National Army of Lyakon

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## General Information

### Leader(s)

* Cassius Astrada
* Aphros Astrada
* Iko Astrada
* Silas Astrada
* Caius Astrada (current leader)

### Members

Cassian Packard, Akuji Hasegawa, Ashton Khanh, (formerly), Crimson (ruse), Caius Astrada

### Status

Active

The **National Army of Lyakon** are the unified armed forces in Lyakon. It is the worlds most populous army, spanning with over thousands of men and one of the most enhanced and powerful armies, outwitting Etherin and Elveria in it's tracks. The National Army of Lyakon has a consistent record of victories, spanning from northern Misterin to southern Soraya, but had committed atrocities, such as the widespread hybrid black market trade.

Caius Astrada is the chief-in-command because of his former military experience. Though, he delegates power through generals, commanders and admirals in order to even out the power, mainly in the navy and ground force. Because of their abundance in gun powder, their soldiers primarily use firearms and explosives, unlike in the Five Kingdoms, where they use swords and occasionally bow and arrows.

The National Army of Lyakon is compromised of many individuals. However, more than half of the people were forced into the army through blackmail or force since the overthrow of Silas Astrada. It was optional to join the army before, but after Caius usurped the throne, many of his men would force younger men into the army in order to exhibit his power, to where they are trained harshly and for an extended time.

## History

After Lyarik became an independent nation, Cassius Astrada had called for the strongest men who fought to join in their new forces being created if they were psychologically and physically fit in order to protect their land. With the help of the Astrada Clans funding, the National Army of Lyakon was founded by Cassius and was lead by him because of his past military experience, later on passing it down to his sons and other children who would rule over the kingdom.

After many years, army had expanded tremendously, with new bases being built in different parts of their island in order to ensure protection for the citizens. The lower ranked soldiers, who were known as Domestic Soldiers, often guarded schools and market places to prevent stealing or crime within areas and higher elite soldiers mainly guarded prisons. Because of their extensive and spiritual training, they were highly advanced and managed to wipe out many other armies that attempted to take over any part of the islands, as many kingdoms were interested in trading because of their natural resources. Soldiers acted as negotiators to prevent takeovers from other neighboring kingdoms.

The army had solidified its position as one of the most advanced army and one of the more relaxed armies compared to the others who had to undergo extensive training through physical force, while Lyakon's relied on spiritual training with some discipline and manner lessons. Under Silas Astrada's rule, the army was a free one, compared to the Roserita's, their former colonizers. Women at this time were also allowed to join the army, as it contained many female admirals and foot soldiers, a rare occurrence for the time. However, after Silas was overthrown, Caius had usurped the throne and decided to enforce a harsher military expectation of a beyond perfect pinnacle that most soldiers were expected to reach. Because of this, many soldiers were trained harshly and worked grueling hours to an extent where many would commit suicide because of the harsh circumstances they were put in by Caius.

Instead of the military being optional, it was mandatory for abled-bodied men to be recruited by force. Subsequently, Caius had also prohibited women from joining the army and expelled many of the female admirals and soldiers that had once worked for the army previously. During his rule, many of the soldiers, some as young as twelve, were forced into the army by force or by blackmail, making them bound to their recruiters rules and being seen as possessions or territory. Some men are as young as ten to twelve when getting recruited, and because of the harsh training, they resort to using substances or smoking to numb the pain from the abuse.

However, some willingly join the army in order to follow in the footsteps of a family member, as seen when Cassian joins at thirteen to fulfill the role of a commander that his father was. There are instances where soldiers would get abused physically, emotionally, and, at times, sexually. Many soldiers are unable to report the abuse out of fear of being killed or thrown into unsafe districts. If a soldier were to escape Lyakon or attempt to quit the army, they would be considered fugitives and subsequently put on a blacklist and endlessly hunted down unless if the person is presumed dead.

## Uniform

### Soldier in training

When a soldier is in training, their uniform is much more plainer and simple than the advanced soldiers with highly decorative outfits. These soldiers in training often wear a gray bodysuit-like shirt with matching sweatpants, boots and gloves. Most soldiers in training wear this form of attire to symbolize their status of being a newcomer and a student to an older or former soldier. Because of their lower status, they are often treated more harshly by their trainers. Though the main colors of Lyakon are red and gold, the soldiers and training wear muter colors, as advanced soldiers get the option to pick out a color that best blends in with the environment to increase chances of murdering others and killing hybrids.

### Advanced Soldiers

The advanced soldiers within the army often have diverse outfits after completing their training phase. Most of them where a bodysuit-like shirt that prevents the need for food or water with elaborative cloaks and weapons they choose to use. The soldiers mostly wear chest armor and gloves to prevent damage. Unlike the soldiers in training, they are able to choose a color that best suits them based on their skill. Examples can be Ashton and Akuji, who chose their colors to be red and green respectively. Most of the time, they wear musketeer or archer hats to prevent sunburns. Most soldiers are required to have long sleeved bodysuit-like shirts to prevent injuries and cuts, though rolled up sleeves are permitted if worn with long gloves.

## Weaponry

Being one of the largest armies and one of the most advanced kingdoms, the National Army of Lyakon's main weapons consist of swords made out of advanced steel that can cut through skin six times easier than regular steel. Their signature weapons are double-barreled shotguns and miniature grenades that are utilized as landmines many could step on. Because of their abundance in gunpowder, the National Army of Lyakon is the only army who possess nuclear weapons The army has access to all vehicles and weaponry used by the navy and other forces, mainly cannons and sometimes harpoons. Soldiers are mostly given a choice between weapons, most of them equipping firearms and some equipping swords or machetes.

## Navy

Being on an archipelago, many soldiers work in the navy division, tasked with transferring goods across Lyakvat and to other countries, such as Azuren. The navy is their main key of defense and maintains one of the most strongest navy's inside of their realm. The soldiers are expected to attack when ordered to and are navigated by coastal crew and soldiers themselves. The navy has two kinds of ships, regular battleships and cargo ships that transfer goods and rare hybrids apart of their black market trade back to Lyakon.

## Ground Force

The ground force of the army is where most soldiers are stationed due to the borders of the northernmost island is near Azuren. Since many hybrids are not found in oceans, many are sent to hunt down rare hybrids, they mainly utilize in ground-force military work rather than navy work because of the darker environments and drier areas rather than working on the navy.

## Mannerisms

### Appropriate & Expected Behaviors

In most given scenarios, soldiers in training or ones within the lower ranks are required to show absolute respect for Caius or any other higher in authority military figure, regardless of how harshly they're treated by their superiors. The soldiers are expected to give undevout loyalty to their superiors and respect them at all costs because of their higher rank, symbolized through light bowing to symbolize respect towards those higher in rank or older than them.

Soldiers-in-training are expected to do as they are told unquestioningly, along with advanced soldiers having to follow the same code. Older soldiers are perceived in a high manner because of them being an expectation for younger soldiers. They are also expected to be courteous towards one another and act in a certain orderly manner with the older and higher rank soldiers expected to do the same.

### Expectations

Those who are enlisted within the army have a pinnacle set up, mostly referred to as the "above perfect" pinnacle by Ashton and many other soldiers. This pinnacle is seen as the main goal of what Caius and the other admiral desire for their men to achieve, which can result in harsh training that have grueling schedules: The training can get harsh enough to a point where some soldiers commit suicide because of not being able to reach this pinnacle. The justification for why it is set up is to prevent any soldier from dying in battle, which proved to be significant, as it is said that Lyakon never lost any of its soldiers because of how advanced they were.

According to Ashton, those who stand out from other solders are often outcasted, whether it'd be physical characteristics or defying personality traits some people may have that differ from the typical soldier. Since they are expected to mainly be emotionless and stoic, soldiers cannot truly reveal their flaws and who they really are underneath their stoic composures out of fear of being penalized or outcasted by other soldiers.

## Training

The National Army of Lyakon specializes in extreme, intensive training in order to form a soldier that is seen as "unstoppable." According to Yuna, the training of soldiers and future commanders is often deemed as harsh because of the grueling hours they are expected to work. Along with the prolonged hours, soldiers, especially younger ones, go through extreme discipline if they act out of line or make a mistake during training sessions. The discipline is often canning or physical violence towards them that is said to "harden" them into the soldiers they are expected to be, despite it being physical abuse. Other discipline methods include having soldiers carry heavy boulders on their shoulders, double workloads, and wrist lashes, where the trainer would use a metal stick and hit the trainees wrist.

Because of the immense training, the soldiers would become traumatized to an extent where some were driven to suicide, though a large portion of the soldiers choose to stay alive and continue the brutal training out of fear. Along with extreme training, the soldiers were educated carefully in lessons mainly taught in Lyakon's army, such as perceiving those around them as only targets and to give their loyalty to their ruler or superiors without questioning. Not only are the soldiers carefully educated and trained with grueling conditions, a majority of soldiers were sheltered and isolated to avoid distractions while training, leaving them with little to no knowledge on basic objects (hair brushes, pillows, etc).

## Recruitment

The National Army of Lyakon recruits soldiers through their mandatory law of abled-body men having to join the army in order to protect their land. However, most soldiers are forced into the army, mostly children who have committed a misdeed without their knowledge. Soldiers are often recruited through force, blackmail or deception. Because of this, many soldiers are forced under contracts by the individual who threaten them with murder or handing them to dangerous districts. As women are unable to join the army, they have lower chances of being admitted, as they seek mostly men. Because of the forced recruitment, most men in the army are under twenty and some even younger than sixteen.

## Strategies

The National Army of Lyakon expects strategies above all else and are mostly expected to defeat the enemy kingdom and they favor a particular strategy. One of their strategies is to mostly spy on the kingdom and pretend to be their allies, then alert Lyakon of any plans coordinated against them before invading through naval and ground-force. They mostly utilize their heavy equipment and advanced technology to advance their way into their territory. As a result, their attacks mostly end in victories because of their strategy, and other kingdoms are unable to attack them back because of their advanced military.

## Trivia

* Lyakon's military is the only military with firearms.
* Because of Lyakon's strength, it is speculated their army never lost any men, despite some being injured.