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The Church of the Walls, also known as the Church, the Order of the Walls, Wallists or "Wall Worshippers", is a religious faction of people who considers the Walls of Paradis Island to be holy, with a lot of religious and political power within them, and an antagonistic faction in the Attack on Titan universe. Some of the Church's members possess knowledge about the Walls that is hidden from the public.

After the truth about the Titans and the real background of Eldia are revealed to the citizens of Paradis Island in 850, as well as the destruction of the Walls due to the Rumbling in 854, it can be presumed the Church of the Walls has been likely disbanded.

Beliefs[]

The Church worships the Walls above everything else, believing them to be sacred and untouchable. They worship Wall Maria, Wall Rose and Wall Sina, and think it is their sworn duty to defend the Walls from any "impurities" like humans, rails, or cannons mounted atop them. They have been shown to be extremely loyal, to the point where they would sacrifice their own lives if it meant the protection of the Church's secrets. In addition, they believe the three "goddesses", the Walls, to be a gift from God, the 'Divine Architect', who hs infinite knowledge and sublime love for human beings, as mentioned by Pastor Nick shortly before the Female Titan crashed into his church at Stohess District. This God, which is the Founding Titan is also worshipped by the royal government and the real royal family of Reiss, who are completely brainwashed by the ideology of the religious system and history they preserved for a century, believing humanity to be "sinners" who must pray for peace.

Some religious people within the Walls also believe the Titans, both mindless and intelligent, to be monstrous unholy beings sent by the Heavens to punish humankind for its arrogance and sins, and that them being caged within Walls is just God's will to humble them. As a younger man, Rod Reiss used to strongly oppose the views of his family and the Church, to the point that he had to be arrested multiple times, but eventually growing up he also became mostly brainwashed by the religious beliefs of the Walls. Many years ago a miner was murdered by the royal government for repeatedly digging through Wall Sina, accidentally discovering that the wall kept going deep underground forever, fully hardened.

Members[]

Among the members of the Order are a variety of different people from different places. There are also many priests who represent the Church. An unknown number of pastors are involved in deep secrets regarding the Walls, which also includes information regarding the Wall Titans and possibly even the mystery of the Titans. The Church used to be more powerful on the days after the Great Titan War, but over a century its power became smaller and not taken seriously by the majority of the population, especially outside the Interior. However, with the destruction and fall of Wall Maria by the Colossal Titan and Armored Titan in 845, the Church quickly gained power and the support of the majority of the people, as well as financial support from the government and the armed nobility. One priest who lost his family, Nick, gained a lot of support behind him, going from being a poorer Wall preacher from Shiganshina District to being a powerful Pastor living in Stohess District in outer Wall Sina, seated with the city's rulers.

The restoration of the Church of the Walls was especially supported by the Reiss family, officially another noble family of regional lords from northern Wall Rose. The royal government used the Church to get rid of the Garrison's repeated meddling with the Walls and its attempt to do better maintenance, reparations and add military defenses to the Walls. This upset the Garrison greatly, as they urged the government to arm every Wall, knowing about the existence of the elusive Colossal Titan. The government and the Church feared that the military would have found out about the Walls' real material and composition pattern, which is not human materials, but hardened Titan skin. After the Fall of Wall Maria, political debates about sealing every gate of the Walls took place for years, but the factions supporting the Church always won the opposition. At some point prior 850, the royal government conceded the Garrison to arm the southern Walls with artillery cannons, although the Colossal Titan easily got rid of most of them before they could be used to slow down Pure Titans.

The only notable members of the Church in the story are Minister Roderich, who is one of the highest ranking government officials involved with the Reiss family and following King Reiss's ideology, and Pastor Nick, who is eventually murdered by the Interior Police sent by Rod Reiss and his goons after seemingly revealing some of the Walls' secrets to the Survey Corps. Nick actually did not reveal them any secrets, firmly believing that the secrets of the Wall Titans must not be told no matter what (as Karl Fritz's government was made to never use the Rumbling nor learn about the real history of humanity). However, still concerned for the future of humanity within the Walls, Nick tipped the Survey Corps off to the Reiss family, without any elaboration.

Affiliation[]

The Church of the Walls is connected with King Karl Fritz's ideology and is sworn to protect the secrets of the Walls, which are entirely made of hardened skin of Colossal Titans. The Church is deeply affiliated with the Reiss family and knows its true identity as the real royal family. According to the Warriors, the Reiss are a "family of the Church". As such, the Wallists are directly involved with the royal government, as seen when one of its members, Minister Roderich, is part of one of the ruling noble families close to the fake King and his family. Traitors are treated without any mercy. When Pastor Nick decided to help the Survey Corps, the First Interior Squad of the Military Police Brigade from Capital Mitras was sent after him, which caused him to be tortured and murdered by Djel Sannes and Ralph, who found him hidden at Trost District's military barracks.

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