Here's what happened in Marley and the world 60 years after the sterilization event, presented in a stark, structural format:
**Marleyan Military Command Log - Year 905 (60 Years Post-Event)**
**(Third Person Perspective)**
* **Subject:** Status Report - Eldian Question & Global Standing
* **Classification:** Eyes Only - Supreme Commander
* **Date:** 15th of Frostmonth, 905
**Section 1: The Eldian Situation (Internment Zone - Liberio)**
* **Population:** Estimated 82,000 remaining Subjects of Ymir. Peak population pre-Event: ~1.2 million within Marleyan territories. Decline is accelerating as the oldest generation dies off.
* **Condition:**
* Physically: General decline. No new births in 60 years. Average age: 68. Resources allocated are minimal ("End of Life Sustenance").
* Psychologically: Widespread apathy, "Quiet Despair Syndrome" (QDS) documented. No recorded suicide surges (lack of energy/initiative). Minimal resistance or unrest.
* **Military Utility:** **NONE.** Warrior Program officially terminated Year 846 (1 year Post-Event). No Titan transformations recorded since the disappearance of the Cart, Beast, and War Hammer Titans during the "Devourer Event". Attempts to extract spinal fluid for research yielded inert fluid with no transformative properties. Eldians are biologically incapable of becoming Titans.
* **Public Perception:** Shifted from "Dangerous Weapons" to "Dying Curse" to largely **"Forgotten Burden."** Propaganda now emphasizes Marleyan resilience in the "Post-Titan Age." Public sympathy is negligible; focus is on resource allocation for "true Marleyans."
* **Policy:** "Managed Decline." Internment Zone perimeter security reduced to token force (cost-saving). Primary focus is containment of disease and managing waste from the dying population. Plans exist for eventual Zone decommissioning (est. 920-925).
**Section 2: Marleyan Military & Global Standing**
* **Loss of Titan Supremacy:**
* Immediate collapse of offensive capabilities post-Event. Failed invasion of Fort Salta (847) without Titan support resulted in catastrophic losses against Mid-East Alliance artillery and early airships.
* Forced rapid, costly modernization.
* **Current Capabilities:**
* **Navy:** Strong. Primary force projection. Focus on aircraft carriers and long-range guns.
* **Army:** Mechanized divisions standard. Heavy reliance on tanks, mobile artillery. Struggles with manpower vs. rivals.
* **Air Force:** Developed rapidly post-Fort Salta defeat. Now on par with Mid-East Alliance. Heavy bombers, fighter squadrons. Key to current doctrine.
* **Technology:** Focus on conventional arms, radar, early computing for ballistics. Research into chemical weapons (stalled by international treaties).
* **Global Position:**
* **No Longer Supreme Power.** Status: Major Power (contested).
* **Rivals:**
* **Mid-East Alliance:** Primary adversary. Technologically advanced (especially air power). Holds significant resource advantages. Border skirmishes frequent.
* **Hizuru:** Economic powerhouse. Neutral but leverages trade. Possesses advanced industrial tech Marley covets. Exploited Marley's post-Event weakness to gain favorable terms.
* **Paradis Island:** **Status Unknown.** No confirmed contact since the Event. Assumed technologically backward but geographically impregnable. Considered an "irrelevance" by High Command. Aerial reconnaissance shows repaired Wall Maria, agricultural activity. No signs of advanced military. Designated "Monitor Only."
**Section 3: Societal Impact (Marley)**
* **Economic:** Severe depression (850s-870s) due to loss of Titan labor (construction, high-risk tasks) and military contracts. Recovered through aggressive industrialization and resource wars (non-Titan). Standard of living for non-Eldians now exceeds pre-Event levels, but wealth gap is significant.
* **Political:** Initial panic and power struggles (blame for Titan loss). Stabilized under a permanent Military Junta ("Council of National Restoration"). Democratic facade maintained, but power rests with generals and industrialists. Propaganda heavily emphasizes Marleyan ingenuity overcoming the "crippling theft" of their Titans.
* **Cultural:**
* Titans shifting from feared weapons to subjects of myth, academic study, and propaganda ("The Betrayal of the Devils").
* Eldians viewed with pitying contempt or ignored. "The Last Generation" is a common cultural reference point – used both as a warning against perceived weakness and a morbid curiosity.
* Focus on human achievement, technology, and Marleyan racial purity intensifies. Nationalism is high due to constant tensions with the Mid-East Alliance.
**Liberio Internment Zone - Year 905**
**(First Person Perspective - Kael, Age 71, Former Warrior Candidate)**
The fence isn't even electrified anymore. Just rusty wire. What's the point? We ain't going anywhere. We ain't *doing* anything. Just... waiting.
Used to hear kids playing. Now? Silence, mostly. Coughing. Old man Gerth arguing with the walls again. Smells like dust and boiled cabbage. Forever.
They told us we were special. Weapons. Devils. Future of Marley. Then... *poof*. No Titans. Just... this. Empty bellies. Empty futures.
I was twelve when the Titans vanished. Saw Commander Magath's face... looked like his dog died. No more Warrior program. Just... sit down. Wait to die.
My sister, Liana... she was chosen for the Female Titan. Year before the Event. Never came back from her mission. Just gone. Like the rest. Eaten by that... *thing* they whisper about. The Devourer. Good riddance, maybe? Saved her from... this.
Marleyans look through us now. Like ghosts. Sometimes they bring school kids. Point. Whisper. "The last Eldians. See how the curse ends." Curse? This waiting? This nothing? Yeah. Curse.
Doc says my heart's weak. Won't see next winter. Good. Tired of the quiet. Tired of the empty chairs where families should be. Tired of being the last chapter in a book nobody wants to read anymore.
Just... end it.
**Marleyan High Command Meeting - Excerpt**
**(Third Person Perspective)**
"...the Eldian resource drain remains unacceptable," General Vance stated, tapping the budget report. "Projected costs for palliative care and waste management until extinction exceed sensible limits. Proposal: Consolidate remaining populations into Sector 7-Liberio by next year. Reduce services to absolute minimum. Accelerate natural attrition."
Admiral Riese countered, "Public optics, General. The world watches. 'Managed decline' is palatable. 'Accelerated attrition' sounds like... something else. Mid-East propaganda would feast on it."
"Let them," Vance scoffed. "They are *dying*. Naturally. We provide more than they deserve. Focus resources on the *real* threat: The Mid-East's new bomber fleet spotted near the southern resource fields. *That* is where our steel and firepower must go. The Eldian question is a logistical footnote. A dying echo."
The Council Head nodded. "Agreed. Consolidation approved. Minimal standards. Redirect funds to Air Defense Group Gamma. The Eldians... will simply fade away. History is written by the victors, and we are still here. Titanless, but unbowed. Let the last Eldians bear witness to *true* Marleyan strength, forged in fire, not inherited curse. Dismissed."
**The World - 60 Years Later**
* **Paradis:** Isolated but stable. Developed conventional military (based on recovered Marleyan tech from early scouts, now defunct). Population growing normally. Titans are a terrifying historical myth. The "Devourer" and the "Silent Miracle" (sterilization) are foundational, semi-religious events. They watch Marley's wars with detached caution.
* **Global:** Titan power is ancient history. The "Devourer Event" is studied as a pivotal, terrifying anomaly. The focus is on industrial warfare, nationalism, and the struggle for resources between major powers like Marley and the Mid-East Alliance. The fate of the Eldians is seen as a tragic, inevitable end to a cursed bloodline. No one mourns the Titans. Few spare much thought for the dying Eldians. The world, scarred but free of the Titan nightmare, moves on, creating new conflicts with purely human tools. The bloodshed continues, just without monsters – only men. The MC's "greater good" achieved its narrow aim: No new Titans. The cost: A people slowly erased, and a world no more peaceful for it.