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Historia Reiss (Krista)

name: Historia Reiss

nickname: Krista (or Christa) 

age: 19

gender: female

height: 4'7

weight: 92 pounds

birthday: january 15th

birthplace: wall Sina

status: alive

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Historia is a petite young woman and she is 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; she usually wears the standard Survey Corps uniform. Historia is noted for being very cute; this, coupled with her kindness, sometimes causes 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 wears her hair in a low ponytail and dons the traditional green Survey Corps cloak.

Subsequent to her coronation as queen, Historia alters her everyday attire presumably to conform with court meetings. She has her hair in a tidy pleat updo, parted down the middle in the front. Her attire consists of a pale-colored coat as well as a jacket matched with kindred-colored pants. Underneath her jacket, she wears a white long-sleeved shirt and dark boots. On special occasions such as ceremonies, Historia sports a pale, off-shoulder dress covered by a flowing cloak, wearing sandals and her essential crown. 

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. 

The strongest manifestation of this tendency is Historia's repeated and severe suicidal inclinations; she expresses the desire to die in a manner so that others will not hate her for having existed at all and will speak of her and remember her favorably. A prime example is Historia's attempt to drag a wounded Daz to safety through a blizzard. Had Ymir not decided to help without prompting, Historia and Daz would have both froze to death. This was due to her upbringing, believing herself to be a mistake and hoping that by dying, nobody would hate her. 

After her abandonment by Ymir, who leaves with Reiner and Bertholdt. Historia loses the hope that the revelation of her name seemed to produce in her. She regresses into a vapid disinterest in anything going on around her, unsure of how to act. She states that while the persona Krista Lenz was a kind and deeply caring person, the real Historia is vacant inside. Although Eren tells her that she seems more genuine and "less creepy" now, she continues to regard herself as lacking any true nature or identity. 

However, during the coup d'état, Historia begins to slowly believe in herself and develop strength, such as defying her father and later killing him and going on Dimo Reeves' 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. 

Historia was born as the illegitimate and unrecognized daughter of Rod Reiss, head of the Reiss family and the true monarchs of the Walls. Her mother, Alma was a servant in his household who later became his mistress and confidant. After her mother became pregnant, she was sent to an estate, where Historia was born. 

Historia was raised on the estate owned and administered by the Reiss family. Historia Reiss was born to a nobleman's mistress, putting her life at risk. Since an illegitimate child could not properly succeed the head of the family, they had considered ending her life, but in the end, it was decided that it would be enough to give her a new name and an inconspicuous life. Living under the new name Christa Lenz, Historia eventually decided to join the Cadet Corps. 

FACTS:

The official site reveals that the majority of her male classmates had a crush on her, referring to her as the "Goddess" of the 104th. 

A recurring gag in the series is that people actually refers to her as "goddess" or by terms related to God in several circumstances. First by Sasha, in Episode 3, when Historia gave her bread after having fallen, tired from having been forced to run for 5 hours; the second time by Jean and Armin, in Episode 18, when she came to their rescue after they were attacked by the Female Titan. 

Her name Historia is Greek in origin and means "History." Also, her pseudonym Christa is of Greek origin (greek: Χριστή), meaning "she who is the anointed one." In Hebrew, "the anointed one" is "messiah." Her alias surname "Lenz" means "spring" in old German.

At the Animagic 2014 series panel, producer George Wada confirmed that Ymir and Historia are "indeed a couple."