Dralkyria

"And the Dralkyria smited the dragon using lance and shield of magic and holy power" An ancient written Dragoian account of the Dralkyria.
The term Dralkyria means different things to both the Dragoian and Ancient Dragoian species.
==To The Dragoians==
To the Dragoian species, a Dralkyria is a powerful female who in legend easily destroyed threats to the Dragoian species, such as Dragons. They were believed to have great power and godly weapons. In 1793, a project was set-up to try and re-create some Dralkyria using cloning equipment found in a sealed off Ancient Dragoian bunker and Dralkyria Lances recovered from a large crypt. This project was later to be called Project Dralkyria.
==To The Ancient Dragoians==
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The the Ancient Dragoians, the term Dralkyria is given to members of the Dralkyrian Order, who were a powerful and respected division of elite soldiers that were both part of the military, but also independent from it that only ever numbered 60 members.
The Dralkyrian Order traces it's origins back to the founding of Ancient Dragoian civilisation, and exists in modern times as an elite order of 60 of the strongest and smartest members of the Ancient Dragoian race. These 60 members are grouped into 20 Triads, each consisting of only 3 members.
=== Selection Process ===
Candidates for the order are selected shortly after hatching and are trained for several decades before they can even be allowed to be considered as a Dralkyria. This early selection process is intended to root out any candidates that would not fit within the order young and train those who would fit to be responsible with the considerable power they are given.
Once a candidate has made it through the initial selection process and reaches the age of 25, she is considered a "Dralkyriling" and is given a training lance and shield weighted to her preferences and begins her martial training in the specific combat arts of the Dralkyria as well as continuing her other more intellectual and social studies.
=== Becoming A Dralkyria ===
There is no guarantee that any given Dralkyriling will ever actually become a Dralkyria, as to become a Dralkyria, not only must a Dralkyriling be considered field-ready by her instructors, many of which are retired Dralkyria or Dralkyrilings too old to serve, but must be chosen and accepted by all 3 members of a Triad. The only exception is if a Triad has lost a Dralkyria in battle, in which case the survivors must accept the new Dralkyriling.
Choosing a Dralkyriling to join a Triad often happens when one member of a Triad is getting old and wants to retire and often happens years if not decades in advance to ensure the chosen Dralkyriling is a good match for the Triad.
Once a Dralkyriling has been accepted by a Triad, she can only join the Triad as a Dralkyria when the Triad gains an open position, usually through the eldest member retiring.
Upon becoming a member of a Triad, a Dralkyriling is not a true Dralkyria until she has been bestowed the gift of the Dralkyria, a recent tradition which consists of re-writing the Dralkyriling's DNA to enhance her natural abilities such as strength and agility. These enhancements have improved since their introduction, and always remain the absolute pinnacle of Ancient Dragoian genetic engineering and are performed on every Dralkyria despite their immense cost which is so high not even the richest Ancient Dragoian houses could afford it. It's been rumoured that the ability to receive these enhancements is part of the selection process, as the rejection rate for these invasive enhancements is speculated to be well over 99.9% of the total Ancient Dragoian population.
=== Retirement ===
Dralkyria may retire at any point once they reach the age of 500, and may either go and live a normal civilian life or continue to assist the order by teaching members of the order. These options are not exclusive, and it has been known for retired Dralkyria to choose a civilian life and return to assist the order centuries later.
Retirement frees a Dralkyria from their duties, but also their privilege of rank within the military and the ownership of their Lance. However, retired Dralkyria may continue to own and use their Dralkyrian Shield and custom uniform.
It is not uncommon for retired Dralkyria to have regular visits from and/or visit their old Triad.
=== Triads ===
The Dralkyrian Order is split into 20 Triads, each consisting of 3 members. Each Triad is expected to not just be a working relationship of friends, but become so close knit that they effectively form a second family.
The purpose of the Triads is to ensure each and every Dralkyria has at least 2 companions she can count on for absolutely anything, with the social connection within a Triad being considered by outsiders to being stronger than love.
Triads also typically consist of a good mix of individuals to ensure a full coverage of talents, but this is not a rule and more a personal preference.
=== Duties ===
Dralkyrian Duties are decided by a rotating rota that assigns tasks every month to a Triad, with the Triad itself deciding which Dralkyria performs which task assigned to that rota.
Common duties consist of visiting the colonies and helping them with their problems, responding to threats such as Dragon attacks, and assisting the military. While not a specific on-rota duty, Dralkyria are often called upon to settle disputes between two parties.
=== Power ===
In addition to their physical power and their powerful armaments, Dralkyria are also given the power to give orders to any Non-Dralkyria member of the military as well as to enforce any laws with the ability to punish a law-breaker in whatever manner the Dralkyria in question deems appropriate. Dralkyria cannot be given orders by non-Dralkyria.
The combination of the selection process, decades of training from hatching as well as the presence of other Dralkyria have proven effective in ensuring an individual Dralkyria does not abuse her power, with the extremely rare incidents of abuse of power being quickly punished by other Dralkyria, normally members of the abusive Dralkyria's Triad.
=== Dralkyrian Armaments ===
==== Lance ====
===== Main Article: Dralkyria Lance =====
The Dralkyria Lance is a powerful energy cannon powered by compressed Dragnite crystals made to be both the pinnacle of Ancient Dragoian technology as well as be a graceful and "Mystical" looking weapon. The lances are custom designed to fit their user's exact specifications and their firing systems are even locked to a specific Dralkyria's DNA. They are mostly ceremonial, but pack an incredible amount of firepower in a small but heavy package.
Dralkyrilings are given a considerably weaker, and lighter, variant of a Dralkyria Lance known as a Training Lance. The Training Lances are functionally similar to a real lance, but only pack similar firepower to a conventional energy rifle and rely on standard energy packs rather than the expensive compressed Dragnite crystal. These Training Lances are still custom built for their users but lack the graceful appearance, instead appearing similar to a normal Ancient Dragoian firearm, and are primarily used to train a Dralkyriling how to control a real lance.
==== Shield ====
===== Main Article: Dralkyria Shield =====
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To the Ancient Dragoian species, the Dralkyria were a group of 60 of the best warriors the species had, that were given powerful implants which allowed them to carry heavy, but devastating, weapons alongside the most powerful "portable" shield unit avaliable. The Dralkyria were also the only Ancient Dragoians allowed to show off their technology to the then primitive Dragoian species, this was because while Ancient Dragoians who chose to live with the Dragoians could defend the Dragoians from Dragon attacks, they could barely do so in skimpy armor (they decided lightweight, pointless but flashy, armor was better since there was no point in full plate against the swinging limbs of a Dragon) and with basic (also primitive) weapons (swords and axes).
The Dralkyria's powerful weapons could make short work of a Dragon and were styled to look old and magical, despite the fact that they were modern energy beam cannons minimised from those mounted on Ancient Dragoian starships.
Each batch of 60 Dralkyria would be buried in the same crypt when they eventually died, this was nearly always of old age, until the Soul Dragon invasion.
A Dralkyria's implants were more advanced than the strength enhancers given to heavy class soldiers and served as a second set of veins and arteries alongside more genetic based strength and agility enhancing implants. These implants were known to merge with the body of the host and alter DNA, so that if the host was cloned, they would still have the implants boosts although they would not have the secondary circulatory system since that was purely mechanical. Dralkyria are given a choice of specialization in their implants depending whether they want to focus on strength or agility, they are also given a choice of having distinctive red iris' or keeping their own eye color, most chose the red iris' so when they weren't wearing their own custom Dralkyria uniform they would still be instantly recognised as Dralkyria.
The Dralkyria were technically part of the Ancient Dragoian military, although only the highest ranking officers could suggest orders (nobody but a higher ranking Dralkyria could actually give a Dralkyria orders) to the Dralkyria, yet a Dralkyria could order anyone in the military to do whatever she wanted. To counteract this, Dralkyria are normally trained since birth to fulfill their role and are therefore bred to be sensible. They are also punished by other Dralkyria for being irresponsible.
Alongside their duties on the Homeworld (Dragoia (Planet)), Dralkyria often go off-world via ship or Wormhole Ring to patrol and inspect the colonies where the bulk of the Ancient Dragoian population resided. These patrols were often done with a squad from the army to act as support if needed.
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==Notable Dralkyria==
*TwinBragia (Ancient)
*Drarfiaes Kealse
*Sedsaigia Heresa
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