minutes before the arrival, Alma wanders around the place for a pending meeting, hoping to wonder what person she will meet, until seeing a worm creature sitting on top of a table, she tells the creature to leave as her daughter is gone because of Rod. Furious and miserabled, Alma started to yell at the creature as it was just standing there, tearing up as just telling it her daughter is gone. Until the creature starts talking to her that she is not gone, telling her she's still alive from her goal and Historia did the right thing as Alma stopped tearing up, hearing and feeling in belief around the creature's voice. The worm creature then tells her that is going to happen when it becomes untrue and everything will fall to perishable, watching it leaves to the window and opens it. Before leaving, Alma replies to what will happen to her when it is true, the creature answers it as she will be able to have anything she always wanted before jumping off the window, never to be seen again as Alma wipes her tears, knowing now her daughter is alive and feeling rightful. Alma stood up and left the room for the meeting to arrive.

Gallery
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Quotes
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Relationships

 * Historia Reiss, Alma carried a very loving, kind and caring motherhood of her daughter, despite her being illegitimate Reiss heir she still loves her, she has taught her how to read, grab out fruits from the trees, encourage her personal development in the hopes of becoming a girl that everyone would someday love. She is protective before also feels frightened as Rod will formally introduces himself to Historia for the first time as she'll lose her daughter and 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 her arrest and lifespan in prison, she finally reunites her daughter, after Rod redeemed, Alma and her daughter becomes recognized in public with her becoming queen.
 * Rod Reiss, Her lover, former employer-turned-queen. She was his confidant, and he believed he could tell her anything. Sometime after Rod had gotten married and had children of his own, the two started a secret romantic relationship. Alma eventually got pregnant with Historia, causing her to be sent away to live on her parents' farm so that her child would not shame Rod and his reputation, however when he introduced himself to Historia and took her away with only arresting Alma in order to save Historia. Within several years, Rod sets her free, reunites, and goes against to Rod about what is right or wrongs about the meaning of being a royal family, causing Rod to be redeemed, with Alma becoming queen and married to the lord who she loves.
 * Nomi Reiss,
 * Tomas Reiss,
 * Kubal Reiss,
 * Abal Reiss,
 * Sandra Reiss,
 * Lina Reiss,
 * Alma Reiss Jr.,
 * Kenny Ackerman,
 * Eren Jaeger, Alma thanks Eren for having Historia motivated her in great part to stand up to her father in order to his life. She also accepts the marriage for the two after the uprising.
 * Ymir Reiss,
 * Andrew,

Chapter appearances

 * Alma (debut)
 * Historia
 * The Grassy Field
 * Farm and a Home
 * Shocked in the News
 * Arrested
 * Free to Go
 * Reply It
 * Trust
 * Reunite
 * Meeting and a Table
 * Welcome into the Party
 * Rights and Wrongs
 * Unexpected Visitors
 * The Riots
 * Niguess
 * No Choice for Nothing
 * Crowning, and Married
 * Bystander to Prepare
 * It's Time to retake back Maria
 * The Basement
 * Upon the Discoveries
 * End of the Outsiders
 * Year later and the Ocean
 * Brave Volunteers
 * Journey to Marley
 * Hizuru
 * Counterfeiting Plans
 * A Sudden Argument
 * Guides
 * The Forest's Children
 * The End of all Cruel (last appearance)

Mentions

 * Join in the Training
 * Graduation
 * Utgard Tower
 * Counterattack Location
 * Tikjay
 * Sacrifice
 * Gunfire bullet from a Child
 * Visitor

Trivia

 * Alma served as a supporting protagonist in the novel unlike from the anime and manga as a minor character. She has also acted differently from anime and manga as having deep hatred towards her daughter, but instead she loves her daughter very deeply since she was born.
 * Alma is one of the characters to be changed in the novel, and was now-part member of the Reiss family.
 * She was featured in the novel cover along with her daughter, Historia.
 * She was described as being in her late 20s or early 30s, which she was born in 815 and only woman to be young by loving her master in her early 20s, before becoming his second and current wife.
 * Unlike her counterpart from the original, she was one of the characters to be still alive.