T A N N E R H A R W E L L / / N I N E T E E N
[ ❇ ] I N F O R M A T I O N
Branch of Service: 104th Training Corps
Years of Service: Year 847— (104th Training Corps)
Height: 167 cm
Weight: 56 kg
Hair Color: Light blonde
Eye Color: Hazel
Complexion: Fair
Body Composition: Slim
[ ❇ ] P E R S O N A L I T Y
Originally mysterious to her fellow comrades, Tanner has since then opened up more to the world. While Tanner still tries to hide her obsession with the woman that haunts her dreams, she is–to an extent–capable of freely conversing with her friends. Nonetheless, despite Tanner withdrawing from her secretive nature, there is still some confusion surrounding the cadet, namely with her friends and superiors still identifying her as a male, when in fact she is truly a female.
Since joining the military, Tanner has become a sucker for romance, most notably after falling in love with another cadet during the dangerous mountain expedition. The cadet, known as Gabriel Moreau, happens to be someone Tanner is confident she can confide in. While her friends are more than capable bringing laughter and smiles to Tanner, Gabriel is surely the one that brings out the most. Despite being inexperienced in matters of love, Tanner prefers Gabriel and wishes to spend all the time she can spare with him.
[ ❇ ] B I O G R A P H Y
Tanner Harwell was born as an "only child" to the Harwells. Despite growing up in a single child household, Tanner always felt that there was more to life than she was seeing. Tanner vaguely remembered an older woman watching over her as a toddler, and the picture frames within the house included someone she struggled to remember, but felt as if she knew them. Her parents would never tell Tanner who exactly the woman was, and tried to keep their daughter focused on her studies to take over the family bookstore. Nevertheless, the woman wouldn't disappear from her thoughts, and Tanner was willing to go the extra mile to find out who this person had been.
Feeling that the soldiers in Shiganshina would cast her off as a nuisance if female, Tanner adopted a male persona to investigate rumors and interview any soldier she could find. Tanner wished to find out who the female happened to be, but all her searching was to little or no avail. Most soldiers would give her vague information or none at all, especially those of the Survey Corps, who would rather keep their mouth zipped for reasons unknown. Regardless, Tanner refused to let her struggles bring her down, and she gathered all her notes in a journal in an effort to make any connections she could.
That was, until the world had been torn asunder. On a fateful morning, the citizens of Shiganshina were reminded that they were trapped in a bird cage upon the appearance of the Colossal Titan. Witnessing the disaster first hand, Tanner watched as her neighbors were devoured like cattle while fleeing from the Titans. Hoping her family was still alive, Tanner rushed home, only to see the bookstore crushed under a large section of the wall. Blood coated the rubble like splattered paint--a sure sign Tanner's parents were deceased. Hysterical, Tanner dug through the ruins as fast as she could, until someone had screamed for their life nearby.
Locating the screaming with ease, Tanner watched in horror as a Titan picked up a woman as if she was a snack. However, what struck Tanner the most was a young girl stare in fear at the colossal beast as it went to chomp down on her mother. Tanner knew she had to make a quick decision, and after summoning a mountain of courage, she ran towards the Titan, snatching the child in her arms as they made their escape. Together, the two managed to reach the gate to Wall Maria just in time to secure a place on the boats, only to watch the Armored Titan crash through the gate itself.
Now deep within Trost, both of them would had been doomed to a terrible life as refugees if it were not for the Harwells' connections. Seeking refuge within the Stuhr household, Tanner tried her best to act as a protective older sister for the child, yet the effects of Shiganshina continued to change her. Seeing thousands of refugees sent back to die in an expedition that everyone knew as another falsehood so those deep within the walls thrived and those further out continued to suffer had changed Tanner. Coupled with her burning desire to locate the mysterious woman, Tanner worked towards joining the cadets to fix the world as it once had been.
Keeping her male persona, Tanner was subject to the struggles many soldiers had experienced during their training. Despite the instructors ridiculing the cadets at every moment, Tanner pushed on, and in the process, had made a few friends. One of these cadets, however, was someone Tanner constantly had problems with. The cadet, Gabriel, had stolen her journal on a night fishing trip, and the knowledge that someone else knew some of her secrets was constantly nail biting for Tanner. The two struggled to get along, but by the time they were to suffer the wintry mountain hike, everything changed. Inquisitive as ever, Gabriel prodded away at Tanner, and the bond they had eventually became one of an awkward love when he had found out she was a truly a girl.
Tested by painful injuries and other circumstances, their feelings grew strong enough to survive anything the world could throw at them. While Tanner continued with her training, it slowly became more obvious that she was something else, mainly because of her girlish appearance that she grew less worried about each day. Still, all training must come to an end, and graduation was to be. Three long years of constant rigorous training had come to an end, and all her hard work earned Tanner the top place within her division. By then, Gabriel had changed Tanner's outlook on life, and she was ready to follow him instead of joining the Survey Corps, but the Colossal Titan once again had different plans for Tanner and the rest of the humanity...
[ ❇ ] S T A T I S T I C S
Battle Skill: 20
Strength: 8
Agility: 15
Teamwork: 4
Leadership: 3
[ ❇ ] F A M I L Y
Father: Stephen Harwell — Deceased
Mother: Erika Harwell (née Chandler) — Deceased
Sister (Older): Marissa Harwell — Alive
Adoptive Sister (Younger): Hannah Wagner — Alive