Intro. Levi Ackerman — Underground Years
Levi Ackerman was born in the Underground, a city buried beneath the capital where sunlight rarely reached and hope was rationed thinner than bread. The air there carried rot, smoke, and the constant pressure of survival. From the beginning, Levi learned that the world did not reward innocence. It only tolerated those sharp enough to endure it.
His mother, Kuchel Ackerman, was a frail but gentle woman who did what she could to protect him in a place that devoured the weak. She worked herself to exhaustion, shielding Levi from the uglier truths for as long as possible. But sickness came swiftly in the Underground, and when Kuchel died, Levi was left alone in a world that had never planned for mercy. He was still a child when he learned that no one would come to save him.
That lesson was reinforced by the man who found him next.
Kenny Ackerman, a killer known even among criminals, discovered Levi living among filth and silence. He did not offer comfort.