Keith Shadis Husbando

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Keith Shadis was the head instructor of the Military Training Corps. He was in charge of their training and evaluation to become soldiers. Keith was formerly the 12th Commander of the Survey Corps, being the direct predecessor of Erwin Smith, and the only Commander in the corps history to quit before death. Keith was a tall and intimidating man. He was bald, with prominent wrinkles on his forehead and dark circles around his eyes. He had a small beard growing from under his chin. He was only ever seen wearing the standard instructor's uniform for the Training Corps. In the past, Keith had a full head of short dark hair which he kept neatly combed. He had a much more youthful face, lacking the wrinkles and bags under his eyes that he would later develop. He also kept his face clean shaven before ascending to the rank of commander of the Survey Corps. He wore the standard Survey Corps uniform while on duty, usually with a dark corps trench coat also. His civilian attire consisted of a dark jacket over a button-up shirt and dark pants. After becoming commander, Keith's hair became more unkempt and receded, and he began to grow a thin beard along his jaw. In his youth, Keith was shown to be fascinated with the world beyond the Walls. It was this fascination that drove him to join the Survey Corps, and led to him developing a very self-righteous personality, often referring to himself as being "different" from everyone else within the Walls. This aspect of his personality was only strengthened after he met Grisha Yeager, whose high praise for Keith led him to begin considering himself a special "chosen" human being. Because of this, Keith started to look down on others, always considering himself the smartest person in any given situation, and he rejected new strategies from his soldiers as he felt his own ideas were adequate. Over time, however, Keith's repeated failures as Commander of the Survey Corps, compared to the successes of some of his subordinates, caused him to come to the conclusion that he was not one of the "chosen" people, and he eventually was forced to admit his failures while presenting the remains of one of his soldiers to a grieving mother. Keith chose to step down from his position so that someone more qualified would be able to guide humanity to victory. Keith then became an instructor for the Military, claiming he chose to become an instructor as penance for all of the soldiers who died under his command, although Hange Zoë believed that he only did so because he wanted to run away from his failures. As an instructor, Keith deliberately presented himself as imposing, strict and frightening; and because of this most of the trainees from the 104th Squad remained wary of misbehaving in his presence. He would often shout and issue commands at the top of his voice, putting the trainees into submission and fear. Keith was observant and had the ability to distinguish character traits of others based on their expressions, mannerisms, actions, and abilities, as shown when he gave a character analysis of some of the trainees of the 104th Squad during introduction.