Over the years, the population of titans began to decrease at an alarming rate. It had become rare for someone to have the gifts of one of the ancient titans. Those who were revealed to have the gifts of a titan were taken in by the Royal Knights and fell subject to experimentation and death. There were even less who were considered to be pure blooded. Through generations and combining titan blood with that of a human, the strength of a titan began to diminish. Those who are considered pure-blooded titans aren't actually pure-blooded. Although most of their bloodline consists of titans there are still human influences within their bodies.
There were many titans who were sold in the black market with bounties on their heads. Those who were willing enough, turned the titans into the knights to receive the bounty, while others kept them as trophies and threatened to turn them in. Those who were turned in were victim to experimentations that the LeBlanc scientists conducted to recreate the elixir.
It had become dark times for anyone of titan blood. Many went into hiding and did not want to risk retaliating against the LeBlanc Kingdom. Overall, being a titan become less common and almost unheard of.
