#titan trappers

[regular-gnome]

could you draw papa titan backhanding the fuck out of belos

(also i love your art)

absolutely (danke!:P)

[luonnon-varainen]

The titan trappers of the war era

Guess who made another big world building post x"d this stream of consciousness might be a bit incoherent and botched sorry :p

Diversity among the trappers

The past world of the Boiling Isles was full of life and cultures, which all had been affected by the Archvists' expedition. Those various ethnic groups, which chose to convert religion, addapted new beliefs and gods to fit their former traditionds. That form of rather natural cultural shift led to the creation of vastly different sects of the same cult. Each one with slight new take on the celestial gods' will

The aspect in which the greatest diversity could had been spotted was fashion and body markings. Usually trappers wore altered daily clothing allowing they to hide in a plain sight. Most of them were still subjects of the local titan/s. Lived and worked in their towns while practicing new religion. Acceptable form of ornamentation were colourful threading, beading and changing colours of well established elements of clothing such as sashes, ribbons, belts or even shoes. In many titan trappers cults finishing those alterations was considered as an initiation rite. Subtle differences in trappers' wardrobe helped with recognising members of the same cult from non-trappers and different sects

More sacred and visible elements that trappers wore were traditional markings. Either permanent like tattoo or semipernament, which were painted with henna-like substances, it held enormous cultural significance. Those decorative symbols were mirroring the gods as it was made on their image. Evoking the feeling of connection with thier new patrons and were believed to be a gate to heavenly magic. Most often markings were located on a head, a chest and forearms. Usually consisted of celestial imagery, swirls, circles, loops and occasionally a representation of senses(eyes, mouth, hands) and sea invertebrates. The depictions of sea creatures might be a bit counterintuitive for celestial gods. However it's worth to note that the Archvists(especially stellar) had been tampering with seas a lot. Leading to significant part of the "miracles" performed on/around sailors, who later spread the word and portray them as ocean deities

Among all of the symbols trappers used during that era, one stood out significantly - the semi-eclipse. The resemblance to the collection spell made it an almost perfect deception and protection against the grim fate Archivists had planed for the sects. Those who beared the eclipse on one's forehead could trick archival part of the gods into believing that the cult had been already collected. By extension there wasn't any need to use true spell on those witches. A small statistical error, ran by shortcuts of gods consciousness, kept the memory of the old and new gods alive in that troubled world

The Atlas

The existence of an Atlases was one of those elements present throughout all cults. A direct "gift" from gods themselves. An Atlas was a simple witch who was "blessed" by the Archivists. The so-called blessing enhanced physical, physiological and most importantly magical abilities of the chosen cultist. A tiny fraction of the archive would had been built in the host's body. Lifting up the natural limitations of magical performance, while at the same time strongly stimulating bone tissue, myocardium and liver cells. The Atlas was to be able to use far more powerful and magic intense spells, without experiencing most of the drawbacks and bounce back relatively quickly, if any major injury had occured. Simply speaking making out of a regular witch someone who could rival a titan in a fight. Might even say creating a demigod

A witch, who had gone through the process of blessing, ended up with a few characteristic elements. Easily identifiable markings such as a big scar on the cervical part of a vertebral collum, a smaller chain of star-shaped discolouration around the neck, reddish pupils and later bluish/greenish skin tone. Each one was an unfortunate proof of the true nature of becoming an Atlas. The blessing was a fancy and less threatening way to call an invasive, live operation on the CNS, altering both the mind and the body. Archivists had been tampering mostly with the life supporting parts of the brain. The procedure was performed with a use of heavy-metal "medical" gear. The operations were done usually in inadequate circumstances, without proceeding preparations for the patient, anaesthesia or even sterile tools. The chosen witch was able to survive only because of "archival needels" inserted into their bodies. It modified the tissue and altered the pH of the wound. Rendering them inhabitable for most of the potentially deadly pathogens. As well as becoming partially reason why the neck scar was such a prevalent feature among Atlases. Low pH of a damaged tissue corresponds with rather poor scaring. The needles also slowly dissolved and diffused, causing heavy metal poisoning. Unfortunate witch had to experience full panoply of symptoms. Madness, muscle degenration and unnatural discoloration of the skin. However, it was unprecedenced for a cult to witness the full transformation of thier heros

The decision to create new demigods in such a faulty way was premeditated. Tho Atlases were generously gifted in battle and magic, their main purpose wasn't to conquer the titans. They were meant to be an example and an aspiration for other members of the cult. To become an Atlas, all a trapper had to do was to be good at hunting. New gods couldn't care less about established social norms or traditons of the community. Efficiency and success rate of the hunts were the objectives beared in mind. The reward system based only on a good performanceand peer reviewe was much more energising, especially in societies which were highly hierarchical. Anyone could had become the beloved chosen warrior of the new gods and be more respected among thier own village. It had sparked a lot of initiatives and unusual approaches to the hunts(cruel immortal tactics). The system promoted thinking outside the box and flexibility, making fighting back increasing harder for titans, as they had been constantly one step behind. If a witch had been deemed worthy, the Archivists would have "blessed" them. Within a moment of full insertion of the "needel", the chosen one would lose their autonomy. The archvie at that precise moment gained access to all neural paths, effectively being able to control entirety of the host's body. Similarly to fungi which controls the ant's body. Usually the influence of the archvie was applied only to speech, filtering what an Atlas could say or not. The full control only occurred when the Atlas had already started having visible symptoms of the poisoning. As in the analogy with the fungi and the ants, the unfortunate soul would be dragged into the battle to die. To poetically spread spores of heorism. After all nothing brings more followers than death of beloved hero

Inventory

It is not particularly that interesting of a topic, however, reflects on how the world of Boiling Isles worked and anatomies of both titans and witches and how they used the differences to their advantages or how their overcame that so here are some examples

One of the rather unusual, yet essential kit in trapper's bag would be a set of various small bells. Witches' sense of hearing was very keen. They were abel to detect wide range of sound waves and frequencies with a great accuracy. Surpassing titans by far(no wonder no conchas and ultrasonic roar don't scream "my hearing is perfectly healthy and i don't experience any hearing loss or ringing in my ears:) "). That tiny advantage allowed trappers to create quite complex system of communication, consisting of different notes and combinations of sounds. Was it the most practical? Absolutely not. The bells usually were made of old kitchen equipment or scrap metal, easily broke, were noisy and quite heavy. To the point when other demons or other groups of witches would refer to the trappers troops as parades. However, the ringing totally flew over titans' heads. The sounds bells produced were just outside old gods' hearing braket. Unless there was a good soul, who would warn old gods about it, ringing was totally undetectable for titans

The titans trappers arsenal consisted of many weapons. Each trapper would own a hook or a harpoon, a spear and set of poisoned arrows. The rest was an individual decision of a cultist. The weaponry was usually modified agricultural and aquacultural tools. Similarly to the clothing aspect, they valued subtle and under the nose ways of practising new religion. With that specific mentality in mind, the usage of everyday tackle as arms was go-to option. It was much safer, affordable and unassuming. Those tools also were relatively easy to modify. So the hook that in the morning was use to hung a fish in a shop, in the night could be used to catch and pin down a god. The addition of bones were quite a choice in terms of the arms. The source were usually sacrifices. However, witches didn't hold back and were ravaging graves to find some if the opportunity had arisen. Most common modifications were included in a haft area(again parts that were relatively easy to swap). Titans' bones were tough, resilient and light at the same time. The fact that bones were out of gods' flesh added few extra points in witches heads. Yet the most important tool in trapper's arsenal were poison arrows. The key in successful hunt. Shafts had ingraved incantations or prayers, feathers were dyed with bright or saturated colours. It was considered as direct gift from new gods. Tho the true gift Archivists gave their followers were just strong drugs used on a tip and knowledge how to syntetise them in despite lack of modern technology. Not the arrows itself. Whether it was paralytics, tranquilisers, analgesics, depressants. The exact effect wasn't important in that equation. All that mattered was to render target unable to defend themselves

Titan's death whistle(i know not the most creative move from my side TT) was a powerful tool in hands of the cults. Working in opposite way to the irl version. Instead of fear factory that would make opponents more likely to flee or surrounder, in the world of Boiling Isles it was meant to lure them into traps. Carefully whittled in wood or stone by craftsmen of the sect, with a little help of the Archvists, to mimic the titans's larynx. The sound it made was quite similar to cry "help" or "I'm here" in titans' language. The whistle was an enormous game changer. As witches' voice boxes were incapable of producing sounds like titans' ones. They could have never learnt to speak that language. Therefore quite a big issue for the trappers. Not only because it was significantly harder to lure and catch any titan without calling them, but more importantly a simple speech test could evaluate if the stranger was a real or not. And the perspective for being caught in act of treachery wasn't pleasant. Blowing in a whistle often pushed aside common sense to do a control test. Brief moment of hesitation from old god's side defined if a troop succeed and survived.Trappers tried to create different types of whistle later, but with little to no success

The most important(and gut-wrenching and outrageous and gross )tool was without a doubt the disguise. While there were many different kinds of equipment which drastically increased the likelihood of a success at the hunts. Non would have been any help without the disguise being in there at the first place. There is no way to sugarcoat what it was and how it was made - the disguise was real titan's skull, skin and fur. And to be precise a young one's. As it was more accessible and effective for witches to use. Similar size, proportions, weight consequently less trimming, sewing and measuring. The process of preparing the skins, usually aligned with the new moon as the sacrificial faze for cults, went exactly as anyone can imagine. Skinning, cleaning, washing, grating, rubing, oiling, scrubing until the material was exactly as it was needed. Analogicaly to the real life counterpart the process was time consuming. It took days, sometimes weeks to prepare one skin. But the suits made drastic change and were often the matter of surviving. Craftsmen had had checked the disguise few times before giving it to any trapper to assure it was safe and secure. It must have been perfectly matched and as close to original as possible. Paried with a distance, a whistle and decent performance it was genuinely hard to spot a difference for sb running on high cortisol. Maybe from human perspective, the idea was not revolutionary, but it was for a witches and most importantly for titans. The barrier old gods never thought to be crossed, was crossed without any hesitation. To say that first titans who discovered the truth about the "illusion spell" were not okay is to say nothing. The change was drastic and unexpected. Whiches from being humble, devoted, god-fearing folk did 180° to bold, blasphemous and blood-thirsty. Consequently the outrage, the feelings of hater and betrayal grew exponentially in titans. It only winded up the spiral of violence. Unleashing the scale of war crimes unheard of ever before

The Hunts - the first ritual

Main tactic, prevalent in all sects, was an ambush and a deception. Titans objectively were much more powerful than any witch. Fluffs were considered a gods for a reason. Conventional methods of war would be extremely dangerous and unsuccessful. Any attempts of frontal and more direct attack without an Atlas on the team would have ended with a failure and then sever consequences

Titans weren't merciful or forgiving to those caught red handed. Pushed to the corner by Archivists and aware of the main goal of the new gods. They didn't really see the point of reasoning with those witches who already had turned their backs on them. The stakes were just too high. Archivists' plan was anything like previous conflicts on that planet. Same with the pure feeling of the terror in titans' heats. So the trials were short and executions, usually performed using fire, were public and obligatory to watch by whole community. In some places if a trapper was captured, trapper's family members would have also faced the same fate as the perpetrator. They hoped that perspective of collective and cruel penalty would have swayed away witches from converting and hunting them down. But it didn't work

The fear of the consequences only forced trappers to work more creatively(boosted by the chance of being favorite mortal of the new gods). Choosing specific places, times and targets, using various tools. Their main strategy of luring titans into the traps was a to play a scared, injured pup. Trappers often targeted titans who knew the pups before they had sacrificed them. Idealy pup should have been lost less than a month

Trappers usually started from the youngest to the strongest titans. Rather leaning on aspects of desperation than raw power to catch their target. Picking up a kid and then luring their siblings or parents was the easiest way and frankly the safest too. The chance that a grown titan would attack an pup on sight was much smaller. Witches were generally relaying on basic empathy and human responses to succee in the hunt. One or more trappers pretended to be kids, the rest would hid around waiting for their target. The moment a titan got close enough to the "lost", they would have been shot with poison arrows, harpoon and hooks. Tied up and dragged to the designated cells in chapels. Waiting until the sacrificial night had arrived

Quite common belief among cults was that slaying a titan during a hunt would bring anger of new gods. Tho there wasn't any explicit example of the Archvist cursing the cult for that, hunts generally followed the rules established by new religion. So the abducted often were imprisoned for days, knowing what eventually was waiting for them on the new moon's night

The horror of the hunts had had a quite big consequence, which was detrimental to titans case - an erosion of mental health and desensitization. Constant dread of encouraging trappers instead of sb in need made titans less willing to interact. To point when they wouldn't even bother to check from a far who was that titan calling for help. For many the risk was just too great. But the issue wasn't just the fact that titans avoided suspicious interaction outside bigger aglomerations. The problem lied in much deeper deconstruction of titans' sense of a community and themselves. If they couldn't trust anyone outside the walls of their village, why would they trust anyone inside. There was no guarantee the trappers couldn't infiltrate titans cults or tell for sure who believed in who(and indeed they were right). The overwhelming stress of living as a target, surrounded by potential perpetrators caused enormous spike in highly antisocial behaviours. Many due to the pressure experienced paranoia, psychotic breakdown and shutdowns. Titans would have locked themselves airtight, ignoring everyone or lashing out and becoming aggressive towards others. Their minds just fumbled under the pain and the fear

I can't express with words how traumatic it was to titans. To realise that their lost children were most likely dead. And can't even imagine how much worse it had to be to discover what witches had done with their remains, to what pups' coats were used, to grasp how much they were dehumanized. Absolutely petrifing situation to live through. A torture. I believe ot might have been the true reason why titans lost the war. Not battles, not combats or any physical attack. A sheer amount of trauma that just broke them beyond fixing. The one that makes people find death more comforting than staying alive

The religious practices

Titan trappers practices were an example of a beliefs fusion. The religious system in which witches of the war era were similar to early christians. Both old and new traditions were celebrated simultaneously with equal dignity. That symbiosis created quite a dychotomic sets of rules and customes. Stating at the same time that titans were gods and that they were sacrificial lambs for gods. Rejecting most of the superstitions, but enforcing blind and unquestionable belief in celestial bodies' influence over fate. Extolltion of science and empiric thought, but also total self-entrusting to gods gospel and prophecies. Sudden shifts from absolute hedonism to asceticism regarding very same topics were reoccurring issue for believers. It might be surprising for a sect of serial killers but trappers considered themselves as pacifists too. New religion put a lot of care in the environmental ascpects of existence. Living in harmony with nature and causing as least damage to overall life. Excessive cruelty to others was look down on and severely punished. That also included meat production resulting in a society consistent in vast majority of vegetarians or pescatarians. New gods emphasised the importance of the village and acceptance of everyone willing to join. The sects rearly were made of whole families or already established communities, so in order to grow in power and people, cultists concentrated on social aspects. Being kind, helpful and empathetic towards own people and outsider were key virtues. The only exception from that co-existance movement were titans. They were gods, therefore outside the "flora and fauna" of the Boiling Isles, therefore murder was okay

The trappers' faith was deeply riddled with contridictions. Archvists under close inspection and prolonged observation chose to build new church on old foundations and change only most glaring inconsistencies. It was easily digestible form of practice that helped with quick assimilation and evolution of new religion coordinated by cultists. New gods used known and well established ideas, such as titans' divinity, to justify genocide while technically still not breaking any rules. Lack of logic and opposing beliefs of new faith functioned as a peculiar filter. If a witch had chosen to follow the cultists preaching in spite of the issues, that would have meant they were truly ready to commit all evil acts Archvists wanted them to do. Sect's members didn't care about it in beginning so they wouldn't care at the end

According to titan trappers confession titans were gods. Nothing had changed about the divinity status, but the patronhood did change. Titans were pushed aside to be lesser deities. Similar in importance to mystical creatures from human folklore such as unicorns or caldrius. Their bodies became the most important aspect of thier holiness, leaving soul/consciousness redundant. Witches since the beginning had believed that titans' flesh wes sacred. Simple droplet of blood possessed magic so powerful that could open gates of underworld. They were fully aware of the potential of the rest of viscera hid. When the opportunity had risen, witches immediately started experimenting. Nothing went by the board. Each single piece of body found it's new purpose in the war era. Trappers assigned to various oragns different properties from healing to fortuneteling. However, the blood of titans was still undeniably the most valuable. Used as the panacea and the immortality potion. Some witches were able to use it to open portals between islands and realms

Trappers had celestial bodies in high regards. The attachment to stars was one of incorporated tenets from old religion. Titans as well followed in thier religious practices skies to predict future and fate. Nightsky's movement and changes were intertwined with fazes of mortals spiritual journey. Cultists especially followed the moons cycles, copping them in their daily life. Obvious choice as the most likely time to stumble upon Archvists was night. But a big part in that choice played who witches met first too. Lunar archvist in comparison to their twins was more approachable and willing to mess around. Lunar performed small miracles for witches if they happened to bump on each other in deep woods. Those little good deeds paved the way to witches hearts and earned trust as well as witches' love for the moon. During the new moon, sects would have celebrated with feasts, flames and prepared sacrifices for new gods to thank and ask for enlightenment. In full moon faze, they would have prayed in chapels for fallen warriors to be guided by Moon's soft embrace. Half moon was connected with the blessings and proclamation of Atlases. The routine could have never been disrupted as the moon never changed it's cycle. In later years of war when two out of three moons were lost to Archvists anger, trappers loosed thier connection to the satellite. The decisions was premeditated by rather fear of following in moon's steps than anything else. However, the greatest impact on lifes from all celestial events had solar eclipse. Titan trappers were absolutely petrified of that phenomenon. To the point when they wouldn't have gotten out of thier dens and homes at all. Often they didn't eat for whole day as well. They understood well that if the sun had been blocked, the new gods would have come out. Tho cultists adored the company of thier new patrons, they enjoyed it only when gods' visits were predictable. Unexpected arrivals meant something was deeply wrong and frankly they were right. Solar eclipse was after all a trigger for the draining spell, which Archvists used to collect trappers with ease

Trappers had a tiny practice of bringing with themselves on hunts small mirrors. One of the latest additions to the catalogue of rituals cultists performed, which later evolved and was incorporated into fortune telling and illusion magic practices. Meant to bestow those who wore them with luck, guidance and oversight of gods. Witches believed that new gods could have kept an eye on thier followers if they had those mirrors by thier sides. Yet the significance of those necklace-sized glasses was driven mostly by the source from which trappers got them. The mirror were archival scales. Ripped out of Archvists bodies. Offered to the sects as one of many "tiny" bribes. In early days singular scales were adapted as basins or windows in temples. One plate was enough thin to allow light to go through it. At the same time it was highly reflevtive, letting followers to look at themselves in it. Working as one-way mirrors, that similarity caused witches to start to experiment with sizes and shapes of worked over scales. The trail and error method leaded to tiny protective jewellery mirrors. A tiny mobile peeping holes for gods to check on thier believers. Equiped with that titans trapper could have gone on a hunt assured their patrons were near

Sects during the war era experienced a some sort of architectural renascence. The style of buildings was quite distinctive form other current forms. Constructions were build taller, slander, more geometrical. Generally tower like with really high ceilings. From outside they were simple and made of residual rocks, however, inside were highly ornamental. Most used forms of decorations were reliefs, mosaics and murals. They depicted battels, credo, fallen warriors or various blessings Archvists had performed for the sect. Main colours were whites, blues, purples with accent warm colours. Those tower rearly had any big windows. Occasionally smaller ones,hidden behind the curtains, were present on shady side of towers. Witches would have only installed big skylights on the top of the towers' ceiling to illuminate the main hallway/staircase. Elongation of the architecture and minimal lighting inside was a calculated move. Trappers had been building those constructions with new gods in mind. For what built a temple if the patron gods can't stay for a bit inside? So all decisions were made to accommodate Archvists. To allow them to freely move around and spend more than an hour inside. The idea indeed worked as Archvists did use trappers' temples as quick recharging spotts away from noon's bright sun. The favorite place for archivists to rest was the shrine room. A secluded part of the temple, located usually behind an altar and an iconostasis, with a small ceiling opening and a sacrificial table in the center. Trappers only entered that place during new moon, for the rest of the month eldritch could have stayed there unbothered. Unfortunately for cultists as a safe place Archvists also used tempels as daycare for Collector... and trappers would rather go to hand combat with a titan than willingly took care of the baby eldritch god. They probably viewed Collector as ultimate punishment for their wrongdoings-

Scale context

Just for fun :p it's easier to conceptualise who dealt with what

I was suppose to add a one more section about why witches even chose to converte to the new religion but I have no more patience to do it so that's all for tonight. Thank you for your attention and if anybody read through all of this wall of incoherent text then you have all of my respect, your attention spawn is almighty and I wish you some tasty flowers for whole upcoming week <3

[procrastinatingtitan]

I've seen people question and wonder about how King had been in the egg for eons. It seems pretty unlikely that Titan incubation really lasts thousands, if not millions of years considering how many Titan skeletons, especially baby ones, we saw in Edge of the World. Such a slow reproductive rate would not be very realistic (yes I know it's a magical world and all so realism can be bent, but even a very low mortality rate would still lead to far more Titans dying than being born if their incubation periods normally lasted this long).

But there's actually a pretty decent and possible biological explanation for this and that is Cryptobiosis. In short, it's a fancy term describing how in response to hostile conditions (such as say, a mass extinction in King's example), the organism will cease all biological functions and enter a state of suspended animation, remaining as such until conditions become favorable once more. Embryonic development is included among those, so it's entirely reasonable that King's incubation only took so long because he slipped into a state of embryonic hibernation, pausing his development for millennia until conditions became favorable again.

It may sound fantastical, but this sort of thing is actually a real biological phenomenon that occurs in a number of real-world plants and invertebrates. When conditions are hostile, the seeds and eggs of these species can pause their development until conditions get better. And this sort of embryonic hibernation can last a really, really long time...

None of these plants have germination times that legitimately last centuries or millennia in good conditions, but they have evolved adaptations that allow their seeds to enter these sorts of long periods of dormancy to survive hostile conditions. Surely if regular old plant seeds can survive dormant for millennia in a state of suspended animation, then the egg of a magical demon god kaiju could pull off something similar.

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I've also seen questions about how the Titan Trappers are even a thing, being witch-like people who seemingly predate the extinction of the Titans even though the general idea the show gives us is that witches and demons emerged from the corpses of the Titans after their extinction.

But I think that's pretty handily solved by the fact that there were likely already plenty of dead Titan corpses sprinkled across the Demon Realm for eons well before the species went extinct. Titans are listed as semi-immortal anyway, and even if they were immune from death by old age, they can still be killed in combat by similarly powerful entities, such as other Titans. And regardless of the circumstances of their death, their corpses would have likely allowed new life to form upon their surface after death. So I don't think it's too far out there to say the Titan Trappers were witches that descended from one of undoubtedly many dead Titan corpses that had already littered the planet just from base mortality rates for the species. It is entirely possible that there were many sorts of pre-extinction witch and demon societies that formed from dead Titan corpses and coexisted alongside them for millennia, only to be wiped out by the Archivists.

[iloveundertaesooomuch]

DESIGN A TITAN TRAPPER: A GUIDE

Bare minimum visual research from me on the culture that appeared for 1 episode and has no deeper exploration than that. (If I missed anything I may make add it later.)

This guide points out things that are most common. Trends of Titan Trapper's looks. So the "rules" are pretty loose and you can bravely add any variations to the design that would be faithful to your character and their story.

1. Ancient times.

We only have the paintings and drawings of Titan Trappers from that vague really far past past. So there is what we can take from it.

Not full Titan-Fursuit/Disguise: head only - skull and furr of shoulder length.

Leather belts (wip) Crossing the chest in an X shape.

Leather gloves.

Knee-high leather boots.

Cape on the back. Reaches the ground.

Breechcloth \ loincloth. Can be made with the furr or just skin \ leather.

Macho bodybuilder type. Bulging raw muscles of pure physical strength.

Barbarian-like aesthetic? I don't know how else to explain it.

Clear He-Man inspiration.

The last point actually makes me imagine that Titan Trappers have a historical/legendary figure that is just litteraly a He-Man with all the show's characters also being there. If you watched that old show, get all that inspiration for TT's cultural heritage! Pwese! It would be so awesome.

2. Modern era

Average people:

Titan fursuit:

A real Titan's skull.

Fake Titan-paw gloves and boots.

Fake tail dragging on the ground behind its owner.

The dark colour of the furrs (doesn't have to be black).

The colours of different fursuit parts may not match with each other.

The way the TT's treated King in "Edge of the world" may imply that full-fursuiting is technically possible, but there is no examples of that being the case in that congregation.

Hair:

As long as possible. That includes facial hair.

Is used as a part of the titan fursuit. Can cover up the face under the skull or be a full-on replacement for the fake fur on the head and neck if big enough.

Clearly has different colour/hue from the fake titan fur.

Barely styled if at all. In most cases just flows free.

First layer:

Long robes touching the ground. Damaged at the bottom edge.

Cloth based belts around their body (maybe waist) with the knot in the front.

Undershirt with long sleeves. (Especially if the main robe is sleeveless.)

Second Layer:

Mantle? Capelet? Poncho? - An overwear covering both shoulders and doesn't open in the front. Doesn't have sleeves and just lies on top of the person's back, chest, shoulders and arms. Elbow-length, circle in overall shape.

Fake fur can stick out from under the mantle but above the undershirt when the the robe is sleeveless.

Cape? An option to take instead of the mantle. Varies in length.

Clothing such as a robe, undershirt or a mantle can have a different coloured trimming along the edges.

Both arms are completely covered. From the shoulder to the wrist. Either by the robe, urdershirt, fur or armor!

Armor:

Isn't necessary for the recognisability since not all the TT's wear it.

Vambrace

One single shoulder round pad.

Hip armor / Fauld. Simmetrical on both hips.

Generaly Titan Trappers designs give out a mushroom-like siluette.

Faces:

Colored whites of the eyes. Can vary from a very light to pretty bright, but never white.

No lights in their eyes (probably caused by proximity to the Archivist-magic).

Blue face tattoes. Celectial themes (suns/moons/stars).

It would be cool to come up with a reason why Titan Trappers have a tradition to tattoo their faces (and most likely whole bodies) and what meaning do they put in those. Maybe they are trying to copy the Archivists that they worship or it is their way to show their loyalty to their religion

Priests (speculation):

A concept that wasn't utilized in the episode and show itself. So all we have on the tradional priesthood attires for TT's is this single concept art image.

Things that can be pointed out in these that are unique to priests are:

Golden accessories / jewelry. Be it hornes, neck, skull or hair.

Sleeveless overwear on top of the robe.

Fancier clothes. Different patterns.

Fancier hornes.

Aaand the last design (C) looks similar to Tarak. The only differences are the lack of obvious jewelry, hairstyling, the existance of wings and having fauld instead of fancy clothing.

Also, out of all Titan Trappers whose faces were shown, Tarak is the only one who has a tattoo that copletely covers half of his face. That also reminds me about the face of the only member of the Archivist we had seen in the show.

So, if we take a guess that Tarak is a priest for the local congregation of TT's, then having big tattos like that may also be related to that role in the community. They also may also serve as an imitation of their God's - The Great Huntsman - looks.

Tarak also is the only Titan Trapper who has the light in his eyes. I have no idea why.

Some other subclass of wariors (speculation):

These guys appear only 2 times through the whole episode, so we litteraly know nothing about them.

This ""warior"" subclass seems to have a single style uniform. Which may be compared to the ways how the emperor-coven scouts dress: with no uniqueness or personality. That also means, I dont have to describe any general trends here!

Leader (speculation):

Bill has clothes that are distinct enough from the general population of the congregation, so we can assume it can be related to his position as a leader of his people. (And not simply due to his size. (Although that would be funny. (Him wearing kids clothes bc nothing else fits him.)))

I will make a list but it is just a describtion of what that single character is wearing.

Candle on the top of the Titan's skull. Why? No idea. Maybe it is a sign of leadership because it isn't found anywhere else.

Shorter than average robe (to the knee level). Most likely opens in the front.

A waist bag/satchel on the belt.

Wide Medieval Pants. (I searched for the name of it but that is the best search prompt that would give me the results I was looking for. It also may be "Viking poofy pants" or "Lancer pants") Apparently wiki describes them as pantaloons.

Golden vambraces / braces and greaves OR Golden cuffs from wrist to elbow and knee-high socks (?)

Bill has average-looking face tattoos, so you are free to do whatever. (Maybe this implies democratic choice of a leader from the common-folk but I am not sure.)

Variations:

Examples of people not following trends of fashion. Slaaay.

IN CONCLUSION:

YOU DON'T NEED TO FOLLLOW THE TRENDS TO A T TO MAKE YOUR TITAN TRAPPER OC RECOGNISABLE AS SUCH!

BUT THEY MAY BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND THE GENERAL DIRECTION FOR THE DESIGN!

I HOPE IT HELPS!

[pespillo]

billos brainparasites again

[phoenixparadoxreactivated]

"Because we're Titans, King."

[femurarts]

The sheer amount of diversity in titans intrests me to no end

[sepublic]

Unfortunately for those who want to HC otherwise, Bosook Coburn confirmed that yes, these skulls are those of Titan babies;

Not only that, but they’re King’s siblings too! I guess that confirms the theory that Titans lay hundreds of tiny eggs, hence why their offspring are so disproportionately small, like some real-world animals.

Remember when the episode began, and some of us were wondering why King was fantasizing about having siblings, when that idea hadn’t come up before, unlike with his father? Well. Now we know; It was set-up for the end of the episode, for King to mourn not only his dad, but his brothers and sisters too.

He didn’t see the room, but he DID realize the skulls on Tarak and the others didn’t belong to them, and King isn’t dumb. He’d have figured it out. King just started considering the idea of other family besides his dad, and seemed to at least get that, until...!

Bill and his generation of Titan Trappers murdered children. They were all hunted down, and their father gave everything to protect the last with Jean-Luc. King is canonically a genocide survivor. And with how Bo explained that a lot of the perception of the Collector as the “Grand Huntsman” comes from Bill, who according to her is “you know”, and I gotta wonder; Did the Collector even dislike or target Titans in the first place, or did Bill just make that up?

The Trappers’ broken disk suggests the Collector was imprisoned and freed before, did Bill just willfully misinterpret the need for their blood as a chance to carry out some grudge against Titans? I hope the Collector kills him as fickle revenge for hurting his new best friend; The Collector had no qualms being King’s friend after all, didn’t even try to trick him into offering blood! That was all King!